Event Schedule
DATE: 30th September 2025
TIME: 10:00 AM to 05:00 PM
VENUE: A.P. Shinde Hall, NASC Complex, Dev Prakash Shastri Marg, Inder Puri, New Delhi - 110012
THEME: National Consultation on Sustainable Sugarcane Economy
Inaugural Session: 10.00 AM - 11.30 AM
Consultation with stakeholders
Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Union Minister
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare & Rural Development
Dr. M. L. Jat
Secretary
DARE and Director General, ICAR
Consultation with Stakeholders on Sugarcane Issues
In the presence of the Hon’ble Ministers, consultations will be held with farmers, scientists, and industry representatives on
challenges in sugarcane farming.
- Leading sugarcane farmers
- Scientists from ICAR institutes
- Industry representatives
Ketan Kumar Patel
Vice President
NFCSF
Shri Deepak Ballani
Director General
ISMA
High Tea: 11.30 AM - 12.00 Noon
Technical Session 1: 12.00 PM to 01.30 PM
Varietal Development and Sustainable Intensification/ Diversification
Dr. Devendra Kumar Yadava
Deputy Director General (Crop Science),
Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
Dr. Prasanta Kumar Dash
Additional Director General (Commercial Crops)
Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
Dr. Roshan Lal
Chief Sugarcane Advisor
Haryana State Cooperative Sugar Mills Federation Ltd., Panchkula
Dr. P. Govindaraj
Director
ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore
Dr. Dinesh Singh
Director
ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow
Shri Roshan Lal Tamak
Executive Director & CEO
Sugar Business, DCM Shriram LTD.
Lunch: 01.30 PM - 2.30 PM
Technical Session 2: 02.30 PM - 3.30 PM
Mechanization, Micro Irrigation, Natural Resource Management, AI and Future Technologies
Dr. S. N. Jha
Deputy Director General (Agricultural Engineering)
Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
Dr. Rajbir Singh
Deputy Director General (Agricultural Extension)
Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
Dr. C. R. Mehta
Director
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal
Dr. Sunil Kumar
Director
ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research (ICAR-IIFSR), Modipuram, Meerut
Shri Vishwa Somannavar
Vice President
Hi tech Solutions, Tirath Agro (Shaktiman)
AI Project Team & KVK, Baramati
Dr. R. S. Doule
Chief Advisor
Sugarcane, NFCSF
Technical Session 3: 03.30 PM to 04.30 PM
Policy and Pricing
Dr. Naveen Prakash Singh
Principal Scientist
ICAR–NIAP, New Delhi
Shri Prakash Naiknavare
Managing Director
NFCSF
Shri Atul Chaturvedi
Executive Chairman
Shree Renuka Sugars Limited
Shri Harvir Singh
Editor-in-Chief
Rural Voice | Rural World
Vote of Thanks: 4.30 PM - 4.35 PM
High Tea : 04.35 PM - 5.15 PM
