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(RM Devarumath)Editor
Sugar crops are potential source of renewable energy, bio-
fuels, bio-electricity, and bio-materials as well as a food crop
and widely known as a source of rural livelihoods and socio-
economic transformations. Like other industries, the sugar
crops and integrated industries are facing important
sustainability issues and opportunities, owing to the increasing
concern towards their water, chemical and environmental foot
print. The progressive transition from conventional sugar mill
and distilleries to bio-refineries coupled with climate change
led to multiple problems encompassing crop vulnerability to
biotic and abiotic stress, high cost of production as well as
adverse impact on environment which are serious concern.
Systematic efforts are underway to determine critical issues
that threaten environmental and economic sustainability of
sugar industry and green management interventions to
improve their profitability and productivity vis-à-vis a
reduction in the cost of production in this regard Govt. of India
taking further steps for the improvement as business and
regulatory perspective.
India have produced 273.40 lakh tons of sugar by 527
operating sugar mills as on March 15, 2019 as compared
to 258.20 lakh tons produced by 525 sugar mills on the
corresponding same period last year. The country’s sugar
production is estimated at 307 lakh tons in 2018-19
crushing season which is lower than the record 325 lakh
tons in previous year because of diversion of B heavy
molasses to ethanol. It is higher than the domestic
requirement of 260 lakh tons. The country’s sugar stock
at the end of this season 2018-19 in September could be
around 110 lakh tons, against 107 lakh tons a year earlier.
Sugar production of Maharashtra at the end of 31st
March, 2019 was 104.94 lakh tons as compared to
101.27 lakh tons on corresponding period in previous
year. Out of 195 operating sugar mills, 137 sugar mills
were closed their crushing operations. It is expected
that at the end of season 2018-19, state’s sugar
production will be reach around 106 lakh tons.
For the 1st time in the history of Indian Sugar Industry,
sugar mills have offered to supply around 51 Crore lit of
ethanol produced from B heavy molasses and sugarcane
juice. This is expected to reduce around five lakh tons of
sugar production. Till the end of February 2019 about
12 Crore lit of ethanol has been supplied from B heavy/
sugarcane juice. This reduces about one lakh tons of
sugar production in the current season so far.
A look at the events reported in this issue will once again
showcase the prominent role of VSI in capacity building
through training both domestic and International front.
Sugarcane agriculture training program has also spread in
UP, TN and Punjab States. Recently VSI organized Sugarcane
Development and Sugar Boiling course for Fiji Nationals.
We also concerned about environment issues. So in this
quarter VSI organized one day awareness workshop on
‘Recent developments in environment and safety in the
sugar and allied industry’ for sugar mills/distillers officers.
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WELCOME TO NEWLY APPOINTED STAFFWELCOME TO NEWLY APPOINTED STAFF
Dr. Swati Pramod Kolat
Scientist, Alcohol Tech. & Biofuels
Mr. Shivaraj Jayavant Patil
Technical Officer,
Alcohol Tech. & Biofuels
Mr. Harishchandra Ambadas Pachpute
Technical Officer,
Alcohol Tech. & Biofuels
Mr. Vandan Pandurang Ghule
Assistant Technical Officer,
Alcohol Tech. & Biofuels
FAREWELLFAREWELL
Mr. M. Vamdevan, Personnel Secretary to Director
General VSI retire from the services of the Institutes
on 31st March 2019 after 42 years of dedicated
services with this organization. On this occasion
Institute has organized farewell function for
Mr. Vamdevan on 30th March 2019 at VSI.
Function was held under chairmanship of
Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG, VSI and all the
dignitaries and staff members of VSI were present
to grace this function. Mr. RS Gangele welcomed
all the members. All speakers highlighted in their
speech about quality services rendered by
Mr. Vamdevan during his tenure and wished him very
happy and retired life. On this occasion he was
felicitated by DG and function concluded by vote of
thanks by Mr. DB Ghule.
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EVENTSEVENTS
The 70th Republic Day of India was celebrated on
26th January 2019. On this occasion the Director
General, Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh hoisted the
National flag in the Institute in presence of staff
members.
The 70th Republic Day of India
Field visit to Eco-restoration site Developed by Ecological Societyat Panshet, Pune
One-day field visit organized for M.Sc.
(Environmental Sciences) students by Department of
Environmental Sciences for eco-restoration on 12th
March 2019. Students were taken to the site at
Panshet in Pune district which was ecologically
restored by Ecological Society. Mrs. Swati Gole one
of the founder members of Ecological Society, Pune
accompanied the group as a ‘resource person’. On
the way to Panshet, students observed changes in
habitat and land use. They raised several queries
related to observations and queries were answered
by Dr. Deshmane Mrs. Swati Gole explained the
history of the site then shifted to the principles of
restoration and correlated the processes. She
elaborated on the changes observed at restoration
site in last three decades, the limitation observed in
the process and her unbiased assessment of the entire
restoration exercise. She also shared a grassland
restoration experience that was carried out near
Phaltan in Satara district of Maharashtra. The entire
discussion session was useful to students as it offered
a different perception, enhance their ability to think
and visualize about importance of nature in daily life.
After discussion, students visited the restoration site
and noted their observations. Followed by, students
visited a sacred grove at village Ambegaon Khurd. In
the interactive session, students raised queries which
were answered by Mrs. Gole and Dr. Deshmane.
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As directed by Hon President VSI, Mr. Sharadchandra
Pawar, MOU was signed between SESVANDERHAVE,
Belgium (Europe) and VASANTDADA SUGAR
INSTITUTE Pune (India) on 20th February, 2019 for
sugarbeet crop research and allied training.
SESVANDERHAVE is a Belgian company specialized
in the breeding and commercialization of high quality
sugarbeet seed.
Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, Director General, Mr. Vikas
Deshmukh, Director, Agricultural Sciences &
Technology Department, VSI and Mr. Jean Noel Evrard,
Head of Marketing & Communication, Mr. Mohan
Bajikar Indian Representative, SESVANDERHAVE
company signed the MOU and agreed to work together
for the period of next five years. Mr. PV Ghodke
Scientist & Head Agronomy also present during this
agreement.
In this MOU both SESVANDERHAVE and VSI will jointly
cultivate sugarbeet in India. SESVANDERHAVE will
share knowledge on the development, train staff and
sugarbeet farmers of selected sugar factories. VSI will
evaluate / test new genetic seed material received
from SESVANDERHAVE to identify the best suitable
genetic seed material under Indian climate condition.
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between VSI &
SESVANDERHAVE
The 29th meeting of Institutional Bio-Safety
Committee (IBSC) of VSI meeting was held on
18th March, 2019 under the chairmanship of
Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG, VSI in presence of
Dr. P. Suprasanna, Head, FPBS, NABTD, BARC, Mumbai
and DBT nominee., Dr. SK Raut, Consultant Doctor &
Member, Shri. Vikas Deshmukh, Director, AST, VSI,
VSI COMMITTEE MEETINGSVSI COMMITTEE MEETINGS
29th Institutional Bio-Safety Committee (IBSC)
Dr. K. Harinath Babu, Senior Scientist, VSI – Member
Secretary, Dr. RM Devarumath, Scientist & Member
and Dr. SG Dalvi, Scientific Officer, VSI & member
participated in the meeting. They discussed about
various issued related to Bio-Safety, work progress
and developing collaborations within and outside
India for developing drought tolerant sugarcane.
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TRAININGTRAINING
Advanced Technologies in Sugarcane Agriculture
Training program on Advanced Technologies in
Sugarcane Agriculture was organized for sugarcane
growers and officials from Maharashtra, Punjab,
Lucknow and Tamilnadu States at VSI. The particular
of training program is given below:
Name of Sugar Mills / OrgnizationDate No. of Participants
01 to 05 Jan. 2019 Padmashri D.Y. Patil, SSK Ltd., Kolhapur 76
Vithalrao Shinde SSK Ltd., Solapur 10
Kumbhi Kasari SSK Ltd., Kolhapur 18
Chtrapati Rejaram SSK Ltd., Kolhapur 03
Ghodganaga SSK Ltd., Pune 05
Dwarkadhish SSK Ltd., Nashik 04
Pandurang SSK Ltd., Solapur 13
Bhimasahnakar SSK Ltd., Pune 36
Individual Farmer 01
Total 166
02 to 08 Jan. 2019 Punjab State Federation of Cooperative Sugar Mills Ltd., 15 (Officials)
(SUGARFED), Chandigarh, Punjab
08 to 10 Jan. 2019 Gangamai Industries and Construction Ltd., Ahmednagar 101
ATMA, Ahmednagar 94
ATMA, Nashik 15
Total 210
14 to 18 Jan. 2019 Lal Bahadur Shastri Ganna Kisan Sanstha, Lucknow, UP 22 (16 Farmers &
06 Officials)
22 to 24 Jan. 2019 ATMA, Kolhapur 30
ATMA, Nashik 28
Bhimashankar SSK Ltd., Pune 13 (Officials)
Total 74
23 to 24 Jan. 2019 ATMA, Erode, Tamilnadu 17
20 to 21 Feb. 2019 JDA, Ramnad, Tamilnadu 20
12 to 13 Mar. 2019 ATMA, Karur, Tamilnadu 20
Grand Total 507
Training programs were inaugurated by Mr. Vikas
Deshmukh, Director, Agricultural Sciences &
Technology (AST), in presence of HODs of Agriculture
Division, VSI and representative from participated
farmers / officials. Mr. BH Pawar, Coordinator of the
programme, welcomed participants and briefed about
training program. The Director, in his inaugural address
explained about sugarcane agriculture, importance of
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seed replacement and Activities of the VSI in the farm
extension services to the sugarcane growers & sugar
industry, R & D and VSI agricultural products.
The training comprised of modern and scientific
sugarcane cultivation technologies covering the
lectures and field demonstrations. During the training
various topics like sugarcane varieties & varietal
planning, seed nursery management, tissue culture,
modern planting techniques, weed management,
soil fertility and fertilizer management, irrigation
water management, use of bio-fertilizers, farm
mechanization, sugarcane economics, ratoon
management and integrated disease & pest
management were covered with practical
demonstration on fields by agriculture subject experts
from different disciplines.
In the concluding session of every batch, the trainees
raised queries and their queries were answered by
the subject experts. In this session, representative
trainee farmers / officers expressed their view about
training and other facility. The program was concluded
with distribution of certificate to the participants and
vote of thanks.
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Advanced Technologies for Improving Crop Productivity and Increasing
Water use Efficiency in Sugarcane
The training program on ‘Advanced technologies for
improving crop productivity and increasing water
use efficiency in sugarcane’ for farmers was
conducted in two batches of three days duration at
VSI. The training for first batch was conducted during
25-27 February, 2019 in which 180 farmers (134 Men
and 46 Women farmers) attended training program.
Second batch of training program was conducted
during 1-3 March, 2019 in which 195 farmers (179
Men and 16 Women farmers) attended the training
program. Both the programs were inaugurated by
Director, AST, in presence of farmers, officers from
ITC and Head of Departments AST were present.
In training, information of sugarcane varieties
released by VSI viz. CoVSI 9805, VSI 434, CoVSI 03102
and VSI 08005 was given to the famers. The proper
varietal planning and harvesting program plays an
important role in sugar industry for achieving higher
cane yield and sugar recovery. The management
practices of different varieties were explained to the
farmers. The seed is also one of the important inputs
in sugarcane production. It is essential to follow three
tier seed nursery program for better crop yield. The
information of seed production technology including
seedling production was given to the farmers. The
tissue culture is an advanced technology of fast
multiplication of sugarcane varieties and also
development of new sugarcane varieties. The
sugarcane productivity mainly depends on the various
agronomic practices carried out during the crop growth
period. The information of preparatory tillage, use of
good quality seed, seed treatment, methods of
planting, Intercultural operations like earthing up,
fertilizer management, weed control, intercropping,
crop rotation and ratoon management was given to
the famers. Integrated nutrient management is
important to boost the crop yield. Organic matter in
the soil is an essential component for healthy crop
growth that improves soil fertility. It greatly improves
physical and biological condition of soils, reduces soil
erosion and increases water holding capacity. The
sugarcane trash can be used in sugarcane fields either
directly or after composting. The green manuring
practice with sunhemp or dhaincha prior to sugarcane
planting is very useful to improve soil fertility. Balance
doses of organic and inorganic fertilizers are important
for meeting nutritional requirement of sugarcane crop.
The information of various biofertilizers useful for
sugarcane cultivation, bio-stimulator for productivity
improvement was also given to the farmers. Water
management of sugarcane plays a pivotal role in
improving crop productivity. The conventional
irrigation system did not permit the restricting of
irrigation only to meet the requirement of the root
zone, leading to excessive percolation and other
losses. It therefore, results in water logging, soil
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salinity and drought situations. The overall irrigation
efficiency has not been more than 30-40 %. Under this
scenario it is necessary to adopt modern irrigation
techniques like surface, sub surface drip and rain gun
sprinkler irrigation needs to be promoted in sugarcane
agriculture. The fertigation is also possible with drip
and rain gun sprinkler irrigation and water soluble
fertilizers can be efficiently applied through these
techniques. The modern irrigation technology results
in increasing water use efficiency and also for
improving the fertilizer use efficiency. The
mechanization is also important in the context of
untimely and limited availability of man power and
increased cost of labour for agriculture purpose. The
equipment available for mechanized farm operations
were shown to the farmers and insisted for its
adoption to bring down the cost of cultivation of
sugarcane. Integrated disease and pest management
is very much important in sugarcane cultivation in
order to avoid the yield losses due to occurrence of
particular disease or pest. Integrated control measures
at right time results in minimizing the losses due
different pests and diseases. The control measures
for various diseases and pests were explained to the
farmers. The emerging trend of biological control of
various diseases and pests was also explained to the
farmers. Participants were also shown various
experimental field plots, water management
practices, farm implements and tissue culture raised
plantlets during the field visit.
Interactive session was conducted after finishing the
lectures, practical and field visits. During this session,
the quarries/questions of famers were answered. The
certificates were given participants at the hands of
Director, AST and the program concluded with vote of
thanks.
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SEMINARSEMINAR
The lecture entitled ‘United States of America work
experience programme in wine’ by ProLearn India
was arranged by Department of Alcohol Technology
& Biofuels on 14th January, 2019 for the M.Sc. (WBAT)
course students.
Dr. SV Patil, Head & Technical Adviser, Department of
Alcohol Technology & Biofuels introduced Mr. Nitin
Thakur, Director, ProLearn India and Ms. Pallavi
Godase, Director, ProLearn India to the students.
Dr. Patil explained the scope and opportunities to
acquire training in USA in wine sector for the M.Sc.
(WBAT) students.
United States of America work Experience Programme in Wine
Mr. Nitin Thakur briefly presented the concept of USA
winery work experience programme. He also shared
practical experience of few Indian students who
worked in vineyards and winery in USA, acquiring new
skills and getting more exposed to wine making
involving grape handling, fermentation tank
operations, post fermentation operations, on-job
training etc. Interested Indian students can get
training under approved and qualified Host Trainers
of vineyard and wineries in USA. He also provided
guidance to the M.Sc. (WBAT) students regarding
enrolment, application, selection, visa process etc.
The session ended satisfactorily with question &
answer and queries raised by the students.
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Integrated Approach to Enhance Economic Yield of Sugarcane andits Bye-Products
The seminar was organized in the presence of
Mr. Sharadchandra Pawar, Hon. President of VSI on
“Integrated approach to enhance economic yield
of sugarcane and its bye-products” at Vasantdada
Sugar Institute, Pune on 25th January 2019, which
was coordinated by Science and Technology Park
(Institute promoted by Ministry of Science &
Technology, Govt. of India).
The discussions were focused on the following topics:
Eco-friendly ways of increasing yield of
sugarcane and decreasing use of pesticides
Enhancing sugar quality and increasing
extraction yield from cane while crushing
Increasing alcohol percentage in distillery.
Bagasse- Multiple products increasing
economic yield.
Spent wash and press mud- efficient
treatment.
On the above topics, the presentations were made
by Dr. Rajendra Jagdale, Director General, Science
and Technology Park, Dr. Sheshadria, Chennai,
Dr. Chanakya, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
Mr. Shiva Subramaniam, Mr. Rajpal Navalkar and
Dr. Solayappan.
On this occasion Mr. Dilip Walse-Patil, Hon. Vice
President of VSI, Chairman National Federation of
Cooperative Sugar Factories Ltd., Trusties and Council
members of VSI, Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, Director
General, Mr. Vikas Deshmukh, Director, AST, VSI and
Head of the departments of Technology and
Agriculture Division, 25 leading sugar mills viz.
Chairmen, Managing Directors, Chief Engineers,
Chief Agriculture Officers and Distillery Managers
were participated in the program.
During the discussion, DG, VSI, raised the issue
regarding Techno-Economical viability of the
technologies suitable for sugar industry and allied
bye-products. Shri Sharadchandraji Pawar suggested
studying various innovative technologies to be
adopted in the sugar industry and allied bye-products
to enhance the progress of sugar industry in
collaboration with Science and Technology Park, Govt.
of India.
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CERTIFICATE COURSECERTIFICATE COURSE
Sugar Boiling and Sugarcane Development
The certificate course on ‘Sugar Boiling’ and
‘Sugarcane Development’ was organized for twenty
officials (Ten participants for
each course) from Fiji Sugar
Corporation, Republic of Fiji
at Sugar Technology and
Agriculture Departments, VSI
respectively. The course was
sponsored by Ministry of
External Affairs, Govt. of
India, New Delhi under Indian
Technical and Economic
Cooperation (ITEC). The
certificate course was conducted during 15th January to
26th February 2019.
Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, Director General,
inaugurate the training program on 15th January 2019
in presence of Mr. Vikas Deshmukh, Director, AST,
officials of Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC), Fiji and
scientist from VSI. Dr. RV Dani, course coordinator,
welcomed the participants and explained about the
ITEC programme of the Govt. of India.
In the inaugural address, Director General highlighted
the importance of the course and sugarcane
agriculture and industry in India. He thanked Ministry
of External Affairs (MEA), Govt. of India for giving an
opportunity to VSI to train the Officials from Fiji in
respect of sugarcane development and Sugar Boiling
course under ITEC program.
One of the trainee, Mr. Arun Prakash thanked the High
Commissioner of India in Fiji, Joint Secretary and other
officers in the Ministry of external affairs, Govt. of
India, New Delhi and VSI for giving an opportunity to
upgrade their knowledge in respective area of
working which will be beneficial to the FSC. After that
the groups were separated for the above courses and
their activities explained as below separately;
I) Sugar Boiling
Sugar Manufacturing
contains sequence of
complex processing
techniques, out of which
crystallization is one of the
critical step in the production
of good quality sugar.
Certificate course in Sugar
Boiling was specially
designed for duration of four weeks by keeping the
available skill of the participants in mind and
requirements to upgrade their knowledge in tune with
the latest technical & modern developments in the
industry.
Course manual for Sugar Boiling was prepared for easy
understanding of the subject as well as for future
reference, which structured to provide terminology in
sugar boiling, aim of sugar crystallization, massecuite
boiling schemes, measures and control in reduction of
the steam consumption at pan station, types and
operational as well as design parameters of vacuum
pans, techniques of graining, types of crystallizer and
condensers, natural and mechanical circulation in
vacuum pan, manufacturing of raw sugar, pan capacity
calculation, effect of impurities on crystallization and
the effective exhaustibility of massecuite enable to
reduce the sugar loses especially in the final molasses.
All above topics were covered by faculty members and
during the factory visits for clarifying the queries are
well experienced in trouble shooting of technical
problems and consultancy services. The course consists
of four days class-room lectures and one/two day’s
field/factory/OEM visits. They visited Shree Datta
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Shetkari SSK Ltd, Dist. Kolhapur; Ajinkyatara SSK Ltd,
Dist. Satara; Daund Sugars Pvt. Ltd., Dist. Pune and
S.S. Engineers, Bhosari, Dist. Pune. Examination was
conducted at the end of the course work.
The valedictory function for Sugar Boiling course was
held on 11th February 2019 under the Chairmanship
of Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, Director General, VSI.,
Colonel Mr. Rajiv Sethi, Director South, MEA and
Mr. Vishwas Sapkal, Indian High Commissioner to
Fiji Islands, joined the function on WHATSAPP
conference.
Dr. RV Dani briefed about syllabus covered during
the period of certificate course. Mr. Arun Prakash
and Mr. Nitin Krishanan, students expressed their
entire satisfaction for the course work etc. and will
try to implement modern technologies, studied in
class-room and industrial visits, in the sugar mills of
FSC for technical improvement. They expressed
sence of gratitude for MEA, Indian high
Commissioner in Fiji and VSI for giving an opportunity
to up-grade their knowledge in the respective fields.
Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh distributed the certificates
to the participants for successful completion of
course. In his concluding speech, he appreciated the
keen interest shown by participants and their
enthusiasm to gain the knowledge and raise the
questions during interaction session. He thanked
Mr. Dinkar Asthana, Joint Secretary, DAP-II,
Mr. Hemendra Sharma, Director, DPA-II M.E.A.,
Mr. Sapkal, Indian High Commissioner, Suva, Fiji
Islands, Mrs. Veena Aggarwal-US (TC),
Mrs. Kaushambi Jain, SO (ITEC-I) and Mr. Promod
Kumar Garg, Attache (ITEC) for their generous
support.
II) Sugarcane Development
During six weeks training program on ‘Sugarcane
Development’ lectures on various topics of
sugarcane viz., Overview of sugar industry at
national and international level, three tier seed
nursery program and its importance in sugarcane,
varieties of sugarcane & varietal planning for planting
and harvesting, use of tissue culture in sugarcane
agriculture, modern planting techniques, weed
management, improvement in soil fertility, integrated
fertilizer management, integrated irrigation water
management, use of bio-fertilizers and bio-control
agents in sugarcane agriculture, mechanization in
sugarcane agriculture, economization in sugarcane
agriculture, ratoon management in sugarcane,
integrated disease management in sugarcane &
integrated insect- pest management, role of genetic
engineering and molecular biology, statistical methods
& data analysis, composting/ bio-composting and
vermin-composting methodology and other related
topics were conducted. The practical on various
subjects were also conducted either in laboratories/
research fields. As a part of their course work, they
visited Central Sugarcane Research Station, Padegaon,
Satara; College of Agriculture, Pune; ICAR-National
Research Center for Grapes, Pune; Vighnahar SSK Ltd.,
Pune; Krishi Vidnyan Kendra , Baramati , Pune; Daund
Sugar Pvt. Ltd., Pune.
The valedictory function was scheduled on 25th
February 2019. The program was started with the
prayer by Fiji Nationals. Dr. RV Dani welcomed all the
dignitaries, faculties and Fiji Nationals attending the
programme and thanked all who concerned with the
organizing the course. Mr. Vikas Deshmukh, Director,
Agricultural Science and Technology Division,
reviewed the total program of course and appealed
to the trainees for the implementation of modern
technologies of sugarcane cultivation in Republic of
Fiji. The officials of Fiji expressed their opinion about
the training and expressed satisfaction about the
course content and lodging & boarding facilities
provided during the course period. Mr. Vishwasrao
Sapkal, High Commissioner of India to Fiji addressed
to all during the valedictory function through
WHATSAPP video calling and thanked MOEA, GOI and
VSI for successful implementation of the course. He
also expected help of VSI for the prosperity of sugar
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industry in republic of Fiji, in future. Mr. Shivajirao
Deshmukh, DG, VSI, put forth the final remark in the
valedictory function. He thanked all who concerned to
conduct of course and expressed his views about the
prosperity of the sugar industry in Fiji. He also assured
to help Fiji Sugar Corporation in days to come as
regards to cane development and to improve
efficiency of the sugar mills in Fiji. The function
concluded with vote of the thanks by Mr. BH Pawar.
WORKSHOPWORKSHOP
Multi-Ratooning in Sugarcane and in situ Trash Management
A one day workshop on ‘Multi-Ratooning in
sugarcane and in situ trash management’ was
organized at Vasantdada
Sugar Institute, Pune on 25th
January 2019. Total 87
participants from 37 sugar
mills of Maharashtra were
attended the workshop.
Mr. Vikas Deshmukh,
Director, Agricultural
Sciences & Technology and
Head of the sections from VSI
inaugurated the workshop by
lightening the lamp. Mr. PV Ghodke, Scientist & Head,
Agronomy Section in his, welcome speech highlighted
the background and importance of topic of the
workshop.
In the technical session, Mr. PV Ghodke made a
presentation on ‘Multi-ratooning in Sugarcane and
in situ trash management.’ He highlighted the benefits
of ratoon crop, factors affecting low productivity and
described advanced cultivation technologies in ratoon
management. He suggested appropriate selection of
sugarcane variety having
good ratoonability, planting
season and integrated
ratoon management
practices viz., trash
mulching, stubble shaving,
off barring nutrient
management with crow bar,
with foliar application of
liquid fertilizers and
biofertilizers are the
important components for successful ratoon crop
production. Dr. Preeti S. Deshmukh, Scientist & Head,
Soil Science Section, talked on ‘Efficacy of macro and
micro nutrients as foliar application on sugarcane
crop’ and emphasized on fertilizer application on the
basis of soil testing. Mrs. Sudha D. Ghodke, Scientific
Officer & Head, Microbiology section, made
presentation on ‘Use of biofertilizers in
Multiratooning system of sugarcane’ and described
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biofertilizers produced at VSI and their benefits in
cane productivity. Dr. SG Dalvi, Scientific Officer,
Tissue Culture section gave information about
Vasant-Urja, a biostimulator prepared by VSI in
collaboration with BARC, Mumbai. He described its
effect on increase in productivity and drought
tolerance. Mr. GG Ukirde, Chief Agri. Officer,
Shri Vighnahar SSK Ltd: Dist. Pune presented the
ratoon management schemes implemented by the
sugar mill. Mr. MR Bhadule, Chief Cane Development
Officer, Vitthalrao Shinde SSK Ltd., Dist. Solapur told
regarding cane development activities implemented
by sugar mill especially during drought situation to
increase the cane availability in their operational area.
In the concluding session, Mr. Vikas Deshmukh,
Director, AST stated the present situation of ratoon
crop under drought situation in the sugar mills area
and its effect on recovery and average cane yield in
Maharashtra state. Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG, VSI
addressed to the gathering and expressed the need
to give attention towards the increase the ratoon
productivity by implementing best management
practices, field demonstrations and various cane
development schemes by each sugar mill for the
benefit of farming community. The program was ended
with a vote of thanks by Mr. PP Shinde.
Workshop on Sugarcane Crop Management under Water Stress Condition
The activity of monthly workshop is well admired
among the cane officers
from the sugar mills in the
state. As a part of the
extension activity the
monthly workshop was
organized on ‘Sugarcane
crop management under
water stress condition’ on
23rd February 2019. Total 68
participants from 36 sugar
mills were present during
workshop. This workshop was deal with efficient use
of available water, nutrient supply and agronomic
practices followed during water stress condition.
Water, nutrient and agronomic practices will play vital
role in adverse climatic condition.
The event was inaugurated in presence of Mr. Vikas
Deshmukh, Director, AST and Head of sections, VSI
and representative from the sugar mills by lighting
the traditional lamp. In inaugural speech, Director
briefed the important practices and management
carried during the water stress condition.
In the technical session, Mr. PV Ghodke delivered the
lecture on ‘Agronomic practices in sugarcane under
water stress condition’. He explained about overview
of situation during summer and drought period,
agronomic practices to be
followed in drought situation.
Mr. PP Shinde, Scientist &
Head, Agriculture
Engineering Section, talked
on ‘Water management in
sugarcane under water
stress condition’. He pointed
that untimely and uneven
distribution of rainfall results
in limitation of water
availability. Water always plays a pivotal role in
improving crop productivity and sugar recovery. He
suggested different water management practices
needs to be followed under limited water availability
as well as water stress condition. Dr. Preeti Deshmukh,
Scientist and Head, Soil Science section presented the
topic on ‘Nutrient management in sugarcane under
water stress condition’. She stated about the
ecological requirement of sugarcane crop. Generally,
drought reduces both nutrient uptake by roots and its
transport from root to the shoots because of restricted
transpiration rates and impaired active transport and
membrane permeability. She also emphasized that
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under moisture stress condition, fertilizer application
should aim at developing a deeper root system and
adequate tillering before water/moisture stress.
During the moisture stress period, foliar application
of fertilizers is only useful and emphasized fertilizer
should apply in soil after achievement of favorable
moisture level with availability of water in the canal
or by southwest monsoon rain.
The representatives from sugar mills viz. Shri
Chhatrapati Shahu SSK, Samarth SSK, SMSMP SSK and
Jawahar SSK explained the efforts made by them to
save sugarcane crop during the water stress condition
and the sugarcane response by application of foliar
application of multi micro nutrient and multi macro
nutrient fertilizer in sugarcane.
Dr. RS Hapase, Principal Scientist & Head, Plant
Breeding section, briefed the progress of promotional
award scheme and aware for the next month
workshop on promotional cane development award.
All Head of sections discussed with the participants
for various issues related workshop. The programme
was concluded with a vote of thanks with following
recommendation;
1. In standing sugarcane, de-trashing of dried leaves
can be followed by leaving 3 to 4 border rows or
followed by mulching intercropping with suitable
green manuring crops. In wider row and paired
row planting method the light inter-cultivation /
harrowing operation may be done. Mulching helps
to reduce the loss of water from soil through
evaporation and saves 25 to 30% water.
2. In situ trash mulching should be done in ratoon
crops. In situ trash mulching without shredding is
a highly useful technique to conserve soil moisture
and reduce the impact of moisture stress and
atmospheric draught.
3. In paired row planting, the irrigation should be
applied through a long furrow between the rows
of sugarcane. In conventional system a long furrow
method, irrigate the crop in alternate furrows. In
wider row planting method, irrigate all the furrows
up to final earthing-up and there after follow
alternate furrow irrigation.
4. Drip and raingun sprinkler irrigation can be
effectively used for survival of sugarcane crop in
water stress condition.
5. Combined foliar application of Urea and Murate
of Potash (White potash) each at 2.0%
concentration (2.0 kg Urea + 2.0 kg Potassium in
100 lit. of water) at 15-20 days interval is helpful
to retain more number of vigorous shoots till the
moisture conditions become favourable.
6. Foliar application of VSI’s multi-macronutrient and
Multi-micronutrient 2 lit/acre in 200 lit. water at
60 days after planting and 3 lit./ acre in 300 lit.
water at 90 days after planting along with
Vasanturja, a biostimulator @ 5 ml/lit. of water
during both the applications boosts the growth of
sugarcane.
7. In water stress condition, foliar application of plant
health @1 lit/acre mixed with 200 lit. water at 75
days after planting and ratooning can also work
for fixing the atmospheric nitrogen efficiently and
it will sustain the growth of sugarcane.
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Recent Developments in Environment and Safety in the Sugar andAllied Industry
The significance of environment and safety in
industrial operations cannot be overemphasized,
more so in sugar and allied industry. The industry is
the backbone of the rural economy yet in recent times
it has been the focus of
criticism over excessive
water usage and water
pollution. There have also
been incidences and
accidents which point to the
lack of adequate industrial
safety. Such incidences
have also caused
environmental concern.
Recently, there have been
new notifications regarding environmental clearance
for sugar and distillery projects vis-a-vis the National
Biofuels Policy as also the use of groundwater
(CGWA). These will have an impact on the sugar and
distillery industry.
Considering the above, a one-day awareness
workshop on ‘Recent developments in environment
and safety in the sugar and allied industry’ was
organized at Vasantdada Sugar Institute on 25th
February 2019. Dr. Amol Deshmane welcomed all the
guests and requested the Director General welcomed
the Chief Guest, Mr. Shekhar Gaikwad (Sugar
Commissioner). This was followed by an introduction
to the theme of the workshop by Dr. Deepali
Nimbalkar and an address by Mr. Shivajirao
Deshmukh, DG, VSI which focused on the significance
of environmental issues for the industry and VSI’s role
in approaching them. Mr. Shekhar Gaikwad, in his
inaugural address, advised the environmental officers
to work with dedication and follow every norm strictly
to minimize the impacts due to sugar industry and
distilleries. He suggested making a pollution inventory
for sugar and distillery industry along with regular self
audits & third part audits once in three years.
This workshop was arranged in two sessions, Technical
Session I- Safety & Technical
Session II- Environment. Mr.
Isak Mujawar gave the first
talk on general safety
guidelines for the sugar and
distillery industry (including
HIRA). He explained the terms
as Hazard, Risk and how to
identify and control hazard as
well as risk. He suggested
setting up an emergency exit
plan for worker’s safety. The second lecture on PESO
Guidelines for ethanol storage was delivered by
Mr. Prakash Patil who explained The Petroleum Act, 1934
and Rules, 2002, in detail with the rules for import,
transport & storage of petroleum and also the criteria
for license. The final presentation in this session was
made by Dr. Eknath Alhat, VSI who elaborated on the
safety issues in Effluent Treatment Plants.
In the second session on environmental issues,
Dr. SV Patil, Head & Technical Advisor, Dept. of Alcohol
& Bio-fuels explained the various alternatives
available to the distillery industry for achieving zero
liquid discharge. The final talk was delivered by
Dr. Deepali Nimbalkar on recent EIA Notification and
its implications for sugar and distillery industry. She
explained in detail about the notifications pertaining
to the distilleries regarding fuel ethanol projects as
also the EIA notification on violation projects. She also
enlightened briefly about the draft notification
regarding extraction of groundwater.
The workshop received a very good response with 79
participants who were active in the deliberations. All
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the speakers received several questions which were
answered to the satisfaction of the participants. Many
participants requested VSI to arrange such workshops
twice a year, so that they remain updated and it helps
to follow specific process and implementation of norms
to take care of environment and to improve the status of
mills as well as workers. The workshop ended with vote
of thanks by Mr. Vivek Patil
Valorising waste (vWa) from Sugarcane Industries via Innovations inPre-treatment, Bio-production and Process Intensification
One day awareness workshop on ‘Valorising waste
(vWa) from sugarcane industries via innovations
in pre-treatment, bio-production and process
intensification’ was held on 5th March 2019 at
Vasantdada Sugar Institute (VSI), Department of
Alcohol Technology & Biofuels.
Total participation in the workshop was about 120
including VSI staff. In Inauguration Ceremony,
Dr. SV Patil, Head, and Technical Advisor, Department
of Alcohol Technology & Biofuels welcomed all the
guests, vWa partners, industry representatives and VSI
staff. Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh DG, felicitated
Dr. Indrajeet Mohite, Prof. Vivek Ranade, Mr. Vijaykumar
Goel, Prof. Vivek Kumar and Prof. Yogendra Shastri
present on the dais. Introductory remarks on vWa project
were delivered by Prof. Vivek Ranade. He explained
the basic concept to valorize these wastes into bio-
gas, lactic acid, succinic acid and bio-butanol.
Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, in his In his inaugural speech,
congratulated Prof. Ranade for his vision in formulating
a very innovative project and offering a great
opportunity to VSI for leading the vWa project from
India side. He elaborated on activities conducted by
VSI for the sugar and allied industry as well as footprint
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of VSI on entire sugar industry in India. He also
introduced Dr. Indrajeet Mohite to audience and his
contribution in the area of sugar and allied industries.
The key note address was given by Dr. Indrajeet
Mohite, Chief Guest, explained about the economics
of sugar industry and its socio-economical
contributions in developing schools, colleges,
hospitals and creating jobs in rural India. He
mentioned that alternative products can come out
from vWa project which will boost entrepreneurship,
rural economy, employment and provide additional
source of revenue to farmers and sugar industry. He
advised the industry as well as vWa project partners
to follow the environmental norms to save the mother
earth. He thanked Department of Biotechnology,
Government of India and Innovate UK for funding the
vWa project and Prof. Ranade, Queen’s University
Belfast, UK for his initiative and effort taken in
formulating the vWa project.
In technical sessions-I were chaired by Dr. Indrajeet
Mohite. The first presentation on ‘Valorizing waste
from sugar & allied industries via innovations in
pretreatment, bio-transformations and process
intensification’ was delivered by Prof. Vivek Ranade.
He emphasized on quantum of waste generated by
sugar industry and distilleries in India. He also
mentioned about the sub-optimal utilization of these
waste/resources though current practices like burning
of cane trash, use of bagasse for cogeneration etc.
He then briefed the concept of vWa biorefinery where
cavitation and anaerobic digestion (AD) will be used
as pretreatment as opposed to use of costly enzymes
in 2 G ethanol technologies. He further added that
AD will utilize hemicellulose (xylose) in lignocellulosic
material for biogas production and the sugar/glucose
released from cellulose will be fermented to lactic
acid or succinic acid or biobutanol. Lignin can be
valorized to multiple products like DNF, HMF etc or
incinerated in boiler for steam and power generation.
He also briefed about vWa partners and their role in
carrying out this project.
The second technical presentation was delivered by
Dr. SV Patil on ‘Value added products from waste
biomass and SATAT initiative’. He talked about the
global initiatives taken by the different countries for
biogas production. He also mentioned that the number
of biogas plants in Germany has doubled to ~9000
plants from 4136 plants in 2010. He also informed
that Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have invited
Expression of Interest (EoI) from Entrepreneurs/co-
operative societies/technology provider for production
& supply of compressed biogas (CBG) and discussed
about Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has
notified Central Financial Assistance. Further he
explained as the distillery biogas plant generally
operates 250 days per annum, CBG production plant
will run only for 250 days with available spent wash.
Therefore, he suggested alternative feedstock such
as bagasse, press mud, cane trash etc can be co-
digested along with spent wash or digested separately
in existing digester for remaining 115 days. Dr. Patil
presented three case studies for CBG production and
its revenue generation. Dr. Patil presented the lab data
on compositional analysis of different sugarcane
bagasse cultivars and lactic acid fermentation from
synthetic and alkali pretreated bagasse. In conclusion,
he mentioned that every sugar mill in country will have
CBG plant in future.
In technical session-II, Prof. Ranade talked on
‘Enhancing biogas yield via novel pre-treatment’
and presented vWa biorefinery stage I approach which
is about utilization of bagasse, press mud and/or cane
trash in a digester for biogas generation and digestate
generated will be used for bio-composting. He
described the hydrodynamic cavitation as one of the
potential pretreatment method of lingocellulosic
biomass. He also described the different ways to
generate cavitation and explained how vortex based
cavitation (VoDCa) is superior over other technologies.
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He informed that VoDCa is a patented process
technology innovated by CSIR-NCL and licensed to
Vivira Process Technology, Pune for
commercialization. He presented biogas generation
data on existing commercial scale spentwash
digester with cavitation & without cavitation. At the
end, he concluded that vWa biorefinery stage I will
be implemented commercially with the technology
developed by the vWa and commercial scale trials
will start in next three to six months.
The next presentation of this session was given by
Mr. Ashish Nawade from Innovative Environmental
Technology Pvt. Ltd. (IETL). He presented technologies
for H2S and CO
2 removal from biogas so that it will
fulfill OMCs norms for CBG. He provided the details
of CBG plant installed by ITEL at Tatyasaheb Kore
Warana SSK, Warnananagar with power generation
of 50KW/h.
At the end, an open, interactive session with the
industry participants was carried out where lot of
deliberations took place on value addition from sugar
and allied industry waste.
Quarterly Review of Promotional Cane Development Award Scheme (CDAS)
A one day workshop on ‘Quarterly review of
promotional cane development award scheme
(CDAS)’ was held on 23rd March, 2019 under the
chairmanship of Mr. Vikas Deshmukh, Director, AST
and the welcome address was given by Dr. RS
Hapase which was followed by the lightening of lamp
and the introductory speech by Director, AST. In his
speech he highlighted the importance of scheme
components i.e. seed, planting planning and
harvesting programme; soil fertility management and
drip irrigation. Total 85 participants from 45 sugar
factories were attended the workshop. Dr. RS.
Hapase talked on ‘Progress of VSI’s promotional
award scheme (CDAS) 2017-18’. He highlighted the
progress of each participating factory under four
different scheme components for achieving higher
productivity. The Agriculture Officers of 45 sugar
factories talked on the progress of the schemes under
their area for the year 2017-18 under this scheme.
During the discussion following points were emerged
as the following recommendations and concluded
with vote of thanks.
1. The management and cane development officer
of the participating sugar mills should be serious
to implement the CDAS to acthe hieve the higher
cane and sugar yield and have the scope to
improve in the remaining period of the scheme.
2. At present the seed replacement ratio of the most
of the factories is very low and need improvement
to follow the three tier seed programme.
3. The newly developed varieties like VSI 12121 (VSI
08005), CoVSI 03102 and MS 10001 should be
included in the planting planning according to their
soil and area based response.
4. Soil test based fertilizer application ratio needs
to be increased to save the cost on use of
fertilizers.
5. To increase the soil organic carbon, the factories
should concentrate on maximum use of green
manuring and compost application.
6. The bio-fertilizers and multi-nutrients use in
sugarcane crop found effective to increase the
sugarcane yield, so the present ratio needs to be
increased.
7. The use of bio-pesticide and bio-fungicide should
be used according to the pest and disease
situation in the area.
8. The scarcity of water in most of the parts of
Maharashtra during 2018-19 is a serious issue
and to overcome the situation the area under
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available water should be brought under drip
irrigation.
9. Maximum number of participants should be sent
for the training of cane growers through Dnyanyag
and Dnyanlaxmi which will be held in June-July,
2019 and November- December, 2019.
10. Proper bio-earth composting should be done
under the guidance of VSI’s microbiologists and
soil scientists to maintain soil organic carbon for
quality manuring to get assured higher cane
productivity.
Indigenous Technologies in Sugar Plant Automation
The Department of Electronics and Information
Technology under the Ministry of Communication &
Information Technology awarded the project of
Automation in sugar mill to C-DAC and selected
M/s Thandava Cooperative Sugars Limited to take the
trial of their automation technology which was
developed indigenously. Dr. RV Dani, Head, Sugar
Technology was chosen as a member in the Project
Review and Steering Group (PRSG), which was formed
by the Ministry of Communication & Information
Technology under the chairmanship of Mr. Prabir
Purkayastha. During the installation and
commissioning period a team of experts from VSI
consisting of Mr. DN Gare, Head, Instrumentation
Department and Mr. S. Anand Kumar, Senior Sugar
Technologist visited the sugar mill for extending the
consultancy services.
As a part of the project it was mandatory for the
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
(C-DAC) to conduct a national workshop. C-DAC has
organized a one day national workshop on
‘Indigenous technologies in sugar plant
automation’ on 28th March 2019 at VSI with the
technical assistance provided by the Sugar Technology
department.
Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG, VSI was invited as Chief
Guest. Smt. Lancy Thomas, Scientist G, C-DAC,
Thiruvananthapuram presided over the function. Mr.
Titus A Chazhoor, Scientist G, C-DAC welcomed the
dignitaries to the dais, VSI officers and total of 48
delegates attended the one day national workshop
from different sugar mills.
As a mark of inaugurating the workshop, the lamp was
lighted by the Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh and other
dignitaries and in his inaugural address expressed the
need of automation in the sugar mill operations for
improved quality of the final product at reduced cost
of production. He has cited the examples of two Brazil
sugar mills, to which a visit was made by him, where
the plants are operated with complete automation and
minimum manpower.
Smt. Lancy Thomas, Dr. Dani, PRGS member explained
that Department of Electronics and Information
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Technology of Ministry of Communication and
Information Technology GOI awarded this project to
C-DAC and role of VSI in this project narrated the
activities of C-DAC group. Mr. Titus A Chazhoor
explained past and ongoing projects. Dr. Dani gave a
presentation on the recent trends in sugar mills with
respect to Instrumentation and Automation. Prof. J.
Prakash, Head, Department of Instrumentation, MIT,
Chennai also spoke on the hardware part of the
project. Other Scientists Mr. J. Jerry Daniel spoke
about the embedded controllers, SCADA software and
Mr. Abhir Raj Metkar on Automation system
implemented at M/s Thandava Cooperative Sugars
Limited. Mr. VS Naidu, Managing Director,
M/s Thandava Cooperative Sugars Limited dealt with
the automation work carried out in the sugar mills and
the benefits gained on account of the same. Mr. DN
Gare, Head, Instrumentation Department, VSI spoke
on the instrumentation part in the automation project
and presentation was also made by the
M/s Someshwar SSK and Venkateshkrupa on their
experience on automation for the benefit of the
participants. The workshop was concluded with vote
of thanks by J. Jerry Daniel.
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PARTICIPATION BY VSI STAFFPARTICIPATION BY VSI STAFF
International Micro Irrigation Conference
Ninth International Micro Irrigation Conference was held
at Aurangabad during 16-18 January 2019. The conference
was organized by the ministry of water resources, river
development and Ganga rejuvenation, in association with
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage,
Central Water Commission, Indian National Committee
on Surface Water and WAPCOS Ltd. The conference was
inaugurated by Shri. Nitin Gadkari, Hon. Union minister
of Road transport & highways, Shipping and water
resources, River development & Ganga Rejuvenation,
Government of India in presence of Hon. Chief Minister
of Maharashtra and other dignitaries. Around 800
delegates including 100 delegates from abroad attended
conference. Different issues related to micro irrigation
were discussed in 24 different technical sessions. Mr.
Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG, VSI invited for a special panel
discussion on ‘Challenges and issues in up scaling of
drip and sprinkler irrigation in Maharashtra’. During
the discussion, he stressed the need for making micro-
irrigation techniques more affordable among farmers,
especially marginal farmers. He also stressed the need
of special efforts for propagation of micro irrigation
systems in sugarcane crop specially in canal and lift
irrigation commands. Mr. PP Shinde, Scientist & Head,
Agriculture Engineering section also attended this
conference.
International Conference Sugarcon - 2019
Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG, VSI along with a team
of scientists comprised; Mr. PP Shinde, Scientist &
Head, Agril. Engineering Section, Dr. AA Nikam,
Scientific officer, Tissue Culture Section, Dr. Preeti
Deshmukh, Scientist & Head, Soil Science section and
Mrs. Sudha Ghodke, Scientific officer & Head, Agril
Microbiology Section attended International
conference SUGARCON- 2019 on ‘Green technologies
for sustainable development of sugar & integrated
industries’ during 16th to 19th February 2019 held at
Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research Center,
Lucknow. The conference was organized by Society for
sugar research and promotion & ICAR- Indian Institute
of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow.
The convention was inaugurated on 16th February 2019
by Mr. AK Singh, DDG, Horticultural Science and Crop
Sciences, ICAR, New Delhi. Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh,
DG, VSI was present along with other dignitaries.
Around 300 delegates from National and International
level attended the conference.
DG, VSI chaired the session of ‘Green technologies to
enhance sugar productivity’. In this session detailed
discussion was held on role of biofertilizers in
agriculture. Mrs. Sudha Ghodke, VSI explained the
importance biofertilizers -soil health & plant health,
bio-pesticide - BVM and decomposing culture and
informed on research work carried out by Agriculture
Microbiology section.
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Enhancing of Teaching and Learning Skills in Statistics
Mr. MR Shinde, Senior Statistician, Statistics &
Informatics Section, VSI participated in 5-day workshop
on ‘Enhancing of teaching and learning skills in
statistics’ organized by Teaching rearning Center (TLC),
Central University of
Rajasthan during 12-16th
March 2019. The workshop
was inaugurated on 12th
March 2019 by Chief Guest,
Prof. Ashis SenGupta,
Applied Statistics Unit,
Indian Statistical Institute
(ISI), Kolkata; along with
Prof, Arun K, Pujari, Vice-
Chancellor, Dr. Ajit K. Patra,
Director, TLC, Dr. Deepesh Bhati, Programme
Coordinator, Dept. of Statistics and Prof. RN Rattihalli
of Central University of Rajasthan. In all 34 lecturers/
professors and students from Maharashtra and other
states attended the workshop.
Various expert resource faculties from ISI, Kolkata;
Shivaji University, Kolhapur; University of Hyderabad,
Hyderabad; IIM, Ahmadabad; NIMMIS, Mumbai and
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi conducted
lectures on various topics viz.
Multivariate measures &
methods, Predictive
Analytics using WEKA,
Predictive Modeling with
large data , Big data
Analysis and data science,
Application of Statistics in
Industry etc. They also
conducted hands on practical
demo on data presentation
and analysis by R and WEKA software to understand
software utilities for data analysis to the participants.
Challenges to Deliver Sustainability in the Indian Sugarcane Industry
National seminar on ‘Challenges to deliver
sustainability in the Indian sugarcane industry’ was
organized on 15th March 2019 by National Federa-
tion of Co-operative Sugar Factories Limited New
Delhi at Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Co-op-
erative Management, Pune.
Seminar was inaugurated by Mr. Dilip Walse-Patil
President, NFCSF, Dr RK Singh ADG, (ICAR) New Delhi,
Prof. Vijay Paul Sharma Chairman, CACP New Delhi,
Mr. Shekhar Gaikwad, Sugar Commissioner,
Maharashtra State, Dr Bakshi Ram, Director, SBI
Coimbatore, Dr AD Pathak Director, IISR Lucknow and
Shri Vikas Deshmukh Director, Agricultural Sciences
& Technology Department, VSI. Pune.
In this seminar, Mr. Vikas Deshmukh presented a tech-
nical presentation on ‘Key factors influence ideal
cane development programme’.
About 125 participants from various institutes and
sugar mills were present. Nine presentations were
deliberated during this seminar and discussion was
carried out on challenges before sugar industry, ma-
jors to increase sugarcane productivity.
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VISITORS TO VSIVISITORS TO VSI
1. Mr. KT Murali, General Manager, Dangote OilRefining Company Ltd., (DANGOTE), Nigeriavisited VSI on 11th January 2019. Mr. VikasDeshmukh, Director, AST welcomed him andbriefed about Institute’s activities later theyvisited various departments and concerningofficers explained the activities of thedepartmental projects etc.
2. Team of German delegates Iris Becker MA,
Representative of State of Beden -Wurttemberg
(Germany) in Maharashtra, Jana Simon,
Business Development, Representative of
Karlshruhe in Pune and Mr. Ashish Pandit, Partner
Representative of state of Baden -Wurttemberg
(Germany) in Maharashtra visited VSI on 14th
January 2019. Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, Director
General VSI welcomed them and briefed
activities of Institute. Later team visited various
departments viz., Sugar Technology, Alcohol
Technology and Biofuels, Plant Breeding Section,
Tissue Culture, Molecular Biology & Genetics
Engineering, Soil Science, Microbiology etc.
3. Biotech Consortium India Limited (BCIL) has
been organized capacity building programs for
African candidates under the aegis of the
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
and the guidance of the Department of
Biotechnology, Government of India. A total of
23 candidates from 7 different countries
(namely Chad, Eswatini, Kenya, Nigeria,
Tanzania, Tunisia, and Zambia) participated in
this program. Under this program they visited
Tissue Culture Section, VSI, Pune. Experts from
the TC section explained the advantage of tissue
culture raised sugarcane to the candidates by
way of a lecture and further talked about how
tissue culture raised sugarcane plants would
be virus free and have better yield. This was
followed by a visit to the production unit and
hardening facility, as well as to sugarcane
fields.
The valedictory session was organized in the
afternoon. The occasion was graced by the
presence of Dr. Vidya S. Gupta, Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research, Emeritus
Scientist and Emeritus Professor, Biological
Sciences, AcSIR, Mr. Vikas Deshmukh, Director,
AST, VSI and Mrs. Bhagyashree P. Patil,
Chairperson & MD, Rise n’ Shine Biotech Pvt.
Ltd., Pune. In this function, a candidate
expresses their views. The candidates were
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awarded certificates and function concluded with
Vote of Thanks.
4. Mr. Maryoud M. Elsunni, Executive Director,
Dangote Oil Refining Company Ltd.,
(DANGOTE), Nigeria visited VSI on 8th March
2019. Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG, welcomed
him and briefed about Institute’s activities later
they visited various departments and
concerning officers explained the activities of
the departmental projects etc.
5 Team of Haryana State Federation of Co-
operative Sugar Mills Ltd., visited VSI on
16th March 2019. They visited various
departments and concerning officers
explained the activities of the departmental
projects etc.
6. Team of Brazilian delegates viz., Mr. Horoldo
Torres, Mr.Rodrigo Fernades Dos Santos,
Mr.Orlando Lisboa De Almedia, Mr. Francisco
Barros De Melo , Mr. Condurme Aizzo, Mr.
Eduardo Lambiasi, Mr. Gabriel Martin Cassol,
Ms. Rafalea Barcelos De Oliveria Caassol
visited VSI on 26th March 2019. Mr. Shivajirao
Deshmukh, DG, VSI welcomed them and
shown VSI film about activities of Institute. .
Later the team visited various departments
viz., Sugar Technology, Alcohol Technology and
Biofuels, Plant Breeding Section, Tissue
Culture, Molecular Biology & Genetics
Engineering, etc. and concerning officers
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explained the activities of the department
and they also visited VSI fields. Next day
delegates along with Mr. RA Chandgude,
Head of Sugar Engineering Department, VSI
visited Shri. Someshwar SSK Ltd., Dist: Pune
for co-genaration plant and two farmers
fields.
7. Mr. Anuilkumar Sankhala, Assistant General
Manager, PTC division, Contec Global Agro
Ltd., from Abuja visited VSI on 11th March
2019 for preparation of DPR for their
proposed Greenfield project in Nigeria.
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VISITOR LISTVISITOR LIST
Name of Institutions Visitors Total
Following visitors visited VSI various departments to know the activities of VSI (Jan-Feb-Mar 2019)
January - 2019
Wagire college Saswad, Dist: Pune Lecturers and Students 74
Vivekand College (Autonomous), Kolhapur Lecturers and Students 30
Yeshwantrao Chavan Institute of Science, Satara, Lecturers and Students 45
Annasaheb Magar College, Hadapsar, Pune Lecturers and Students 165 (2)
Yashwantrao Mohite College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Erandwane, Pune Students 6
Vivekand College (Autonomus), Kolhapur Lecturers and Students 30
S.M. Joshi College, Hadapsar, Pune Lecturers and Students 46
Individual Farmers from Maharashtra State Farmers 218
(69)
February - 2019
Dr. Ghali College, Gadhinglaj, Dist : Kolhapur Lecturers and Students 48
Sub-Divisional Agriculral Office, Karad, Dist: Satara Officers and Farmers 124
Annasaheb Awate Arts, Commererce, Hutatma Babu Genu Science College
& Sou. Kusumben Kantilal Shah Arts, Commerce Junior College Manchar, Dist: Pune Lecturers and Students 37
Framers Training Centre (FTC),Bardoli, Dist : Surat, State: Gujrat Officers and Farmers 128
Smt. Kasturbai Walchand (Arts-Science), Sangli, Rajnemi Campus, Lecturers and Students 45
wood house Road, Sangli. Dist: Sangli
Centre for Agriculture Extension and Farmers Development, Gurugram, Extension Officers 52
Chhatisgarh (Durg Division), State : Chhattisgarh
Karmyogi Dulaji Sitaram Patil, College of Agriculture, Nashik Lecturers and Students 25
Pratapsinh Mohite - Patil Mahavidyalaya, KarmalaDist: Solapur Lecturers and Students 32
Sahyadri SSK Ltd., Yeshwantnagar, Dist: Satara Farmers 7
Shree Shetkari SSK Ltd., Shirol, Dattanagar, Dist : Kolhapur Farmers 9
Vitthalrao Shinde SSK Ltd., Gangamainagar, Dist : Solapur Farmers 5
Ness Wadia College of Commerce, Pune Students and Professors 231 (3)
Individual Farmers from Maharashtra State Farmers 177
(65)
March- 2019
Haryana State Federation of Co-operative Sugar Mills Ltd.,State : Haryana Cane Advisor Sugar federation, 7
Cane Managers and
Lab incharge Sugar mills
C.H.M. College, Ulhasnagar, Mumbai. Lecturers and Students 38
College of Agricultural Bio-Technology, Achloli, Dist: Raigad Lecturers and Students 75
College of Agril. Biotechnology, Sangulwadi Dist: Sindhudurg Lecturers and Students 47
Yashwantrao Chavan College of Science, KaradDist: Satara Lecturers and Students 52
Individual Farmers from Maharashtra State Farmers 199
(78)
Total : 2067
(242)
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LIBRARY UPDATELIBRARY UPDATE
January to march 2019
1. SISSTA, SISSTA Proceedings 47 th Annual
Convention (30th Jun & 1st Sept. 2017). (368p.),
SISSTA, Chennai.
2. SISSTA, SISSTA Proceedings 48th Annual
Convention (21st & 22nd Sept. 2018) (394p.)
SISSTA, Chennai.
3. Thomas Krans, Weyermann & Horst Dornbusch
Recipes, Dark Lagers: history, mystery, brewing
techniques, (272p.), MBAA, USA
4. Horst, Dornbusch, Beer Styles: From Around the
World Stories, Ingredients & Recipes (380p.),
Erevisia Communication, USA.
5. Basarova, G.; Savel, J.; Basar, P.; Basarova, P.;
Lejsek, T.; The comprehensive Guide to Brewing:
From raw material to packaging. (846p.),
Fachverlag, Germany.
6. Bhojvaid, P. P. Biofuels: towards a greener and
secure energy future, (5th Ed.-2006) (281p.), TERI,
New Delhi.
7. Khoiyangbam, R. S.; Gupta, Navindu, Kumar,
Sushil. Biogas technology: towards sustainable
development (3rd. Ed.) (200p.), TERI, New Delhi.
8. Jainani, Deepa, & Babu, Vikas, How sweet:
technological path breakers of Indian sugar story,
(264p.), Grey Parrot Publication, Lucknow.
9. Palekar, Subhash, Aadhyatmik shetiche
tatvadnyan va tantra (164p.), Amol & Amit
Palekar, Amaravati.
10. Palekar, Subhash, Sendriya sheti shadayantra
aahe kay? (80p.), Amol & Amit Palekar, Amaravati.
11. Palekar, Subhash, Aadhyatmik Sheticha
Mokshyamarg (64p.), Amol & Amit Palekar,
Amaravati,
12. Palekar, Subhash, Aapali Jamin Pahelwan Kashi
Banvavi? (4th Ed.) (188p.), Amol & Amit Palekar,
Amaravati,
13. Palekar, Subhash, Naisargik phal Peek Shetiche
Poshanshastra - Bhag-2 (Madhyardh) (4th Ed.)
(400p.), Amol & Amit Palekar, Amaravati,
14. Palekar, Subhash, Naisargik Phalshetiche
Sahajeevan Shastra – (Bhag -3) (547p.), Amol &
Amit Palekar, Amaravati,
15. Palekar, Subhash, Shunya Kharchachi Drakshasah
Dalimb Lagwad (2nd Ed.) (196p.), Amol & Amit
Palekar, Amaravati,
16. Palekar, Subhash, Phal shetiche model va peek
samrakshan –(Bhag -5) (836p.), Amol & Amit
Palekar, Amaravati,
17. Palekar, Subhash, Oos he peek yashswi karnyasathi
aapli jamin pahelwan kashi banvavi? Bhag -1
(purvardh) (5th Ed.) (200p.), Amol & Amit Palekar,
Amaravati,
18. Palekar, Subhash, Naisargik oos shetiche poshan
shastra-Samayik Bhag-2 (Madhyardh) (388p.), Amol
& Amit Palekar, Amaravati,
19. Palekar, Subhash, Naisargik oos shetiche sahajivan
shastra- Samaik Bhag-3 (Uttarardh) (552p.) Amol
& Amit Palekar, Amaravati,
20. Palekar, Subhash, Naisargik oos shetiche
aachhadan va sahajeevan shastra, (452p.), Amol
& Amit Palekar, Amaravati,
21. Palekar, Subhash, Vishmukta naisargik bhajipala
lagwad, (160p.), Amol & Amit Palekar, Amaravati,
22. Palekar, Subhash, Savdhan: Annacha pratyek ghas
vishari aahe! (52p.), Amol & Amit Palekar,
Amaravati,
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23. Palekar, Subhash, Gavrani beej rakha; bhavi
gulamila rokha (44p.), Amol & Amit Palekar,
Amaravati,
24. Palekar, Subhash, Jwalant shetmajur samasya va
samadhan (28p.), Amol & Amit Palekar.,
Amaravati,
25. Palekar, Subhash, GATT kararache palan: Krishi
vyavastheche maran (32p.), Amol & Amit Palekar.,
Amaravati,
26. STAI, Yearbook and technical data directory of
Indian sugar factories 2017-18 & 2016-17 (436p.)
The Sugar Technology Association of India
27. Ram Prakash, Forest management (256p.),
International Book Distributions, Dehradun
28. Chundawat, B. S. & Gautam, S. K. Textbook of
Agroforestry (188p.), CSB Publishers &
Distributors Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
29. Chaturvedi, A. N. & Khanna, L. S. Forest
Mensuration (403p.), International Book
Distributors, Dehradun
30. Mehta, T. A hand book of forest utilization (298p.)
International Book Distributors, Dehradun
31. John H. Seinfeld & Spyros N. Pandis, Atmospheric
Chemistry and Physics: from air pollution to
climate change (3rd. Ed.) (1120p.) John Wiley &
Sons, Inc. New Jersey
32. Luna, R. K. Plantation forestry in India (509p.)
International Book Distributors, Dehradun
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Committee :Dr. RV Dani, Dr. SV Patil, Mr. MR Shinde,Dr. PS Deshmukh
Adviser : Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh
Editor : Dr. RM Devarumath, Mr. AA Prabhavalkar
Layout & Photography : Mr. Sanjay A Dawari
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