India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA) National Pulses Seminar on World Pulses Day on February 10, 2021

 Shri Raosaheb Patil Danve,

Hon. Minister of State, Ministry of Consumer Affairs,

Food and Public Distribution to deliver keynote address at

the 3^rd IPGA National Pulses Seminar

·         Also celebrating World Pulses Day on February 10, 2021

·         Seminar will be held virtually with live English to Hindi Translation Service for attendees

·         About 45 national and international experts are expected to speak

·         Over 2000 delegates from India and overseas expected to attend the seminar

Mumbai, February 5, 2021: India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the nodal body for India’s pulses trade and industry, is all set to host the 3rd National Pulses Seminar on February 10 & 11, 2021. The seminar will be coinciding with the 5^th World Pulses Day which will be celebrated on Feb. 10^th. With initiatives like the National Pulses Seminar, The Knowledge Series and The Pulses Conclave, IPGA has established itself as India’s leading think tank and knowledge hub in the pulses sector.

The keynote address of the seminar will be delivered by Shri Raosaheb Patil Danve, Hon. Minister of State, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Govt. of India. The National Pulses Seminar will feature close to 45 National and International Speakers, each of them an acknowledged domain expert in his/her field.

The speakers include prominent personalities like Mr. Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary – Dept. of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Ms Leela Nandan, Secretary - Dept. of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; Adv. Vijay Sardana, Agri-Food Value Chain and Trade Policy Expert; Mr Sunil Kumar Singh, Additional Managing Director, NAFED; Mr Yogesh Thorat, Managing Director - MAHA Farmer Producer Company Ltd; to name a few. A detailed list with the time schedules of the Seminar is annexed along with.

The seminar will be hosted virtually (online), and registration is free of cost. The link to register for the seminar is https://forms.gle/W2MEsdWaHHwzavam7. The seminar is free of cost for all participants. IPGA, keeping in mind the convenience of participating delegates has arranged a live English - Hindi - English translation service.

Apart from its members and stakeholders, IPGA has invited over 1,500 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and 110 Agricultural Universities from across the country to participate in the seminar.

The 3^rd National Pulses Seminar carries forward the legacy created by IPGA through “The Pulses Conclave”, one of the world’s largest conferences of the Pulses sector held every two years, and “The IPGA Knowledge Series”, a monthly webinar series held in the year 2020.

About IPGA:

India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the nodal body for pulses and grains trade and industry in India has over 400 direct and indirect members which include individuals, corporates as well as Regional Pulses Traders and Processors Associations taking its pan-India reach to over 10,000 stake holders involved in the farming, processing, warehousing and import business of pulses across the entire value chain.

IPGA’s vision is to make Indian pulses and grains industry and trade globally competitive ; and in so doing, help advance India’s food and nutrition security. IPGA takes the onus of essaying a leadership role in the domestic agri-business and play a more proactive role in the global domain to foster healthy relations among Indian market participants and between India and all associates overseas.