L-R: Mr. S. Swaminathan, Chief General Manager, GS1; Dr. Vincent J Sewalt, Senior Director, Regulatory Science & Advocacy DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences; Mr. Steven Bartholomeusz, Policy Director, Food Industry Asia (FIA); Mr. D Dave, Chairman, Suraksha Khadya Abhiyan Former Chairman, Codex Alimentarius Commission & Former Chairman, FAO/WHO Co-ordinating Committee for Asia; Mr. Kumar Anil, Advisor (Standard), FSSAI Mr. Ashim Sanyal, COO, Consumer Voice

L-R: Ms. Meetu Kapur, Executive Director, Confederation of Indian Industry, Mr. Sean J. Leighton, Advisory Board Member GFSI & Vice President of Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory Affairs, Cargill Inc., Mr. Suresh Narayanan, Chairman, CII National Committee on Food Processing Industries & Chairman and Managing Director Nestle India Ltd., Mr. Pawan Kumar Agarwal, CEO, Food Safety & Standards Authority of India, Mr. Sudhir Sitapati, Chairman, CII Taskforce on Food Regulatory Affairs; Co-chairman, CII National Committee on Food Processing Industries & Executive Director, Hindustan Unilever Ltd., Mr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, Senior Director: Strategy, Insights and Analytics, Mondelez International

Release of Agtech Innovations for Viable Enterprise (AgTIVE) by Shri Parshottambhai Rupala, Hon’ble Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Panchayati Raj, Govt. of India (third from left) at the Global Dialogue on Digital Pathways in Agriculture on 5th December 2019 in New Delhi

Mr Pankaj Mehta, Co-Chairman, CII Task Force on Post-Harvest & Logistics and Managing Director, Carrier Transicold; Mr Pawanexh Kohli, CEO & Chief Advisor, National Centre for Cold Chain Development(NCCD);Mr P Ravichandran, Chairman, CII Task Force on Post-Harvest & Logistics and President, Danfoss Industries Pvt Ltd; Shri Rameswar Teli, Hon'ble Minister of State, Ministry of Food Processing Industries; Dr Ashok Dalwai, CEO, National Rainfed Area Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare & Chairman, Committee on Doubling Farmer's Income; Mr B Thiagarajan, Co-Chairman, CII National Council on Agriculture & MD, Blue Star Ltd.

CII-SKA(Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan ) celebrated World Food Day in various locations across the country including Delhi, Kolkata , Tirupati, Puducherry and Cochin as a partnership initiative with State Govt, FSSAI, FAO, AFSTI, Midday meal makers, NGOs, Academia, Certification Bodies and Industry. Key activities included Street plays, launch of Clean street food hub in Delhi, Pledge taking, Food Safety Quiz, Interactive deliberations and Hygienic and Tasty Food Culinary Contest to demonstrate ‘Eat Right for a Healthy India’.

CII-SKA(Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan ) celebrated World Food Day in various locations across the country including Delhi, Kolkata , Tirupati, Puducherry and Cochin as a partnership initiative with State Govt, FSSAI, FAO, AFSTI, Midday meal makers, NGOs, Academia, Certification Bodies and Industry. Key activities included Street plays, launch of Clean street food hub in Delhi, Pledge taking, Food Safety Quiz, Interactive deliberations and Hygienic and Tasty Food Culinary Contest to demonstrate ‘Eat Right for a Healthy India’.

Meeting of delegation from CII Task Force on Sugar & Ethanol with Prof Ramesh Chand, Member, Niti Aayog

Panel Discussion on “the Role of PPP in strengthening the Health Supplements & Nutraceuticals Ecosystem” @ FSSAI-ReCHaN 4th Stakeholder Forum with eminent speakers from Industry and International Associations among (L to R)Mr. Simon Pettman, Executive Director, IADSA, Ms. Sangeetha Srinivasan, Manager Marketing - Human Nutrition, South Asia, DSM, Ms. Michelle Stout, Regulatory Policy, Amway & Chair, IADSA, Mr. Ajit Singh, President, HADSA and Mr. Atanu Halder, Senior Director (Product Operations), Herbalife Nutrition .

Shri Rameswar Teli, Hon’ble Minister of the State for Food Processing Industries, Government of India (5th from left) and Thiru Banwarilal Purohit, Hon'ble Governor of Tamil Nadu (6th from left) along with other dignitaries releasing CII-FACE report on Indian Food Processing Sector : Trends and Opportunities at the Inauguration of CII Foodpro 2019 in Chennai on 23 August, 2019.

L-R Dr. Chandrakant S. Pandav, Member National Council for India Nutritional Challenges, POSHAN ABHIYAN, Regional Coordinator, Iodine Global Network, (South Asia) & President, ICCIDD, India ; Dr. Rakesh Sarwal, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries; Ms. Rita Teotia, Chairperson, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India; Ms. Vinita Bali, Chairperson, CII National Nutrition Committee; Dr C V Dharma Rao, Joint Secretary and Advisor, National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti at the CII National Nutrition Conclave, 26 August 2019, New Delhi.

CII Delegation led by Mr B Thiagrajan , Chairman CII WR Sub Committe on Rural Urban Connect had a interctive meeting Mr Sachin Yadav, Minster for Agriculture and Food Processing on CII Initiatives and mutual cooperation in the field of Agriculture and Food Processing in MP

Hon’bl Minister of Food Processing Industries at the meeting with Members of Parliament on WFI 2019 in New Delhi

On the occasion of World Food Safety Day, CII Bihar celebrated this with members in Maurya complex where 120 street vendors pledged to serve safety food to their customers. Members also distributed hand gloves and skull caps to these vendors.

CII offices across the country take the Food Safety Pledge on 1st World Food Safety Day on 7 June. Several activities were undertaken like briefing on food safety & hygiene practices to CII office canteen personnel & also engaged the community like street food vendors.

Ms. Rita Teaotia, Chairperson FSSAI addressing the forum; Ms. Meetu Kapur, Executive Director-CII; Mr. Pawan Agarwal, Chief Executive Officer, FSSAI; Prof. Manfred Eggersdorfer, Healthy Ageing-University Medical Centre Groningen, Netherlands; Mr. Simon Pettman, Executive Director, IADSA.

Speaker : Dr Devesh Chaturvedi, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, GoI addressing
L-R : Mr B Thiagarajan, Co-Chairman, CII National Council on Agriculture and Joint Managing Director, BlueStar Ltd;Mr P K Swain, Joint Secretary (Marketing), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, GoI;Mr D K Singh, Principal Secretary & Agriculture Production Commissioner, Government of Kerala;Mr Dushyant Tyagi, Vice President, Nagarajuna Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.

L-R: Mr. Siraj Chaudhry , Senior Advisor and Former Chairman Cargill India Ltd ,Mr. Tomio Shichiri, FAO Representative in India , Ms. Mariam Eid , Vice Chairperson , Codex Alimentarius Commission, Mr. Pawan Kumar Agarwal, Chief Executive Officer , Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, Mr. Siddharth Mukherjee , Executive Director , Mondelez India Foods Pvt Ltd. , Ms. Meetu Kapur , Executive Director, Confederation of Indian Industry

L-R: Ms Amita Sarkar, DDG, CII; Mr Ashwini Malhotra,Co-Chairman CII National Committee on Food processing Industries and MD,Weikfield Foods Pvt Ltd; Mr Arun Maira,Former Member,Planning Commission of India & Former India Chairman, Boston Consulting Group; Hon'ble Union Minister, Ministry of Food processing Industries; Mr Suresh Narayanan,Chairman CII National Committee on Food processing Industries and Chairman & Managing Director, Nestle India Ltd.;Mr Pankaj Mehta, MD, Carrier Transicold-India& South Asia; Mr Rajesh Srivastava, Executive Chairman, Rabo Equity Advisors

L-R - Mr Pankaj Mehta, MD, Carrier Transicold-India& South Asia; Mr Ashwini Malhotra,Co-Chairman CII National Committee on Food processing Industries and MD,Weikfield Foods Pvt Ltd;Mr Arun Maira,Former Member,Planning Commission of India & Former India Chairman, Boston Consulting Group; Mr Suresh Narayanan,Chairman CII National Committee on Food processing Industries and Chairman & Managing Director, Nestle India Ltd.;Mr Rajesh Srivastava, Executive Chairman, Rabo Equity Advisors.

L-R : Mr B Thiagarajan, Co-Chairman, CII National Council on Agriculture & Joint MD, Blue Star Ltd; Dr Ashok Dalwai, CEO, National Rainfed Area Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare & Chairman, Committee on Doubling farmer's Income; Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Hon'ble Minister, Ministry of Food Processing Industries; Mr P Ravichandran, Chairman, CII Task Force on Post-Harvest & Logistics and President, Danfoss Industries Pvt Ltd; Mr Pankaj Mehta, Co-Chairman, CII Task Force on Post Harvest & Logistics and MD, Carrier Transicold

Hon'ble Union Minister of Agriculture Shri Radha Mohan Singh with Shri Salil Singhal, Chairman, CII National Council on Agriculture and Chairman, Emeritus, PI Industries ltd at CII Headquarters

L-R, Mr Piruz Khambatta, Chairman, CII Western Region and Chairman & Managing Director, Rasna International Ltd; J P Meena, Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India; Ms Carola Schouten, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality; Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries, Government of India; Mr Ashok Dalwai, Chairman, Committee on Doubling of Farmers' Income, Chairman, CEO, National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India; Ms Marjolijn Sonnema, Director General – Agriculture and Nature, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, The Netherlands