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Chief Patron Patron Patron Consumption Dr. S. Ayyappan Dr. William D. Dar Dr. S.K. Datta Ragi Secretary DARE & Director General, Deputy Director General, New Director General, ICAR ICRISAT ICAR Finger Millet Initiatives Awareness & Promotion Policies &Programmes

Chairman Secretary Organizing Dr. J.V.Patil Dr. B.Dayakar Rao Crop Foxtail Director, DSR Principal Scientist, DSR Improvement, Millet Committee Protection & Production Business Jowar Models Bajra Sorghum Pearl Millet FMCG Trends & Acceptance Global Processing Models Interventions & Nutri Venue Directorate of Rice Research (DRR) Inventions cereals Rajendranagar, Health & Nutrition Knowledge Partners F&B Industry

AICSMIP Varagu Kodo Millet Joint Organizers Global Consultation on Millets Promotion

Industry Partners for Health & Nutritional Security December 18 - 20, 2013 (Tentative)

Organised by

Global MilletMeet Society for Millets Research Future in today’s hands Directorate of Sorghum Research Directorate of Sorghum Research Rajendranagar, Hyderabad - 500 030, Phone: +91-40-24015349, Fax: +91-40-24016378 Global Hyderabad, India www.sorghum.res.in MilletMeet Email: [email protected] Future in today’s hands globalmilletmeet globalmilletmeet www.globalmilletmeet.com www.sorghum.res.in globalmilletmeet.com Introduction About Hyderabad

Hyderabad is a historic city and is the Capital of one of the The previous four decades of Indian largest south Indian states, Andhra Pradesh. The city is agriculture went through the phases of green called “Pearl City” and is famous for its twinkling pearls revolution, self sufficiency and favorable and glass embedded bangles. As of 2011, the population government policies to promote fine cereals. of the city was 6.8 million. This has resulted in gradual reduction in the consumption of millets (sorghum, pearl millet, The City is situated on the Deccan Plateau at a height of finger millet, foxtail millet, kodo millet, proso 1788 feet above mean sea level and o ers pleasant millet and barnyard millet) as staple foods in weather conditions. The , , Salar arid and semi-arid regions. In the process, not Jung Museum, Mecca Masjid, Zoological park, NTR only the food habits changed but health Gardens, Birla Science Museum and Temple, and Ramoji problems have cropped up in the fast paced Film City are some of the interesting places to visit. urban lives and rural households. Now, with During the month of December, the weather is pleasant increased awareness on health and nutrition, with sunny days and cooler nights. millets are resurfacing on the plates of the urban as well as rural people to ward off life The city is a centre for local traditions in art, literature, style diseases such as diabetes and obesity. architecture and cuisine. It has several museums, bazaars, With unique advantages in their nutritional galleries, libraries, sports venues and other cultural profile coupled with lower costs of production, institutions—Laad Bazaar, Madina Circle, Begum Bazaar, millets have become raw materials for Sultan Bazaar are bazaars from the QutbShahi and Nizam innovation in food processing, nutritious food era; , Nizam Museum, and AP State formulations and health planning. Archaeology Museum are notable museums. Hyderabadi biriyani and Hyderabad haleem are examples of distinctive culinary products of the city. Charminar

Millets are nutritionally superior to the commonly consumed cereals in micronutrient and fibre content. Millet grains are relatively rich in proteins and are superior in total minerals and vitamins. Food-based nutrition is the ideal way to fight malnutrition and lifestyle-associated health disorders.With this background, the main focus of this Global consultation is on promotion of millets for enhancing health and nutritional security and thereby to enhance health of people. It has become a universal necessity to seek alternative foods that are nutritionally rich and also possess health benefits. Time has now come for projecting our traditional wealth in millets which are grown in dryland regions of our country. These crops are resilient to climate change and have many virtues which need to be properly explored.

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Buddha Statue Biryani Bangles Bazaar Registration Details Registrations would open on November 15, 2013 and continues till the conference day.

Conference Fee Before 15-11-2013 | After 15-11-2013 Overseas Participants About the Conference Participant US $200 US $250 The Directorate of Sorghum Research (DSR) an arm of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research Accompanying person US $100 US $150 (ICAR) is celebrating Golden Jubilee year of Sorghum research during the year 2013. As a part of Indian Participants these celebrations, DSR is organizing a three-day Global Consultation on “Millets Promotion for Participant ` 4000 ` 5000 Health and Nutritional Security” during December 2013 at Hyderabad, India. The successful Accompanying person ` 2000 ` 2500 organization of “National Seminar on Millets” by DSR during November 2010 encouraged us to host Students ` 500 ` 1000 this conference with widened scope and targeting a larger audience at global level.

Thematic Areas: Conference fee includes: (1) Registration and conference documents; (2) Co ee breaks; (3) Conference lunch on all three • Potential of Millets for nutrition and health days; (4) Guided tour through the city of Hyderabad. • R & D on millets - crop improvement, protection and production Fees for accompanying person includes: (1) Co ee breaks; • Global models for better utilization of millets (2) Conference lunch on all three days; (3) Guided tour through • Processing technologies for increased consumption of millets the city of Hyderabad • Promotion of millet consumption (as nutri-cereals) through awareness creation and entrepreneurship development Contacts • Approaches for commercialization of millet foods and business models Dr. J V Patil, Chairman • Govt. Policies - PDS and main streaming millets in public funded welfare programmes Email: [email protected] • Role of private sector in increased consumption of millets

Dr. B Dayakar Rao, Secretary Email: [email protected] Target Participants Scientists, Engineers, Industry people, Professionals, Nutritionists, Entrepreneurs, Policy makers, other stakeholders related to Millets and Students. Deadline Start of Registration : August 1, 2013 Close of Registration (without late fee) : November 15, 2013 Abstract: Authors are invited to submit their abstract/s in soft copy for poster presentation not exceeding 250 words including title, author(s) and aliation. All abstracts for poster Last date for submission of Abstract : October 15, 2013 presentation must be submitted to the Conference Secretary before October 15, 2013. Last date for submission of Full paper : November 15, 2013 Abstracts received after this date cannot be guaranteed for their inclusion in the abstract book. Registration and venue information on the web : www.globalmilletmeet.com / www.sorghum.res.in All the oral presentations will be made by the invited speakers only. Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to send full papers. Full papers must be submitted before November 15, 2013. Full papers accepted for publication will be published with internationally reputed publishers as proceedings.

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M in illet Value Cha Members Registration Form

of organizing committee Name: ______Designation : ______Dr. RP Dua, ADG (F&FC), ICAR, New Delhi Institution: ______Dr. D Rama Rao, National Director, NAIP, New Delhi Dr. AK Srivastava, Director, NDRI, Karnal Address : ______Director, CIPHET, Ludhiana ______Dr. Pitam Chandra, Director, CIAE, Bhopal Mobile: ______Tel:______Email: ______Dr. LW Rooney, Texas A&M University, USA Gender: [ ] Male [ ] Female Dr. PK Joshi, South Asia Director, IFPRI, Delhi Abstract enclosed: [ ]Yes / [ ]No Dr. Stefanio Grando, Dryland Cereals, ICRISAT Accompanying Persons name: ______Dr.Graeme Hammer, Univ. of Queensland, Australia Dr. DAV Dendy, Head, NRI, Kent, UK Whether Accommodation required to be booked: [ ] Yes / [ ] No About Directorate of Sorghum Research Dr. JRN Taylor, University of Pretoria, South Africa (Accommodation charges are payable upon arrival at the desk of accommodation) Dr. DD Rohrbach, SADCC, ICRISAT, Zimbabwe Whether interested in free guided tour of Hyderabad City: [ ] Yes / [ ] No Dr. ML Gomez SADCC ICRISAT, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Other Request (if any) :______The Directorate of Sorghum Research (DSR), is a National Research Dr. Vincent Vadez, ICRISAT, Hyderabad Category of participants: [ ] Overseas participant / [ ] Indian Institute to undertake R&D on sorghum under the auspices of Indian Dr. RC Hoseney, KSU, USA [ ] Student / [ ] RA Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). It is principally engaged in Dr. NTU Bangu,Sokoine Univ. of Agri., Tanzania basic, strategic and applied research on sorghum to increase Dr. Dahlberg JA, NGSP, USA productivity, economic returns and promotion of sorghum based foods Dr. Chris Cogburn, Business Director, NSP, U.S.A. Demand draft/Cheque should be drawn in favor of to broaden the consumer base. Dr. Michael Blummel, ILRI, Hyderabad “SOCIETY FOR MILLETS RESEARCH” , payable at Hyderabad, India. However, the organizing committee would prefer online payments. Dr. Ram Raj Shekharan, Director, CFTRI, Mysore Dr. Kalpagam Polasa, Director, NIN, Hyderabad Payment through Bank Transfer-Particulars Dr. Alaga Sundaram, Director, IICPT, Tanjavur Dr. MN Singh, Director, DMD, DAC, Jaipur Bank Name : State Bank of Hyderabad Dr. S Prajapathi, Bayer Biosciences, Hyderabad Account Holder : SOCIETY FOR MILLETS RESEARCH Dr. S Sivakumar, CEO, ITC (ABD) Account number : 52114970452 Dr. B Prashanth, Britannia Industries Ltd., Branch : Budvel Branch, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad Dr. Bhaskar Reddy, FICCI, New Delhi IFSC Code : SBHY0020378 MICR Code : 500004010 Dr. A Padmaraju, VC, ANGRAU, Hyderabad Date : Farmer Community / SHG / KVK Dr. SL Goswami, Director, NAARM Hyderabad (Procurement) Dr. B Venkateswarlu, Director, CRIDA, Hyderabad Place : Dr. BC Virakthamath, Director, DRR, Hyderabad Signature Dr. KS Varaprasad, Director, DOR, Hyderabad Dr. R Chatterjee, Director, PDP, Hyderabad Please mail the completed registration form to : Dr. B Dayakar Rao, Dr. VV Kulkarni, Director, NRC on Meat, Hyderabad Consumers Processing Secretary, Global Consultation on Millets Promotion, Dr. A Seetharam, Ex. PC , AICSMIP, UAS, Bengaluru DSR, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad – 500 030 R&D, Nutritional Evaluation, Quality Check Dr. MM Roy, Project Coordinator, AICPMIP, Jodhpur Andhra Pradesh, India. Dr. MVC Gowda, PC, AICSMIP, Bengaluru E-mail: [email protected]

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