ICRISAT and ICC team up to hold first world grains meet

Updated on: Tuesday, January 17, 2012

ICRISAT has teamed up with Vienna-based International Association for Cereal Science & Technology(ICC) to host first ever International grains Conference in India next week.

Under the theme "Developments in Grain Science and Technology to Ensure High Quality, Safe and Healthy Grain-based Foods," the conference will be held from January 16-18 in New Delhi, an ICRISAT(International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) statement said.
  
The meet is aimed to open up new challenges and opportunities towards improving the quality, safety and nutritional value of grain-based foods, it added.
  
The three-day conference will serve as a forum for networking and exchange of information among various sectors of the local and international grains industry and policy makers.
  
It will also bring together grain scientists and technologists, breeders, millers, bakers, cereal and grain food processors, suppliers and traders to discuss the quality, safety and nutritional value of grain and foods made from cereals, with specific reference to the needs of India and the Indian subcontinent, the statement added.
  
"The demand for grains is growing as a number of major global issues continue to impact the worlds food security," says ICRISAT Director General William D Dar.
  
ICC Secretary General cum Chief Executive Officer, Roland E Poms, said while focused on the Indian context, the programme is also globally relevant as it covers such areas as crop improvement, storage and nutrition processing and analysis for all major cereal grains and products.

More Education news

• Karnataka department of higher education to further strengthen protection to women students and employees
• Heads of government and private schools directed to keep a close watch on the behaviour of teachers
• Chairman of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions submits his report
• Everyone will be given due representation says Goa CM
• Pune Education Department to hold meetings with schools to ensure a smooth RTE implementation
• Health and Medical Education, Forest and Home departments within the ambit of Public Services Guarantee Act
• 'value education' courses in engineering colleges to inculcate better values and character building
• students challenge new NET gidelines
• Proposed multi crore edu city project nearing completion
• 21 engineering colleges affiliated to the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University to seek accreditation
• MBBS and PG medical seats to be increased by 50% and 100% respectively from academic year 2013-14
• M S University's faculty of fine arts mired in controversy over a painting hurting religious sentiment
• IICA inks MoU with Bangalore-based National Law School of India University for forging academic partnership
• President asks private players to contribute in improving the standards of higher education
• First technical and medical university at picturesque Apatani Plateau in lower Subansiri district
• Prayas scheme to be extended to 4 more districts
• Jamia Millia Islamia Professor gets Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship
• Japans new government will not waive tution fee to pro-Pyongyang high schools
• Most Israeli high school students found accessing Mobile phone during class hours
• UGC notifies the procedure and criteria for declaration of result for NET to be conducted on 30.12.12