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Empowering the Food Professional ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19 Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India) CFTRI Campus, Mysore - 570 020 Tel. : 0821-2515557 Fax : 0821-2518670 e-mail : [email protected] Web :www.afsti.org Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India) CFTRI Campus, Mysore - 570 020 54TH ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING Date : 19 th December 2019 Time : 6-00 p.m. Venue : LECTURE HALL Deans Building School of Engineering Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam AGENDA 1. Welcome address by President 2. Minutes of the last AGBM 3. Secretary Report (annual reports from Headquarters & Chapters) 4. Treasurer's report (audited statement of account) 5. Amendments of the Constitutions, if any 6. Appointment of Auditor & fixing the remuneration. 7. Announcement of election results 8. Induction of President-Designate as President and Joint Secretary as Secretary 9. Any other matter with the permission of the chair. 10. Vote of thanks by Secretary Secretary’s Report January –November 2019 Dear President, Hon’ble members of the Central Executive Committee and my dear members of the AFST(I) family, It is an honor for me to welcome you all to this 54th Annual General Body Meeting convened at most beautiful city of Tezpur, named as the seat of Assamese culture. To begin with, I express my sincere thanks to you all for the great opportunity of serving this renowned organization as Hon. Secretary for the period 2019. Also, it is a great honor for me to present the Annual Report of AFST(I) for the current year 2018-19. The Central Executive Committee: V Baskaran President Bhupendar Singh Khatkar President-Designate Prabodh S Halde Imm Past President - Vice President, HQ Nilesh S Amritkar, Vice President, Mumbai P K Nema, NIFTEM, Vice President, Kundli Vedpal Yadav Vice President, Hisar Parmjit Panesar Vice President, Longowal D D Wadikar Hon Secretary K V Harish Prashanth Hon Jt Secretary Aashitosh A Inamdar Imm Past Secretary Umapati Hirewodeyar Hon Treasurer Suresh D Sakhare Imm Past Treasurer N Bhaskar Editor in Chief, JFST P S Negi Chief Editor, IFI The Central Executive Committee met five times during the year and discussed various agendas for the betterment of AFST(I) activities and took several important decisions. With a view to motivate the Chapters, two of the meetings were arranged at Chapters - one at Thrissur and another at NIFTEM, Kundli along with the memorial lectures. I. Formation of committees The following committees were constituted by CEC for smooth functioning of regular activities of the association. Academic & Research Facilitation Cell: Dr V Baskaran - Chairman Dr P S Panesar - Vice Chairman Dr Uday Annapure - Vice Chairman Dr Rajagopal - Convener Members: Dr K P Sudheer Dr. Abdul Rasheed Dr. (Mrs.) NeelamYadav Dr. (Mrs.) CharulathaMahanta Dr. RBN Prasad Dr. Idrees Ahmed Wani Dr. ShivmurthySrivastav Dr. K V Harish Prashanth Dr H S Oberoi Dr Baljeet Yadav Finance Committee Dr A Jayadeep - Chairman Dr R Kumar – Vice-Chairman Er. Umapati Hirewodeyar – Convener Members: Dr Suresh D Sakhare Dr. Phanikumar G Dr.(Mrs.) Vanajakshi V Dr. Pattekhan HH Credential Committee Dr V Baskaran - Chairman Dr S V N Vijayendra - Vice Chairman Dr Anand T - Vice Chairman Dr K V Harish Prashanth - Convener Members Dr. P Giridhar Dr Jeyarani T Dr Somashekar D Dr Naveen S. Dr Shiby Verghese Dr N Ilaiyaraja Dr Usha Dharmaraj Industrial Relations Committee Dr G K Sharma - Chairman Dr Mohan Singh -Vice Chairman Mr. Nilesh Amritkar - Vice Chairman Dr Pal Murugan - Convener Members: Mr. Gourab Chatterji Mr. Sagar Kurade Mr. Sachin Achintalwar Mr. Swapnil Solanki Mr. Ghaus Mohammad Mr. Girish Chitale Mr. Indranil Chatterjee Mr. George Thomas Mr. DK Yadav Dr. Johnsy George Government Relations committee Dr B S Khatkar - Chairman Dr Prabodh Halde - Co-Chairman Dr O P Chauhan - Convener Members: 2 Mr VedpalYadav Dr Sudheer Babu Prof Dilip More Mr Kartikeyan Dr V SudershanRao Dr Pratap Kumar Shetty H Dr P K Nema Dr P S Panesar Dr Anil Panghal Dr N Gopalan Awards Committee Dr B R Lokesh - Chairman Dr Narayan Prasad - Co-Chairman Dr D D Wadikar - Convener Members Mr Ayub Khan Dr Sukumar Debnath Dr Bhagyalakshmi N Dr P P Gothwal Dr Anilakumar KR Dr RevathyBaskaran Dr AS Chauhan Mr Chakkaravarthi A Website Committee Mr Rajesh S Matche – Chairman Dr Sajeev Kumar V A – Co-Chairman Dr Aashitosh A Inamdar –Convener Members: Dr. Suresh D Sakhare Dr. Pattehan HH Shri. Suresh PSN Mr. Anjaneya P Dr. Rudragoud P Dr. Harish Prshanth K V Mr. Vedpal Yadav Er. Umapati Hirewodeyar Students Committee Dr. Ng. Iboyama Singh - Chairman Shri. Sanjeev Sharma - Co-Chairman Dr. RP Singh - Convener Members Dr.Shalini Arya Ms.SubhaNistala Dr.EramRao Dr.AshutoshUpadhaya Dr.FarookMassodi Dr.Jaganmohan Dr. PP Chakravarthi Dr. AR Sawate Dr.P Savitha 3 ISO 9001 Certification and Implementation Committee Dr.Alok Srivastava - Chairman Dr.K Jayathilakan - Co-Chairman Dr. DD Wadikar - Convener Members: Dr.Aashitosh A Inamdar Dr. Suresh D Sakhare Mr. C. Jayaprahash Dr. Pattekhan HH Mr. Madhukar N Mr Vedpal Yadav Mr Aruna Kumar Publications Committee: Dr. N. Bhaskar - Chairman Dr S V N Vijayendra - Vice Chairman Dr P S Negi - Convener Members: Dr. Lalitha R Gowda Dr. V Sudershan Rao Dr. Prathap K Shetty Dr. Prabhat K Nema Dr. SVN Vijayendra Dr. CO Mohan Dr. Aashitosh A Inamdar Dr. S Vaithianathan Dr. Sanu Jacob Dr. Parmjit S Panesar Dr. Halami Prakash M Dr. Kaushik Banerjee Dr. RBN Prasad Dr. Kalidas Shetty Dr. O P Chauhan Dr. Ashish Singh Dr. Shalini S Arya Dr. K. P Sudheer Dr. G K Jayaprakash Dr. Padampriya Banada Dr. Sibabrata Mukherjee Mr. Pranav Joshi Mr. Subrata Mondal Ms. Shreya Pandey Publicity Committee Dr. Alok Shah - Chairman Dr Usha Dharmaraj - Convener Members: Dr. Mallesha Dr. Parigi Ramesh Kumar Dr C S Devaki Dr S Naveen Dr A S Chauhan 4 Mr Sumeet Kumar Dr. Sudhir Babu Dr.(Mrs.) AmritpalKaur Dr. Mahendrakar NS Dr.YogenderYadav Dr.Paras Sharma II. Membership During the current year (2018-19) ‘Diamond Jubilee Life Membership drive’ with concessional fees was extended on demand from many Chapters. The present membership of AFST(I) stands at 4828 of which 3392 are life members. The dedicated efforts of the Credential Committee is laudable and to be placed on record. During the year, decision was taken to offer honorary Corporate Membership to MFPI, FSSAI and BIS in order to get their strong support in achieving the objectives of the Association. A corporate Membership drive was imitated and special offer was launched. Subsequently we are receiving new corporate members for the association. III. Digitalization of AFST(I): Online Membership: Functionality of online membership has resulted in remarkable increase in the number of memberships and faster clearance of membership forms. In addition, the extended Diamond jubilee offer also encouraged several food professionals to join AFSTI. IV. E- Election: Shri B Vasu was nominated as the Returning Officer for current year’s elections of Office Bearers. The results of the election will be announced officially later in this AGBM. V. Annual Convention and other activities at Headquarters: 1. AFST(I) Building: MoU was signed between CSIR-CFTRI and AFST (I) regarding renovation of the previous office building. This is a long term & renewable MOU between CISR-CFTRI and AFST (I) without any financial commitment. It was decided that before shifting the office, the previous building would be restored and renovated in consultation with the Heads of Civil Engineering and PMC departments of CSIR-CFTRI. Restoration and renovation will be done without altering the heritage look of the building. The restoration and renovation will be undertaken by outside professional agency identified by the AFST (I). Expenditure will be borne by the AFST (I) for the above said work. Quotations for BoQ have been called with the scope of work. Further the matter will be handled by the building committee. 2. Site of AFST (I): Consulted with legal advisor to restore the property. 3. Meeting with Indonesian Ambassador: A meeting was organized at AFST (I) office with the Central Executive Committee members available at Headquarters of AFST (I) and Indonesian Ambassador on 19th February, 2019 for future collaborative activities. 4. Guidelines for GST implementation for Chapters: In order to encourage the Chapters to register GST, a handbook on GST guideline has been prepared with contribution from the Mumbai Chapter and the same was circulated to all the Chapters after launching it in an event organized at Anna University, Chennai, AFSTI Chennai Chapter being the first chapter of AFSTI to complete their GST registration. 5 5. Appointment of First Division Assistant: Mr S. Naveen has been appointed as the First Division Assistant in AFST (I) to look after the accounts and GST activities 6. World Food Day: During the year, financial support was given to 11 chapters for celebrating World Food Day at their chapters. At Headquarters the World Food Day was celebrated with Dr J V Bhat Memorial Lecture at DFRL on 23rd October, 2019. 7. Memorial Lectures: Dr J V Bhat Memorial Lecture was arranged at DRDO DFRL, Mysore on 23rd October 2019 followed by World Food Day and unveiling of Selfie point of 27th ICFOST-2019. Dr (Mrs). Neerja Hajela, Head - Science and Regulatory Affairs, Yakult Danone India Pvt. Ltd delivered Prof J V Bhat Memorial lecture on the topic “The Growing Burden of Antibiotic Resistance – Can Probiotics be one of the Solution to combat the crisis?”. Dr KSMS Raghava Rao, Director, CSIR-CFTRI delivered ‘World Food Day’ Lecture. Dr. G K Sharma, Additional Director, DFRL, Mysuru launched the unveiled the Selfie point of 27th ICFOST 2019. Dr Anil Dutt Semwal - Director DFRL delivered the presidential address and congratulated AFSTI for taking ICFOST to Northeast. In view of harmonization of Chapters and HQ, this year the AFSTI memorial lectures were conducted at different Chapters followed by CEC meeting and the opportunity was used to conduct curtain raisers of ICFOST-2019.