Conference Videos

Conference Videos

Day 1 : 19th November 2015, Pune

Inauguration Ceremony
  1. Introduction by Dr. Akriti Singh Presidential Address – Dr. Kaushik Banerjee, President, India Section of AOAC INTERNATIONAL and Keynote Speaker – Prof. M.S. Wadia, Professor Emeritus and Ex-Professor and Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Pune
Technical Session 1 : Food Safety
  1. Welcome Address – Dr. Kaushik Banerjee, President, India Section of AOAC INTERNATIONAL and “Ensuring the Safety and Quality of Ingredients using Harmonized Analytical Methods” Talk by Dr. Murali Reddy, Section Manager, Food Safety & Analytical Research, Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Laboratories, Columbus, USA 
  2. Global Food Safety Regulations and Challenges for Trade Related Analytical Compliance – The Role of Technology : Talk by Dr. Paul B. Young
  3. Implementing Multi-Residue Methodologies for Monitoring Residues in Foods Using LC-MS(/MS) : Talk by Dr. Simon Hird, FPrinciple Scientist, Waters Corporation, Manchaster, UK
  4. Advances in Analytical Technologies for Food Safety & Quality Testing : Talk by Dr. Nick Mitchell, Managing Director, Phenomix Corporation, India
  5. Presentation of Momentum by Dr. Kaushik Banerjee to all speakers
  6. Introduction of the Speakers followed by brief layout of the session.
    Dr. Kaushik Banerjee and  Quantitative Analysis of Pesticides using High Throughput and High Resolution Mass Spectrometry : Talk by Dr. Venkateswarlu Panchagnula
  7. Science Behind Food Safety- Pillars of a modern food safety agenda : Talk by Dr. Nimish Shah, Director safety and assurance center Hindustan Unilever
  8. Panel Discussion
  9. Sponsor Talk: New approaches to Mycotoxin analysis. Dr. B J Desai, Managing Director, R-Biopharm Neugen Pvt. Ltd.
Technical Session 2: Capacity Building & Challenges for Analytical Laboratories in India
  1. Welcome Address – By Dr. Akriti Singh & Mr. Vishal Arora a, Secretary, India Section of AOAC INTERNATIONAL
  2. India’s National Residue Control Programs and Compliance Requirements of the Food Testing Laboratories for Facilitation of National and International Trade : Talk By Mr. S.G. Dwivedi, Deputy Director, Export Inspection Agency – Mumbai, Govt. of India
  3. Capacity Building for Laboratories : Talk by Mr. Devendra Prasad, Assistant General Manager, APEDA
  4. Current Capacities & Way Forward for Accreditation of Food Laboratories  : Talk by Mr. N. Venkateswaran, Head – Accreditation of Testing Laboratories, NABL
  5. Application Note – Trace Metal Analysis in Food : Talk by Ms. Laura Thompson, Global Product Manager – Inorganic Solution, PerkinElmer Inc. USA
  6. Application Note – Important check points for successful Multi-Pesticide Residue Analysis using GCMSMS : Talk by Dr. Jitendra Kelkar, Dy. General Manager, Shimadzu Analytical (India) Pvt. Ltd
  7. Panle Discussion and Concluding Remarks by Dr. Saurabh Arora, Member-at-Large, India Section of AOAC INTERNATIONAL

Day 2: November 20, 2015 

Technical Session 3 : Infant Formula and Adult Nutrition
  1. Sponsor Talk by Dr. Robert Packer, Senior Manager of Food Strategy at PerkinElmer Inc. USA
  2. Sponsor Talk by Dr. Manoj Pillai, Director-Application Support, Sciex India
  3. Welcome Address by Dr. Ranjan Mitra, President-Elect, India Section of AOAC INTERNATIONAL
  4. India’s Standards Development Process : Talk by Dr. R. K. Bajaj, Scientist-F & Head, Food & Agriculture, Bureau of Indian Standards
  5. Nutritional Status in India Cutting Across Socioeconomic Status with Emphasis on Infant & Child Nutrition : Talk by Dr. A. Laxmaiah, Scientist F & Head, Division of Community Studies, National Institute of Nutrition, ICMR- Hyderabad
  6. Movement Towards Global Harmonization with Standardized Laboratory Test Methods : Talk by Dr. Alok Kumar Srivastava, Chief Scientist, Food Safety & Analytical Quality Control Laboratory, CFTRI
  7. Dr. Ranjan Mitra and Dr. Sumit Sen presenting momentos to Speakers
  8. Dioxin & Furans Quantification by GC-MS/MS in Food and Feeds : Sponsor Talk Mr. Chandrasekar Kandaswamy, Method Development Scientist – GCMS, Agilent Technologies India
  9. SPIFAN Overview : Talk by Dr. Murali Reddy, Section Manager, Food Safety & Analytical Research, Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Laboratories, Columbus, USA
  10. Vitamin B12 Collaborative Study : Talk by Dr. Ranjan Mitra, Scientist – NPD (Analytical) at GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd and Dr. Priti Amritkar, Director Quality Envirocare Labs Pvt. Ltd
  11. Pantothenic Acid (LC-MS/MS) and Fatty Acids (GC) Collaborative Studies : Talk by Ms. Sonam Bansal, Head – Nestlé Quality Assurance Center, Moga, India and Mr. Shivdev Chhina, Section Head – Chemistry, Nestlé Quality Assurance Center, Moga, India
  12. Essential Elements for a National Food Safety System : Talk by Mr. S. Dave, Director-APEDA (Former), Ex-Advisor-FSSAI, Ex-Chair- Codex Alimentarius Commission
  13. Concluding Remarks by Dr. Sumit Sen, Mentor, India Section of AOAC International, Chemist Technology Based Expert & Foreign Inspection Cadre Member, US FDA

 

Technical Session 4 : Food Authenticity and Traceability

  1. Session by Dr Nilesh S Amritkar, Member-at-Large, India Section of AOAC INTERNATIONAL
  2. Analytical Techniques for Testing Food Authenticity Dr. Lalitha R. Gowda, Former Chief Scientist, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore. Member- FSSAI Scientific Panel on Method of Sampling and Analysis
  3. Using Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes to Trace Food Sources and Authenticity : Talk by Dr. Rengaswamy Ramesh, Geoscience Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, India. Honorary Faculty at Delhi University, Sardar Patel University and University of Hyderabad, Distinguished Visiting professor at IIT Bomabay
  4. Application of HRAM MS in Food Authenticity : Talk by Mr. Richard Fussell, Global Marketing Manager, Food & Beverage, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., USA
  5. Quality Systems in Major Indian QSR – Traceability and Consistency : Talk by Dr Sudhir Tamne, Vice President Innovation & Food Safety, Burger K
  6. Quality : Driver for Business Growth : Talk by Mr. Shailesh Ghodekar, Head Corporate Quality Assurance, India Business, Marico
  7. Establishing food authenticity of fresh and processed commodities by IR-MS (with case studies in honey, etc.)  : Talk by Mr. Prashant Puranik, Sales Manager-Inorganic Mass Spectrometry, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., India and Concluding Remarks by Dr Nilesh S Amritkar, Member-at-Large, India Section of AOAC INTERNATIONAL
  8. Sponsor Talk  by Mr Peter Jenks, Manager – Strategic Business Development at SIAL UK
  9. Dr. Nilesh S Amritkar, Member-at-Large, India Section of AOAC INTERNATIONAL
  10. Oral Poster Presentation by Ms. Zarine Khan and Certificate Presentation By Dr. Kaushik Banerjee
  11. Oral Poster Presentation by Mr. Anaye Sheikh and Certificate Presentation By Dr. Kaushik Banerjee
  12. Roadmap to Future by Dr. Kaushik Banerjee, President, India Section of AOAC INTERNATIONAL
  13. Valedictory Address by Mr. S. Dave, Director-APEDA (Former), Ex-Advisor-FSSAI, ExChair-Codex Alimentarius Commission
  14. Panle Discussion