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VASANTDADA SUGAR INSTITUTEVSI Bulletin : Vol.-16, Issue-1, April, 2016

Vol. 12, Issue - 4, December 2012

During the crushing season 2015-16, 177 operatingsugar mills in the state produced 8.17 million tons ofsugar at March 2016 end and it will touch 8.50 milliontons at the end of season, which will be less by 19%as compared to the previous season.

On the occasion of Institute’s 39th Annual GeneralMeeting, held on January 7, 2016, awards forexcellence were given to the outstanding sugar millsand personnel at the hands of Hon. Mr. DevendraFadnavis, Chief Minister, Maharashtra State; Hon. Mr.Sharadchandraji Pawar, President, VSI and Hon. Mr.Chandrakant Patil, Minister of Co-operation, Marketingand Textiles, Maharashtra State. Four annualpublications of VSI were also released at the event.

In the current year, state is facing water crisis becauseof severe drought situation. Ultimately, state’s sugarindustry will face shortage of sugarcane which willresult in drop in sugar production in the forthcomingseason 2016-17. The Agricultural Sciences andTechnology Division conducted two workshops viz.“Weed Control and Review on Action Taken forSugarcane Ratoon Management” and “Sugarcane CropGeometry” for Cane Development Officers/ChiefAgricultural Officers of the sugar mills to implementthe best practices to increase sugarcane productivity

under water stress condition. In addition, VSI hasconducted five training programmes on diverse subjectsof sugarcane agriculture, sugar technology, sugarengineering and pollution control for the sugarcanegrowers of UP, technical officers from FSC, Fiji and officersof Pollution Control Boards of various states of the countryrespectively.

During the quarter, VSI’s scientists visited Japan for gettingbetA gene to develop drought tolerance sugarcanevarieties, Uganda for environmental consultancy and Fijifor action plan for the sugarcane development. VSIdisplayed sugarcane agricultural activities and inputsservices catered to sugarcane growers with Oos ShetiDnyanyag publication on sugarcane farming.

In this quarter, prominent personalities visited theInstitute viz. delegations from IISR, Lucknow, Natal CaneGrowers Association (NCGA), South Africa and Indianrepresentatives of Weyermann Malting, Bamberg,Germany to see the various activities carried out at VSIwith respect to sugarcane development, sugar processing,engineering, alcohol technology and brewing.

(M.R. Shinde)Editor

VASANTDADA SUGAR INSTITUTE

Vol.-16, Issue-1, April 2016


Awards for Excellence

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39th Annual General Meeting and Distribution of Awards for Excellence

FLASH NEWSFLASH NEWS

39th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Institutewas held on January 7, 2016 at the VSI campus,Manjari (Bk) under the chairmanship of Hon.Mr. Sharadchandraji Pawar, President, VSI. Hon.Mr. Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister ofMaharashtra State (CM) was the Chief Guest of thefunction. Hon. Mr. Chandrakant Patil, Minister of Co-operation, Marketing and Textiles and Public works,Maharashtra State was also present to grace theoccasion. The meeting was attended by manydignitaries viz., Mr. Shivajirao Patil, Vice-President,members of Board of Trustees/Governing Council ofVSI, Mr. Shankarrao Kolhe, Mr. Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil,Mr. Ajit Pawar, Mr. Balasaheb Thorat, Mr. JaiprakashDandegaonkar, Mr. Kallappaanna Awade,Mr. Shivajirao Nagawade, Mr. Harshwardhan Patil,Mr. Babanrao Shinde as well as Board of Directors

and representatives of sugar mills from theMaharashtra State.

On this occasion, awards for excellence were givento the outstanding sugar mills, cane growers andpersonnel working in the sugar mills and VSI at thehands of Hon. Chief Minister, President, VSI and Co-operation Minister.

Dr. Indrajeet Mohite welcomed the Hon. Chief Ministerand dignitaries present on the dais. The Chief Ministerreleased annual publications of VSI viz., “TechnicalPerformance of Sugar Mills in Maharashtra, Season2014-15”, “Financial Performance of Sugar Mills inMaharashtra, Financial Year 2014-15” and “FinancialPerformance of Sugar Mills in Maharashtra, FinancialYear 2013-14”. The Co-operation Minister releasedpublication on “Technical Performance of Co-operativeDistilleries in Maharashtra, Financial Year 2014-15”.

Vice-President & DG, VSI felicitateHon. Mr. Sharadchandraji Pawar, President, VSI

on his 75th Birthday

Hon. Mr. Devendra Fadnavis, CM, Maharashtra releaseAnnual Publications of VSI during AGM


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Sadashivrao Mandlik Kagal Taluka SSK Ltd.,Dist. Kolhapur receives ‘Late Vasantdada Patil

award for Best Overall Performance’

Venkateshkrupa Sugar Mill Pvt. Ltd., Dist.Pune receives ‘Late Vilasraoji Deshmukh

award for Most Innovative Sugar Mill’

PadamBhushan Krantiveer Dr. NagnathannaNaikwadi HK Ahir SSK Ltd., Walva, Dist. Sanglireceives ‘Late Karmayogi Shankarraoji Patil

award for Best Financial Management’

Nira-Bhima SSK Ltd., Shahajinagar, Dist. Punereceives award for ‘Best Distillery’

Mr. SF Kadam, MD, Sonhira SSK Ltd.,Mohanrao Kadamnagar, Dist. Sangli receives

award for ‘Best Managing Director’

Mr. KB Patil, CDO, Shri Chhtrapati Shahu SSKLtd., Kagal, Dist. Kolhapur receives award for

‘Best Cane Development Officer’


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Mrs. Sajubai Pandurang Patil, Gotkhindi., Sanglireceives ‘Late Yashvantrao Chavan’ award for

achieving highest sugarcane yield (372.43 ton/hectare, Co86032 variety) in the State for

pre-seasonal crop

Mr. Babasaheb Vishanu Surywanshi, Ambap.,receives ‘Late Vasantrao Naik’ award for

achieving highest sugarcane yield (301.72ton/hectare, Co86032 variety) in the State

for seasonal (suru) crop

Mrs. Shalan Anandrao Lakesar, Dudhari.,Sangli receives ‘Late Annasaheb Shinde’

award for achieving highest sugarcane yield(307.42 ton/hectare, Co86032 variety)

in the State for ratoon crop

Mr. Sunil S Gaikwad, Jr. Admin. Officer, VSIreceives award for best employee of VSI


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67th Republic DayVSI celebrated 67th Republic Day of India on January 26, 2016. The national flag was hoisted by theMr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, Director General, VSI with full honor. All staff members and students of VSI attendedthe function.

Students & staff of VSI saluting the national flag

DG, VSI hoistingthe national flag

Management Committee MeetingsSeven management committee meetings were held during the quarter. The Governing Council and AnnualGeneral Meetings (AGM) were held on January 07, 2016. Two investment committee meetings were held onJanuary 18 and March 11, 2016; two building & purchase committee meetings were held on January 28 andMarch 17, 2016 and selection committee meeting was held on March 29, 2016.

Mr. DB Phonde, Senior Scientist, Soil Science section of Agricultural Sciencesand Technology Division was awarded Ph.D. degree in Agrochemicals andPest Management by Shivaji University, Kolhapur for his research and thesisentitled “Response of Sugarcane to Silicon Nutrition through Different SiSources and Silicon Solubilizing Microbial Culture” on March 11, 2016. Hecarried out his work under the guidance of Dr. Kaushik Banerjee, PrincipalScientist, National Research Center for Grapes, Pune.

Ph D Awarded to Mr. DB Phonde


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NEWS UPDATESNEWS UPDATES

Hon. Mr. Sharadchandraji Pawar, President, VSI &Former Union Agriculture Minister in an interfacemeeting between Indian Council of AgriculturalResearch (ICAR), New Delhi and VSI, Pune held onOctober 20, 2015 instructed to explore the possibilityof getting betA gene that was isolated anddeveloped by M/s. Ajinomoto Co., Inc. in Japan whichconfirms drought tolerance in sugarcane plants.Accordingly, Dr. K. Harinath Babu, Senior Scientist,VSI visited Japan on January 13, 2016 to attendmeeting with M/s Ajinomoto Co., Inc., at Embassy ofIndia in Tokyo for collaborative research project fordeveloping drought tolerant sugarcane lines usingIndian varieties in India. This meeting was organizedby Mr. Arvind Singh, Minister (Economic) in Embassyof India. The other members present for the meetingwere Dr. Ryo Takeshita, R&D, Planning, Dr. DaisukeIgarashi - Chief, Plant Research Group, Dr. HirotoHirono - Plant Science group representatives of M/s.Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

Mr. Arvind Singh explained the importance of themeeting & Dr. Babu showed the documentary film onVSI and explained the activities of VSI.

Ajinomoto Co. Inc does not have any objection to usethe information of sequence and has informed thatthere is no need of MoA for re-synthesis or re-isolation and use of gene. It has agreed to providethe relevant and precise information after getting itfrom old records and is ready to collaborate in anyaspect of our interest IPR issues related todevelopment and commercialization of the endproduct under MoA.

1 2 3 4 51. Dr. K. Harinath Babu 2. Dr. Hiroto Hirango3. Dr. Daisuke Igarashi 4. Dr. Ryo Takeshita

5. Mr. Arvind Singh

Technical Tour to Japan


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Consultancy Assignment at Kakira Sugar Ltd., Uganda

Dr. Deepali Nimbalkar, Senior Scientist & Head andMr. Eknath Alhat, Research Assistant from the Dept.of Environmental Sciences, VSI visited Kakira SugarLtd. Uganda during February 7-14, 2016 to study theproblems of effluent treatment plant. It is one of theoldest and largest sugar producers in Uganda havingcane crushing capacity of 7500 TCD and area undersugarcane around 20,000 hectares. An effluenttreatment plant of 3000 m3/day capacity had been

installed at the mill a year ago. However, the planthas not been commissioned properly due to variousproblems. VSI team studied the design of thetreatment plant, characteristics of the effluent, itsgeneration, analysis and measurement of flow. Theproblems were identified and remedial measureswere suggested. The plant has begun to showimprovement in its performance with certainmodifications in process.

A view of Kakira Sugar Ltd. Mr. Lubanga Mutwalibi, ETP incharge, Kakira Sugar Ltd withDr. Deepali Nimbalkar and Mr. Eknath Alhat, VSI

Mr. DB Phonde, Senior Scientist & Head, Soil Scienceand Mr. PV Ghodke, Scientist, Agronomy, VSI visitedFiji Sugar Corporation (FSC), Fiji to study the presentsituation of Sugarcane Agriculture during February15-27, 2016 as per the request from ExecutiveChairman, FSC, Fiji. They visited sugarcane fieldsand sugarcane estates in the operational area of foursugar mills of FSC viz. Lautoka, Rarawai, Penang andLabasa. They held discussions with GeneralManagers (Cane), Personal Secretary (Sugar),

Technical Visit of Scientists to Fiji Sugar Corporation, Fijiscientists of Sugarcane Research Institute, authoritiesof South Pacific Fertilizer Company and SugarcaneGrowers Council etc. On the basis of presentcultivation practices, climate, soil types, waterresources, performance of existing cane varieties andconstraints for low sugarcane yield and sugarrecovery, a brief report with action plan for five yearshas been submitted to FSC for increasing sugarcaneproductivity in Fiji Islands.

Mr. DB Phonde, VSI with Agricultural Scientist of Fiji Mr. DB Phonde & Mr. PV Ghodke, VSI with chairman& G.M. (H.R.) of FSC, Fiji


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Lecture on “Stress Management”A lecture on “Stress Management” was orgnized onFebruary 2, 2016 at VSI for the staff members underHRD programme. Dr. Alka Pawar, Head, Departmentof Psychiatry, Sasoon General Hospital, Pune wasinvited as speaker. Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG,briefly introduced the speaker to the gathering.Dr. Pawar, in her lecture mentioned the issue of stressaffecting the mind and health of a human being andhas seen increasing trend of people under stress.She informed that in the modern busy life stress isseen among the students, parents and employees attheir school, home and working places respectively.

She suggested the remedial measures to overcomethe stress. There is a need, every person should tryto look at the problems positively with patience soas to have a healthy mind. Every person should havecourage to face the problems and should stronglybelieve that he is capable to find solutions to allproblems. She also answered the queries raised bythe staff members. There is no doubt that the lecturewill enhance positive thinking and making healthyenvironment amoung staff members.

The programme concluded with a vote of thanks byDirector General.

DG, VSI felicitating Dr. Alka Pawar Speaker addressing staff on remedialmeasures to overcome the mental stress


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TRAINING PROGRAMMESTRAINING PROGRAMMESTraining Programme on “Improved Technologies in Sugarcane Agriculture”A special five days training programme on “ImprovedTechnologies in Sugarcane Agriculture” was organizedduring January 18-23, 2016 by Agricultural Sciences andTechnology Division for sugarcane growers from UttarPradesh at VSI. The programme was sponsored by LalBahadur Shastry Ganna Kisan Sanstha (LBSGKS),Lucknow, UP and attended by 20 selected progressivesugarcane growers along with 2 officials of LBSGKS. Theprogramme was inaugurated by Mr. Praveen Kumar Kapil,Assist. Director, UP Ganna Sansthan, Shahajahanpur, UPon January 18, 2016. In his inaugural speech, hewelcomed all the participants and highlighted thesugarcane agriculture situation and the constraintsbefore the sugar sector in Uttar Pradesh. He expressedhis gratitude for VSI for accepting assignment of training.He also emphasized the need of training to thesugarcane growers for improvement in the sugarcaneproductivity in UP. Mr. B H Pawar, Training Coordinatorand Head, Plant Pathology Section welcomed all theparticipants on behalf of VSI and briefed the variousactivities of the VSI on HRD, R&D, consultancy andextension and suggested the participants to take thebenefit of the various services rendered by VSI.

fertilizers, farm mechanization, ratoon managementand integrated disease & pest management wereconducted by Agriculture scientists. More emphasison practicals and field demonstrations was givenduring the training. Trainees got their doubts clearedfrom the subject experts during the four days in-houselectures conducted by the scientists.As a part of the training, a visit was arranged to TheSanjivani (Takli) SSK Ltd., Dist. Ahmednagar andVignahar SSK Ltd., Dist. Pune. The agricultural officersof both the sugar mills briefly highlighted the canedevelopment projects undertaken and harvestingplanning implemented by them at their mills. Thetrainees visited sugarcane plots of the progressivegrowers who achieved cane yields above 100 ton/acrein Shiroli (Khurd) in operational area of Vighnahar SSK.Mr. Subhash More, Secretary, Shreeram Krishi VidyanMandal, Shiroli Khurd explained the activities of theirassociation and the practices adopted by the sugarcanegrowers.In the concluding session, Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DGadvised farmers for implementation of modern technologiesin sugarcane cultivation and emphasized the need oftraining to the sugarcane growers for improvement in thesugarcane productivity and average sugar recovery of UP.The participants expressed satisfaction about the trainingand expected help in the future from VSI. The programmeended with distributing certificates along with group photosto the trainees and vote of thanks to the chair.

Assist. Director, LBSGKS, UP inauguratingthe training programme

Lectures and practicals on various topics like sugarcanevarieties and varietal planning, three-tier seed nurseryprogramme, tissue culture, modern planting methods,settling transplanting (STP), soil fertility & nutrientmanagement, irrigation water management, use of bio- DG & staff of VSI with UP trainees


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VSI designed a customized certificate course of threeyears in Sugar Technology and Sugar Engineering forFiji Sugar Corporation (FSC) to be conducted in Fiji.This training programme was successfully completedin February 2015.

FSC, Fiji showed interest to continue certificate coursefor other staff. Accordingly, with new agreement, acertificate course has been planned for next threeyears from 2016 to 2019.

Training programme of two certificate courses viz.Certificate Course in Sugar Engineering andCertificate Course in Sugar Technology for new group(Semester-I) of technical officers of all four mills viz.Lautoka, Labasa, Rarawai and Penang was conductedat FSC, Lautoka during February 8-19, 2016 in which17 sugar technologists and 30 sugar engineersparticipated. Under the courses of Sugar Engineeringsubject areas covered are Equipment Design &Drawing, Boiler and Prime Movers-I, Sugar

Training for Personnel from Fiji Sugar Corporation

Mr. DN Gare & Mr. PU Deshmukh, VSI with trainees ofSugar Engineering, FSC, Fiji

Mr. PU Deshmukh & Mr. PS Dumanavar, VSI withtrainees from Sugar Technology, FSC, Fiji

Technology-I, Instrumentation Basics and underSugar Technology the areas are Clarification &Filteration-I, Chemical Control-I, Organic Chemistry,Sugar Engineering-I, Instrumentation Basics.

Training programme of semester-II was planned fromFebruary 22, 2016 to March 4, 2016 at FSC, Lautokawas postponed due to “Winstone cyclone”.

An advanced course in Sugar Technology and SugarEngineering for batch of 10 employees of FSC, who havequalified for the certificate course was started at VSI.The course was conducted from November 30, 2015 toFebruary 5, 2016 (Semester-I). The weekly schedulewas consisting of three days lectures and two days visitto a modern sugar mill. The course material with twobooks viz. "Station-wise Training Activities of SugarManufacturing from Sugarcane" and "Critical TechnicalPoints for Efficient Controlling of Sugar ManufacturingProcess" were provided to the participants.

DG, VSI giving his good wishes to a trainee DG, VSI addressing at the farewell function


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A. Training Programme on “4Rs - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover :Case Studies”

A three day residential training programme on “4Rs-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover: Case Studies” wasconducted under the HRD programme of CentralPollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi at VSI duringJanuary 5-7, 2016. The training programme wasattended by 20 officers from various State PollutionControl Boards, representatives of CPCB, MIDC,Savitribai Phule Pune University. The training coveredthe following broad areas

Sustainable development, waste management andthe 4RsRecycling and recovery from plastics

Waste-Plastic Recollection and RecyclingProgramme : Sagar Mitra AbhiyanPlastic pyrolysis: Converting plastic waste intofuel

Recycle and Reuse of WaterTrends, Challenges and SolutionsPollution control through resource recycling inthe sugar industryDistilleries : Role of 4Rs in achieving zeroliquid discharge

DG & staff of VSI discussing with participants on Environmental issues

Algae based treatment technology for reuse ofwastewater, recovery of nutrients andproduction of biomass

Industrial Symbiosis : Case StudiesCase study of a sustainable townshipElectronic Waste Management Through 4RsIntegrated Solid Waste Management withEmphasis on Energy Recovery

In addition to this, the participants were also taken tothe RDF plant of Pune Municipal Corporation atHadapsar. The faculties were staff from VSI, expertsfrom NGOs, Industrial Consultants etc.

CPCB Training Programmes at VSI

Participants of the training programme with theDG & staff of VSI


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A three day residential training programme on“Environmental Monitoring, Control and Implementationof Pollution Control (Distilleries, Textile, Sugar, Cement,Thermal Power Plants, Iron and Steel, Aluminum, Lead,Copper and Zinc smelting units)” was conducted underthe HRD programme of Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB), Delhi at VSI during January 20-22, 2016. Thetraining programme was attended by 17 officers fromvarious State Pollution Control Boards, representativesof CPCB, Gujarat Environment Management Institute.,Gandhinagar, Environment Protection Training andResearch Institute., Hyderabad and Encon Pvt. Ltd., Pune.The following lectures were conducted in the training

Significance of Environmental Monitoring inChanging ScenarioImportance of environmental monitoring insugar industryImplementation and challenges in zeroliquid discharge in the distillery industryEnvironmental issues in cement industryPollution control in Iron and SteelmanufacturingEnvironmental monitoring and control ofpollution in thermal power plantsPollution control in non-ferrous smeltingunitsCharacteristic issues in textile industryeffluent and challenges for zero liquiddischarge

B. Training Programme on “Environmental Monitoring, Control andImplementation of Pollution Control”

Combustion monitoring to emissionoptimizationOnline effluent monitoring systems

The lectures were conducted by faculty staff from VSIand resource experts from Thermax, Forbes Marshalland Mr. RP Sharma (independent environmentalconsultant and former Head, HSE at Tata Steel). Theparticipants were also shown live demonstration ofonline air and weather monitoring at the monitoringstation of SAFAR programme of Indian Institute ofTropical Meteorology which has been installed at VSI.

Both HRD programmes of CPCB were coordinated byDr. Deepali Nimbalkar, Scientist & Head, Departmentof Environmental Sciences, VSI. All the participantsexpressed satisfaction about the training modules,course material, accommodation arrangements etc.

DG, VSI distributing certificate to participant DG & staff of VSI with participants

Mr. A Pathak from CPCB giving his feedback onthe training during the concluding session


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WORKSHOPSWORKSHOPSWorkshop on “Weed Control and Review on Action Taken for

Sugarcane Ratoon Management”

A one day workshop on “Weed Control and Reviewon Action Taken for Sugarcane Ratoon Management”was organized at VSI onJanuary 23, 2016. Theworkshop was inaugurated byHeads of the sections, VSIand senior agriculturalofficers of the sugar mills bylightening the lamp.

Mr. PV Ghodke, Scientist,Agronomy Section, in hiswelcome speech highlightedthe background andimportance of theme of theworkshop. Mr. DB Phonde, Senior Scientist & HeadSoil Science Section, in his inaugural address statedthe present situation of plant and ratoon crops in theoperational areas of sugar mills prevailed underdrought condition and efforts taken by VSI toincrease in the ratoon area so as to make availablethe sugarcane for crushing to sugar mills inforthcoming crushing season 2016-17. Total 48participants from 28 sugar mills of Maharashtra hadparticipated in the workshop.

Mr. PV Ghodke made presentation on ‘Weed controlin Sugarcane.’ He highlighted the weed speciescommonly found in sugarcane crop, yield losses dueto weed infestation and described advanced methodsof weed control. He suggested that any single methodof weed control will not serve the purpose. AnIntegrated approach of cost effective weedmanagement should be followed in sugarcane.

a. Pre-emergence spray of Attrazine 50% [email protected] a.i./ha at 3-4 days after planting of

sugarcane. ORb. Early post-

emergence spray ofMetribuzine 70%WP @ 1.25kg a.i./ha at 6-7 days afterplanting.c. Post-emergence sprayof Metribuzine 70%WP @1.25 kg a.i./ha + 2,4-D(Sodium salt)80%[email protected] a.i./haat30-35 days after firstspraying.

d. Hand weeding or hoeing at 30 – 45 days afterplanting and as per the weed infestation upto90 days of crop growth.

e. Spot application of Grammoxone orGlyphosate (non-selective) herbicides @ 4-5ml per litre water with knapsack sprayerholding hood in between the cane rows after90 days of crop growth.

f. Control of Cyprus rotundus, narrow and broadleaf weeds Sempra 75W.G@ 90gm +Metribuzine 70 WP @ 750 gm /ha can be usedin sugarcane as post-emergence selectiveherbicide at 2-3 leaf stage of weed.

Mr. DB Phonde highlighted the present droughtsituation prevailing in Marathwada and CentralMaharashtra and mentioned that cane availability willbe reduced in the forthcoming crushing season2016-17. He appealed to the officers in the gatheringto increase the area under ratoon crop with application

Inauguration of Training by Agricultural Officersfrom sugar mills & Heads of Sections, VSI


of foliar spray of multimacro and multimicro nutrientliquid fertilizers at 75 and 90 days, Acetobactor liquidbioinoculant spray @ 2.5 lit/ha at 60 days of planting/ ratoon initiation and spray of 2% urea with 2% potashfertilizers at the interval of 15 to 21 days for bettergrowth in water stress condition.

Ms. SD Ghodke, Scientific Officer, Agril. Microbiologysection elaborated the progress of work regardingdevelopment of bio-herbicides for weed control at VSI.Mr. PN Tawar, Senior Scientist & Head, Tissue culturesection advised that certified seed nurseries with oneeye bud seedlings should be raised at the progressivefarmer’s field on an area of 0.5 to 0.10 hectare duringMarch-April 2016 so that sugarcane seed will beavailable for next pre-season and suru planting

Agriculture officers and cane development officersfrom South, Central and North-East Maharashtra

presented cane development activities implementedby their sugar mills especially during drought situationand implementation of drip irrigation, ratoonmanagement schemes for multiple ratooning toincrease the cane availability in their operational area.

In the concluding session, Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh,DG, VSI addressed the gathering and expressed theneed to give attention towards increase of ratoonproductivity by implementing best ratoon managementpractices. He also suggested for multiple ratooningon larger area. Practice of in situ trash mulching andits decomposition with use of decomposing cultureshould be encouraged among the farmers by givingincentives for 1st ratoon and 2nd ratoon crops. Theprogramme was ended with the vote of thanks byMr. PV Ghodke, coordinator of the workshop.

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DG, VSI addressing in the concluding session


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Workshop on “Sugarcane Crop Geometry”

A one day workshop on “Sugarcane Crop Geometry”was organized at VSI on February 27, 2016. Theworkshop was inaugurated by Dr. SM Pawar,Sugarcane Specialist, Central Sugarcane ResearchStation (CSRS), Padegaon, Dist. Satara. In hisinaugural address, he explained the importance ofsugarcane physiology and mentioned to look at theleaf area index and number of canes per square meterfor achieving the high cane yields. The qualityparameters were not affected by changing thesugarcane crop geometry. Dr. RS Hapase, PrincipalScientist & Head, Plant Breeding in his welcomespeech highlighted the importance of sugarcanephysiology in getting the high cane yields.

Mr. PR Hapase, Scientist, Dr. MW Pawar, TechnicalOfficer, and Dr. SD Talekar, Technical Officer, PlantBreeding section gave presentations on thesugarcane crop geometry.

In the concluding session Mr. PT Khot, Manager(Cane), Baramati Agro Ltd., Dist. Pune; Mr. AJMujumdar, CAO, Jawahar Shetkari SSK, Dist. Kolhapurand Mr. Sudhakar Patil, CAO, Sharad SSK, Dist.Kolhapur addressed the participants regarding themanagement of sugarcane in the drought situation.Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG, VSI addressed the

Inauguration of traning by Dr. SM Pawar,Sugarcane Specialist, CSRS

Officers and expressed the need to pay attentiontowards the implementation of the best managementpractices to increase the sugarcane productivity duringthe prevailing drought situation.

Working Group for Cane Development committeefinalized the following important recommendations.

1. Planting at 4.0 to 5.0 feet distance so as tomake use of power tillers and mini tractor foreasy inter-culturing operations.

2. For getting the higher plant population insugarcane, the small earting up and finalearthing up should be followed to maintainhigher tillering.

3. Drip irrigation recommended for 5 feetdistance between rows.

4. As far as possible the planting layout (rowsand furrows) should be made as North-Southdirections.

DG, VSI with CAO's of sugar mills duringdiscussion in concluding session


PARTICIPATION BY VSI SCIENTISTS/TECHNOLOGISTSPARTICIPATION BY VSI SCIENTISTS/TECHNOLOGISTS

Workshop on- “Ethanol Blending Programme- The Way Forward”Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) organized aworkshop entitled “Ethanol Blending Programme - TheWay Forward” at hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi onJanuary 22, 2016. About 150delegates from differentsugar mills in the countryand representatives of oilcompanies participated inthe workshop. From VSI, Dr.SV Patil, Technical Adviserand Head, Department ofAlcohol Technology,attended the workshop.President ISMA, Mr. TarunSawhney welcomed theChief Guest and the participants and explained thepurpose of organizing the workshop. He congratulatedthe Government of India and the minister of Petroleumand Natural Gas for taking bold steps and forsupporting the Sugar Industry. He informed that thiswill be the first year, we will be achieving very closeto 5 % blending, against 3.5 % last year. He alsoinformed that the Industry has contracted to supply120 crore litres of ethanol, which will not only help toreduce crude oil imports by Rs 5,500-6,000 crore butwill also bring down emissions, thereby addressingpollution problems. He also demanded that theGovernment to look at flexi-fuel car technology andsuggested adopting models of the US, Brazil andThailand. The workshop was inaugurated by the ChiefGuest, Hon. Mr. Dharmendra Prasad, Minister of State(IC), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas,Government of India. During his inaugural speech, Mr.Dharmendra Prasad elaborated the efforts taken byhis government to promote the Ethanol Blending

Programme (EBP) in the country. He also took reviewof the efforts and important decisions taken by theGovernment of India (GoI) to support the Sugar Industry

in last 1½ years. He informedthat decision of the attractiveprice offered by the OilManufacturing Companies(OMCs) for fuel ethanol hasbeen taken to benefit thefarmers in particular in spite ofthe dwindling price ofpetroleum crude all over theworld. He said that all suchdecisions taken in last 1½years has helped the sugar

industry to recover from the severe financial crunch.He advised the Industry to pass on the benefits to thefarmers in turn. He asked the Industry to make theEBP successful and sustainable in coming years. Hesaid that he is in favour of inclusion of ethanol inpriority sector lending of banks to boost productionand said that he would take up this issue with theFinance Ministry. He also said that more investmentsare required for setting up new distilleries andexpanding ethanol manufacturing capacity from thecurrent level of 224 crore liters. For achieving 10 percent blending, the minister said there is a need tocreate awareness among states about the programmein view of higher state taxes and inter-state movementcurbs imposed by various state governments.

He informed that even Hon. Prime Minister, Mr.Narendra Modi has asked the State Governments toend the “license raj” to make EBP a big success. Hementioned that the Government has fixed ethanol priceat Rs 48.50-49.50 per litre, without linking it to crude

Dr. SV Patil, VSI attending workshoporganized by ISMA

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oil prices and removed excise duty on ethanol. Hefurther said that “Now, the Industry has startedmoving forward and we want to see it reaches thenext level”.

Mr. KD Tripathi, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum andNatural Gas also spoke in the inaugural function andmentioned about the measures taken by his ministryto stream line the EBP. Besides increasing ethanolproduction, the Secretary said there is a need toincrease storage capacity as at present, oil marketingcompanies have space to keep ethanol required forfive percent blending. He also informed that the OMCswill be asked to increase their fuel ethanol storagecapacity in the coming years. He assured that hisministry will also try to overcome other bottle-necksencountered in the EBP.

Mr. Abinash Verma, Director General, ISMA, in hispresentation took review of the Government policieson EBP starting from 2002. He mentioned that thechallenges like increasing distillation capacities,ethanol storage capacities and cheap/priority sectorfunding for the ethanol projects have to be overcomein coming years. He also explained about difficultiesbeing faced in the EBP particularly related to inter-state transport and related duty structure. He furtherinformed that B-Heavy molasses can be used toincrease ethanol production and reduce sugar stocksin the country. He explained about the tax policy andincentives provided in Thailand for ethanol blending.The technical session included four presentations. Thefirst presentation entitled “Second Generation Ethanol- A Prospective” was made by Dr. SK Puri of Indian OilCorporation Ltd., R & D Centre, Faridabad. He tookreview of latest developments in second generation(2G) ethanol technology. He also mentioned thatsufficient biomass is available in India to go for 2Gethanol and easily achieve the 20 % bio-fuels targetof National bio-fuels policy.

Mr. Santosh Mishra, Vice President, Yes Bank, madea presentation on “Priority Sector Lending”. Hementioned about the various sectors considered underpriority lending and policies in the country. Heconcluded that the ethanol projects can be alsoconsidered in future under priority sector lending.

Mr. Narendra Mohan, Director, National SugarInstitute, Kanpur, made a presentation on “Prospectsof Ethanol and its Costing”. He took review ofavailability of molasses and maximum fuel ethanolthat can be produced from final molasses. He alsomentioned about various raw materials available forincreasing fuel ethanol production in the country. Hestressed on the need of balancing production of sugarand ethanol as per demand and economics.

Dr. SV Patil made a presentation on “Enhancing FuelEthanol Production through B-Heavy Molasses Route”.He took a review of the challenges being faced bythe Sugar Industry in the country and the internalopportunity provided by EBP to overcome the situation.He explained with figures the case study of B-Heavymolasses trails conducted at Kisanveer SSK Ltd. Hementioned about the advantages and disadvantagesof B-Heavy molasses versus secondary juice andwhole cane juice for fuel ethanol production. He alsoproposed the model to stabilize the prices of sugarcane, sugar and ethanol in the country.


A two days technical seminar was organized by AllIndia Distillers’ Association (AIDA), in New Delhiduring February 18-19,2016. More than 150representatives from theDistillery Industry, policymakers, research institutes,technology developers,plant suppliers and fewparticipants from abroadattended the seminar. FromVSI, Dr. SV Patil, TechnicalAdviser and Head,Department of AlcoholTechnology, Mr. RV Godgeand Mr. DA Patil, Scientistsattended the seminar.

In the opening and introductory remarks, Mr. VNRaina, Director General, AIDA, welcomed the ChiefGuest, and participants of the workshop. He briefedabout the present status of Zero SpentwashDischarge (ZSD) of molasses based distilleries in Indiaand efforts made by AIDA to allow bio-composting &One Time Controlled Land Application (OTCLA)treatment for disposal of distillery spentwash. Healso appreciated the work done by Vasantdada SugarInstitute (VSI) during preparation of Green Chemistryreport and time to time support & technical adviceprovided to AIDA.

He also added that as a result of the consistent follow-up and interaction by AIDA in last 4-5 years, the CPCBhas now agreed to allow adoption of biocompostingand/or incineration of effluent among othertechnologies to achieve ZSD. He also mentioned

Two days Technical Seminar on “Use of Enzymes for Quality Improvement & HigherRecoveries through Efficient Fermentation, Distillation including Production of

Ethanol” and “Effluent Treatment Technologies for Zero SpentwashDischarge (ZSD) with Exhibition for Technologies & Products”

about the intention of Hon’ble Narendra Modi, PrimeMinister of India to increase percentage of ethanol

blending with petrol fromthe present 5 % to 20 % bythe year 2017. Heconcluded that it isimportant for all distilleriesin the country to increaseethanol production to meetthe growing demand.

Mr. Puneeth Kumar, SalesHead, Novozymes SouthAsia Pvt. Ltd. also briefedabout the research anddevelopment status and

role of enzymes in first and second generation bio-fuels for improvement in ethanol recoveries throughefficient fermentation processes.

Dr. SV Patil, in his address during the inauguralsession, explained the activities of VSI in the field ofSugar & Alcohol Industry. He briefed about the workdone by VSI and AIDA jointly on various platforms anddialogue with officers of Ministry of Environment andForest (MoEF), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)and State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) regardingissues related to effluent treatment technologies forachieving ZSD. He also brought it to the notice of AIDAabout new consent being given by MoEF of only 5 daysspentwash storage capacity.

Mr. Ajay Swarup, Managing Director, Globus Spirit Ltd.,while delivering inaugural address as a Chief Guest,mentioned that, AIDA plays a very important role forthe Distillery Industry in the country. He also

Dr. SV Patil, VSI presenting paper on“Alternative raw materials for enhancing

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mentioned that Ethanol has good demand in thecountry for potable, industrial and fuel purposes andmarket prices are also favorable. The latest basicprice for ethanol offered by the oil companies isranging from Rs. 48 to Rs. 49 per liter. He insistedthat distilleries should regularly supply fuel ethanolto oil companies. He stated that the present ratesfor R.S., ENA & Industrial Alcohol are attractive onlybecause of higher demand for fuel ethanol.

He mentioned that in next seminar, AIDA shouldfocus on second generation ethanol production fromcellulosic raw material. He also requested theenzyme manufacturing companies to take efforts tobring down their enzyme cost. He further advisedAIDA to try to get incentives from GoI for cellulosicethanol projects. He also requested AIDA to set upR & D or Technology Center nearby Delhi specificallyfor distillery industry.

During the first technical session, Mr. Anand Shelke,Novozymes South Asia Pvt. Ltd., Banglore presenteda paper on, “Enzymes for Environmental Sustainabilityand Maximizing Profits”. During the presentation, Mr.Shelke explained about the advantages of newenzymes used for liquefaction and saccharificationprocess in grain based distillery. He informed thatabout 1-2.5% increases in alcohol yield is beingobtained in field trials with these new generationenzymes.

Mr. Amol Sheth, Praj Industries Ltd., Pune presented apaper entitled “Biomass to Bio-ethanol- SecondGeneration Technology by Praj”. He stated that thedesign of cellulosic ethanol commercial plant is readywith Praj. He further stated that Praj Industries Ltd. isexploring possibilities of financial aid for installationof commercial plant. Mr. Amol Sheth also mentionedabout the environmental advantages of secondgeneration ethanol over conventional first Generation.

Mr. KP Singh, Director, Radico Khaitan Co. Ltd., Rampurpresented a paper on-"Sustainable Growth ofDistillery with Modernization and ContinualImprovement”. He provided valuable information onmodernization of Radico distillery and up-gradationof distillery ETPs. He also explained his views on ZLDand water conservation issues.

At the end of session-I, Dr. SV Patil presented a paperon “Alternative Raw Materials for Enhancing AlcoholProduction”. He described current scenario, demandand supply of ethanol in India and scope of utilizationof several alternative raw materials for enhancingethanol production in India to meet the increasingalcohol demand. He gave emphasis on B-Heavy routeas the most suitable and economic raw material forenhancing production of ethanol. He also describedthe pros and cons of various raw materials such ascorn, sweet sorghum, ligno-cellulosic materials etc.

In Session-II, Mr. Vivek Kodilkar, Vapco EngineeringPvt. Ltd. presented a paper on-”Energy EfficientProcess Solutions for Distillery and EffluentManagement”. This was followed by presentation ofMr. R Kalan, DuPont Industrial Biosciences, on topic“Improving Ethanol Yield and Lowering Product Costand Low pH STL Process”. Mr. Robert Piggot,Lallemand Specialties Inc., USA made a presentationon “Yeast Research Analysis”. At the end of thesession-II, Mr. Rajesh Singla, ISGEC HeavyEngineering Ltd., presented paper on “Best Solutionsto Achieve ZLD in Distilleries”.

Session-III was conducted in the afternoon of the firstday. In the beginning of the session, Mr. SudhirChanda, KBK Chem Engineering Pvt. Ltd. delivered apresentation on topic entitled, “EPC and TrunkeySolutions for Distillery Industry”. Later Dr. HCBhandari, CREST Biotech gave presentation on“Promotional Sustainability of Bio-ethanol Productionin India”. This was followed by presentation of Mr.Shankardas Mehta, WOG Technologies. Pvt. Ltd. on


topic “Innovative Anaerobic BiotechnologyApplication for Distillery ZLD Solutions”. Mr. SandipChichanbankar, Excel Engineering and Consultantand Mr. Neeraj Gulati, Istech India delivered lectureswith presentations entitled, “Maximization of EthanolProduction using B-Heavy Molasses as an AlternativeFeed Stock - A Distillery Perspective” and “MobyTechnology Using R-Pet to Save Bottle Cost”respectively.

In the beginning of the session-I of second day, Mr.RP Singh, Food and Biotech Engineering made apresentation on topic entitled, “Evaporation andDrying Systems for ZLD”. Mr. Christopher Teste, LeafTechnologies, France, presented paper entitled,“Distillery Profit Maximization through IndustrialPerformance Optimization”. Dr. Yashpal Singh,Member, Expert Appraisal Committee, Ministry ofEnvironment & Forest (MoEF) & Climate Change, GoImade presentation on “Building a Case for theSustainable Utilization of Spentwash in Agriculture”.He shared his views on interactions with MoEF &CPCB regarding various issues related to disposal ofdistillery spent wash to achieve ZSD. Dr. YashpalSingh further stated that he is actively involved indelivering lectures with presentations and involvedin convincing MoEF & CPCB along with AIDA and UttarPradesh Distillers’ Association (UPDA) for allowingbio-composting as well as OTCLA. He furtherappealed to AIDA & UPDA for submission ofcompliance report to CPCB at the earliest. The lastpaper of the session-I was presented by Mr. S Mehta,Kings Envirotech on “Innovative Technologies inTreating High, TDS / BOD / COD / TSS Effluents”.

In the session-II of second day, first presentation wasmade by Mr. Hersh Kshetry of UEM India Pvt. Ltd on“Sustainability Achieving ZLD”. Second presentationin the session was made by Mr. Rohan Patil, NirtechConsultant on “Re-defining Effluent Treatment,Specialized RO”. The last presentation in the session

was made by Mr. Himanshu Gupta, GE Power & Water& Process Technologies on “High Water Recoveryfrom Water and Wastewater Systems & ZLD”.

The final session of the second day was chaired byMr. KP Singh and Mr. VN Raina. Mr. Subir Chatterjee,Rochem Separation Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd. made apresentation on subject entitled, “Optimizing ResourceRecovery”. Last presentation of the session was madeby Mr. Prakash, Five Cail- KCP on the topic "SpentwashIncineration Technology" - by Five Cail- KCP Ltd.

While concluding the session-III, Mr. VN Raina thankedall the delegates for attending the AIDA seminar.Participation in the two day seminar provided a goodopportunity for staff of the Department of AlcoholTechnology to understand the latest technologicaltends being explored in the Distillery Industry as wellas to have interaction with delegates from differentparts of the country.

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The Ministry of Human Resource Development(MHRD), GoI has initiated the Global Initiative forAcademic Networks (GIAN) in Higher Education. GIANin Higher Education is aimed at tapping the talentpool of scientists and entrepreneurs internationallyto encourage their engagement with the Institute ofHigher Education in India so as to augment thecountry’s existing academic resources, accelerate thepace of quality reform and elevate India’s scientificand technological capacity to global excellence.

The School of Environment & SustainableDevelopment at the Central University of Gujarat,

Workshop on Bioremediation Technology: Hazardous WasteManagement under GIAN

Dr. Deepali Nimbalkar, VSI with Prof. Andrew Ogram, USA atCentral University Gujarat, Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar organized a workshop on“Bioremediation Technology : Hazardous WasteManagement” under GIAN during February 15-25,2016. Dr. Deepali Nimbalkar, Senior Scientist & Head,Department of Environmental Sciences, VSIparticipated in this workshop. Prof. Andrew V. Ogram,a micro ecologist, Soil and Water Science Department,University of Florida, USA was the core faculty for theprogramme. In addition, several other faculties withsuccessful work of bioremediation of hazardous wastealso shared their experiences in the programme.


EXHIBITIONEXHIBITIONScience Fair at Abeda Inamdar College, Pune

Abeda Inamdar College, Pune is celebrating academicyear 2015-16 as its silver jubilee year. On thisoccasion, the Science Association had organized “TheScience Fair” on January 19, 2016. Dr. DeepaliNimbalkar, Scientist & Head, Department ofEnvironmental Sciences, VSI was invited as the ChiefGuest for this inaugural function. As a part fair, under-

graduate and post-graduate science students ofvarious departments’ viz. physics, chemistry, botany,microbiology, environmental science, biotechnology,electronics and computers displayed scientific modelsand posters. She visited stalls of the various modelsand posters on displayed and interacting with thestudents of the college.

Dr. Deepali Nimbalkar, VSI inaugurating theScience Fair at Abeda Inamdar college, Pune

Dr. Deepali Nimbalkar, VSI observing the modelsdisplayed by students at the Science Fair

VSI participated in exhibition jointly organized byKisanveer SSK Ltd., Bhuinj, Dist: Satara, AgricultureDepartment, Govt. of Maharashtra, A.D.O. Satara andWai Taluka Distilleries Association in the premisesof the sugar mill during January 23-25, 2016. Mr.Vikas Deshmukh, Commissioner of Agriculture,Maharashtra State inaugurated the exhibition inpresence of Mr. Ashwin Mudgul, Collector of DistrictSatara; Mr. Madan Bhosale, Chairman & Mr. GajananBabar, Vice Chairman of Kisanveer SSK Ltd., Dist.Satara; Mr. Jitendra Shinde, District SAO, Mr. Abhay

Exhibition at Kisanveer SSK Ltd., Dist: SataraJain, Director, Jain Irrigation system. VSI displayedsugarcane agricultural activities and inputs servicescatered to sugarcane growers with Oos ShetiDnyanyag publication on sugarcane farming. Around103 organizations exhibited their products andimplements being used in agriculture that attractedthe farmers. Mr. Vikas Deshmukh, Mr. Madan Bhosale,Board of s Directors of sugar mill and other dignitariesvisited Institute’s stall and got acquainted withagricultural activities carried out at VSI. During threedays, approximately 40,000 farmers visited VSI’s stall.

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VISITORS TO VSIVISITORS TO VSIVisit of Delegation from IISR, Lucknow

A team from Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research(IISR), Lucknow comprising of Dr. AD Pathak, Director(I/c), Dr. SN Singh, Principal Scientist Agronomy, CropProduction Division and Dr. MR Singh, Principal

Scientist Entomology, Crop protection Division visitedVSI on January 30, 2016. Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG,VSI welcomed delegation and felicitated them. Hebriefly introduced various activities carried out byInstitute in respect of sugarcane research, academicand extension for benefits of the sugarcane growersand Sugar Industry in Maharashtra as well as otherstates of the country. The team visited varioustechnical departments viz. Plant Breeding, TissueCulture, Soil Science and discussed regarding nutrientmanagement, sugarbeet research and sugarbeetprocessing with diffuser. The team also visited theDepartment of Alcohol Technology, where Dr. SV Patil,Technical Adviser & Head gave brief introduction tothe activities and analytical facilities at the departmentand showed pilot winery and lab scale brewery unit.

DG, VSI felicitating Dr. AD Pathak, Director (I/c ),IISR, Lucknow , UP

Natal Cane Growers Association (NCGA) delegationfrom South African Sugarcane Farmers Associationunder the leadership of Mr. Yaga Govender, Directoralong with Mr. Ajit Chougule, Executive Director,WISMA visited VSI on February 29, 2016. Mr. ShivajiraoDeshmukh, DG, VSI welcomed the delegation. Thedelegation had a discussion with DG on the activities

Visit of Delegation from NCGA-South Africaof VSI, present status of the Indian Sugar Industry andAfrican Sugar Industry.

The delegation visited various departments of theInstitute and taken information on the activities ofPlant Breeding Section speciafically on SugarcaneBreeding Centre at Amboli, tissue culture techniquesused for sugarcane, banana and potato &development of varieties through somaclonalvariation, characterizations of sugarcane varietiesthrough DNA marker and genetic transformation forcrop improvement in abiotic & biotic stresses. Thedelegation discussed with soil scientists regarding theinstruments used for soil analysis and representativeof agricultural microbiology section related with useof different liquid biofertilizer.

The delegation also visited NABL acceredited sugarlaboratory, pilot winery and nano brewery unit.

DG, VSI explaining activities of VSI toSouth-African Delegation


Visit of Representatives of Weyermann Malting,Bamberg, Germany

Mr. Pradeep Verma, Techno-Commercial Associate ofWeyermann, Mr. Sanjiv Nagpal, Owner, OMDistributors and Weyermann representative in Indiavisited the Department ofAlcohol Technology, VSI onMarch 11, 2016.

The visitors had discussionwith the Director General, VSIon purpose of their visit. DG,VSI suggested therepresentatives to visit R & Dand student training facilities ofthe Department of AlcoholTechnology. Dr. SV Patil,Technical Adviser & Head,Department of AlcoholTechnology, VSI, welcomed theguests and appreciated their visit to the Institute.

Mr. Pradeep Verma is well known personality in thefield of brewing sector in India. He had been involvedin shaping up microbrewery policies for various statesin India such as Maharashtra, Haryana, Punjab, Delhiand most recent in the state of Telengana. He saidthat the brewing sector in India is growing at the rateof almost 15 % per annum and the young generationof India prefers beer over wines and spirits. He furtherstated that there is a huge demand of manpower inthe Brewing Industry and VSI is the only institute inIndia that provides skilled personnel fit to work in theBrewing Industry. He also focused on the maltingIndustry in India and stated beer is produced in Indiaby using six row barley malts with high nitrogencontent. He further emphasized the need of usingtwo row barley malts in Indian microbrewery sector toenhance the quality of beer with minimum financialimplications.

Dr. SV Patil explained about the academic activitiesof his department and efforts taken by the staff fortraining the students of M.Sc. (Wine Brewing and

Alcohol Technology, PuneUniversity affiliated course) andDIFAT (Post Graduate Diploma inIndustrial Fermentation andAlcohol Technology) courses toenhance their inter-personnelskills, technical skills andemployability of the students. Hefurther stated that almost 60 %of newly recruited assistantbrewers in microbreweries acrossIndia are alumni of VSI.

Mr. Sanjiv Nagpal expressed hisviews on potential tie-up between

VSI and Weyermann malting company regardingenhancement of brewing skills of students for thebenefit of the Indian Commercial and MicrobrewerySector. There is no need for the Indian students to optfor foreign universities when quality education isavailable at affordable price at VSI. He agreed toprovide malts and hops to VSI at discounted rates forgetting hands on experience for the students to makevarious beer styles. Mr. Pradeep Verma, also assuredthat Weyermann can provide training facilities to someof the interested students at their establishedmicrobrewery facilities in India.

Dr. SV Patil thanked Weyermann representatives forvisiting VSI and also appreciated their views onallowing students for in-plant training.

Dr. SV Patil & Dr. AD Paradh, VSI withWeyermann representatives

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VISITORS UPDATEVISITORS UPDATEDuring the last three months (Jan-Feb-Mar : 2016) visitors visited VSI from following institutions' Board ofDirectors, officers, farmers and students to see new technologies and experimental plots of Agriculture.

Name of Institution Visitors Total

January - 2016

S.Nijalingappa Sugar Institute,Belagavi,State : Karnataka Faculties and Farmers 64

Vishawas Bajirao PatilA/p : Wakadi, Tal: Paranda Dist: Osmanabad Farmers 2

Vivekanand College, Kolhapur,Dist : Kolhapur Lecturers and Students 26

Elphinston College,156, MG Road, Fort Mumbai Lecturers and Students 18

Indian Academy College of Arts and Science,Hunnar Cross, Lecturers and Students 22Kalyannagar, State : Karnataka

Balasaheb Desai College, Patan, Dist: Satara Lecturers and Students 33

Individual Farmers from Maharashtra State Farmers 41 (12)

Individual Farmers from outside State Farmers 7 (3)

February - 2016

College of Agricultural Biotechnology,Kharwate-Dahiwali, Lecturers and Students 32Tal- Chiplun, Dist:Ratnagiri

Office of Joint Director of Agriculture, Shivajinagar, Belgaum, Officers and Farmers 48State Karnataka

Sadguru Gadge Maharaj College, Karad,Dist: Satara Lecturers and Students 50

Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology Willington Lecturers and Students 31College, Sangli

Department of water and Land management Dr.Babasaheb Lecturers and Students 9Ambedkar Marathwada University,Sub-Center, Osmanabad

Mr. Suresh S KaleA/p: Belsar Tal: Purandar, Dist: Pune Farmer 1

Office of Joint Director of Agriculture, Vijaypur, State Karnataka Officers and Farmers 45

Lokmangal Biotechnology CollegeA/p: Wadala Lecturers and Students 82Tal: North Solapur, Dist: Solapur

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Name of Institution Visitors Total

Olam Agro India Pvt. Ltd.Village : Ghatwa, Tehsil : Thikari Farmers 5Dist: Barwani, State : Madhya Pradesh

Modern College of Arts, Science & Commerce,Department of Students 6Microbiology , Pune – 411 005

College of Agricultural BiotechnologyKharawate-Dahiwali, Students 5Tal : Chiplun Dist: Ratnagiri

Agasti Arts, Commerce & Dadasaheb Rupawate Science College, Lecturers and Students 46Akole, Dist: Ahmednagar


March - 2016

Office of Joint Director of Agriculture, Gadag, State Karnataka Officers and Farmers 40

Suhas Institute of Technology,Kasurdi, Tal: Daund, Pune Lecturers and Students 28

Office of Joint Director of Agriculture, Dharwad, State Karnataka Officers and Farmers 44

MVP, Samaj, KDSP, College of Agriculture, A/p: Nashik Lecturers and Students 26

Office of Joint Director of Agriculture, Bidar, State Karnataka Officers and Farmers 46

SADO Office, Athaner,Dist: Baitul, State : Madhapradesh Officers and Farmers 160 (5)

MGM’S Jawaharlal Engineering College,Aurangabad Lecturers and Students 49

MGM’S Agriculture Biotechnology College,Aurangabad Lecturers and Students 29

Bachat Gat Mahila, Kaijan Foundation Trust Shikrapur, Dist: Pune Officers and Ladies 24


Individual Farmers from outside State Farmers 11 (4)

US Department of Agriculture, New Delhi Mr. Amit Aradhey, 1Agri. Economist

Total : 1174(87)

- Figures in bracket denote number of visits.

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1. Lok Maze Sangati : Pawar Sharad2. The power of your subconscious mind (Marathi) : Murphy, Joseph3. International Taxation & TDS: Gupta Vinod4. Mechanisms of Resistance to early shoot borer in Sugarcane: Bhavani B.5. On My Terms- from the grassroots to the corridors of Power: Pawar Sharad6. Technology of Brewing and Malting: Kunze, Walfgang7. Brewing science monatsschrifi fur brauwlessenschaft – Year book 2014

- Fachverlag Hans Carl, GMBH8. Wine from Grape to glass: Priewe, Jens9. MEBAK Sensory analysis: Collection of brewing analysis methods: MEBAK10. Direct tax summary: Gupta Vinod11. Renewable Energy Engineering and Technology: principles and practice

- Editor Kishore V.V. N.12. Wealth from waste – Trends and Technologies: Lal, Banwari13. Building the future we want: Pachauri, R.K.14. Reducing inequalities: A sustainable development challenge: Genevey, Remi15. Biogas Technology: Towards sustainable development: Khoiyangbam, R.S.16. Know all about: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Noronho, Guy17. Soil and Groundwater pollution from agricultural activities: Ramachandra, T.V.18. Innovation for sustainable development: Grosclaude , Jeanyves19. Energy Audit: Thermal power, combined cycle and cogeneration plants: Abbi, Y. P.

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