Program

Program (October 28, 2007):-

Timing	Programs	Speakers
09.30 - 10.05	Opening session	abc
09.30 - 09.40	Welcome address by ISAP	Dr KL Chaddha, Chairman, ISAP
09.40 - 09.50	Address by CEO, NMPB	Sh BS Sajwan, CEO, NMPB
09.50 - 10.00	Address by Director, APEDA	Mr S Dave, Director, Apeda
10.00 - 10.05	Vote of thanks	Dr Rajender Gupta, Sr Consultant (Plantations), Zandu Consultant Works
10.05 - 10.30	Tea Break	abc
10.30 - 12.30	Production & Productivity in farming of herbal & Medicinal plants	abc
10.30 - 10.50	Sustaining productivity in Medicinal plants through improved cultivation and processing technology	Dr SPS Khanuja, Director, CIMAP
10.50 - 11.10	Developing sustainable supply chain and enhancing value of MAPs at grass-root level	Dr Rajendra Dobriyal, Scientist, Hindustan Lever
11.10 - 11.30	Sustainable harvest and market opportunities for herbal & medicinal plants emanating in forests	Mr Ranjit Puranik, Hon Secretary, ADMA
11.30 - 12.00	Presentation on D&S study	Sh DK Vaid, FRLHT
12.00 - 13.00	Expectation of buyers from herbal & medicinal plant industry	abc
12.00 - 12.30	Major constraints for trading herbs in the EU	Dr Mathias Schmidt, Herbresearch, Germany
12.30 - 12.40	Regulatory & quality expectations of the buyers from Sri Lanka	Mr M.R. Zaheed, Hayleys Agro Products Ltd, Sri Lanka
12.40 - 13.00	Canadian Regulatory requirements of natural products & expectation of the buyers	Mr Rajan Sethi, VP, Vyser Inc, Canada
13.30 - 14.30	Lunch Break	abc
14.30 - 16.30	Open session chaired by Sh BS Sajwan -Coordinated by Ms Debyani Roy, SHEFEXIL with different groups representatives (Industry, trade, growers and Academy)	abc
abc	Industry - Dr. Venkatesh, (Medical Advisor, Natural Remedy), Mr Pramod Sharma (President, ADMA), Dr Nagesh Sandu (Director, Sandu Brothers P Ltd), Mr Haridass Agarwal (President, India Herbal Trade Association, Mumbai) Mr Anand Kumar (President, Herb & Kiryana Merchant Association, Delhi)	abc
abc	Growers - Dr Rajaram Tripathi, Dr GS Jarial, Mr Narayan Dass Prajapati, Thakur Randhir Singh (President, Aromatic & Medicinal Plant Growers Association of India)	abc
abc	Academia - Mr Darshan Shankar (FRLHT), Dr AK Dhar (Chairman, RRL, Jammu), Dr S Ganeshan (Director, TBGRI), Dr Rajendera Gupta (Sr Consultant, Zandu Pharmaceutical Works)	abc
16.30 - 17.30	Interactive session - Buyer Seller meet	abc
17.30 - 18.00	Awards/Mementos distribution - Valedictory	abc
18.00	High Tea	abc