Agriculture & Rural Development: Rural Connect 2023
Rural Connect 2023 - 2nd & 3rd March 2023 held at Wiliiamson Magor Hall, Bengal Chamber premises
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Day 1 - 2nd March 2023
Day 2 - 3rd March 2023
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Mr. Jayanta Chakraborty, Chairperson Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, BCC&I; Consultant, Indofil Industries Limited delivering the welcome address.
Address by the Chief Guest Shri Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Government of West Bengal.
Mr. Jayanta Chakraborty, Chairperson Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, BCC&I; Consultant, Indofil Industries Limited felicitating the Chief Guest Shri Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Government of West Bengal.
Speakers at the Inaugural Session – (L-R) Mr. Jayanta Chakraborty, Chairperson Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, BCC&I; Consultant, Indofil Industries Limited; Shri Arobinda Kumar Sarkar, General Manager, NABARD, West Bengal RO, Kolkata; Shri Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Government of West Bengal; Mr. Shantanu Pendsey, CGM (ABU & GSS), State Bank of India, Corporate Centre, Mumbai; Mr. Rishi Nathany, Chief Business Officer, MCX India Ltd.
Address by the Special Guest Mr. Shantanu Pendsey, CGM (ABU & GSS), State Bank of India, Corporate Centre, Mumbai.
Address by the Special Guest Shri Arobinda Kumar Sarkar, General Manager, NABARD, West Bengal RO, Kolkata.
Mr. Debabrata Das, AGM, NABARD, West Bengal RO, Kolkata speaking at the Session on "FPOs – A Tool in Attaining Economy of Scale in Rural Sector".
Dr. Dinesh Kumar Chauhan, Executive Vice President, DeHaat speaking on the Session on "Strengthening Agri Value Chain through FPO".
Session on Risk Management in Commodity Market for FPOs by Mr. Sanjib Gain, Sr. Manager-BD, MCX India Ltd.
Dr. Sudarshan Dutta, Global Lead - NbS (Agriculture), Kosher Climate India Pvt Ltd at the Technical Session 2: "Resource Optimization to Obtain Sustainability in Agriculture".
Ms. Lata Bhatia, Founder, Kolkata Zero Waste Bazaar & Board Member, SwitchOn Foundation speaking at the Technical Session 2.
20) An Interactive Session with FPOs and Rural Entrepreneurs on Day 2 – (L-R) Mr. Shantipriya Majumdar, CEO, Potashpur II FPC Limited; Mr. Bijon Pusti, Dakshin Charaikheya United Club; Sourav Singha Thakur, Damodar Agro Producer Company Ltd; Mr. Jayanta Chakraborty, Chairperson Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, BCC&I; Consultant, Indofil Industries Limited; Ms. Raktima Banerjee, Auth’n; Mr. Sadananda Chakrabarti, Santalpur Nagoric Adhikar Suroksha Welfare Society; Mr. Jeet Nandy,Founder, Krishi Vikas Udyog.
Mr. Suvon Kundu, Senior Manager from Canara Bank speaking at the Credit Linkage Session: "Agriculture and Rural Credit & Finance Schemes".
Mr. Prince Surana from Hansaria Food Pvt. Ltd. speaking on "Facilitating Market Linkage - From Farm to Factory".
Mr. Gautam Ray, President Designate, The Bengal Chamber; Executive Director (HR & Admin), CESC Ltd. President (HR), Power Group, RPSG conferring the Best FPO Award to AvantGarde FPC.
Mr. Gautam Ray, President Designate, The Bengal Chamber; Executive Director (HR & Admin), CESC Ltd. President (HR), Power Group, RPSG conferring the Agritech Innovation Award to Hansaria Food Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Gautam Ray, President Designate, The Bengal Chamber; Executive Director (HR & Admin), CESC Ltd. President (HR), Power Group, RPSG conferring the Rural Entrepreneurship Award to Hemnagar Sundarban Dream.
