TRAINING REPORT

Malikapur Barasat, Berunanpukuria

Kolkata, West Bengal

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

Date : 19th

&

20th

August 2015 at Berunanpukuria, Kolkata, 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 in 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

Malikapur Barasat,

Berunanpukuria, West Bengal - DETAILED CURRICULUM

INAUGURATION - GUESTS ON DIAS

1 Mr. Asim Kumar Bhadra Director, Kingston Polytechnic College

2 Mrs. Uma Bhattacharya Secretary, Kingston Polytechnic College

3 Mr Ranjan Roy Manager, SBI, Kolkata

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

5

Dr. Jay Prakash

Bandhopadhyay

Chairman, Kingston Polytechnic College

6. Swagata Chakraborty Training Officer, Kingston Polytechnic

College

LIST OF FACULTY WITH BRIEF PROFILE

Dr. Jay Prakash Bandhopadhyay

PhD (Tech), FIETE, SMIEEE (USA), the Chairman (Academic) of Kingston Educational Institute, UGC

Emeritus Professor in the Institute of Radio Physics & Electronics, University of Calcutta and Director of

CMSDS

Mr. Asim Kumar Bhadra, Director, Kingston Polytechnic College

B.Tech and M.Tech from Sivpur, Hawrah

Ex Chairman of West Bengal state council of technical education. Life Member of Indian Society of Technical

Education and Institute of Engineers and having 3 years of experience.

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.

Swagata Chakraborty, Training Officer, Kingston Polytechnic College Graduate in economics from Kolkata University, MBA in Marketing and Finance from NIS, Kolkata, Networking

from NIIT Kolkata, Having Experience of 9 years.

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. 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. 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

Kingston Polytechnic

Day 1: 19.08.15

1 10.00 pm – 10.30 am Inauguration by Lighting of lamp

Welcome address by. Mr. Asim Bhadra, Director Kingston

Polytechnic and Dr. Saugata

Chakraborty, HOD, Kingston

Polytechnic

Address by Mrs. Uma Bhattacharya, Secretary, Kingston Polytechnic

College

Address by Mr. Ranjan Roy, Manager, State Bank of India,

Kolkata

Address by Mr. Dipankar Sur, Project Manager, ICE Centre of

Excellence

2 10.30 – 11.00 am Introduction and Significance to the

Course

Mr. Asim Bhadra, Director

Kingston Polytechnic

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– 3.30 pm Physiology of Fruit Ripening, Process

& Support to set up a banana ripening

chamber.

Permission and clearances required by

the Government

Mr. Dipankar Sur,

Project Manager

ICE Centre of Excellence

7 3.30-4.30 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 Banana Award Quiz and Valedictory

Session

Day 2: 20.08.15

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, Manager

Keventer Fresh Ltd

01.00-02.00 pm Operation and Maintenance of Ripening

Chamber

Mr. Dipak Roy, Manager

Keventer Fresh Ltd

02.00- 2.30pm

LUNCH

LIST OF TRAINEES PARTICIPATED

S.No Name of Participant

Mobile No. Occupation

1 Riyanka Guha

7031678760 STUDENT

2 Pradip Sikder

8478831418 STUDENT

3 Rabiul Molla

8001263494 STUDENT

4 Surendra Sagar

9932842970 STUDENT

5 Suman Mondal

9647654225 STUDENT

6 Arnal Paul

7686800752 STUDENT

7 Bibhash Dutta

7063033111 STUDENT

8 Suchitra Ray

8981104935 STUDENT

9 Rumi Uarumder

9038228630 STUDENT

10 Sayantani Sen

9734536624 STUDENT

11 Moumita Roy

9804509505 STUDENT

12 Subhamoy Das

768515100 STUDENT

13 Md. Noor Hasan

9732491979 STUDENT

14 Raihan Seikh

7797706314 STUDENT

15 Rohit Seth

8961700387 STUDENT

16 Gaurav Ghosh

8013857684 STUDENT

17 Nabaraj Nandy

9804627360 STUDENT

18 Pappu Ghosh

8967549019 STUDENT

19 Ajit Samui

8016954658 STUDENT

20 Tapan Kr Mondal

9679250357 STUDENT

21 Adwitya Pal

7699268101 STUDENT

22 Ujjawal Mondal

7074588901 STUDENT

23 SK Farid Hassan

8436067688 STUDENT

24 Dipranjan Maity

7797983602 STUDENT

25 Ajit Maji

8967868311 STUDENT

26 Arka Sarkar

7278671016 STUDENT

27 Samsad Ali

7059728490 STUDENT

28 SK Mahabub Islam

9609475049 STUDENT

29 Orasun Jana

8584861604 STUDENT

30 Tushar Kanti Roy

8641860883 STUDENT

31 Sunjit Midya

7797950683 STUDENT

32 Prasant Bera

7699372233 STUDENT

33 Parasanta Sau

9775023426 STUDENT

34 Debiprasad Mohata

954733698 STUDENT

35 Trapada Mana

9647568362 STUDENT

36

Rabindranath Samanta

8768467948 STUDENT

37 Shyamlal Ch Ray

8670311103 STUDENT

38 Prem Kumar Das

8584966963 STUDENT

39 Ayan Ghosh

9804945392 STUDENT

LIST OF REPRESENTATIVE OF RIPENING CHAMBER

PARTICIPATED

S.NO Name of the ripening Chamber and

Address

Name of the

Representative

Opinion on proposed

place of training

1

M/s. Keventer Fresh Ltd.

Mr. Dipak Roy

Manager

Keventer Fresh Ltd

Subhasnagar, Barasat

Nilgunj Bazar,

Kolkata-700 121

WB

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.

FEEDBACK FROM INSTITUTE

Dr. Jayprakash, Bandhopadhyay, Chairman (Academic) of Kingston Educational Institute expressed enthusiasm

over conducting the said training program. The faculty and staff of the college were very supportive and actively

involved to ensure smooth conduct of the training program which they perceived to be highly beneficial

He inspired the students to follow the details of the course and directed them to prepare individual project reports

thereby announcing during the session that the finest project report shall receive financial support to set up a

banana ripening chamber.

He opined that such trainings are quintessential for the youth as it prepares them to undertake an active and

successful career in agriculture sector

The staff and participants were very encouraged to know about the financial assistance and in fact the chairman

himself came forward to make available additional financial assistance.

FEEDBACK FROM TRAINEES

The participants were highly impressed by the Keventer fresh Ripening Chamber having state of the art modern

facility The officials of Keventer Fresh showed them around the whole unit explaining in detail the Sorting,

grading lines, machinery and controls, ripening chambers. The trainees found that the entire information shared

very informative and majority of the participants were of the view that this skill would be useful to them in the

near future.

They opined that the plant visit has enlightened and encouraged them to undertake agricultural activity as a full

time business/profession.

The chairman’s announcement of providing financial assistance has further encouraged them and created interest

in this sector.

The training program has provided a practical hands on experience and was 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 Kingston Polytechnic, were appreciated by all.

FEEDBACK FROM FACULTY

The faculty was keen to ensure that a drive should be undertaken to make non carbide ripened fruits easily

identifiable to the public at large

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

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.

PRESS NOTE

Training Program on Capacity Building in Fruit Ripening

Kingston Polytechnic College, Barasat, 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 Kingston Polytechnic College, on 19th

& 20th

August 2015 in

collaboration with Kingston Polytechnic College. The workshop was attended by the students, Faculties and the

entrepreneurs and was a great learning experience for all.

The News paper cutting from “AAJKAL” dated 12th

August 2015.

PREPARATION FOR THE SESSIONS

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

(NCCD), we contacted Kingston Polytechnic to give wide publicity about the training program. The institute was

positive and gave immense support and encouragement to ensure that the program is successful

One of the biggest ripening chambers in eastern India situated in Shubhash Nagar, Barasat having state of the art

technology was contacted. They were keen to showcase their facility to the participants. 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

imparted during the training. They were extremely enthusiastic and to be part of the training.

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