DSCA NEWS LINKA News Link Among the Alumni of Dairy Science College, Anandhttp:// www.smcalumni.net Volume: 15-17, Number:1-2, July 2011 to June 2013

In This Issue

• Editorial • Upcoming events • Alumni Association

activities • Alumni updates • College currents • Annual convocation • SRC happenings • NSS activities • Vidya corner

Editorial CommitteeEditorProf. (Ms.) Sreeja V.Co-EditorsProf. Amit PatelDr. (Ms) Smitha BalakrishnanProf. (Ms.) Jarita MalikProf. (Ms.) Komal Patel

A News Letter ofAlumni AssociationSheth M. C. College of Dairy ScienceAAU, Anand-388 110 (Gujarat), IndiaPh: 02692-261030Fax: 02692-261314E-mail: editordsca@gmail.com

From the Patron...

“Innovation” was the buzz word for the recently conducted National seminar and Alumni convention, which saw emotional and happy get togethers, formation of new connections, sharing the insights gained by journeys into other disciplines or places, and lots of knowledge exchange. A perfect setup for innovation! As far as our industry is concerned, innovative efforts leading to tasty new products, new packaging ideas, use of new ingredients, great new marketing campaigns and huge variety of nutrition are the need of the hour. Three questions are important for innovation; What the consumer wants? What can be done with the technology? And what is the market viability? The Indian dairy industry has tremendous scope for growth as world’s numero uno in dairy field. An ever increasing market demand for milk and milk products along with abundant supply of raw milk and highly skilled technical man power make India a strong contender in the world dairy scenario. We are lucky to be born in a country with rich traditional dairy food heritage and an ever increasing youth population which is ready to experiment. This provides ample opportunities for the technocrats to exploit the traditional knowledge, coat it with innovation and functionality, thus expand the product portfolio.

Innovation in dairy education as well as in jobs is also an important aspect where our alumni can contribute to a great extent. Being the ambassadors of our alma mater, dear alumni, you are vital for our existence! Being one of the finest technical force and strongest alumni network in the food industry in India, let us jointly exploit these ample opportunities, spice it up with innovation and serve signature dishes to a food crazy nation!

We promise to reach you regularly with this News Link.

UPCOMING EVENTS AT SMC...(a) National Dairy Products Judging Contest and Dairy & Food Quiz on 17-

18, September, 2013.(b) 11th Alumni convention and National seminar in the first week of January,

2015(c) Sixth International Conference on “Fermented Food, Health Status and

Social Well-being: 13-14 December 2013.

Office bearers1 Dr. B P Shah - Patron2 Dr. J B Prajapati – President 3 Shri D R Shah– Vice president4 Dr. H G Patel - Secretary5 Prof. Istiyak Chauhan - Joint Secretary6 Shri Sandeep Patel - Joint Secretary7 Prof. Hiral Modha -Treasurer8 Prof. (Ms.) Sreeja V. -Editor, DSCA News Link

Members from Dairy Science College1 Dr. A J Pandya 2 Dr. A G Bhadania3 Dr. K D Aparnathi4 Dr. P S Prajapati5 Dr. A K Makwana

Members from the Dairy Plants/ Organizations1 Shri. Hemant Patel (Baroda Dairy)2 Shri P K Patel (Dudhdhara Dairy, Bharuch)3 Shri. M G Meghani (Amul Dairy, Anand)4 Shri. Jasubhai Patel (Banas Dairy, Palanpur)5 Sreejith Nair (Sabar Dairy, Himatnagar )6 Shri. Pankaj Shah (Vasudhara Dairy, Valsad)7 Shri. Rohit Mehta (Madhur Dairy, Gandhinagar)8 Shri. Alok Saxena (Panchamrut Dairy, Godhra9 Shri. Praveen Bhambi (Dudhsagar Dairy, Mehsana)10 Shri. Nitin B Shah (Consultant, Ahmedabad)11 Shri. Manoj Gandhi (Uttam Dairy, Ahmedabad)12 Shri. Meenesh Shah (NDDB, Anand)13 Shri. Bhupesh Parikh (Sumul Dairy, Surat)14 Shri. Pramod Patel (Junagadh Dairy, Junagadh)15 Shri. Bhargav Kanabar (Mother Dairy, Gandhinagar)16 Shri. Neeranjan Kumar (Patna, Bihar)17 Shri. Alpesh Jain (Mother Dairy, Delhi)

18 Shri. Manshukh B. Bambharolia (Rajkot Milk Union Ltd., Rajkot)

19 Shri Hemant Kalita (Assam)20 Dr Madhav Patil (Dairy Technology College, Pusad)21 Dr Karthikeyan (Dairy Technology College, Raipur)22 Mr Sameer Saxena (GCMMF, Anand)

Permnent Invitees1 Dr. J M Dave (Rajkot)2 Dr. K G Upadhyay (Falna, Raj.)3 Dr. S S Sannabhadti (Anand)4 Dr. P N Thakar (Anand)5 Dr. J V Parekh (Consultant, Mumbai)6 Shri. P R Patel (CEO, Dudhsagar Dairy, Mehsana)7 Dr. M J Solanky (Dairy Sci. College, Amreli)8 Dr. H K Desai (GM, Amul Dairy, Anand)9 Shri. K. T. Thomas (MD, MILMA, Calicut, Kerala)10 Shri. S. Nagarajan (MD, Mother Dairy, Delhi)

The newly formed Executive Committee for the Year 2013-15.

Executive Committee MeetingsThe Executive Committee of Alumni Association for 2011-12 met four times during July 11 to March 13. In the 32nd meeting held on 2nd Feb 2013, it was decided to set-up a separate core group of distinguished alumni representing different industries, which may help in counseling and helping in placement of our existing students and help the faculty in getting industry sponsored research projects.The last, 34th meeting of the Executive Committee of Alumni Association was held on 4th May, 2013. The EC took decisions regarding tentative activity schedule for the year 2013-2014. This included (a) organization of National Dairy Products Judging Contest and Dairy & Food Quiz, (b) organization of 11th Alumni convention and a National seminar in the first week of January, 2015, (c) publishing the revised edition of “Quest for knowledge”, (d) organization of door step seminars, (e) preparation of a placement brochure of final year students before November and sending it to different plants/dairies to facilitate better placements and (f) generation of alumni welfare fund.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES (2011-13)

Door Step SeminarSMC College of Dairy Science and its Alumni Association organized a door step technical seminar at Amul Dairy, Anand on 31st August 2012. Dr Atanu Jana, Dr Sunil Patel and Mr Kunal Gawai from the college delivered lectures at the seminar which was attended by about 85 technical persons from various dairy plants of Gujarat.

Guest Lectures 1. Mr Sujit Nair (B.Tech., DT, 1996), Head of Food Sector &

Training Services (West Zone) DNV Business Assurance, Mumbai delivered a guest lecture on “Food Safety Systems and Certification for Dairy Industry” on 23rd August 2012 at SMC College of Dairy Science.

2. Prof. Bhesh Bhandari (BSc DT, 1981) , Professor of Food Processing Technology and Engineering from School

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of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia delivered a guest lecture on “Understanding the glass transition in food materials systems” on 15th October 2012 at Dr Radhakrishnan Auditorium.

3. Mr Matthew Turner, Senior Technical Services Scientist of 3M Food Safety, Asia Specific Region, Singapore delivered a lecture on “Food safety in dairy industry” on 13th March 2013 at Dr Radhakrishnan Auditorium.

National Dairy Product Judging Contest and National Dairy and Food Quiz ContestNinth National Dairy Product Judging contest and 5th

National Dairy and Food Quiz contest was organzied on 13th and 14th September 2012 respectively. Nineteen teams, comprising of Dairy Technology educational institutes as well as Dairy Industries, from all over India participated in the event. Among the category of teams from dairy plants, Sumul Dairy, Surat got the first prize while Baroda Dairy, Baroda and Amul Dairy, Anand got second and third position respectively. In the Educational Institution’s category, GN Patel College of Dairy Science and Food Technology, SK Nagar secured first position; College of Dairy Science and Technology, Kerala got second and National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana got third position.

Contestants keenly judging the product samples...As a part of this event, a “Direct Consumer-Producer Interaction” session was also organized, wherein the newly developed dairy products brought by the selected dairy plants were given for evaluation to the representative groups of people viz., engineers, doctors, professionals, housewives, businessman, students, etc and their opinion and critics were obtained. This was the unique event organized for the first time to get the direct feedback from the cross section of the consumers on the new products developed. The products given for evaluation to this group included peda, kajukatri, rasogolla, kaju-anjir rolls, kopra pak, cookies and lassi.

Consumer-Producer Interaction session…

National Dairy and Food Quiz Contest was co-sponsored by Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd, (Amul – The Taste of India). This is a high profile technical quiz organized in several rounds on stage to test and sharpen the knowledge of dairy professionals. Teams from 11 institutions (from Gujarat, Maharastra, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Chhatisgarh, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala) and 7 dairy plants (from Gujarat) participated in the event. Dr. Atanu Jana along with Ms. Jarita Mallik were the Quiz Masters.

Dr. Atanu Jana conducting the dairy quiz...The trophies to winning teams were awarded in a valedictory function presided over by Dr. A.M. Shekh, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of Anand Agricultural University, Anand. The team from SMC College of Dairy Science, Anand secured the first position. Ms. Sreeja V, Assistant professor Dairy Microbiology was the team leader, Mr. Khushwant Singh Rathore and Mr. Shikhar Gaur, both UG students, were the team members. Vidya Dairy, Anand secured second and College of Dairy Technology, Pusad, Maharastra got the third position. Dr. K.B. Kathiriya, Director of Research and Dean P.G. Studies, AAU, Anand and Dr. P.P. Patel, Director of Extension graced the function as Guests of Honour. Shri. H.R. Dave, Chief General Manager, NABARD, Ahmedabad Region was the Chief Guest of the event. Dr. J.B. Prajapati, Vice-President of Alumni Association honoured Shri H.R. Dave, being the alumnus of the college.

Dairy quiz winning team from SMC College receiving the trophy from Shri. H.R. Dave...

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Souvenir being released by the dignitaries at the National Seminar…The inaugural function of National Seminar on “Innovative Approaches in Dairy Industry” was held at Sheth M C College of Dairy Science, Anand Agricultural University, Anand on 1st March 2013. The organizing secretary of the national seminar was Dr. Atanu Jana. Principal and Dean, Dr. BP Shah welcomed all the dignitaries and delegates of the seminar. The Chief Guest of the function was Dr. A.K. Shrivastava, Hon. Vice Chancellor and Director, National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal. The two Guests of Honour were Shri R.S. Sodhi, Managing Director, GCMMF Ltd. and Shri Sangramsinh Chaudhary, Executive Director, NDDB, Anand. The lead speakers in the seminar were Dr. Pankaj Shah, Consultant, Larsen & Toubro, Shri Amit Vyas, General Manager (Engineering), Amul Dairy, Anand, Dr. Sunil Patel, Associate Prof., Dairy Engineering Dept., Dairy Science College (DSC), Anand, Dr. J.B. Prajapati, Prof. & Head, Dairy Microbiology Dept., DSC, Anand, Dr. S.P. Sarkar, Prof. & Head, Dairy Microbiology Dept., WBVAFS, Nadia (WB), Dr. H. Koshia, Commissioner, FDCA, Prof. Hitesh Bhatt, IRMA, Anand and Mr. Sujit Nair, DNV India Ltd., Mumbai. In the ‘Industry Forum’ the Food companies that took part were Chr. Hansen, 3M, Roquette, Krishna Industries, GCMMF, Tetra Pak, and Duke Thompson. The seminar was attended by about 400 delegates and two books entitled “Dahi and Related Products” and “Marketing Management and International Trade” authored by ‘Prajapati JB and Sreeja V.’ and ‘Dr. A.K. Makwana’ respectively, were released at the occasion.

Release of Career profile of 1987-88 batch...The “10th Alumni Convention” was held on March 2, 2013. Dr. JB Prajapati was the organizing Secretary. In the event, the Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate batches of 1987 and 1988 were felicitated. The Chief Guest of the convention was Dr. C L Patel, Chairman, Charutar Vidya Mandal, Vallabh Vidyanagar. Shri Rahul Kumar, Managing Director, Amul Dairy and Shri Kanubhai Patel, Chairman, Gayatri Dairy Products Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad were the Guests of Honour at the function. Distinguished alumni including Mr H.R. Dave, CGM, NABARD, Ahmedabad; Mr K.T. Thomas, MD, MILMA,

Malabar, Kerala; Mr Ashok Sharma, Director, SSA, Govt. of Gujarat, Mr Nishith Baxi, MD, Dudhsagar Dairy, Mehsana, Mr Prateek Kumar, MD, Baroda Dairy; Mr Alok Johri, Commissioner of Income Tax, Ahmedabad; Dr Ashwani Rathour, Vice President, Reliance, Delhi; Mr Pravin Bhambi, ED, Dudhsagar Dairy, Mehsana; Mr D.R. Shah, MD, Vidya Dairy, Anand were honoured during the alumni function. Mr D. R. Patel, ACP (Crime & Traffic), Vadodara could not attend the function. The Alumni association conferred the ‘Best Student Award’ to two B.Tech (Dairy Technology) students viz., Ms. Preeti Paul and Ms. Bhavi Patel, while Dr. J.R. Patel Memorial Award was conferred on Dr. J.V. Parekh, International Dairy Consultant, Mumbai and Dr. B.P. Shah, Principal & Dean, S.M.C. College of Dairy Science, Anand.

Ms. Bhavi and Ms. Preeti receiving Best Student award…The topic of deliberation during Alumni convention was “Diversification of Dairy Technology Graduates” wherein the lead speakers were Shri H.R. Dave, CGM, NABARD, Ahmedabad and Shri A.M. Sharma, Director, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Govt. of Gujarat, Gandhinagar. Both the functions were presided by Dr. A.M. Shekh, Honourable Vice Chancellor of Anand Agricultural University, Anand.

Dr. J.R. Patel Memorial Award conferred upon Dr. J.V. Parekh (above) and Dr. B. P. Shah

10th General Body Meeting of Alumni AssociationThe 10th General Body Meeting of Alumni Association was held on 2nd March, 2013. which was attended by 51 members . After the welcome address by Dr. K. G. Upadhyay, President, annual report and financial reports were presented and approved by GB. Regarding ‘alumni welfare activities’, the house suggested to generate special corpus fund and the same would be used for alumni welfare activities. Dr. J B

National Seminar and 10th Alumni Convention - 2013

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Prajapati briefed the house about the initiative taken for developing a ‘Business Forum’ which is a small group of prominent alumni of the college who can interact for better prospects for job placement of the students of the college. On the eve of the National Seminar, a skype meeting was organized of this potential business forum. Proposing tentative schedule of activities for 2013-15, Dr. J B Prajapati informed the house with the regular activities carried out

by the association and sought new suggestions. The house acknowledged the active role of the association in organizing different programmes and continuing with the same regularly. The new Executive Committee was formed based on the recommendation of the house. The house thanked the out-going executive committee members for their services to the association and welcomed the members of newly formed executive committee.

Alumni get-together in DubaiOn 7th May 2011, a meeting of the alumni of SMC College of Dairy Science, Anand Agricultural University was organized at the hotel Holiday inn in UAE. There are at present 24 alumni of Dairy Science College employed with various companies at very responsible decision making positions. Our alumni represent marketing,Ingredients, sales, marketing, packaging, quality control, food safety,production and management at top levels in various companies in gulf. Dr Baboo Nair, Professor Emeritus at Lund University, Sweden and alumnus of first batch IDD, 1962 was the special guest at the meeting. He and his colleague, Dr Olof gave a presentation on Oatly and Aventure companies in Sweden. He informed the group about fermented foods network (www.fermented-foods.net) and planned to organize a conference in Dubai along with gulf food. The meeting was organized by Mr. Ravindra P Kadam, Production Manager; Gulf and Safa Dairies Company L. L.C , Mr. Subin Jose,Cluster Quality Manager; Cluster at SIG, Combibloc Obeikan and Mr. CPM Tulsiram, Processing Manager; Emirates Industry for Camel milk & Products.

UAE alumni meetSecond UAE Alumni meet was held on 22nd Feb,2013 at Dubai. Mr.K T Thomas, Managing Director, Malabar region MILMA was the chief guest. Twenty alumni from Oman,UAE, KSA and INDIA attended the meet. The role of well established alumni in the growth of dairy industry as well as in the future of upcoming technocrats was discussed in detail. The alumni also shared experiences related to their field. Pl visit SMC DSC facebook for details.

ALUMNI UPDATESMr. Suresh Sutariya ( B. Tech DT, 2004 ) has joined South Dakota state university - USA for Masters study along with research assistantship in Dairy Science. He won “Dairy Recognition and Education Scholarship” award in his first semester study. Previously he served Almarai comapny Saudi Arabia as Quality Assurance manager for 7 years.Mr. Tapan Bhatt (B. Tech DT, 2003) is currently working as Production Manager, Culinary department, Nestle Moga after successfully completing his EGMP from IIM Kolkatta in the year 2010. Prior to joining nestle in 2006, he served Amul. Ms. Sonam Yangchen (B. Tech DT, 2010) is currently working as Livestock Officer in the Dairy Development Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Forest, Bhutan. Mr. Ashishkumar S. Patel (B. Tech DT, 2002; M. Sc. 2008,) moved to Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable Pvt Ltd, Noida as Deputy Manager ( R & D) from Asst. Manager ( Quality Assurance) of Heinz India Pvt.. Ltd. Mr. Pranav Shah has joined SPX Corporation as Regional Sales Manager in Copenhagen, Denmark. SPX is US Fourtune 500 multi – industry manufacturing leader, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Earlier he worked with Amul, Nestle & GEA Niro.Ms. Sonal Singh (B. Tech, DT, 2009) completed MBA from IABMI, AAU. She had 18 months experience in Sales & Marketing of Dairy Engineering Products in IDMC Limited. Currently She is pursuing Ph.D from IIT, Kharagpur.Mr. Tushar Joshi (B. Tech DT, 2001) is working with Coca Cola India - in corporate R&D based at Gurgaon since 2010. He has recently completed “Executive Business Management” part time - Operations & Marketing from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon.Mr. Abhishek Singh (B. Tech DT, 2005) is serving GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare business at Nabha-Patiala, Punjab for the last 5 years. Currently he is rised to Deputy Manager Manufacturing and is handling the Indian supplies of Horlick’s , Boost and Actigrow/Actibase from the house of brand Horlick’s . Prior to joining GlaxoSmithKline , he served Almarai Dairy Co in Saudi Arabia for 2 years.Mr. Sajal biswas (B.Sc DT, 1979) is working as Deputy General Manager (CS) with NDDB, Kolkata.Mr. Ratan Kumar Singh (B.Sc DT, 1981 batch and a Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development Management from IRMA ) is currently serving Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable Private Limited, Delhi as General Manager ( Procurement ). He has played leadership roles in the capacity of MD, Bhilwara Milk Union, Rajasthan; State Director, NDDB; Head - Supply

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New faculty membersDr. Smitha Balakrishnan joined as Assistant professor in Dairy Chemistry Department from 26th March, 2012. Ms. Komal Patel and Mr. Dhinalkumar H. Patel have joined Dairy Technology Department as Assistant professors on 26th March and 13th April, 2012 respectively. Mr. Ashish Patel joined as Assistant professor in Dairy Engineering Department from 27th March, 2012. Dr. Subroto Hati and Mr. Kunal Gawai joined as Assistant professors in Dairy Microbiology Department from 5th April 2012. Awards and RecognitionsIDA Fellowship Award to Dr J.B. Prajapati: Dr Jashbhai B. Prajapati (BSc DT, 1980), Professor & Head, Dairy Microbiology Department of SMC College of Dairy Science has been chosen for the IDA Fellowship 2012, in recognition of the valuable services rendered by him in furthering the cause of the Indian Dairy Association in particular and the Indian Dairy Industry in general. This award was given to Dr Prajapati by Prof. Abhijeet Sen, Member, Planning Commission, Govt,. of India on 2nd February 2012 at the Inaugural ceremony of 40th Dairy Industry Conference at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi.

Conferring the IDA Fellowship Award to Dr J.B. Prajapati by Prof. Abhijeet Sen…

Ms. Suja receiving the Young Researcher Award…Young Researcher Award: Ms Suja Senan, Assistant Professor, Dairy microbiology, got 3rd Best Young Researcher Award for her oral presentation at the 1st International Symposium on “Probiotics for Human Health- New Innovations and Emerging Trends” on 27th August, 2012. The paper was entitled “Safety investigation of probiotic strain Lactobacillus helveticus MTCC 5363 using complete genome sequence annotation studies” by Senan S and Prajapati JB (2012). Ms. Senan, also received the Best presentation award for paper entitled “Comparative Genomic analysis of the stress response in Probiotic L. helveticus MTCC5463 and dairy starter culture L. helveticus DPC 4571 strains” at national seminar on innovative approaches in dairy industry. March 1-2, 2013 at AAU, Anand.Young Scientist Award was given to Dr. Subrota Hati, Assistant Professor in the field of Dairy Microbiology for paper entitled “Antioxidative and Antimicrobial Activity of Fermented Soy Milk supplemented with WPC 70” at 15th Indian Agricultural Scientists and Farmers Congress on Feb. 22-24, 2013 at Vigyan Parishad Hall, University of Allahabad, Allahabad. IDA Best Research Paper Award : A research paper entitled

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Chain, Mother Dairy. Mr. Harshad R Joshi (B.Sc., DT, 1992) is currently working with Bharti Wal-mart Pvt. Ltd as GM - Store OperationsMr. Himanshu Patel (B Tech DT, 2006) after completing his Masters in Food Science and Technology, joined Danone/Nutricia Infant Milk Nutrition. He was a Commissioning team member towards setting up 300 TPD Infant Milk Formula manufacturing facility in Wet Phase, Spray drying and Bag filling. He is now working with Danone as Operations and Continuous Improvement Manager in Cork, Ireland.Mr. Devang Vaghela (B.Sc., DT, 1993) is currently working as Production Manager, Hans Dairy ,Ontario , Canada. devangv82@yahoo.caMr. Chintan Patel (B Tech DT, 2006), pursued MS from University of Wisconsin Stout after his under graduation. Currently he is associated with Vets Plus Inc. USA as Assistant Production Manager.Mr. Pranshu Kulshrestha (B Tech DT, 2008) is working at Nestle India Ltd., Samalkha (Haryana) as Production Executive

since last year in Infant Nutrition division. He was nominated for Sparkz 2012, Nestle’s most prestigious Development program. Earlier, he worked at Almarai Company, Saudi Arabia in Manufacturing and R&D for 3.2 years. He is awaiting his promotion to Assistant Manager level. Mr. Pratik Misra (B. Tech DT, 2006) is serving as Sales Account Manager (Dairy) with EI Dupont (Nutrition and Health), Bangalore. Mr. Amitabh Pandey (M.Sc., Dairy Chemistry, 2006) has joined Export Inspection Council of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce, Government of India, New Delhi as Technical Officer from August 2011. Presently he is posted at Pilot Test House, Export Inspection Agency-Mumbai. Mr. Vijaykumar. V. Maslekar (B.Sc., DT 1972) is presently serving with Vadilal industries ltd as president –operations in the process food division.Mr. Nitin B Shah (B.Sc., DT 1983) is currently a consultant for icecream industries all over india. His webpage is www.icecreamnitin.com

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“Influence of Different Cryoprotectants and Packaging Materials on the Viability and Acidifying Activity of Freeze-dried Streptococcus thermophilus Cultures” authored by Palak Jani, Sreeja V. and Prajapati JB, published in Indian Journal of Dairy Science, 2011, 64(2):112-120 was adjudged as the best research paper – 2011 for the journal by Indian Dairy Association. Dr JB Prajapati received this honour with cash prize of Rs 5000/- and certificates for authors during 41st Dairy Industry conference in Mumbai on 16 March 2013.

Dr. JB Prajapati receiving the best research paper award…Best Research Paper Award : Dr. H G Patel, professor and Dr. P S Prajapati, Professor & Head, Dairy Technology Department received First Best Research Paper Award for their research paper entitled “Characterization of Halvasan from market and a process of its manufacture.” The paper was published in Indian Journal of Dairy Science, 63(5):376-380 by H.G. Patel, J.P. Prajapati, M.J. Solanky, P.S. Prajapati and Soni Dipal (2010). The award was presented at XL Dairy Industry Conference held at New Delhi during 2-5 Feb., 2012.

Dr. P S Prajapati and Dr. H G Patel, Professors, Dairy Technology receiving First Best Research Paper Award…

Dr. J B Prajapati and Dr. H G Patel are nominated as experts in the Indian National Committee (INC) of the International Dairy Federation (IDF) Standing Committee on Dairy Science and Technology. The IDF, being an international body of dairy professionals, has influence in the decision making process of the international governmental bodies such as Codex and OIE.Dr. Smitha Balakrishnan, Mr. A K Jain, Mr. S C Parmar and Dr. K D Aparnathi, faculty members of Department of Dairy Chemistry received the first prize for poster presentation entitled “Development of ready-to-serve soup powder from blends of groundnut flour, tofu and whey powder” at National Seminar on “Innovative approaches in dairy industry” held

during March 1-2, 2013, AAU, Anand.Dr. Smitha Balakrishnan, Assistant professor, Department of Dairy Chemistry, secured second prize for oral presentation entitled “Studies on physico-chemical and sensory characteristics of nutrient rich biscuits prepared from blends of peanut, coprecipitates and millet” at National Seminar on “Innovative approaches in dairy industry” held during March 1-2, 2013, AAU, Anand.

Dr. Smitha and Mr. A.K. Jain receiving the award……Dr Sunil Patel, Ms. Rohini Vyas and Ms. Dipal Soni received second prize for Best Poster Presentation on Research Paper entitled ‘Innovative Equipment Design & Standardization of Process for Mechanized Production of ‘Halwasan’ – A Value Added Functional Food’ in National seminar on “Functional Foods: Managing Health in the Modern Age’ held at Post Graduate Department of Home Science, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat on October 7-8, 2011.

Dr. Sunil Patel and Ms. Soni receiving the award...Innovations of Dr Sunil Patel, Associate Professor and CCPI, BPD Unit, AAU on ‘Design and Development of Integrated Plant for Mechanized Production of Value Added Traditional Indian Dairy Products with Better Quality and Economy’ is selected in the first 50 innovations by Department of Science and Technology under India Innovation Growth Programme 2013.A poster on “Energy Saving Potential of Evaporative cooling system with bulk milk cooler”by Charan Shailesh M., A. D. Patel, C. S. Baladhiya, J. B. Raol and A. G. Bhadania won third prize for Best Poster Presentation during National Seminar on “Innovative Approaches in Dairy Industry” organized by SMC College of Dairy Science, AAU, Anand on March 1-2, 2013.

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Faculty ActivitiesDr JB Prajapati, Professor and Head, Dairy Microbiology and his team from SMC helped in organization of the “Fifth International Conference on Fermented Food, Health Status and Social Well-being: Challenges and Opportunities” during 15-16 December 2011 at CFTRI, Mysore under the aegis of SASNET-Fermented Foods. Dr Prajapati was invited to World Milk Day celebrations by Govt. of Jharkhand at Ranchi during 1-2 June 2012. He took part in brain storming session for Dairy Development in Jharkhand and also delivered a lecture on clean milk production to progressive farmers. Dr Prajapati was a lead speaker and a session Chairman at the International Conference on ‘Innovations in food processing, value chain management and food safety’ organized by National Institute for Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Technology Management (NIFTEM), Kundli, Haryana during 10-12 January 2013. Ms. Suja Senan, Assistant Professor, Dairy Microbiology is certified as a Lead auditor/Auditor for “Food safety management system auditor/lead auditor program as per ISO 22000:2005” by DNV Business Assurance (Course number A17376 certified by IRCA). Ms. Sreeja V., Assistant Professor, Dairy Microbiology has participated in the Scientists Meet organized for Impact assessment of International Trainings in frontier Areas of Agricultural sciences at NASC, New Delhi from 28- 30 Sept 2011. Ms. Sreeja was an invited speaker in the Third International Seminar on Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Plant Biomass (SUPBT 2012) organized KVM College of Engineering and Information Technology, Cherthala, Kerala during 13-15 December 2012. Dr. Subrota Hati, Assistant Professor, Dairy Microbiology was an invited speaker at the Food Ingredients India 2012 at Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai organized by UBM, India during 5-7 September, 2012. Dr. Atanu Jana, Professor, Dairy Technology gave an invited talk on “Manufacturing process of different types of Ice cream and Recent advances” at the One day National Seminar “Ice cream for everyone, everyday, everywhere” organized by Indian Dairy Association (West Zone) at Goregaon, Mumbai on 7th December, 2011. Dr. Jana delivered a talk on “Value addition to Mozzarella cheese” at International Workshop on “Strategies in value addition and safety aspects pertaining to Dairy and Food industry” organized by Department of Dairy Science, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai on 15-16 March, 2012. Dr. B P Shah, Principal and Dean, Dr. AG Bhadania, Professor and Head, Dairy Engineering; Dr. K D Aparnathi, Professor and Head, Dairy Chemistry attended 7th Convention of Indian

Dairy Engineers Association at Tirupati during September 24-25, 2012 and a National Workshop on “Revamping Education and Research in Dairy Processing to meet Global Challenges” organized by College of Dairy Science and Technology, Mannuthy, Kerala during September 27-28, 2012.Dr. Sunil Patel, Associate Professor, Dairy Engineering gave a talk on ‘Success Stories of Dairy Science’ in the ‘Agri Business Camp’ on ‘Funding Opportunity for Agri Business Development’ on 29th February 2012, at AMA Management Centre, Ahmedabad. Dr. Sunil was a participant in number of events including French Dairy Seminar - on ‘Genetics and Cattle Breeding Equipment to Dairy Processing & Packaging Equipment’, organized by ADEPTA, France. He attended a workshop on ‘Technology Commercialization & Entrepreneurship Development’ under India Innovation Growth Programme at Goa, 14-19 April, 2013.Mr. Istiyakhusen A. Chauhan and Mr. Ashish D. Patel, Assistant Professors in Dairy Engineering have attended National Training on “ Innovative trends in Dairy and Food products formulation” at NDRI, Karnal during 10-30 October, 2012.Opening of Dairy Vigyan Kendra

Opening ceremony of dairy vigyan kendra...Government of Gujarat in the year 2012 sanctioned a scheme on ‘Establishment of Dairy Vigyan Kendra” at Vejalpur. This is the first of its kind in India. The opening ceremony of the same was held on 19 January 2012 in the august presence of Dr. A M Shekh, Hon. Vice Chancellor, Dr. P P Patel, Director of Extension Education, Dr. B P Shah, Principal and Dean, SMC College of Dairy Science and Mrs. Rashmikaben Patel, President District Panchayat. The first training programme was conducted on the very first day of its opening with 23 dairy farmers. Up to the end of March 2012, five training programmes on different areas of dairy and animal husbandry practices were conducted, in which total 212 dairy farmers got trained.New projects and trainings A collaborative research project in the sector of “New

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knowledge and innovative food design leading to sustainable development of the agro-food sector and decreased poverty” between Lund University, Sweden and AAU has been sanctioned by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Government of Sweden under a special drive of Indo-Swedish projects. The approx budget for the project is Rs 2.0 crores and Dr. JB Prajapati is the PI of the project. A new project “Metagenomic and Clinical investigation of synbiotic fermented dairy product containing probiotic Lactobacillus helveticus MTCC 5463 in geriatric volunteers” sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India with budget outlay of Rs 50 lakhs is granted to Dairy Science College with Dr. J B Prajapati as the Project In-charge.A National training program on “Value added fermented synbiotic functional foods” was conducted at the college during 29 November to 12 December 2011 with the sanctioned grant of Rs 5.20 lakhs under NAIP component I for capacity building in NARS system by ICAR. Dr. J B Prajapati was the course director while Dr. Kailasapathy from Taylor’s University, Malaysia came as visiting faculty. An Integrated Plant for Traditional Indian dairy Products was inaugurated on 15th August 2011. Halwasan and Sandesh, manufacturing unit was commercially launched on 29th September, 2011. Both were designed and developed at Dairy Engineering Department. An MoU between AAU and Panchamrut Dairy, Godhara for standardizing the mechanized method of production of khoa using Integrated plant for Traditional Indian Dairy Products was signed in 2012. SRC HappeningsMr. Satish Parmar, Assistant Professor, Dairy Chemistry Department is appointed as Chairman, Students Representative Council (SRC) of the college from 11th

November 2011.College Magazine under the name of ‘Milky Way’ is published on the occasion of Annual Day celebration on 24/04/2013. In the year 2012-13, the students of Sheth M.C. College of Dairy Science won Inter-collegiate Table Tennis, Inter-collegiate Basketball, Inter-collegiate Volleyball and Inter-collegiate Cricket events. They were runners up in Inter-collegiate Chess and Inter-collegiate Kabaddi events. In cultural events, our students won Inter-collegiate Folk Dance and Inter-collegiate Group Song (Patriotic) events. Students from our college participated in ‘All India AGRIUNIFEST-2013’ held at Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh during 24th to 28th February, 2013 and won 2nd prize in folk dance. Our college team consisting of Shikhar Gaur and Harsh Thacker won 1st Prize in ‘Quizzerius (Food Quiz)’ event during ‘ADROIT-2012’ function organized by College of Food Processing Technology and Bio-Energy, AAU, Anand on 15th -16th October, 2012. Teams of students have participated in various events at ‘SAMATVA-2013’ function organized by MBICT, Vitthal Udyog Nagar, Anand. Team of Raj Patel, Shikhar Gaur and P. Vishwanath won 1st Prize in Nova-Innova (New Product Development) and La-vitae Empressario (New Business Idea). Team of Raj Patel and Shikhar Gaur won 1st Prize in Fudo-Conqueror (Food Quiz).

SMC Students at AGRI UNIFEST 2013...

A Blood Donation Camp was organized on 22th November, 2011 in collaboration with Indian Red Cross Society; Anand. Total 42 units of blood were collected as donation from students and staffs of the college and Vidya Dairy .A special camp under National Service Scheme (NSS) was organized at village Kasor (Bhalej), Taluka & Dist. Anand during 15th to 21st March, 2012. Total 38 students from our college participated actively in this camp. The villagers and students swaymsevakas whole heartly participated and gained knowledge on various aspects like human health, Jivan-mulya adharit shikshan, co-ordial relationship, animal health, agriculture, dairy products, vyasanmukti, shramyagans etc. and strengthened their creativity.

NSS ACTIVITIES

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Dr. Verghese Kurien (1921-2012)

Alumni Association of Dairy Science College, Anandpays tribute to father of white revolution

CAMPUS RECRUITMENT 2013The Campus Recruitment drive for graduating and post-graduating batches of students took place during 19-28th January, 2013. The students selected in the dairy plants is shown below. We are proud to say that as usual we completed 100% placement for our students.S.No. Name of Dairy Plant UG

studentsPG

students1. Amul Dairy, Anand 2 -2. Gujarat Cooperative Milk Mar-

keting Federation Ltd., Anand- 3

3 Mother Dairy, Gandhinagar 7 34 Mother Dairy, Pilkhuwa (U.P.) 1 -5 Sumul Dairy, Surat 9 36 Dudhsagar Dairy, Mehsana 2 27 Panchamrut Dairy, Godhra 4 -8 Baroda Dairy, Vadodara 6 49 Vasudhara Dairy, Valsad 1 -10 Banas Dairy, Palanpur 8 411 Madhur Dairy, Gandhinagar 4 -12 Opted for higher studies 6 -

Total strength of students 57 198th AND 9th ANNUAL CONVOCATION OF AAU The 8th and 9th Annual convocation of AAU was held on 14th February, 2012 and 26th February, 2013 respectively. Dr. Shrimati Kamla, Hon’ble Chancellor and Her Excellency, the Governor of Gujarat presided over the function on both the occasions. In the 8th Annual convocation, medalists of Faculty of Dairy Science were Ms. Bhavi Mayur Patel (2 medals including VCs Gold medal), Mr. Pal Anujbhai V. (5 medals) , Mr. Panchal Bhaveshkumar R (5 medals), Mr. Borad Sanket G. (2 medals). Dr. Arvind Kumar, Dy. Director General (Education), ICAR, Govt. of India, New Delhi was the Chief Guest. In the 9th Annual Convocation, Chancellor’s gold medal for ‘Best Ph.D Thesis’ from amongst all the faculties was awarded to Ms. Patel Amiben R., a student of Dairy Microbiology under supervision of Dr JB Prajapati

by the Governor of Gujarat and the Hon’ble Chancellor Dr. Smt. Kamala Devi. Students of B.Tech. (D T) programme also received gold medals from the Hon’ble Chancellor for their meritorious academic performance. Ms. Preeti Ashok, was awarded six; Ms. Heenabahen Patel, four; Mr. Desai Harsh Dharmeshkumar, three and Ms. Salma received one gold medals.

Books released

DR. J. R. PATEL MEMORIAL TRUSTDr J R Patel Memorial Charitable Trust set-up in the fond memory of our first principal is doing several activities for our students. Fellowships are given to needy students of the college from each year. Toppers of every semester also get cash prizes from the trust. JR Patel Memorial awards were given in the categories of dairy industry professional as well as academic and research for the year 2012 at 10th alumni convention.Dr JR Patel Memorial lecture was delivered byDr. J V ParekhInternational Dairy & Food IndustryConsultant, Mumbai on 13th November 2011 on the theme “New Prospects and developments for dairy science and technology”

Donations given to Dr JR Patel Trust are exempted from Income Tax U/s 80 (G)

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Ms. Ami Patel with the best Ph.D. Student Award...

VIDYA DAIRY NEWSVidya Dairy received the “National Safety Award – 2009”. On behalf of Vidya Dairy, Shri Kalpesh Parmar, Assistant Manager, received the award from Hon’ble Union Minister of Labour and Employment, Shri Mallikarjun Khadge at the glittering function held at VigyanBhavan, New Delhi on November 29, 2011.

Vidya Dairy has been adjudged as the recipient of ‘Certificate of Merit’ for the year 2010 -11 in the category of non-governmental organization by the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) based on the evaluation of Annual Report. The award ceremony was held at Celebrity Hall, Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, Dhaka on 29.11.2011. Vidya Dairy has been selected “1st Runner up” in Baroda Productivity Council Good Housekeeping Contest 2012-13” under the category “Food, Agro & Pharma”.External Training Programmes at Vidya Dairy :During July-2011 to April-2013, total 811 participants from different organizations attended short term external training programmes organized by Vidya dairy in collaboration with the college. Programs were also organized for Tetrapak engineers, L&T trainee engineers, GEA processing and GEA (Global) engineers. Vidya Dairy is also organizing one day “In-House Training Program on GMP, GHP and ISO” at the premises of the Dairy plant. Under this, on-site programmes at Baroda Dairy, Sabar Dairy, Amul Dairy, Uttam Dairy, Junagadh Dairy were organized.New Projects at Vidya: NABARD has approved the financial support of Rs. 9,80,000/- under Rural Innovation Fund to implement a project entitled ‘Development of a Mathematical

model and its utility in design of Laminar Air Flow system’ at Vidya Dairy. A project entitled “Setting up fermented products line with cold storage facility at Dairy Plant” will be implemented at Vidya Dairy with grant of Rs. 304.41 lakhs from Rashtriya Krushi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) New Delhi. The Total cost of project will be Rs. 434/- lakhs. Visitors in Vidya: The year 2012-13 saw some eminent personalities visiting Vidya dairy including Mr. Nure Alam Chowdhury, Minister for Animal Resources Development, Government of West Bengal ; Dr. B.S.Sidhu, Managing Director, Milk Fed, Punjab, Chandigarh ; Shri. Abhijit Sen, Hon.Member, Planning Commission, Govt. of India; Mr. Suleman Sharif, MD, Sharif Group, Pakistan, Mr. Muhammad Islam, Project Manager, AM, Milk Procurement ; Delegation from Afghan Agriculture Ministry, Kabul, Afghanistan ; and Shri. Babubhai Bokhriya ,Minister for Agriculture and Co-operation, Government of Gujarat.

Vidya staff news: Mr. D R Shah (B. Sc. DT, 1987) has joined as Managing Director, Vidya dairy from 15th September 2011. Mr. Manoj Gandhi (B. Sc. DT, 1985), Sr. Officer has resigned from Vidya and joined Uttam Dairy as Manager Production. Mr. Raj Patel (B. Tech DT, 2009) is pursuing M.Tech. in Dairy Chemistry as In service candidate. Mr. Priyank Chaudhary (B. Tech DT, 2010) left Vidya Dairy for further study at Canada. Mr. Amit Barot and Mr. Akshay Patel both (B. Tech DT, 2012) have been appointed as Sr. Officer at Vidya Dairy . Later on Mr. Amit Barot left Vidya Dairy and joined M.Tech.in Dairy Technology at SMC College of Dairy Science. Mr. Chirag Panchal (B. Tech DT, 2008) has joined Vidya dairy as Sr. Officer from 1st May 2013.

TRAINING PROGRAMME SCHEDULE FROM JUL 2013 TO DEC 2013 AT VIDYA DAIRYMonth Schedule Course Name Fee* (INR)

Jul-1301.07.2013 to 06.07.2013 (6 Day) Dairy Technology for Non Dairy Technologists (English) 9000/-15.07.2013 to 20.07.2013 (6 Day) Laboratory Practices in Dairy and Food Plant 9000/-29.07.2013 to 31.07.2013 (3 Day) Management of Bulk Milk Cooling System (Gujarati) 4500/-

Aug-13 05.08.2013 to 10.08.2013 (6 Day) New Developments in Energy Management of Dairy & Food Operations 12000/-22.08.2013 to 24.08.2013 (3 Day) Management of Bulk Milk Cooling System (Gujarati) 4500/-

Sep-1302.09.2013 to 07.09.2013 (6 Day) Dairy Technology for Non Dairy Technologists (Gujarati) 8000/-09.09.2013 to 14.09.2013 (6 Day) Technological and Engineering Aspects of Ice cream Plant 10000/-10.09.2013 to 11.09.2013 (2 day) Advance in Automation in Dairy Industry 4000/-16.09.2013 to 21.09.2013 (6 Day) Technology of Fermented and Probiotic Dairy Products 5500/-

Oct-13 07.10.2013 to 12.10.2012 (6 day) Dairy Technology for Non-dairy Technologists (English) 9000/-21.10.2013 to 26.10.2013 (6 day) Laboratory Practices in Dairy and Food Plant 9000/-

Nov-13 11.11.2013 to 13.11.2013 (3 day) Management of Bulk Milk Cooling System (Gujarati) 4500/-18.11.2013 to 22.11.2013 (5 day) Sensory Evaluation of Milk and Milk Products 6500/-

Dec-13 02.12.2013 to 07.12.2013 (6 day) Dairy Technology for Non-dairy Technologists (Gujarati) 8000/-09.12.2013 to 14.12.2013 (6 day) Technological and Engineering Aspects of Ice cream Plant 10000/-

Fee* to be paid by DD in favour of VIDYA DAIRY payable at Anand, is inclusive of food, accommodation (double occupancy, non-A/C) and service tax. Due to unforeseen circumstances, programme dates may change / get cancelled in some cases. Prior confirmation is therefore, a must before participating in any program. Contact: Training Co-ordinator 09377211866 / 09377925129, 02692-221503, 02692-626501 Email : trainings@vidyadairy.in paoffice@vidyadairy.in Telefax (02692) 267996, Website : www.vidyadairy.in

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Best College for Dairy Science “India Education Excellence Awards 2013” to SMC

Our Sponsor

In recognition to the contributions of Sheth M C College of Dairy Science in the area of Dairy Education and Research, it has been awarded the “Best College for Dairy Science of the year- 2013” under the “India Education Excellence Awards 2013” by India’s leading Market Research Company, Time Research, New Delhi. Dr BP Shah, Principal and Dean of the college received the award in presence of Dr KB Kathiria, Director of Research, Dr PR Vaishnav, Registrar and Dr AM Thakar, Dean, Veterinary faculty at Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi on 10th April 2013.

This issue of news link is sponsored by Shri. Rakesh Kumar in loving memory of his mother late Smt. Bhintra Devi, wife of Shri Vishwa Nath.

“Mother is next to God. The bond between a mother and a child is pure and holy”

“My mother is my ideal. Even today when she is not around, whenever I feel sad or tensed, she embraces me and all my worries come to an end. Om Shanti”. …Rakesh Kumar

Mr. Rakesh Kumar (B. Sc. DT, 1988) started his career with Glaxosmithkline as a Trainee. Later in a span of 24 years he has been able to serve various MNC’s and local companies in India such as Nestle, Modern Dairies, Jagatjit Industries and Rich Graviss. He has also worked with overseas MNC’s like Al Marai, Kuwait Dairy Company & Open Country Dairy in Middle East and New Zealand. During his vibrant career he has been able to manage small to big dairy / food /beverage / nondairy business units and establish many new products in the market. His current assignment is with United Kaipara Dairies co. in Dubai where he has started as Head of Manufacturing last year and currently working as Director – Manufacturing & Operations for UAE and Oman. On the academic front, apart from various executive certificate courses, he did Masters in Business Administration with specialization in Operations Management and recently completed refresher course in MBA from American Management Association. He lives in Dubai with his wife and a grown up son studying in 12th standard.

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