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VASANTDADA SUGAR INSTITUTEVSI Bulletin : Vol.-15, Issue-3, October, 2015

Vol. 12, Issue - 4, December 2012

Sugar output of the India has exceeded domesticdemand for the last four years. The country produced 28.1million tonne sugar in 2014-15 as against annual demandof 24.8 million tonne. Hence, the domestic ex-mill sugarprices have fallen to an average of Rs 22 to 25 per kg,affecting the financial health of the sugar mill and theirability to pay the cane price due of the farmers. TheCentral Govt. has taken several measures to help cashstarved domestic sugar mills e.g. assistance to sugar millsin the form of interest free loan of Rs 6600/- crore throughbanks; incentives for production and export of raw sugarduring 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons; soft loan of Rs 6000/- crore from banks with interest subvention andmoratorium for one year for sugar season 2014-15;smoothening of supply chain procedure for EthanolBlended Petrol (EBP); wavier of excise duty on ethanol tobe supplied for EBP in 2015-16 sugar season; increase inimport duty from 25% to 40% to discourage its import etc.Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the nation’s 11th President, died ofcardiac arrest on Monday 27th July 2015. The country haslost prominent and deeply respected personality innation and recognized internationally as a great scientist,an eminent statesman and visionary leader.

In a quarter, five meetings of ManagementCommittee were held. The Institute celebrated 69th

Independence day of the country. Dr. S V Patil, TechnicalAdviser & Head, Alcohol Technology and Mr. R AChandugade, Joint Technical Advisor, Sugar Engineeringwere awarded with Gold medal and Silver medal for theirresearch papers presented at the SISSTA conventionrespectively. Mr. Ashok Nikam and Ms. Pranali Kulkarniwere awarded Ph D degree by Savitribai Phule PuneUniversity, Pune.

During this quarter, a technical team of Dr. R S Hapase,Principal Scientist, Plant Breeding and Dr. K HarinathBabu, Senior Scientist, Molecular Biology & GeneticEngineering,VSI, Pune and Dr. K Mohan Naidu, Director,

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Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals (I) Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore visitedIndonesia from 13th -20th September 2015 to study thedevelopment of drought tolerance GM sugarcane. Mr.Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG and Mr. P V Ghodke, Scientist,Agronomy, VSI, Pune visited Rana Sugars Ltd Dist. Amritsar(Punjab) on 19th - 20th September 2015 to discuss thesugarbeet project and prospects of Maize & Sweet sorghumcrops for the production of ethanol. DG addressed thegathering in Multi- stakeholder workshop held at Hyderabadregarding water use efficiency of sugarcane.

Training is one of important aspects that refreshes andupdates the knowledge on latest technology of thepersonnel in different sections of sugar mills. VSI hasconducted four training programs viz. “Oos Sheti Dnyanyagand Dnyanlaxmi” for the men and women sugarcane growersand training program on -”Chemical Control and ReportPreparation” for the Chemists/ Lab Chemists in which 509sugarcane growers and 22 chemists participated from varioussugar mills. Similarly, the Institute has organized threeworkshops viz. “Alcolyser systems from Anton Paar and On-line monitoring systems in distilleries”, ‘‘Cane DevelopmentW ing: Staffing Pattern and Responsibilities” and“Management of Sugarcane Crop during Drought Situation”.

During the quarter under review, a two memberdelegation team from CACP Govt. of India visited VSI fordiscussing the recent research developments in sugarcane,sugar and by-products. The delegations appreciated VSI’sinfrastructure, research activties, analytical facilities andservices catered to the sugar industy. The AICRP( S)monitoring team comprising of four scientists had visited theinstitute during 20th - 21st September 2015 to monitor theAICRP(S) research program conducted at VSI. Mr. RajaramanSwaminathan, a representative of M/s TATA Projects QualityServices Ltd. visited VSI during 10th -11th August 2015 for stage-1 audit of Quality Management System implemented at VSI.

(M.R. Shinde)Editor


Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, one of India’s most renowned rocket scientists who served as the nation’s 11th

President, died of cardiac arrest on Monday 27th July 2015 at the age of 83. He was hospitalized aftercollapsing during a lecture in northeastern city of Shillong.

Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, the Director General (DG), VSI expressed heartfelt grief on the sudden demiseof our beloved former President and Bharat Ratna Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam. Condolence meeting to paytributes to him was held on 29th July 2015 in VSI’s the auditorium at 11.00 am. The DG said that he wasthe most popular President of our country and loved by the students. He shared the moments ofmemories spend with him and stated that every youth should take inspiration from the life of Dr. APJAbdul Kalam. He appealed to the staff and the students to read his book – Wings of Fire (Agnipankh).The meeting ended with to observing silence for the two minutes with a wish that his soul to rest inpeace.

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MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING

CONDOLENCE TO FORMER PRESIDENT OF INDIADR. APJ ABDUL KALAM

Four Investment Committee meetings wereheld on 13th July 2015, 12th August, 24th August 2015

and 14th September 2015. In addition, the PurchaseCommittee meeting was held on 24th August 2015.


Mr. Ashok A. Nikam, Scientific Officer, TissueCulture and Ms Pranali Arun Kulkarni, CSIR-SRFwere awarded with Ph D under the Faculty of

Science in the subject of Biotechnology bySavitribai Phule Pune University, Pune for the

thesis entitled “In vitro mutagenesis for geneticimprovement of salinity tolerance in sugarcane”

and “Isolation and comparative expression studiesof MYB transcription factor genes from sugarcaneand its wild relative species” respectively on 7th &

8th September 2015 under the guidance of Dr.Rachayya M Devarumath, Scientist/Guide,

Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering (MB &GE) and Co-guide as Dr. V S Ghole.

Ph D Award

CONGRACONGRACONGRACONGRACONGRATULATULATULATULATULATIONSTIONSTIONSTIONSTIONS

The council of South Indian Sugarcane and SugarTechnologists’ Association (SISSTA) selected thepapers entitled, “Critical Investigations of B-HeavyMolasses Route for Enhancing Alcohol Production”by S Y Mahind, U K Jadhav, R V Dani and S V Patil inby-products session and “Surplus Power Generationfrom Sugar Cane” by R A Chandgude, R V Dani and PG Patil in Sugar Engineering session. The papers werepresented by Dr. S V Patil, Technical Adviser & Head,Alcohol Technology and Mr. R A Chandgude, Joint

Gold Medal and Silver Medal for VSI from SISSTA

Mr. Ashok A. Nikam

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Ms. Pranali Arun Kulkarni

Technical Advisor, Sugar Engineering, VSI during the44th Annual Convention of SISSTA held on 24th - 25th

July 2014 at Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Mr. SY Mahind, Distillery Manager, Kisnanveer SSK Ltd. &Dr. S V Patil were honoured with the Gold Medal andR A Chandgude & P G Patil with Silver Medal in theinaugural function of 45th Annual Convention of SISSTAheld on 24th July 2015 at Bangaluru, Karnatakarespectively.


NEWS UPDATESNEWS UPDATES

Technical tour to IndonesiaAs per the information given by Dr. BhagirathChoudhary, Founder Director, South AsiaBiotechnology Centre (SABC) about the droughttolerant GM sugarcane being grown at Indonesiaunder multilocations in theirfactory ownedfarms and alsor e g i s t e r e dfarmer‘s fieldsand as per theinstructions givenby Hon.President, VSI;three membertechnical team ofDr. K MohanNaidu, Director,Rajshree Sugars& Chemicals (I)Pvt. Ltd.,Coimbatore; Dr. RS Hapase,P r i n c i p a lScientist, PlantBreeding and Dr. K Harinath Babu, Senior Scientist,Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering,VSI, Punevisited Center for Development of Advanced Scienceand Technology (CDAST), Jember University, Indonesiaon 13th -20th September 2015 to study developmentof drought tolerant GM sugarcane.

The University of Jember (a traditional university) isdeveloping transgenic sugarcane with tolerance todrought in collaboration with PTPN XI. They developedthis genotype by over expression of bet A geneencoding for choline dehygrogenase (CDH) throughAgrobacterium mediated transformation. This geneconstruct has hygromycine and neomycin as

selectable marker genes. They have developed 6independent lines having single copy number of thegene confirmed by Southern blot hybridization. Theyalso developed transgeni c sugarcane for more

s u c r o s eaccumulation byover expression ofSoSPS1 and SoSUT1genes.

Dr R S Hapsasep r e s e n t e dactivities of VSI,Pune throughdocumentary filmand Dr. K MohanNaidu introducedabout RajshreeSugars andChemicals (I) Pvt.Ltd, Coimbatoreduring the meetingwith Prof. BambangSugihato, Director,CDAST, Jember

University. The CDAST made the followingpresentations to the technical team.

a) Development of new sugarcane cultivars usingmodern biotechnology by Prof. Bambang Sugihato,Director, C DAST, Jember University.b) Bio-safety assessment of genetically modifiedplants: Drought Tolerance GM sugarcane – A casestudy by Mrs. Nurmala Sari, Scientist, PTPN XI

As per the Cartegena protocols, they have got the bio-safety approvals from Department of Environment,Food and Feed Ministry, Biosafety Commission for GMProduct (by President Regulation) and its organs.However, they are yet to take approval from

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Dr. R.S. Hapase, Dr. K.H. Babu (VSI) & Dr. K. Mohan Naidu,RSCL, Dr. Moh. Hasan, Vice-Chancellor; Prof. Dr. BambangSugiharto, Director, C DAST; Mrs. Nurmala Sari, Scientist,

PTPN, Mrs. Natalia Tri Austiti, QC Officer, PTPN


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Assessment team of social economic impact forcommercial release.

The team visited Jatiroto Sugar Mill, Jatiroto andSukosari Research Center, Banyuwangi located 30km and 130 km from Jember respectively to see thenursery farms (conventional system & single budsystem), fields of GM sugarcane with droughttolerance experiment trials and Soil & Entomologylaboratories.

Overall remarks of team on the field performanceof the drought tolerant GM sugarcane inIndonesia:

The team visited only about 2.1 hectares outof 50 hectares as reported under GMsugarcane variety.Field appearance of the GM crop is better thanthe control variety because of green tops andthere was no any pithiness in the GM canes.Drought tolerant sugarcane (NXI-4T) isplanted in 0.8 hectares land and controls arefirst ratoon crop which is being maintained.Crop is 8 months old, distance between tworows are of one meter, Field appearance ofthe transgenic crop is good.

OBSERVATION IN FIELD

Performance of drought tolerantGM sugarcane (NXI-4T) in thefield (0.80 ha)

Performance of controlsugarcane (BL-19) in the field

(0.80 ha)

Inter-node borer and Pokkah boeing diseaseswere observed in both control and GM plants.Quality characters in GM crop (plant crop) wasfound lower than controls (because it is aratoon crop)The data on the effect of fodder fromtransgenic sugarcane tops or green leaves oncattle, consumption of juice from transgenicsugarcane on human being, soil testing, rainfalland humidity was not available.Different quality parameters like brix percent,pol percent and pithiness at 10th, 12th & 14th

month is awaiting from PTPN XI.

The future plan of action will be decided in GoverningCouncil meeting of the Institute.


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DG’s visit to Rana Sugars Ltd., Amrutsar, Punjab

Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG, VSI and Mr. P V Ghodke,Scientist, Agronomy section visited Rana Sugars LtdDist. Amritsar(Punjab) on 19th -20th September 2015to discuss thesugarbeet projectand prospects ofMaize & Sweetsorghum crops forthe production ofethanol as perinvitation from Mr.Rana Jagjeet Singh,President, Ranasugars group(Punjab and UttarPradesh).

Mr Amrik Singh Khattar, General Manager (GM-cane)shared his experience of sugarbeet crop from last threeyears and showed working of 3500 TBD sugarbeetprocessing plant. He informed that farmers weregetting good beet yields but at the time of beetharvesting rains and non- availability of properselective post- emergent herbicide were theconstraints for good plant population and sugarrecovery. During visit of sugarcane farmer’s fields, DG,

VSI had discussed on cultural operations usually carriedout by the farmers. He suggested that farmers should

adopt site specific cropm a n a g e m e n tpractices, viz.selection of variety,quality seed, seedtreatment, integratednutrient managementand interculturaloperations forimprovement ofproductivity andquality of sugarbeet aswell as sugarcanecrops. He highlightedVSI’s proactive role inthe development of

agro-techniques for the evaluation of differentsugarbeet & sugarcane varieties and extensionservices provided to the sugar mills on large scale forcultivation of sugarbeet and sugarcane crops. TheDiscussions were held on area under maize and sweetsorghum crops in Punjab with their cost benefit ratioand prospects for these crops as raw material forproduction of ethanol in near future.

Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG, VSI with Mr Amrik Singh Khattar,GM-Cane, Rana Sugars Ltd at sugarcane farmer’s field.

Committee :K R Patil, Dr. R V Dani, Dr. S V Patil, D B Phonde,Dr. Deepali Nimbalkar, Ms. Seema Joshi

Advisor : Shivajirao DeshmukhEditor : M R Shinde, A A PrabhavalkarLayout & Photography : Sanjay A Dawari

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The 69th Independence Day of India was celebratedin VSI on 15th August 2015 by hoisting the nationalflag by Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG, in presence ofall the VSI staff and students.

Celebration of 69th Independence Day of India at VSI

On this occasion, awards were given to 25 childrenof employees of VSI at the hands of DG for achievingexcellent performance at various levels of academiccareer.


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Welcome functionThe students of M Sc (semester-III) of Wine, Brewingand Alcohol Technology(WBAT) organized welcomefunction on 14th August 2015 for fresh studentsjoining the course for academic year 2015-16. Theprogram started with worship of Goddess Saraswatifollowed by enlightening of lamp by Dr. S V Patil,Technical Adviser & Head, Alcohol Technology. In an inaugural speech, Dr. S V Patil welcomed allthe students and a briefly introduced thedepartmental activities on research, academic andextension. He also provided guidance to the studentsregarding scope and potential for the course andchoice of specialization subjects to pursue their careerin the field of Second Generation Biofuels, BrewingTechnology and Enology.In replies to the queries raised by the fresh studentsregarding future potential of alcohol industry in India,he described overall global scenario of ethanolindustry and current updates of 10 % ethanol blendingprogram policy of India with facts and figures. He

said that under circumstances of drop in sugar prices,B-Heavy route will be an attractive option forenhancing ethanol production by the distilleries. Tomeet this challenge, all alcohol manufactured bymolasses based distilleries might be diverted toethanol and there will be huge demand of alcohol forpotable and other purposes. The spirit manufacturedby the grain distilleries will probably meet thischallenge. He also expressed his opinion aboutbrewing and wine sector and their current growthrates in India. To meet these challenges, there ishuge demand of technical personnel from theseindustries and these companies will offer attractivesalaries and recruit VSI’s students.The fresh students introduced themselves andexpressed their thoughts about joining this reputedInstitute. The representative students of semester –IIIalso expressed their gratitude towards teaching staff.The function was coordinated by Mr. HarshwardhanJadhav, and concluded with vote of thanks by Ms.Shubhangi Maske, M Sc (semester-III) students.

STUDENT'S CORNERSTUDENT'S CORNER

Ecological excursion


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In Amphibians, students encountered Malabar GlidingFrog (Rhacophorus malabaricus), Amboli tree frog(Philautus amboli), Wrinkled frog (Nyctibatrachushumayuni), Koyna Toad (Bufo koynayensis),Beddome’s burrowing frog, Criket frog, Fungoid frogand the Caecilians and In plant kingdom, IndianPavetta, Blue eranthemum, Lantana, Tambervel,Scarlet Milkweed, Sonkadi, Konkan Begonia, Rantil,Glory Lily etc. were predominant species observedin and around Amboli.

The students also watched viz. Scarlet Minivets, Puff-throated Babblers, Brown-cheeked Fulvettas, Emerald

Dove, Red-whiskered & Yellow-browedBulbuls,Crimson & Crimson-backed Sunbirds, Leaf birds, etc.many of which are endemic to Western Ghats. Theyalso visited famous location as Amboli water fall,Mahadev gad, forest department garden and theorigin of Hiranyakeshi river.

Students also visited Kochra well known forDungeshwar sacred grove (Devrai). The forest was oldwith plenty of old trees and climbers represent theclimax vegetation of the region and traditionallyprotected by the local communities.

Department of Environmental Sciences had organizedecological excursion during 08th -11th September 2015for the students of M Sc Environmental Sciences atAmboli and Kochra located at Sindhudurg district,Maharashtra. In excursion, 32 students with Mr. VivekPatil, faculty member and Mr. Harshal Bhosale anexpert biologist participated.

Amboli is one of the hill stations in Sindhudurg dis-trict receiving the rainfall about 7446 mm per annum.Though it is famous as a hill station, not many know

that this place is extremely rich in Herpetofauna, wild-flowers and birds.

During visit, students were taught about animals,birds, reptiles, amphibians and plants diversity as wellas about the ecosystems present in the habitat. Theluminary attraction in Amboli are the wonderful arrayof reptiles that includes Malabar Pit Viper, Green KeelBack, Banded Racer, Olive Forest Snake, Beddome’sKeelback Snake, Green vine Snakes, Shield tail snakes,Deccan-banded Gecko etc.


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An interactive meet cum workshop on “AlcolyserSystems from Anton Paar and On-Line MonitoringSystems in Distilleries” was held on 5th August 2015at VSI, Pune that was attended by 120 delegatesfrom distillery industry.

In the introductory speech, Dr. S V Patil, TechnicalAdviser & Head, Department of Alcohol Technologybriefed the audience about the objectives andcontent of the workshop.

On behalf of Anton Paar India Pvt. Ltd., Mr. MarkusPeterherr, Product Manager, Anton Paar GmbH, Graz,Austria, made a presentation on “Analyticalinstrumentation dedicated to the spirits industry”. Thepresentation included information on variousinstruments such as for Density & ConcentrationMeasurement, Polarimetry & Refractometry,Viscometry, Rheometry & Material Characterization,Alcolyser Spirits M/ME, Snap 50 (Portable AlcoholMeter) etc. He explained the basis of design andapplications of each instrument. In subsequentpresentation Mr. Hemant Bakshi, Product Manager,Alcohol Technologies, made a brief presentation on“Anton Paar Process instrumentation for the distilleryindustry”. He explained the application of instrumentfor measurement of solids and alcohol concentrationfor monitoring fermentation processes in grain baseddistillery. Presentations were followed by practicaldemonstration of determination of alcoholconcentration in fermentation broth, rectified spirit,fuel ethanol, wine, beer, whisky, brandy, rum, gin,vodka etc using Anton Paar instruments. Theparticipants from distillery industry took keeninterest in demonstration and various aspects relatedto the application of the instruments. Mr. MarkusPeterherr and his team explained in detail about theworking and application of the various instruments.

In post lunch session, Dr. S V Patil, Technical Adviser& Head, Alcohol Technology, delivered a briefpresentation based on various meetings anddiscussion held with State/ Central Pollution ControlBoard offices on topic entitled, “Recent and AdditionalCPCB Guidelines/ Directions for Molasses BasedDistilleries”. In the beginning, he explained recentdevelopments on installation of online monitoringsystems in distillery industry and recent additions inCPCB norms regarding Biocomposting as follows:

1. Bio-composting will now be approved with thecondition that the volume of spent wash mustbe reduced to 40 % or below after RO or MEE.

2. All distilleries are required to install MEE withor without RO for the purpose of reducing spentwash volume.

3. Open sale of bio-compost shall not be allowedin any form.

4. The quality and composition of bio-compostshall be super scribed on poly bags in which itis packed along with the name of themanufacturer.

At the end, the name and contact details of concernedCPCB officer was given for any further queries /

WORKSHOPSWORKSHOPS

INTERACTIVE MEET CUM WORKSHOP ON “ALCOLYSER SYSTEMS FROMANTON PAAR AND ON-LINE MONITORING SYSTEMS IN DISTILLERIES”


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information required on installation of onlinemonitoring systems and achieving Zero LiquidDischarge.

of online monitoring system as well as parameter tobe analysed for discharge.

In concluding session Dr. S V Patil, Mr. Ketan Wadiaand Mr. Rajesh Patil collectively answered queriesraised by the distillery participants on various aspectsof online monitoring system such as operation,maintenance and cost etc. Dr. S V Patil thanked alldistillery representatives for their keen interest andactive participation in the workshop.

Mr. Ketan Wadia, Sales Head, DNP International, Surat,and Mr. Rajesh Patil, Head, Actual Business, ForbesMarshall, delivered brief presentations on “OnlineEffluent Quality Monitoring Station for Sugar andDistillery”. They provided details on recent guidelinesof State/Central Pollution Control Board for installation

ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON ‘‘CANE DEVELOPMENT WING:STAFFING PATTERN AND RESPONSIBILITIES”

One day workshop on “Cane Development Wing:Staffing Pattern andResponsibilities” wasorganized by AgriculturalSciences and TechnologyDivision (AS&TD) on 22nd

August 2015 at VSI, Pune.Mr. B H Pawar, Sr. Scientist& Head, Plant Pathologywelcomed Chief Guests,Mr. Pandurang Shelake,Joint Director (Dev.) SugarCommissionerate, Puneand Mr. B B Gavit, Retd.Director of Sugar, Sugar Commissionerate, Pune andparticipants from sugar mills. He highlighted theimportance of the topic of the workshop. The workshopwas inaugurated by Mr. Pandurang Shelake by lighting

of traditional lamp. In inaugural address, he stated roleof the cane developmentwing to make availablethe good qualitysugarcane in theoperational area andassured the help forimplementing ther e c o m m e n d a t i o nemerged in the workshop.Mr. B B Gavit, Chief Guest,presented his lecture on‘Staffing Pattern andResponsibilities’ of Cane

Development Division of Sugar Mills in Maharashtraand asked all the participants for their views andsuggestions on staffing pattern of the cane developmentwing at sugar mills.


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In the technical session, Mr. B H Pawar, delivered thelecture on ‘Role of Cane Development Division in SugarMill’. He reviewed the sugar and sugarcane scenarioat global, national and state levels. The fiverepresentatives viz. Mr.D B Jadhav, CDO, Shree DattaShetkari SSK Ltd., Dattanagar, Kolhapur; Mr. V MChavan, CDO, Tatyasaheb Kore Warana SSK Ltd.,Warananagar, Kolhapur; Mr. A J Mujumdar, GM(Cane), Jawahar Shetkari SSK Ltd. Hupari, Shri.Kallappanna Awadenagar, Kolhapur; Mr. S C Kumthekar,CAO, Sahakar Maharshi Shankarrao Mohite Patil SSKLtd., Shankarnagar, Akluj, Solapur and Mr.V P Shinde ,CCDO, Samarth SSK Ltd., Ankushnagar, Jalna madepresentation on the theme of workshop.In the concluding session, Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG,VSI expressed the need of spread of modern technologyof sugarcane agriculture to the farmers by the staffworking in the cane development wing of the sugarmills. The participants from the sugar mills resolvedtheir doubts on difficulties faced during implementingcane development activities. Total 98 participants from53 sugar mills of Maharashtra participated in theworkshop. The program was concluded with a vote ofthanks by Mr. B J Takalkar, Scientific Officer.After workshop, a meeting of Working Group for CaneDevelopment under the Chairmanship of Mr. ShivajiraoDeshmukh, DG, VSI, was held with the members ofthe core group and the Heads of Sections of AS&TD.The Working Group made following recommendations:

1. Every sugar mill should have separate full fledgecane development wing for carrying out canedevelopment work.

2. Each sugar mill should prepare cane developmentplan with budgetary provision and activities needs

to be executed in the area. Mill should take helpof VSI to prepare cane development plan.

3. The staff of the cane development wing needsto be trained at VSI.

4. The Management of the sugar mill shouldsupport cane development work and makeprovision for enough trained staff, audio visualaids for extension and transport facilities.

5. Each sugar mill should prepare planting andharvesting program with the help of VSI andexecute properly to procure sufficient and goodquality raw material to the sugar mill.

6. The cane development wing should use computerfacilities with internet to accelerate the workwith minimum overhead charges.

The working group discussed and finalized nextworkshop on - “Management of sugarcane crop duringdrought situation” to be organized on 26th September2015 with the following topics.

1. Drought situation in Maharashtra and sugarcanecrop management - Mr. D B Phonde, SeniorScientist & Head, Soil Science, VSI.

2. Integrated pest management in sugarcane duringdrought situation in Maharashtra- Mr. R G Yadav,Scientific Officer and Head, Agril. Entomology, VSI.

3. Disease development and management insugarcane during drought situation inMaharashtra -Mr.B H Pawar, Senior Scientist &Head, Plant Pathology, VSI.

In addition, representatives of sugar mills viz. Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar SSK Ltd., Dist. Osmanabad, KadawaSSK Ltd., Dist. Nasik and Madhukar SSK Ltd., Dist. Jalgaonwill present their views on theme of workshop. Themeeting concluded with vote of thanks to the chair.


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One day workshop on “Management of SugarcaneCrop during DroughtSituation” was organizedby AS&TD, VSI on 26th

September 2015. Mr. B HPawar, Sr. Scientist &Head, Plant Pathologywelcomed Chief Guests,Mr. A J Gore, Chairman, Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar SSKLtd., Dist.Osmanabad andDr. Shankarrao S Magar,Ex. Vice Chancellor, Dr.Balasaheb Sawant K K VDapoli, Dist. Ratnagiri and all participants of thesugar mills and highlighted the importance of thetopic of the workshop. The workshop was inauguratedby Mr. A J Gore and Dr. S S Magar by lighting oftraditional lamp.

In inaugural address, Dr. Shankarrao Magarhighlighted the prevailing drought situation in thestate and appealed to all participants to save thesugarcane crop under water scarcity situation. He toldthat farmers should realize the need of water forsugarcane crop and advised judicious use of waterby adopting advanced technologies including dripirrigation in agriculture for water saving. He alsosuggested to undertake survey of the sugarcanefields during drought situation and advise farmersaccordingly. He informed that sugarcane being a C4crop, utilizing maximum CO2 generated and keeps theenvironment clean.

Mr. A J Gore, in his presidential speech appealed toall concerned not to demoralize the sugarcanegrowers during this drought situation prevailing inthe state. He told that sugarcane is the only cropwhich fight water scarcity situation. He explained theefforts and control measures undertaken by his sugarmill to protect the sugarcane crop in severe droughtsituation in the operational area. He also expected

ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON “MANAGEMENT OF SUGARCANE CROPDURING DROUGHT SITUATION”

that farmers should plan proper utilization of availablewater for sugarcane andthis strong ambitionpower definitelyovercome the difficultiesfaced by sugar industry.In the technical session,the following lectureswere delivered:1. ‘Drought situation inMaharashtra andsugarcane cropmanagement’ by Mr. D BPhonde, Senior Scientist &

Head, Soil Science, VSI.2. ‘Integrated pest management in sugarcane

during drought situation in Maharashtra’ byMr. R G Yadav, Scientific Officer and Head,Agril. Entomology, VSI.

3. ‘Disease management in sugarcane underdrought condition’ by Mr. B H Pawar, SeniorScientist & Head, Plant Pathology, VSI.

4. ‘Drought situation in the operational area ofthe sugar mill and efforts being taken for themanagement of sugarcane crop during droughtsituation’ by Mr. S S Shingare, CaneDevelopment Officer, Dr. BabasahebAmbedkar SSK Ltd., Osmanabad

In the concluding session, the participants resolvedtheir doubts on the difficulties and constraints duringmanagement of sugarcane crop in drought situation.The program was concluded with a vote of thanks byMr. R G Yadav. Total 63 participants from 34 sugarmills of Maharashtra attended the workshop.In meeting of the members of the core group and theHead of Sections of AS&TD, the followingrecommendations were made:

1. Sugar mills should undertake survey in theiroperational area to see the crop condition in


drought and formulate the plan of action tominimize the losses by adopting correctivemeasures.

2. The crop planted in suru season and lateratoon mainly suffers in drought situation.Therefore, considering the water availability,additional fertilizer dose should be given inthe form of urea @ 2 bags per acre. Foliarapplication of multi-nutrients liquid fertilizerscontaining macro and micro nutrients andAcetobactor will be useful for enhancing thesugarcane growth.

3. In the crushing season priority needs to begiven to adsali, preseason crops for maximumratooning. Trash mulching, use ofdecomposing culture, urea and SSP should bemade compulsory in ratoon management.

4. Drip system of the irrigation should beemployed in the new sugarcane crop.

5. The three tier seed nursery program should bestrengthened for supply of good quality seedfor planting and to overcome the shortage ofseed in 2016-17 planting season.

6. The preventive and curative control measuresshould be adopted for management of insectpest and diseases of sugarcane in integratedmanner.The working group discussed and finalized next

workshop on “Sugarcane Ratoon Management” tobe organized on 31st October 2015. The topic forpresentation will be “ Ratoon Management inSugarcane” by Mr. P V Ghodake, Scientific Officer.In addition, representatives of sugar mills viz. Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar SSK Ltd., Dist. Osmanabad,Natural Sugar Pvt. Ltd., Dist. Osmanabad and ShreePandurang SSK Ltd., Dist. Solapur will present theirviews on theme of workshop. The meetingconcluded with vote of thanks to the chair.

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Project Launch and Multi- stakeholderWorkshop on “Inceasing Water Use Efficiency inSugarcane Growing in India” was held on 10th

September 2015 at Hyderabad. Ms DominiqueKuhling, Deputy Head, Embassy of Netherland inIndia was the chief guest for the function. Thewelcome address was given by Dr. ShatadruChattopadhyay, Managing Director, SolidaridadNetwork Asia. The overview of the project wastaken by Mr. Sven Siielhorst, Internationalprogram manager, Solidaridad Network. Therewas a presentation by Ella Lammers, senioradvisor, Public Global Goods, Department ofInternational Corporation, Netherlands EnterpriseAgency, Government of Netherlands. Mr. BhadruMalloth, Director of Sugar and CaneCommissioner, addressed the gathering onGovernment policies with respect to sugar sectorin Telangana State. The guest of honour for thefunction were Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG , VSI,Pune., Mr. R. Varadarajan, Director, Trident Sugars& Rajashree Sugars and Chemicals Ltd., Mr.

WORKSHOP ON - “INCREASING WATER USE EFFICIENCY INSUGARCANE GROWING IN INDIA”

Ravindra S Sanghavi, Managing Director & CEO,NSL Sugars Ltd., Prof. E Suresh Kumar, Registrar,Osmania University and Ms Annemarie Klaasse,eLeaf, Netherlands also addressed the gathering.The farmers knowedge tool- crop calender wasreleased by Ms Dominique Kuhling and Mr. BhadruMalloth. After the project launch, multi-stakeholder roundtable meeting was held fordiscussion on the project in which therepresentatives of Solidaridad Network, NSLSugars Ltd., Trident Sugars & Rajashree Sugars andChemicals Ltd., Director of Sugar and CaneCommissioner Telangana State, farmers fromTelangana, Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG , Mr. P PShinde, Scientist, Mr. D B Phonde , Sr. Scientistfrom VSI participated. DG, VSI also attendedsteering committee of the project held on 11th

September 2015.

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VISITORS TO VSIVISITORS TO VSI

A delegation team of Mr. D S Raghu and Mr. KaibalyaPradhan members ofthe Commission onAgricultural Cost andPrices (CACP), Govt. ofIndia visited VSI on 12th

August 2015 along withMr. Pandurang Shelke, Jt.Director (Development),Office of SugarCommissionerate, Puneand Mr. Mane,Secretary, Sakhar Sangh, Mumbai. The team visitedSugar Technology, Alcohol Technology, PlantBreeding, Soil Science, Plant Molecular Biology &Genetic Engineering and Tissue Culture to make

VISIT OF CACP DELEGATIONthemselves aware of the activities of each department

and appreciated theactivities and the servicesrendered by the Institute tothe sugar industry.Dr. R V Dani, TechnicalAdvisor & Head, SugarTechnology, VSI welcomedthe members of team. Theteam made discussion onthe issues on diversion of B-heavy molasses for ethanol

production, production cost of sugar, Fair andRemunerative Price etc. A visit program and meetingof delegation was coordinated by Mr. M R Shinde, Sr.Statistician, VSI.

VISIT OF Mr. Rajaraman Swaminathan, Auditor

VSI is going for ISO 9001-2008 Quality ManagementSystem certification. This work has been given to M/s TATA Projects Quality Services Ltd., Hyderabad forevaluation and certification. Mr. RajaramanSwaminathan of M/s TATA Projects Quality Services

Ltd. visited VSI during 10-11th August 2015 andcompleted stage-1 audit (document adequacyverification) and suggested to go for stage -2 audit(Quality Management System).

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VISIT OF AICRP(S) MONITORING TEAM TO ZVT TRIALSThe All India Coordinated Research Project on SugarcaneAICRP(S) monitoring team comprising of four scientistsheaded by Dr. J Singh, Principal Scientist, Plant Breeding,Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow (UP); Dr.R K Sahu, Prof. and Project Leader Sugarcane Pathology,Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture,Gobind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Tech-nology, Pantnagar – 263145, Uttarakhand; Dr. S K Ghoshal,Soil Scientist, Sugarcane Research Station Bethuadahari -741126, Nadia (WB) and Dr. K P Pandey, Senior ScientificOfficer, UP Council of Sugarcane Research, Shahjahanpurvisited the institute during 20th - 21st September 2015. Theteam visited the experiments conducted at research farmas per the technical program 2015-16 of AICRP(S) by thePlant Breeding, Agronomy, Soil Science, Entomology andPlant Pathology. The team members visited three ZonalVarietal Trials and the seedlings (total 9,225) raised fromfluff under fluff supply program of AICRP(S). The promis-ing genotypes from zonal varietal trials under early andMidlate group are as under-

1. Initial Varietal Trial-Early: Co 12007, CoM 12081,Co 12001

2. Advanced Varietal Trial-I Plant-Early : Co 10026,Co 10004, Co 10024

3. Advanced Varietal Trial-II Plant-Early : Co 09007,CoN 09072, Co 09004

4. Advanced Varietal Trial-I Plant-Ratoon-Early : CoN09072, Co 09007, Co 09004

5. Initial Varietal Trial-Midlate: VSI 12121, Co 12021,CoM 12086

6. Advanced Varietal Trial-I Plant-Midlate: Co 10033,PI 10132, CoT 10368

Team appreciated the crop growth in all the experimentsof Plant Breeding, Agronomy, Entomology and Plant

Pathology section conducted under AICRP(S) atVasantdada R & D farm and progress under fluff supplyprogram of Plant Breeding.

Dr. S. K. Ghoshal visited the experiment viz. AS 42 (Agro-nomic evaluation of promising sugarcane genotypes),AS 69 (Use of Plant Growth Regulators (PGR) for en-hanced yield and quality of sugarcane) and AS 68 (Im-pact of integrated application of organic and inorganicin improving soil health and sugarcane productivity) andappreciated the results and conduct of the experiments.

Dr. K P Pandey visited the six trials of Entomology viz.E.4.1 (Evaluation of zonal genotypes for their reactionagainst major insect pests), E.28 (Survey and surveillanceof sugarcane insects pests in Maharashtra state), E.30(Monitoring of insect pests and Bioagents in sugarcaneagro ecosystem), E.34 (Standardization of simple, costeffective techniques for mass multiplication of sugarcanebioagents), E.36 (Management of borer complex of sug-arcane through lures) and E.37 (Bio-efficacy of new insec-ticides for the control of sugarcane early shoot borer). Heappreciated the trials and observed the growth of all va-rieties /clones. In E.37 spraying of Chlorantonilliprole18.5% @ 375 ml/ha at 30 DAP and 60 DAP, Soil applicationof Chlorantroniliprole 0.4 G @ 22.5 kg/ha and Fipronil 0.3G @ 25kg/ha at the time of planting and 60 DAP areshowing better control of early shoot borer along withgood crop growth as compared with other insecticidestreatments and untreated control.

Dr. R K Sahu visited the three trials of Plant Pathology atVasantdada R & D farm and appreciated the layout,growth of crop and maintenance of the trials. He sug-gested for rouging of grassy shoot affected stools in ex-periment PP 17 B.

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TRAINING PROGRAMSTRAINIG PROGRAMS

In the memory of founder president latePadmabhushan Dr. Vasantdada Patil, “Oos ShetiDnyanyag and Dnyanlaxmi” – residential trainingprograms were organized for men and womensugarcane growers of Maharashtra at VSI duringmonths of June- July 2015 in four batches in the firstphase. The details on these five days trainingprograms conducted during 22nd June to 17th July 2015period and attended by total 509 participants wereas mentioned below:

“OOS SHETI DNYANYAG AND DNYANLAXMI”techniques, weed management , soil fertility andfertilizer management, irrigation water management,use of bio-fertilizers, farm mechanization, sugarcaneeconomics, ratoon management, and integrateddisease & pest management. All the lecturers stressedmore emphasis on practicals and fielddemonstrations.

Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG, VSI presided overthe concluding sessions and interacted with the

Training programs were inaugurated by the famer’srepresentative and welcome address by thecoordinator of respective batch. The programcomprising modern & scientific sugarcane cultivationtechnologies covering the lectures on various topicslike sugarcane varieties & varietal planning, seednursery management, tissue culture, modern planting

farmers regarding their sugarcane farming difficultiesand suggested to take the advantage of facilitiesavailable at VSI. In the plenary session, all thetrainees clears their doubts from the respectivesubject experts and participants expressedsatisfaction regarding facilities provided duringtraining period.

BatchNo.

Area frin which the farmersparticipated

No. ofParticipants

No. of sugar mills,Individuals & Govt.

participation

Period

Oos Sheti Dnyanyag (Men)

I 22nd to 26th Kolhapur District and Vidarbha Region 121 Sugar mills – 4June 2015 Individual – 2

II 30th June to Sangli and Satara Districts, Marathwada 198 Sugar mills –124th July 2015 and Khandesh Region ATMA, Pune – 15

Individual – 5III 6th July to Central Maharashtra -Pune, Ahmednagar, 137 Sugar mills –9

10th July 2015 Solapur & Nasik, Member sugar mills Individual – 3from outside states.

Oos Sheti Dnyanlaxmi (Women)

IV 13th to 17th All Maharashtra Women -51 Sugar mills –6July 2015 Men - 2 Individual – 1

Total participants (Women +Men) 509 Sugar mills Participated: 26IndividualFarmers: 11 ATMA-Pune Farmers : 15

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“CHEMICAL CONTROL AND REPORT PREPARATION”A training program on “Chemical Control and ReportPreparation” was organized by the Sugar TechnologyDepartment, VSI during27th July to 1st August,2015. A trainingprogram was the first ofits kind organized by VSIas per demand andneeds of the sugarindustry. This trainingwas organizedspecifically for LabChemist, Lab In -chargeand ManufacturingChemist working in thesugar mills to get acquainted with basic calculationsrequired for the chemical control and various reportspreparation for better exposure and to increaseprecision of the reports preparation regarding sugarprocessing operations.

The participants were given an opportunity to usechemical control software by themselves and

generation of thevarious reports. Thedoubts of theparticipants duringdemonstrations wereclarified. The trainingprogram was attendedby 22 participated fromvarious sugar mills andthey expressedsatisfaction over theusefulness of thetraining program.

The program was coordinated by Dr. R N Bhosale,Technical Advisor under the guidance of Dr. R V Dani,Technical Advisor & Head, Sugar Technology.

Participation in Training programDr. Preeti Deshmukh, Scientist, Soil Scienceparticipated in NRDMS (DST) sponsored trainingprogram on “Geospatial Technologies in Mapping,Monitoring and Management of Natural Resources”held during 5th – 25th August 2015 at the NationalBureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur.The contents of the training was very helpful to studyand use for GPS and GIS based mapping of sugarcanegrowing areas in Maharashtra.Mr. Vivek P. Patil, Research Assistant, Department ofEnvironmental Sciences attended two trainingprograms viz. ‘Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)Process and Procedures (as per MoEF)’ andMeteorology, Air Quality Modeling and Prediction’held during 20th -22nd July 2015 organized by NationalInstitute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NI-MSME) at Hyderabad and 21st -23rd September 2015organized by Gujarat Energy Research and

Management Institute (GERMI), Gandhi Nagar,Gujarat respectively.The objective of the first training was to comprehendthe current requirements for environmental clearanceand EIA procedures as per the guidelines of Ministryof Environment, Forests and Climate Change, NationalAccreditation Board for Education and Training, aswell as Pollution Control Board.The second training program was focused onapplication of air quality models and simulation inenvironment impact assessment and meteorologicaldata used in modelling, Selection of ambient airquality (AAQ) monitoring locations, designing of AAQmonitoring network, AQ models: Source to receptor-point source, area source, line source models, livedemonstration of AERMOD and ISCST3 software etc.

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VISITOR TO VSIVISITOR TO VSIFollowing institutions Board of Directors, Officers, farmers and students visited Vasantdada Sugar Institute,Pune to see new innovations and technologies developed by VSI as well as the plots of experiments during lastthree months (Jul-Aug-Sep. :2015)

Name of Institution Visitors TotalJuly 2015

Senior Agril. Development Officer, Athner , Dist: Baitul (State-MP) Officers and Farmer 150 (8)

Office of Cane Development Council. M/S.Gayatri Sugars Ltd., General Manager, 40Nizamsagar Unit, Dist: Nizamabad (State- Telengana) Officers and Farmers

Sri Sarvaraya Sugar Ltd., Chellaru-533261, East Godavari(State-AP) Managersand Officers 4

Individual Farmers from Maharashtra State Farmers 90 (26)

Individual Officers from outside State Officers 4 (2)

August 2015

Shree Khedut Sahakari Khand Udyog Mandli Ltd., Officers and Farmers 57(14)Bardoli (State: Gujrat)

Sri Sarvaraya Sugar Ltd., Chellaru-533261, East Godavari(State-AP) Managersand Officers 4

Individual Farmers from Maharashtra State Farmers 67 (16)

Individual Officers from outside State Officers 5 (3)

September 2015

The Malegaon SSK Ltd.,Malegaon Bk. Post- shivnagar, Board of Directors 6Tal. Baramati, Dist:Pune – 413 116

Koregaon Taluka Agriculture Office,Dist: Satara Officers and Farmers 52

Office of Cane Development Council. M/S.Gayatri Sugars Ltd., Officers and Farmers 48Nizamsagar Unit, Nizamabad (Dist.) (State – Telengana)

Manadal Krishi Adhikari, KatiDist: Osmanabad Officers and Farmers 70

Deputy Directorate of Farmers Development,Damoh, (State – MP) Officers and Farmers 63

Lokmangal College of Agricultural Biotechnology, Wadala Lecturers and Students 37Tal: North SolapurDist: Solapur

Individual Farmers from Maharashtra State Farmers 147(35)

Individual Farmers from outside State Farmers 7(4)

Total : 851(120)

- Bracket figures denote number of visits

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