TRAINING REPORT

KADAMBAGCHI, WEST BENGAL

Duration : 2 day training program on Capacity Building in Fruit Ripening

Date : 19th

&

20th

August 2015 at KadamBagchi, West Bengal

S. No Particulars Remarks

1 Detailed curriculum Enclosed

2 List of faculty with brief profile Enclosed

3 Program Schedule

4 List of trainees Enclosed

5 List of representatives of Ripening Chambers participated Enclosed

a) Ripening chambers M/S. Keventer Fresh Ltd. Enclosed

b) Opinion of the representatives of ripening chambers where training is

required.

Enclosed

6 Feedback from university Enclosed

7 Feedback from trainees Enclosed

8 Feedback from faculty Enclosed

9 Press note Enclosed

10 Media attention received: Print media Enclosed

11 Photos taken during training program Enclosed

a) First day of training program inauguration and classroom photos Enclosed

b) Hands on training & Field visit to ripening chamber Enclosed

Kadambagachi, WB - DETAILED CURRICULUM

INAUGURATION - GUESTS ON DIAS

1 Hafiz Md Abu Tahir Director, Adarsha College of Education,

Kadambagachi, WB

2 Dr. Nabanita Banarjee Principal, Adarsha College of Education

Kadambagachi, WB

3 Mr. Shariful Islam Coordinator, Adarsha College of

Education, Kadambagachi, WB

4 Mr. Dipankar Sur Project Manager, ICE – Centre of

Excellence.

5. Mr. Soumyadev Chatterjee Agri Consultant

6. Mr. Ranjan Roy Manager, SBI

LIST OF FACULTY WITH BRIEF PROFILE

Dr. Nabanita Banarjee, Principal, Adarsha College of Education

MA English, Ph D in Education, Kolkata University, Ex Faculty of GSM Bed. College, Kolkata, WB

Having a experience of 21 years in the field of education.

Mr. Ranjan Roy, Manager, SBI, Kolkata

BSc in Physics from Kolkata University, Done CAIIB from Mumbai. PG Diploma in Industrial relation and

Personal Management from Bhawans College of Communication, Mumbai, MBA Banking and Finance from

IGNOU and having 34 years of experience in rural banking.

Mr. Dipankar Sur, Project Manager-Marketing MSc. ( Chemistry ), Having Research experience in School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru

University, New Delhi. MBA in International Marketing and Product Development and having experience of 35

years in diversified field.

Mr. Saumyadev Chatterjee, Agri Consultant, Kolkata

Bsc (Chemistry) from Kolkata University, MBA (Marketing & HR) from Sikkim Manlipal University, PG

Diploma in IRPM (Industrial Relations & Personal Management from Bhartiya Vidhya Bhavan and B Ed. From

Kolkatta University having over 12 years of experience in agriculture field

Mr. Dipak Roy, Plant Manager, Keventer Fresh Ltd.

Arts Graduate from Kolkata University, Trained at Rinac India Ltd. for Ripening Chamber and having experience

of 10 years in fruit ripening

Mr. Fahim Khan,

Asst Manager, ICE Centre of Excellence

BBM in Marketing, PGDM MBA in Marketing and International Business and having 3 years of experience in

marketing Mr. Lokesh Kumar, ICE Centre of Excellence

Asst Manager, ICE Centre of Excellence

A post graduate and having experience of 3 years in cold chain field.

Training program on Capacity Building in Fruit Ripening

Adarsha College of Education

Day 1: 19.08.15

10.00 am– 12.00 pm

Visit to Keventer Fresh Ltd

Nilgunj Road

Subhash Nagar, Barasat

Kolkata- WB

12.00- 01.00 pm

Briefing on Fruit ripening & supply

chain of Keventer Fresh Ltd

Unloading

Sorting and Cleaning

Chilling Chamber

Ripening Chamber

Ethylene Generator

Mr. Dipak Roy, Plant Manager

Keventer Fresh Ltd

01.00- 02.00 pm Operation and Maintenance of the

Ripening Chamber

Mr. Dipak Roy, Plant Manager

Keventer Fresh Ltd

02.00- 3.00pm

LUNCH

Day 2: 20.08.15

1

10.00 pm – 10.30 am

Inauguration by Lighting of lamp

Welcome address by. Mr. Abu Tahir

Mohammad, Director, Adarsha

College of Education

Address by Mr Shariful Islam,

Coordinator, Adarsha college of

Education

Address by Mr. Ranjan Roy,

Manager, State Bank of India,

Kolkata

2 10.30 – 11.00 am Introduction and Significance of the

Course

Dr. Nabanita Banarjee

Principal, Adarsha College of

Education

3

11.00 – 11.30am Opportunities in Agriculture with focus

on fruit ripening

Mr. Saumyadev Chatterjee,

Agri. Consultant

4 11.30 – 12.30 pm Introduction to NCCD,GCCA & ICE Mr. Fahim Khan,

Asst. Manager Marketing, ICE

Centre of Excellence

5 12.30- 01.30 pm Overview of the Indian Agriculture and

Indian Cold Chain industry.

Opportunities in the said sectors

Mr. Saumyadev Chatterjee,

Agri. Consultant

1.30 – 2.30 pm

LUNCH

6

2.30– 04.00 pm

Physiology of Fruit Ripening, Process

& Support to set up a banana ripening

chamber.

Permission and clearances required

from the Government

Mr. Dipankar Sur,

Project Manager

ICE Centre of Excellence

7

4.00– 4.30 pm

Financial Assistance available from

Indian Bank along with an overview of

the clearances required by the bank

Mr. Ranjan Roy,

Manager, SBI

Kolkata

8 4.30- 5.00 pm Banana Award Quiz and Valedictory

Session

LIST OF TRAINEES PARTICIPATED

S.No Name of Participant

Mobile No. Occupation

1 SANGITA ROY

9038196483 STUDENT

2

DIPANWITA

MAZUMDER 7384387203 STUDENT

3 TUHINA KHATUN

9674163573 STUDENT

4 MORI YAM

9674981956 STUDENT

5 PALLABI SARKAR

9614400503 STUDENT

6 ANWESA GHOSH

9836825836 STUDENT

7

SHARMISTA

HALDER 7602062599 STUDENT

8 AMINA FIRDOUSI

9836656551 STUDENT

9 ASMA KHATUN

9062730669 STUDENT

10 TUKUN GHOSH

9933960369 STUDENT

11 MUFIDUN NESSA

9051780394 STUDENT

12 JINABANU KHATUN

8017070780 STUDENT

13 JASMINA KHATUN

8001811927 STUDENT

14 AMINUL HAQUE

9647249381 STUDENT

15

JIARULHOQUE

SHAH 7407604248 STUDENT

16

GIASUDDIN

MONDAL 9635815455 STUDENT

17 BIDDUTH BALA

9874940947 STUDENT

18

SUBRATA

CHATERJEE 9732782918 STUDENT

19 MD. IBRAHIM

9143599145 STUDENT

20 EUTAYUL RAHAMAN

7278967374 STUDENT

21 MD. USHOM ALI

9830340772 STUDENT

22 ABDUL KUMAR GAZI

9051208336 STUDENT

23

MD. ALAMGIR

HOSSAIN 8926511254 STUDENT

24 HABULLA MONDAL

8296655512 STUDENT

25 KAJAL KHATUN

9775544974 STUDENT

26 TAMANNA PARVIN

9735786737 STUDENT

27 MD. NASHIM

9163984930 STUDENT

28 ABDUL KARIM

9143674017 STUDENT

29 SK ZALWAL HAQUE

9143131384 STUDENT

30

GOURANGA

MONDAL 9143504857 STUDENT

31 MUNIA PARVIN

9830961747 STUDENT

32 SABINA YASMIN

9830147711 STUDENT

33

SAGNIK

BHATTACHARJEE 9804795189 STUDENT

34 MIZANUR RAHAMAN

9143272242 STUDENT

35

PRIYANKA

KARMAKAR 7872969297 STUDENT

LIST OF REPRESENTATIVE OF RIPENING CHAMBER

PARTICIPATED

Keventer fruit ripening chamber is situated in Nilkunj Bazar, Shubhash Nagar, Barasat. The Chairman of this

plant is Mr. Mahendra Kumar Jalan who started Keventer Fresh Agro in the year 1986.

Keventer is the largest organized supplier of branded bananas in the Eastern region, and sell almost 3,00,000

pieces daily. Unique ripening technology is used to ensure healthy, delicious and nutritious bananas. Keventer’s

integrated facility at Barasat has a banana ripening capacity of over 50MT daily.

Keventer is also actively involved in enriching farmers' lives by forming a Global Development Alliance with

CII-FACE (Confederation of Indian Industry - Food and Agriculture Centre of Excellence) and USAID (U.S.

Agency for International Development).

After achieving Market Leader status in Kolkata, Keventer Bananas are now also available in Siliguri and its

adjoining areas. Keventer is in the process of setting up Processing Centres at Durgapur and Jharkhand.

S.NO Name of the ripening Chamber

and Address

Name of the

Representative

Opinion on proposed

place of training

1.

M/s. Keventer Fresh

Mr. Dipak Kumar Manager Keventer Fresh

Shubhash Nagar,

Barasat

FEEDBACK FROM UNIVERSITY

Dr. Nabanita Banarjee, Hafiz Md Abu Tahir, Director, Adarsha College of Education, Kadambagachi, WB

expressed keenness over conducting the said training program. The faculty and staff of the college were very

enthusiastic about the program.

Hafiz Md Abu Tahir, Director, Adarsha College of Education, Kadambagachi, WB Introduced the Organizers

to the students and explained the students the importance of the naturally ripened fruits. He inspired the

students to follow the details of the course and benefit from the same. He had a positive outlook towards

organizing skill development courses for the students.

He opined that the youth who undergo this training program would be enabled to handle the ripening

chambers in a scientific and systematic way. Moreover they themselves can successfully become potential

entrepreneurs by setting up ripening chambers and other allied agriculture activity. Thereby they are able to

create employment and also become job providers rather than job seekers.

The staff and students were very encouraged to know about the financial assistance and the impetus available

from the Government to build the interest in the Agriculture sector of the country. They applauded the efforts

of NCCD for organizing such trainings all across the country.

FEEDBACK FROM TRAINEES

The participants expressed that the training program was comprehensive and beneficial. They were of the view

that the information given by experts and faculty was a great learning experience. The participants were surprised

to know that some of the visually appealing fruits available that in the market are ripened by Calcium Carbide and

expressed that the ban on Calcium Carbide should be further strengthen and NCCD should implement more such

trainings.

They opined that the visit to the Keventer Fresh Ripening Chamber gave them a chance to see the ripening

process and get a hands on experience. It was a great learning experience for them when the staff of Keventer

Fresh Ltd. explained to them the entire procedures and best practices followed at Keventer Fresh Ltd. The

officials guided them around the unit showing and explaining the Sorting, grading lines, machinery and controls,

ripening chambers. The trainees found that the entire information shared very informative and the participants

were of the view that this skill would be useful to them in the near future.

The participants appreciated the contents of Dockets printed by the organizers and the knowledge imparted in the

training program. They appreciated the fact that the dockets summarizing the harmful effects of carbide ripened

fruits, aspects of ethylene ripening and schedule of training were provided in their regional language

The training program is a practical hands on experience and very helpful in understanding the operations of

ripening chamber and how the Government is actively available to support the cause. The efforts made by NCCD

in organizing the program at Adarsha College of Education, Kadambagachi, WB, were appreciated by all.

FEEDBACK FROM FACULTY

The faculty was very keen to spread awareness about the harmful effects of carbide and encourage people

to use natural ripening.

They appreciated the efforts of the government and NCCD.

They thanked NCCD and ICE for organizing the visit to Keventer Fresh Ltd. which was an excellent

hands on learning experience for the students as well as the faculty.

They wanted the training to have a mention about the proven ways of identifying carbide ripened fruits.

They were of the view that this type of training program should be conducted all over the country at

regular intervals

PRESS NOTE

Training Program on Capacity Building in Fruit Ripening

Adarsha College of Education, Kadambagachi, WB: As per the agenda of the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India,

Mr. Narendra Modi, Agriculture is the driving force of the economy. The government is laying special emphasis

on development of the agriculture sector and encouraging the citizens to come up with projects and businesses to

support this sector. The Ministry of Agriculture has introduced a Two Day training program on “Capacity

Building in Fruit Ripening” throughout the country. The course will be offered by Ministry of Agriculture,

Government of India (Carried out by National Centre for Cold Chain development (NCCD)-the nodal

government of India body for cold chain along with ICE Centre of Excellence).

The training is aimed at imparting education and awareness regarding the modern methods of Fruit Ripening,

hazards of Carbide Ripened fruits and the support available from the government to set up fruit ripening

chambers.

The workshop was successfully conducted in Adarsha College of Education, Kadambagachi, WB, on 19th

& 20th

August 2015 in collaboration with Adarsha College of Education, Kadambagachi, WB. The workshop was

attended by the students and faculties and was a great learning experience for all.

PREPARATION FOR THE SESSIONS:

After receiving the approvals for conducting trainings from National Centre for Cold Chain Development

(NCCD), we contacted Adarsha College of Education, Kadambagachi, WBand the owners of ripening chamber to

give wide publicity about the training program.

The existing ripening units in Shubhash Nagar, Barasat were enthusiastic to open their doors for the field visit and

were also pleased to share their entrepreneurial journey with the trainees. Mr. S P Chaudhury, DGM of the

ripening units respectively Co-ordinate effectively with the organizers to ensure participation by all concerned in

the industry.

The related companies, agriculture universities and bank representatives were contacted for the lectures to be

given during the training. They were extremely enthusiastic and to be part of the training and the response was

overwhelming.

AGENDA: GENERATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND

ENTERPRENURIAL OPPORTUNITIES; AWARENESS

ABOUT HARMFUL EFFECTS OF CARBIDE

The objective of the program was to:

Train Human resources in banana ripening technology

Educate the trainees about the harmful effects of Carbide ripened fruits

Educate the trainees in real time conditions to give them hands o experience

Promotion of standards, scientific procedures and best practices in banana ripening.

Assist in providing employment opportunities to the trained candidates through our existing network of

promoters of banana ripening chambers.

Educate the potential entrepreneurs about

o The financial viability of setting up a Banana ripening chamber.

o The Technical standards on Banana Ripening established by Ministry of Agriculture.

o New MIDH guidelines and financial assistance available

o Financial assistance available from Indian Banks

Provide feedback concerning future training needs, and participate in the design of annual training

activities.

The prospective employers i.e.: ripening chamber owners allowed practical trainings in their facility and actively

participated with the trainees, and clears the doubts of trainees during the practical session.

They have been registered in our database and will be in touch for the preparation of DPRs etc.

Actual employment generated will be monitored and reported to the NCCD

Inauguration Photos

Photos taken during Registration

View of Participants & Presentation photos

Photos Taken during Lunch

Second Day of Ripening Chamber Visit – Keventer Fresh Ltd

NCCD Banana Award Winner

Valedictory Session: Certificate Distribution