The Indian Dairy Association (IDA), the apex body of dairy industry in India, will be organizing 49th dairy industry conference at the helipad exhibition grounds, Gandhinagar from March 16 to March 18.
The theme of the IDA conference is ‘India: Dairy to the world- opportunities and challenges’. The conference with concurrent Indian Dairy Expo is being organized by the west zone of IDA in association with Gujarat state chapter.
Gujarat had last hosted IDA’s conference in 1996 when Dr Verghese Kurien was the chairman of Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) as well as the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
This year’s conference would be the first physical meet after the Covid-19 pandemic. Leaders from the dairy industry, experts, farmers, milk producers and exhibitors from across the country will attend various thematic technical sessions for three days.
The events include knowledge sessions, poster presentation, exhibitions, farmer sessions, Dr Kurien Memorial lecture and Dr M R Srinivasan memorial lecture. The conference will also see presence of Piercristiano Brazzale, president of the International Dairy Federation (IDF), and Caroline Emond, director general of IDF, apart from Meenesh Shah, chairman of NDDB.
IDA’s members include cooperatives, MNCs, corporate bodies, private institutions, educational institutions, government and public sector units.
