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VASANTDADA SUGAR INSTITUTE

VSI Bulletin : Vol.-12, Issue-3, October 2012

Vol. 12, Issue - 3, October 2012

The withdrawal of the monsoon has been marked by

episodes of extremely heavy rainfall in many parts of

Maharashtra in contrast to the sparse showers during the

rainy season. These vagaries of the monsoon have already

affected the planting of the sugarcane crop among others

and will surely result in shortage of cane for the crushing

season 2013-14. A drop in the production during the

forthcoming coming crushing season of 2012-13 as

compared to the previous season is already expected. This

situation poses many problems for the sugar industry and

more so for the mills in the cooperative sector. In order to

meet these challenges head on VSI organized two state

level meetings in the past quarter. The first meeting of cane

development officers focused on the important issue of seed

production whilst the second one targeted the measures

to be adopted to overcome the problem of short crushing

season. The deliberations and conclusions from these vital

meeting have been profiled in this issue.

Annual conventions of various sugar industry

associations in the country are usually organized in the third

quarter of every year. VSI scientists actively participate in

these gatherings and the research papers presented by them

are well received. This issue details the representation of

VSI at the annual conventions of STAI, DSTA and SISSTA along

with the prizes awarded to VSI scientists but most

significantly the Lifetime Achievement Award to VSI Director

General Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh. It is indeed a proud

moment for the Institute and recognition of his stellar

contribution to the rising prominence of VSI on the national

and international scene. The participation of VSI in the AIDA

seminar on Production -Availability-Policy on Ethanol &

Distillery Effluent Treatment Technologies has also been

included in this issue.

Other events in the quarter include a visit by a team

from Shivaji University Kolhapur, training programme for

farmers from Gujrat, sanction of two training programmes

by CPCB, fire and safety training at VSI etc.. The academic

courses of VSI also begin during this quarter and there are

currently more than 500 students enrolled in the Institute.

The preparations for the oncoming crushing season are in

full swing at various mills and the times ahead are

challenging but VSI shall continue to help the industry in

meeting them.

(Dr. Deepali Nimbalkar)Editor



FLASH NEWS

Mr. S. Anand Kumar has joined in the Sugar Technology Department as ‘Senior

Sugar Technologist’ he holds M.Sc. (Applied Chemistry), AVSI (Sugar Tech) diploma

and a diploma in management. He has a total of 30 yrs experience in different

capacities starting from manufacturing chemist in different sugar factories.

Mr. Pravin Shivaji Dumanavar has joined in the Sugar Technology Department

as a ‘Technical Officer’ from July 2012. He completed B.Sc. in (Physics, Chem. &

Maths) & also PG Diploma in Sugar Technology in AVSI. He has three & half years

experience as a manufacturing chemist. He previously worked in The Godavary

Bio Refineries Ltd as a Officer Mfg. (Plant capacity 15000 TCD), Karnataka.

WelcomeWelcome

The Sugar

T e c h n o l o g i s t s

Association of India

has conferred the Life

time Achievement

Award on Mr. Shivajirao

Deshmukh, Director

General, VSI. This

award was given by

Prof. K V Thomas,

Minister, Public

Distribution &

Consumer Affairs,

Government of India, at the inaugural ceremony of

the 71st Annual Convention of STAI held at

Hyderabad on August 24, 2012. This award was

given for his significant role in nurturing the co-

operative sugar industry through his vast

Mr. S. Anand Kumar

Mr. Pravin S. Dumanvar

knowledge and rich

experience in ground

water, rural

development and co-

operative management

during his various

assignments with the

Government of

Maharashtra, as

Secretary, Co-operation

and Marketing,

Director-Sugar, etc and

later as Director

General of VSI. It is indeed recognition of his stellar

work in the sugar industry and a matter of pride for

the Institute. Many congratulations and best wishes

to him for meeting more milestones in the journey

ahead.

STAI Lifetime Achievement Award

CONGRATULATIONS



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The 59th Annual Convention of Deccan Sugar

Technologists’ Association (DSTA) was held at Shivaji

University, Kolhapur July 14 & 15, 2012. Awards were

received by VSI scientists for their papers presented

in the 10th Joint Convention of STAI and DSTA 2011

held at Pune at the hands of Dr. N. J. Pawar, Vice

Chancellor of Shivaji University Kolhapur and in

presence of Dr. H. N. Maheshappa, Vice Chancellor

of Visvesvaraiya Technological University, Belgaum

and Mr. Babanrao Shinde, President of DSTA. Details

of these awards are as follows

1. First prize in agriculture- “A programme for

DSTA Awardssugarcane improvement by utilization of genetic

resources” by K V Sushir, R S Hapase, S B Patil

and R B Deshmukh.

2. First prize in manufacturing – “Reduction in

Turbidity of Clear Juice - A Case Study of

Sanjeevani (T) SSK Ltd.” by C R Bhandari, V P

Sidanale and Dr. M B Londhe.

3. First prize in byproducts- “New Method for

Measurement of Foaming Characteristic of

Cane Molasses and Effect of Foaming on

Alcoholic Fermentation” by M L Kadam, R S

Patil, R N More and S V Patil.

STAI AwardsVSI scientists received awards at the 71st annual

convention of the Sugar Technologists Association of

India held at Hyderabd in September 2012 for their

papers presented at the 10th Joint Convention of STAI

and DSTA at Pune in July 2011. Details of these awards

are

1. Noel Deer Gold medal- ‘Determination of

genetic fidelity of micro propagated sugarcane

plantlets and their field performance in

subsequent regeneration.’ By Dr. R B Doule and

Dr. Y S Nerkar

2. STAI silver medal- “Effective use of VLJH for

achieving higher heat transfer coefficient - An

attempt for reducing steam consumption” by Dr.

M B Londhe, R V Dani, K B Genge and Vishwajeet

Shinde



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The Central Pollution Control Board has sanctioned

two residential training courses under its HRD

programme to the Department of Environmental

Sciences, VSI. The names and dates of these are

1. Zero Liquid Discharge in Agro-based

Industries- January 7-11, 2013

Training on sample preparation

Mr. Shrikant Takle, Technical Officer-Analytical,

attended two days training programme on “Sample

Preparation-Tips and Techniques” organized by Agilent

Technologies (I) Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore on August 7 & 8,

2012. During training programme, he attended theory

and demonstration of sample preparation by SPE with

different carriages like C18, Ion Exchange and prepared

2. Wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse

in Industry- Feb 3-5, 2013

There will be 20 participants from CPCB and

various SPCB’s in each of these trainings. This is

the third consecutive year that CPCB has

sanctioned training programmes to VSI.

TRAINING OF VSI STAFF

CPCB Training programmes

Training on fire safety

samples of molasses using QuChERS method. During

the training programme, SPE method, types of

cartridges like C2, C8, C18, CYANO, Amino phases, Ion

Exchanges and QuChERS method were discussed in

detail. Participants also visited R & D laboratory.

Training will be helpful for analyzing various samples

received by Alcohol Technology Department.

Protection against fire is very important for the

functioning of any laboratory and VSI has also taken

care to equip its labortories with fire protection. In

this regard a training on fire safety for the staff of

VSI was conducted on August 28, 2012 by Mr. Kudale

from Manoj Fire Services in two batches. He first

explained about the conditions which can cause or

encourage fires. He talked about the different types

of fires and the classification of fire extinguishers

used to control them. A demonstration of the use of

these extinguishers was also arranged so that the

staff of VSI could familiarize themselves with their

use.



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SEMINAR / CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP

Indian Life Cycle Assessment and

Management Conference

Dr. Deepali Nimbalkar attended the first Indian Life

Cycle Assessment and Management Conference ILCM

-2012 in New Delhi from August 21-23, 2012. The

conference was organized by the Federation of Indian

Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and United

Nations Environment Program (UNEP). It brought

together Indian and international experts on LCA/M,

including academicians, industry practitioners and

consultants, as well as bodies influencing policy both

domestically as well as internationally.

SISSTA Annual Convention 2012

The South Indian Sugarcane and Sugar Technologists’

Association organized their 42nd Annual Convention on

August 24-25, 2012 at The Chancery Pavilion, Bangalore.

Mr. A V R Reddy, President, SISSTA welcomed the guests

and delgates. The inaugural speech was given by Mr.S

V Balsubramanian, Chairman & Managing Director,

Banari Aman Sugars Ltd. regarding current problems in

south Indian sugar industry. In her presidential address,

Dr. Vidya Murkumbi, Chairperson, Shree Renuka Sugars

Ltd. explained the details of Government policies

especially for sugar industry and how these policies

are creating limitations to sugar factories. She also

noted the government policies for sugar industry at

Brazil. The key note address was delivered by Mr. Niraj

Shirgaonkar, Joint Managing Director, Ugar Sugar Works

Ltd. Karnataka. A special address was also given by Mr.

K S Satyamurthy, IAS Commissioner of Karnataka. A team

from VSI led by the Director General, Mr Shivajirao

Deshmukh also participated in the convention. The team

included

1. Mr. R V Dani , Technical Adviser & Head Sugar

Technology Department

2. Dr. Ramesh Hapse, Principle Scientist, Plant

Breeding

3. Mr. P P Shinde , Scientist, Agril. Engg.

4. Dr. V P Sidanale, Sr. Sugar Technologist

5. Dr. J M Repale , Scientist, Plant

Breeding

6. Mr. D B Sapkal, Sugar Technologist

A total of 60 research papers were published

and 42 were presented at the convention of which

5 papers were by VSI scientits. Around 600-650

delegates from different sugar mills attended this

seminar.

Seminar on Production -Availability-

Policy on Ethanol & Distillery Effluent

Treatment Technologies

A seminar on Production–Availability-Policy

on Ethanol & Distillery Effluent Treatment

Technologies, was organized by All India

Distillers’ Association, New Delhi in Pune on

August 27 & 28, 2012. A large number of

representatives of distillery industry, policy

makers, research institutes, technology

developers, plant suppliers from various states

participated in the seminar.

Mr. V. N. Raina, Director General, AIDA,

welcomed guests and the participants. He

brought to the notice of audience that, the

Ethanol Blending Programme took off way back

in 2002, with a aim to supply 5% ethanol blended

petrol (EBP) in entire country by 2005 and

increase ethanol blending to 20% by 2017.

However, last year overall 3% EBP was supplied



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on national basis. Mr. Abhay Chaudhary, PRAJ

Industries, Pune in his key note address, briefed

about the research and development status of first

and second generation bio-fuels at PRAJ Matrix and

the first commercial scale 30 KLPD bioethanol plant

based on lingo-cellulosic feed stock in Maharashtra

which will commence shortly. He also elaborated the

technological developments made by the company

to reduce, reuse and recycle water and waste water

for efficient use of water and lowest possible effluent

generation from distilleries. The presidential address

of Shri. Vijaysingh Mohite Patil, President Distillers’

Association of Maharashtra & the Ethanol

Manufacturers Association of India was read in his

absence.

Kopargaon SSK Ltd and hopes to provide a breakthrough

for the long awaited success in achieving ZLD.

Subjects including Zero Liquid discharge solution

for distilleries, innovative solutions for distillery

effluent treatment, generation of Bio-CNG from biogas

and its advantages, evaporation and drying

technologies for total effluent management in

molasses based distilleries, new technologies for H2S

removal by biological process were discussed at

length during the seminar.

A paper on “Evaluation of Performance of Thermo-

Tolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae TSC-20073 Strain

on plant scale” was presented by Mr. S V Patil,

Technical Advisor & Head, Department of Alcohol

Technology, VSI. In tropical areas and in old distilleries

where cooling tower efficiency is inadequate, plants

can run smoothly with TSC–20073 strain. This study

provides evidence of naturally occurring

Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains with faster growth

rate and moderately tolerant towards sugar, alcohol

and temperature. The results indicate a good potential

for this isolate of thermo-tolerant yeast culture in

commercial scale alcohol production, particularly for

tropical regions. Use of thermo tolerant strain in

alcoholic fermentation will result in substantial saving

of water, electricity and capital expenditure to some

extent.

In his inaugural speech, Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh,

Director General, VSI, remarked that Pune was a hub

for sugar and distillery industry since all major

technology providers & EPC contractors were based

in Pune. He applauded the efforts of research

institutes, technology developers and suppliers for

advancement in fermentation, distillation and effluent

treatment at par with global leaders. He informed

about the stringent norms being introduced by

regulatory authorities and advised them to upgrade

the ETPs to meet ZLD norms. He mentioned that VSI

has strongly recommended first gasification plant at



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Dr. Deren Griffin, Lanza Tech presented a paper on

an integrated technology solution incorporating novel

syngas to ethanol by fermentation process was

highly informative and the ethanol produced by this

route will fulfill ever rising future ethanol requirement

of the world. Constraints of ethanol supply to oil

companies were addressed in the paper presented by

Mr. Amit Agrawal of Bajaj Hindustan Limited. Elaborate

discussions on innovation of ethanol production from

starchy materials, use of enzyme in Indian Ethanol

Industry took place in the seminar.

In the concluding session Mr. V N Raina reviewed

the discussions and deliberations during the seminar.

He also briefed about the efforts AIDA is making to

increase the holding capacity of storage tank from 30

days to 90 days and one time land application with

regulatory authorities. He also hinted that non

compliance of CREP norms by distilleries will be dealt

with stern action by the regulating agency and

appealed all to strictly adhere to discharge norms.

A team of nine delegates including Mr. K

Sundaramoorthi, Vice President and Executives of

Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd, Tamil Nadu, Dr. J A Gore, Sr.

Executive of IFB Agro Ltd, Kolkata West Bengal, visited

the Alcohol Technology department of the Institute on

August 29, 2012. The visitors were impressed with the

advanced analytical facilities, and various research

activities undertaken by the department related to first

and second generation bio-fuels.

STAI Annual Convention 2012

The 71st Annual Convention of the Sugar

Technologists’ Association of India was held on

September 24-26, 2012 at HICC, Hyderabad, Andhra

Pradesh. Dr. G.S.C. Rao, President STAI welcomed all

the guests and delegates. The presidential address was

delivered by Prof. K.V. Thomas, Hon’ble Minister for

Public Distribution & Consumer Affairs, Govt. of India.

A special speech was given by Dr. (Mrs.) J. Geeta

Reddy, Hon’ble Minister for Major Industries Sugar,

Commerce Export Promotion, Govt. of Andhra

Pradesh. Around 800-900 delegates from different

sugar mills attended this convention. VSI was

represnted by a team 12 scientists led by the Director

General, Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh. Mr. R V Dani,

Technical Adviser & Head, Sugar Technology also

chaired the session on Factory processing.

A total of 94 research papers were presented

during this convention which included the following

10 research papers by VSI scientists.

1. Selection of Sugarcane Clones for High Sugar

Recovery and Flowering Zone of Maharashtra

State by Dr. R S Hapase

2. Yield and Sucrose Characteristic of Newly

Developed Sugarcane Genotypes Under Test at

VSI, Pune by Dr. J M Repale

3. Crop Geometry and Fertigation Through Drip

Irrigation for Sugarcane by Mr. A S Deshmukh

4. Rain gun Sprinkler Irrigation-An Advanced

Technology of Water Management for

Sugarcane by Mr. P P Shinde

5. Evaluation of Genotypes/Varieties for

Resistance to Smut Disease under Artificial

Disease Condition by Mr. B H Pawar

6. Agronomic Evaluation of New Promising

Sugarcane Genotypes and Their Response to

Nitrogen Fertilization by Mr. P V Ghodke

7. Study of sugarcane seasonal planting and

varietal change & it’s effect on cane yield &

Sugar recovery in Maharashtra by Mr. B J

Takalkar

8. Rapid and automatic analytical method for

sucrose base cane payment by Mr. R V Dani

9. Evaluation of new biocide for sugar industry by

Mr. L S Dalvi

10. Surplus Power Cogeneration in India by Mr. K R

Patil



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TRAINING PROGRAMMES BY VSI

Training Programme for sugarcane growers from

Gujarat State

Agricultural Sciences and Technology Division

conducted 3 days training on “Advanced

Technologies in Sugarcane Agriculture” for

sugarcane growers from Gujarat State under

National Agriculture Technology Management

Agency (ATMA) from July 5-7, 2012 at VSI. The

programme was inaugurated by Shri Firoz Gardharia,

Project Director, ATMA, Surat who took review of

sugarcane agriculture in Surat District in particular

and Gujarat State in general. He emphasized the

need of training to the sugarcane growers for

improvement in the sugarcane productivity and sugar

recovery of the state. Thirty sugarcane growers from

Surat District participated in this residential training

which included lectures and demonstrations on

various topics like Sugarcane scenario in India and

Gujarat State, Sugarcane Varieties, Sugarcane Seed

Nursery Programme, Tissue Culture in Sugarcane,

Planting Methods, Soil Fertility and Integrated

Fertilizer Management, Irrigation Management, Use

of Bio-fertilizers, Farm Mechanization, Ratoon

Management in Sugarcane and Integrated Disease

& Pest Management. On 3rd day of the training, visit

to Shiroli Village in the operational area of the

Vignahar SSK Ltd., was organized where trainee

farmers visited different plots of sugarcane and

discussed with the progressive farmers of the village

about the technologies adopted by them in sugarcane

agriculture. Concluding session of the training was

chaired by Shri. Shivajirao Deshmukh, Director

General, VSI. He advised to the farmers for

implementation of modern technologies of

sugarcane and assured them about the VSI’s help

for cane development in Gujarat State. The trainees

expressed satisfaction about the lectures &

practicals and lodging & boarding facilities provided

during the training.



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STATE LEVEL MEETINGS AT VSI

The sugar industry in Maharashtra state is facing

a serious problem of cane availability for crushing

season 2012 -13 mainly due to drought situation. In

current season, adsali plantation is comparatively

very less and

planting of cane in

preseason and

suru season is also

likely to be

a d v e r s e l y

affected. This will

result in acute

shortage of cane

for 2013-14

crushing season. In

order to increase

the cane

availability, more attention needs to be given on seed

production and distribution programme. In this

context, VSI organized a meeting of Cane

Development Officers of the sugar factories in the

state at its campus on September 6, 2012. The

meeting was chaired by the Director General,

Shivajirao Deshmukh.

This meeting was attended by Shri. Jaiprakash

Dandegaokar, Member, VSI Governing Council, and

Chairman, Purna SSK Ltd., Dr. J.D. Pawar, Member,VSI

Governing Council and Chairman, Vasantdada SSK Ltd.

Kalwan, Nasik, Mr. Sudhir Dive, Managing Director,

Purti Power and Sugar Mill, Nagpur, Mr. Ranware,

Managing Director, Vithalrao Shinde SSK Ltd. Madha,

Solapur, Mr. A. R. Chavan, Managing Director, Rena

SSK Ltd., Latur, Mr. Divate, General Manager, Sanjivani

SSK Ltd. Kopargaon along with 119 Cane

Development Officers and Chief Agriculture Officers

from 93 sugar mills. This was exclusive meet of sugar

mill management representatives, cane

d e v e l o p m e n t

officers and the VSI

scientists to

discuss strategies

for planning the

seed production

and distribution

programme for

2012-13 and 2013-

14 planting season.

F o l l o w i n g

issues regarding

cane availability

and the strategies for planning the seed production

and distribution programme were discussed and a

crash programme of seed nursery planning was

finalized in the meeting.

1. Due to prevailing drought situation in the state,

sugar industry is facing serious problem of cane

availability for crushing season 2012 -13. As per

the information received from the sugar mills,

total12 lac ha area was registered under

sugarcane in the state. Of the total registered

area, 76940 ha area was dried due to water

scarcity, 72115 ha was diverted for fodder

purpose and 23425 ha for jaggery preparation.

Besides these diversions, 10 % of standing cane

will be harvested for seed purpose and 10% area

will be common in adjoining sugar mills. Hence,

State Level Meeting Of Cane Development Officers For Seed Production

(A crash programme to be implemented during 2012-13 and 2013-14)



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only 8.35 lac ha area under sugarcane will be

harvested for crushing and from which

approximately 500 lac tonne of cane will be

available for crushing in 2012-13.

2. In order to increase the cane availability the

main component of seed needs to be given

more attention. Therefore, in depth discussion

on availability of seed material for current

planting season as well as next planting was

held and the seed production strategies were

finalized.

3. In 2012-13 planting season, 8174 ha area of

certified seed is standing in the state from

which only 82570 ha will planted as

commercial sugarcane. Besides this seed

material, another 50000 ha is required for seed

purpose for the plantation on about 5 lac ha

area. Therefore, it is decided to select the good

healthy sugarcane plots well distributed in the

operational area of sugar mills for seed

purpose. VSI scientists will help the sugar mills

for selection of healthy plots for seed purpose.

4. In current season, adsali plantation is

comparatively very less and planting of cane

in preseason and suru season is likely to be

adversely affected. Therefore, there will be

acute shortage of cane in 2013-14 crushing

season. Similarly, there will be acute shortage

of good quality seed in planting season 2013-

14. To overcome this situation, VSI has

suggested a seed production and distribution

scheme to the sugar mills with the help of

farmers. The main components of the scheme

are as under.

i) The main theme of the scheme is to have

seed nursery of each farmer or of maximum

sugarcane growers so as to spread or replace

the seed from maximum area in a shorter

period.

ii) Each sugar mill have to estimate their seed

requirement on the basis of daily crushing

capacity, cane requirement for crushing, total

area under sugarcane (plant and ratoon) and

area to be newly planted.

The following table illustrates the seed

requirement of sugar mills with various capacities.

iii) The farmers with average sugarcane yield of

minimum 100 t/ha and having assured

irrigation facility should be selected for the

seed production programme.

Crushing days 180 180 180

Cane requirement 450000 630000 900000

Average cane yield 75 75 75

(t/ha)

Total area to be 7000 9660 13800

brought under

sugarcane (ha)

Area under ratoon 2800 3864 5520

crop (ha)

Area under plant 4200 5796 8280

cane (ha)

Seed cane area 420 580 828

required (ha)

No of farmers to be 4200 5800 8280

selected having seed

nursery of 10 Are

No of farmers to be 8400 11600 16560

selected having seed

nursery of 5 Are

Particulars Crushing Capacity of

Sugar Mill

2500

TCD

5000

TCD

3500

TCD



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iv) The seed plots should be preferably given to

the cane growers having drip irrigation facility.

v) Cane growers can plant seed nursery on

minimum 2.5 R to 0.40 ha area depending on

area to be commercially planted by him or

nearby farmers. The seed plots should be well

distributed in the operational area.

vi) Cane growers should select sugarcane

varieties from Co86032, CoVSI9805, CoC671,

VSI434, CoM0265 and CoVSI03102 depending

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upon agro-climatic conditions and sugar mills

planning for the seed production programme.

vii) The price of sugarcane seed needs to be

decided by sugar mill only.

viii) The inputs like seed, fertilizers, biofertilizers,

pesticides, micronutrients etc. are expected

to be supplied by sugar mills and the amount

on inputs is to be deducted from next year’s

cane bill of the respective farmers.

ix) The seed plots will be inspected by the CDO

and VSI scientists before distributing to the

farmers.

x) CDO will be responsible for transferring the

seed production technology to field level.



Technical Meet of Chief Engineers & Chief Chemists

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During crushing season 2011-12 about 771 lac MT

of cane was crushed in Maharashtra to produce 89.96

lac MT of sugar with an average recovery of 11.65%.

During ensuing season about 545 lac MT sugarcane is

expected to be crushed and about 60 lac MT sugar

production is expected with recovery of 11.50%.This is

a great challenge for sugar factories in Maharashtra.

In view of above VSI arranged a one day technical meet

of technical heads of the member sugar factories on

September 16, 2012 to discuss the measures to be

adopted to overcome the problems faced by short

crushing season.

Mr. R V Dani, Head Sugar Technology department

welcomed all the participants. The key note address

was delivered by Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh Director

General, VSI. In his presidential address Shri.

Shankarraoji Kolhe, Founder Trustee, VSI asked the

technologists about various controls in factory working

like achieving highest possible production by keeping

minimum hours lost percent available, use higher

imbibitions percent in the tune of 250% on fiber,

moisture of bagasse is to be maintained below 49%,

maintain minimum possible losses in the boiling house

and to increase production of bolder grain so as to fetch

higher price of sugar.

The meet was attended by 275 delegates including

Chief Engineers, Chief Chemists, Dy. Chief Engineers,

Dy. Chief Chemist, Sugar Engineers/Chemist from

various sugar mills. It was conducted in two sessions.

During first session problems related to cane carrier,

Return Bagasse Carrier (RBC), Mill and boiler

maintenance and operation was actively discussed.

At the end of this session, factories (their

representatives) have agreed to maintain mixed juice

% cane above 105 % by using more imbibition water

at mills due to shortage of sugar cane this year.

The second session i.e Processing Session was

divided in to three sections viz. 1. juice clarification,

2. use of modern steam devices & evaporator

configuration and 3. pan boiling and sugar quality.

In this session, experiences were shared by different

technologists about success stories of steam

reduction by implementation of modern steam

devices in their own factories. Some of them shared

the experience of use of mud decanters in place of

vacuum filters to reduce sugar loss in filter cake.

Everyone discussed the problem and possible

solutions for solving the same.

This type of meet arranged by VSI for first time,

in which no presentations were included. However

there was enthusiastic and great participation from

audience. The participants expressed to have this

type of meet every year and they demanded two days

meet instead of one day.



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The AICRP(S) monitoring team comprising of four

scientists headed by Dr. Arun K. Choudhary, I/C Project

& Principal Scientist (Entomology), AICRP ON

SUGARCANE, Zonal Agricultural Research Station,

Powarkheda, Hoshangabad (MP) along with Dr. K.

Mohanraj, Scientist (Plant Breeding), Division of crop

improvement, Sugarcane Breeding Institute,

Coimbatore; Dr. Mehar Chand, Regional Research

Station, CCS Haryana Agricultural University), Uchani,

Karnal (Haryana) and Dr. Md. Minatullah, Sugarcane

Research Institute (RAU), Pusa Dist. Samastipur (Bihar)

had visited the institute during August 30 & 31, 2012 to

monitor the AICRP(S) research program at VSI location.

The team visited the experiments conducted at research

farm as per the technical programme 2012-13 of AICRP(S)

by the Plant Breeding, Agronomy and Irrigation,

Entomology and Plant Pathology. The team members

had visited the eight Zonal Varietal Trials and the

seedlings raised from sugarcane fluff under the fluff

supply program of AICRP(S). The promising genotypes

from Advanced Varietal Trials under early and Midlate

group are as under -

1. Advanced Varietal Trial-II Plant-Early :

PI 07131

2. Advanced Varietal Trial-I Plant-Ratoon-Early :

PI 07131

3. Advanced Varietal Trial-I Plant-Early :

Co 08001 and VSI 08121

4. Advanced Varietal Trial-II Plant-Midlate :

CoSnk 07103, Co 07010

5. Advanced Varietal Trial-I Plant-Ratoon -Midlate :

CoSnk 07103, Co 07010

6. Advanced Varietal Trial-I Plant-Midlate:

Co 08020, Co 08008

VISIT OF AICRP(S) MONITORING TEAM

The team appreciated the crop growth in all the

experiments conducted at Vasantdada R & D farm and

progress under fluff supply programme by VSI. The

team visited the experiments from Agronomy (includes

Soil and Irrigation), Entomology and Plant Pathology

and appreciated the trials performance.

AICRP(S) monitoring team members visited

Agronomical trials including soil and irrigation aspects

experiments and expressed his satisfaction towards

conduct of the AICRP(S) trials.

The team members visited all the experiments

conducted by entomology and pathology and extended

their satisfaction for the crop growth and the

observations recorded.



Emission Inventory Campaign for SAFAR Pune

The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

(IITM), Pune had entrusted the work of development

of air emissions inventory for Pune Meteropolitan

Region by collection of

primary and

secondary data from

various sources for

implementation of

System of Air Quality

Forecasting and

Research (SAFAR) –

Pune to the

Department of

E n v i r o n m e n t a l

Sciences VSI. Dr.

Deepali Nimbalkar,

Scientist & Head, Department of Environmental

Sciences, co-ordinated this campaign which involved

around 100 student volunteers from various colleges

in Pune region, including students from VSI. The data

collected by these volunteers is now being analysed

at VSI. It has given an accurate picture of the transport

sector in the city with comparative data related to

vehicle usage, types of fuels, vehicle density count,

traffic compostion and

diurnal variation in

vehicular activity on 44

different roads in the

city. The concluding

session of the data

collection campaign

was held at IITM on July

2, 2012. Dr. Goswami,

Director, IITM

appreciated the work

carried out by the

students and the

project co-ordinators of this campaign. All the

volunteers were given a certificate of participation

jointly by IITM and VSI. Volunteers who did excellent

work were also given a certificate of appreciation.

These included two students from VSI viz. Mr. Rahul

Pawar and Ms. Rutugandha Parasnis.



Library Update

1) Cane sugar machinery and its lubrication

- By Socony –Vacuum oil company Inc.,

New York, USA

2) Majet jagav kase?

- Gorle, Shivraj

Publisher – Rajhans Prakashan Pvt. Ltd.,

Pune

3) Organic Chemistry

- Morrison, Robert T.; Boyd, Robert N.;

Bhattacharjee, Saibal K.

Publisher- Pearson Education, Delhi

4) Khandekar’s new age verb dictionary

- Khandekar Dilip

5) Satyagrahi shetkari: Biography

- Kolhe, Shankarrao, Genuji & Joshi S.D.

Publisher-Sanjivani SSK Ltd., Ahmednagar

VISITORS TO VSI

1) Director of Kenya Sugar Board comprising ofMr. Kiptarus Kirior, Mr. Zacharia Obado, Mr. Ewing

Mwombe, Mrs. Mary Ngugi and Mr. Sristine Chesaro

2) Mr. K Sundaramoorthi, Vice President and Executiveof Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd., Tamil Nadu,

Dr. J A Gore, Sr. Executive of IFB Agro Ltd., KolkataWest Bangal.

3) Local Inquiry committee from Shivaji University

comprising of Dr. Pramod Wasambekar (Chairman),

Dr. G B Kolekar, Dr. S B Kengar, Dr. S R Yadav,

Dr Smt. J P Jadhav and Dr. S V Supanekar

4) Ms. Varrtika Mudaliar, Country Representative,

University of Nottingham, UK



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Name of Institution

DETAILS OF OTHER VISITORS

Visitors Number

July 2012

Vidya Pratishthan’s Arts, Science & Commerce College, Co-ordinator and UGC 24

BaramatiDist : Pune Refresher course Trainee

Genelabs Biotechnology, Jabalpur, MP Officer 1

Joint Director of Agriculture Dist. Gadag, Karnataka Officers and Farmers 44 (2)

Shirol Taluka Agriculture OfficeDist.Sngli Officers and Farmers 49

Sahyadri SSK Ltd., YeshwantnagarTal., Karad, Dist : satara Farmers 6

Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Baramati,Dist. Pune Scientist and Officers 4

ATMA Project, Surat, Gujrat Officers and Farmers 17

August 2012

Manora Taluka Agriculture Office,Dist. Washim Officers and Farmers 51

Someshwar SSK ltd., Someshwarnagar,Tal. Baramati, Dist. Pune Farmers 2

Shirpur Shetkari SSK Ltd., Shivajinagar,Dahiwad, Farmers 3

Tal. Shirpur, Dist. Dhule

K.K.Wagh College of AgriculturePanchwati, Nashik Faculty and Students 77

Shree Tatysaheb Kore Warana SSK Ltd.,Warananagar,Dist : Kolhapur Farmers 13

Nasik Taluka Agriculture OfficeDist. Nasik Officers and Farmers 50

P.D.E.A’s College of EngineeringManjari Bk. Faculty and Students 60

September 2012

Koregaon Taluka Agriculture Office,Dist. Satara Officers and Farmers 27

Rajarambapu Patil SSK Ltd.,Rajaramnagar, Post: SakhraleTal. Famers 9

Walwa, Dist. Sangli

Sinhgad College of Science, Pune Lecturers and Students 24

Arts, Science & Commerce College, Indapur, Dist. Pune Lecturers and Students 30

Total 491

Figures in brackets indicate number of visits.

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