Indian food scientists of CSIR-CFTRI meets NICCI President KC

An Indian Delegation led by Dr Umesh Hangalore Hebbar, Chief Scientist & Head of Food Engineering Department CSIR to Nepal met NICCI President Sunil KC at NICCI Secretariat, Ace Apartments, Narayan Chaur, Naxal in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

NICCI President KC welcomed the Indian delegation at NICCI Secretariat and briefed about the NICCI as it is the Non-profit Making Binational Chamber of Commerce in Nepal which is particularly working on the area of enhancement of Nepal-India Bilateral Economic relation, Promotion of Indian Investment to bring in Nepal.

The three-member delegation was accompanied by Garima Nautiyal, Second Secretary (Political & Development Partnership) at Embassy of India, Kathmandu.

Dr Hebbar shared the purpose of visit to NICCI was to apprise about CSIR-CFTRI’s expertise and contributions in the area of Food Science and Technology focusing on the areas of development of food processing technologies, products and machineries for processing; capabilities and Human Resource Development, Skill development and Training, especially for farmers, FPOs and MSMEs, reads a statement issued by NICCI.

Additionally, to understand the requirements of Nepal in the areas of food science and technology industry and explore probable areas of future collaboration between various enterprises of Nepal and CSIR-CFTRI.

As the CSIR is the Government Entity of India, the technology advancement is the key area of their engagement and wish to collaborate with Nepalese industries and association for the advancement of food industries in Nepal providing their knowledge, workings and also to collaborate exclusively with the industries in Nepal as per the specific requirements of the industries.

NICCI and CSIR both have agreed for future collaboration organizing interactions with the members and other stakeholders in Nepal.

Ravi Kumar Rayavaram, Vice President of NICCI, Mukesh Upadhyay, President, NICCI Biratnagar Chapter, Ganesh Shah, Former Minister of Science and Technology, Ram Saran Timalsina, Deputy General Manager of Muktinath Krishi Company, Samikshya Rai, Founder of Pack My Lunch, Mingma Tamang, Director, Makusse Nepal, Prof. Dr. ML Sharma of TU, Prof. Rameshwor Adhikari of RECAST, TU, Mohan Thapa, Head of Admin, Salt Trading Corporation, Niruta Dahal, Business Promotion Manager at Himalayan Vista Pvt. Ltd. and Marshal Rathour, Deputy Director of NICCI accompanied the NICCI team.