Brainstorming Working for Boosting Guar Gum Exports from MSMEs

PROGRAMME
Date: 29
th
May, 2014
Venue: Marudhara Industry Association Auditorium, Basni, Phase - II, Jodhpur
SESSIONS
Session I. Introductory
9:30 AM Introduction
Sh. Purushottam Hissaria, President, Guar Gum manufacturers
Association
9:40 AM Key Note Address
Dr. Prabhat Ranjan, Executive Director, TIFAC
9:50 AM Brief Overview of Present Guar Gum Scenario Production, Application,
Use and Exports
Dr. D. Kumar, Principal Scientist (Retd.), CAZRI, Jodhpur & Guar Gum
Consultant
10:15 AM High Tea
Session II. Issues and Challenges Before the Industries
Session Chair Sh. Purushottam Hissaria, President, Guar Gum Manufacturers
Association
10:35AM Technical Issues and Challenges of Guar Gum Industries: Needs and
Requirements
Sh. Purushottam Hissaria, President, Guar Gum Manufacturers
Association, Jodhpur
11:00 AM Enhancing Guar Grain Production: Short Term & Long Term Strategies:
Dr. D. Kumar, Principal Scientist (Retd.), CAZRI, Jodhpur & Guar Gum
Consultant
11:25 AM Manufacturing and Utilization of Guar Gum - Technical Problems and
Challenges: Dr. S.K. Sharma, Lotus Gum, Jodhpur
11:50 AM Derivatives of Guar Gum Challenges and Needs
Dr. Shyamal Purkayastha, Indian Glycols Limited, Noida
12:15 PM Sustaining Guar Industry in India Some technical and Policy Issues
Dr. Hema Yadav, Deputy Director, National Institute of Agricultural
Marketing (NIAM), Jaipur
12:40 PM Discussions
01:10 PM Lunch
Session III Addressing the Challenges and Technical Roadmap
Session Chair ED, TIFAC
2:00 PM Guar Seed to Gum Supply Chain: Issues and Options
Dr. Purushottam Sharma, Senior Scientist (Agricultural Economics),
Directorate of Soyabean Research (ICAR), Indore
2:25 PM Derivitization of Guar Gum - Derivatives in Demand, Indian Scenario,
Future Needs and Possibilities
Dr. Vineet Kumar, Scientist-F, Chemistry Division, Forest Research
Institute (FRI), Dehradun
2:50 PM Chemical Modification of Guar with Special Reference to CMHPG and
HPG: Technical Aspects for Consideration
Dr. T. Shekharam, Sr. Principal Scientist, CSIR - IICT, Hyderabad
3:15 PM Guar research at CCS, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana
Dr. U.N. Joshi, Senior Biochemist (Arid Legumes) and HOD, Biochemistry
Department, CCS, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar
3:40 PM *Use of Guar Gum in Shale Gas Exploration and Oil Drilling Needs and
Possibilities
Enamul Haque, National Institute of Agricultural Marketing, Jaipur
Session IV
4:05 PM Discussion and Chalking of Roadmap
4:45 PM Tea
*Still to be finalized