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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,


Mr. Vandan Pandurang Ghule

Assistant Technical Officer,


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)


(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


(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


20. Palekar, Subhash, Naisargik oos shetiche

aachhadan va sahajeevan shastra, (452p.), Amol


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

VSIBulletin is published by the Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Pune.

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PV Ghodke

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Mrs. SD Ghodke

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SS Katake

June & July, 2019 Dnyanyag and Dnyanlaxmi (Farmers training) BH Pawar

24-08-2019 Management of Problematic Soils PP Shinde

Dr. (Mrs.) PS Deshmukh

Mrs. SD Ghodke

01-10-2019 National Seed Day Dr. RS Hapase

SS Katake

Dr. PN Tawar


Nov & Dec., 2019 Dnyanyag and Dnyanlaxmi (Farmers training) BH Pawar

January, 2020 International Conference Mr. RA Chandgude

Mr. BH Pawar

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