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VASANTDADA SUGAR INSTITUTEVSI Bulletin : Vol.-16, Issue-3, November, 2016

Vol. 12, Issue - 4, December 2012

The quarter gone by was characterized by unpredict-able change in the environment due to floods in thedifferent states like Bihar, Maharashtra, MP, Gujarat,Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, etc. and has caused damageto life, property and crops. In Maharashtra there wasmixed type of monsoon this year, some parts receivedheavy rains specially in the dry region and in someparts there were no rains in month of June-July andafter a break of 20-25 days in mid of September againsome parts received heavy rains. This change in themonsoon pattern has affected the sugarcane cropyield as well other crops.

The change in environment due to varied monsoonpattern is of a great concern. So it is very much im-portant to concentrate on the use of water for thegrowth of crops. And there is a need to switch over tothe use of the drip-irrigation system for the sugar-cane crops. Apart from water problem now a day’ssoil health issue is alarming. Over use of water notonly leads to wastage but also makes land less pro-ductive. The imbalance use of inorganic fertilizers andpesticides has created soil problems like immobiliza-tion of nutrients in soil & salinity. The soil & planthealth management is important in improving soilfertility. In this context VSI is creating awareness inthe form of training farmers and sugar industry.The institute organized couple of workshops in thisquarter like “Oos sheti Dnyanlaxmi and oos shetiDnyanyag” “Water Conservation and Wastewater

Management in Sugar Factory”, “Sugarcane PlantingTechniques and Mechanization”, “Biological Soil andPlant Health Management in Sugarcane Agriculture”and “Intercropping in pre-seasonal Sugarcane and theireconomics” for sugarcane growers. This type of train-ing/workshops has created awareness in sugarcane grow-ers regarding the use of water efficiently, maintain thesoil & plant health with the help of intercropping, use ofbeneficial microorganisms in the form of micronutrientsand organic fertilizers.

VSI’s multidimensional role has now elaborated to muchbroader subjects in the field of agriculture, sugar & al-lied industry and this is evident from the companies likeAnntone Parr, Flvinocraft and Novoenyme visits to VSI forthe future collaboration. Delegates from Tanzanian SugarBoard (TSB), Sudanies Sugar Company and Sudeco Inter-national UK, visited VSI and had discussion regardingdevelopment of sugarcane agriculture and industry.International Conference and Exhibition is scheduledfrom November 13th -16th, 2016. Mr. Narendra Modi,Hon’ble. Prime Minister of India has consented to inau-gurate this event on 13th November. 14th -15th Nov. isscheduled for technical sessions in technology & agri-culture. Eminent international & National’s scientists andsubject experts will deliver their lectures and researchpresentations will be held in the form of posters from thescientific community. On 16th Nov. Exhibition is held andlive demonstrations of sugarcane crops are open for allsugarcane growers.

VASANTDADA SUGAR INSTITUTE

(RM Devarumath)Editor

Vol.-16, Issue-3, November 2016


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ANNOUNCEMENTANNOUNCEMENTWelcome

1. Mr. Avinath BhagwatraoDeshmukh, TechnicalOfficer, AlcoholTechnology,joined on 4.7.2016

2. Mr. Suryanarayana SastrySripatnala, Joint TechnicalAdvisor, Sugar EngineeringDepartment,joined on 17.9.2016

3. Mr. Annasaheb BabanKotkar, Sugar Engineer,Sugar EngineeringDepartment joined on17.9.2016

4. Mr. Suhas Laxman Desai,Sugar Engineer, SugarEngineering Department,joined on 26.9.2016

CongratulationsDr. R V Dani, Head and Mr. P S Dumanavar, TechnicalOfficer, Sugar Technology Department, receivedNoel Deerr Gold Medal award at the hands ofHonorable Ex. Agricultural Minister of India, Mr.Sharad Pawar. He was given this award for their bestpaper entitled “New Formula for Estimation ofHeat Transfer Coefficient in Multiple EffectEvaporators” presented during the XI JointConvention of STAI-DSTA in Sep. 2015 held at Goa.

Mr. K R Patil, Head & Technical Adviser, SugarEngineering Department, received ISGEC Gold medal“Engineering for Excellence” for his outstandingcontribution in sugar industry from last 35 years inthe area of consultancy, design of sugar machinery,erection of new sugar plant & cogeneration project,expansion & modernization of sugar mills, steam &power saving etc. He published 25 research papersin National/ International Journals and his book

Dr. R V Dani & Mr. P S Dumanavar, receivedNoel Deerr Gold Medal award at the hands of

Hon. Ex. Agricultural Minister of India,Mr. Sharad Pawar.

Mr. K R Patil received ISGEC Gold medal at the handsof Hon’ble Ex. President of India Smt. PratibhataiPatil in the presence of Hon’ble Ex. Agriculture

Minister, GOI, Mr. Sharad Pawar.


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Mr. AB Deshmane, Scientific Officer, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, VSI was awardedwith Ph. D. under the Faculty of Science in the subject of Environmental Science by SavitribaiPhule Pune University, Pune for the thesis entitled “Use of Spirulina Species for BiologicalSequestration of Carbon Dioxide through A Biocatalyst (Carbonic Anhydrase) and forReducing Polluting Elements of Sugar Industry Effluent” on August 30, 2016 under theguidance of Dr. Deepali Nimbalkar, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, VSI & Prof. VS Ghole(Previous Guide) Environmental Sciences, VSI and Co-guide as Prof. TD Nikam, Dept. ofBotany, SPPU, Pune

Ph.D. Award

The 70th Independence Day of India was celebrated in VSI onAugust 15, 2016 by hoisting the national flag by Mr. ShivajiraoDeshmukh, DG, in presence staff and students of VSI. On thisoccasion, awards were given to 19 children of employees ofVSI at the hands of DG for achieving excellent performance atvarious levels of academic career.

Celebration of 70th Independence Day

entitled “Cogeneration in sugar industry” is usefulto Engineers in sugar & Bagasse based cogenerationplant. This award was given at the hands of Hon’bleEx. President of India Smt. Pratibhatai Patil in thepresence of Hon’ble Ex. Agriculture Minister, GOI, Mr.Sharad Pawar.

Above both these awards they received in the 74th

Annual Convention of Sugar TechnologistsAssociation of India (STAI) on July 28 – 30, 2016 atthe Leela Ambience Convention Hotel, Near YamunaSports Complex, New Delhi.

Mr. P P Shinde, Scientist & Head, Agril. Engg. receivedbest paper award of DSTA at the hands ofPadmabhushan prof. Dr. Mujumdar, Founder andPresident of Symbiosis, Pune on 12.08.2016 for thepaper entitled” Planting geometry in relation tomechanization in sugarcane” presented in XI JointConvention of association.

Mr. P P Shinde received award at the hands ofPadmabhushan prof. Dr. Mujumdar, Founder and

President of Symbiosis, Pune

DG, VSI hoisting the national flag as mark of70th Independence Day


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Management Committee Meetings

During the quarter, seven management meetingswere held viz., two Building & Purchase committeeon July 30 and September 19, 2016; two investment

committee meetings on August 8 and September 28,2016; Governing Council meeting on August 25, 2016and two selection committee meetings on September1 & 30, 2016.

Second Project Review and Monitoring Committee (PRMC) meeting

The second Project Review and Monitoring Committee(PRMC) meeting was held to review the work progressand future plan of work of the project entitled “Pre-Clarification of molasses to improve the performanceof alcoholic fermentation” sponsored by PrincipalScientific Adviser to Govt. of India. The meeting was

held on July 29, 2016 at VSI- Sakhar Sankul Office,Pune. In the meeting The PRMC consisted on Prof.Arvind Lali, Prof. (Dr.) A. M. Lali, Head, DBT – ICTCentre for Energy Bioscience, ICT, Mumbai asChairman of PRMC, Dr. Ketaki Bapat, Scientist ‘F’ ofO/o PSA to GOI, New Delhi as Member Secretary of

Discussion during PRMC meeting at Sakhar Sankul PRMC members along with VSI staff and industryrepresentatives

Felicitation of children (VSI employees) at the hands of DG for their excellent performancein the academic career.


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PRMC. Other members of PRMC included Prof. V. V.Mahajani, Former Professor of chemical Engineering,ICT, Prof. V. R. Kaledhonkar, Senior Technical officer,Rajarambapu College of Sugar Technology,Isalampur, Sangli, Mr. V. N. Raina, Director General,AIDA, New Delhi and Dr. Bela Nabar, AssociateProfessor, Microbiology, C.H.M. College, Mumbai.Apart from these industry representatives as Mr.Sheikh, Distillery Manager and Mr. Nimbalkar, ChiefChemist of Shri Pandurang SSK, Malshiras, Solapurparticipated in the PRMC meeting as Industryrepresentative. Mr. Mr. Bhagat, Executive Directorand Mr. Shinde, Distillery Manager of AmbalikaSugars Pvt. Ltd, Karjat, Ahmednagar also participatedin the meeting. From VSI Dr. S. V. Patil, TechnicalAdviser & Head, Mr. D R Takate, Technical Adviser,Dr. A D Paradh, Scientist, Mr. Avinash Deshmukh,Technical Officer, Mr. R S Patil, Assistant TechnicalOfficer, Mr. V P Ghule, JRF, Miss. A R Deshpande JRFand Mr. S R Ingle, Research Assistant fromDepartment of Alcohol Technology, were participatedin the meeting.

Dr. Ketaki Bapat informed the agenda of the meetingand took review of last PRMC meeting held in February2016. Prof. Lali, Chairman of the PRMC expressed hisgeneral views of the project. Dr. S. V. Patil welcomedthe PRMC members and felicitated the Chairman, theMember secretary, other PRMC members and industryrepresentatives. Later, Dr. S. V. Patil made apresentation of progress of the project and future planof the work experiments to be conducted. Postpresentation discussion on the important points wasconducted and further action plan was also prepared.PRMC members asked about the views of industryrepresentatives and stated that their involvement isvital. Both industry representatives appreciated theefforts taken by VSI staff and showed their willingnessto adopt the technology developed as an output ofsponsored research project. Dr. Ketaki Bapat informedthat concerned VSI staff can always ask for technicalhelp from any PRMC members regarding experimentsdesign. Mr. D. R. Takate concluded the meeting withvote of thanks to all PRMC members, Industryrepresentatives and VSI staff for their presence andvaluable contribution to make the meeting successful.


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TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONTECHNICAL PRESENTATION

PPresentation and discussion on applications ofAnton Paar instruments for distilleries was held atthe Department of Alcohol Technology, VSI on August10, 2016. Mr. DI Gerald Schwartz, Product Managerand Process Instrumentation, Anton Paar GmbH, Mr.Hemant Bakshi, Product Manager, BeveragesTechnologies and Mr. Samsul Khan, Head, ProcessInstrumentation, Anton Paar India visited theDepartment of Alcohol Technology, VSI for providinginformation on applications of various Anton Paarproducts in Indian distillery Industry. Staff ofDepartment of Alcohol Technology, VSI along with fewindustry representatives,. Mr. Shivaji Shinde, DistilleryManager, Ambalika Sugars Pvt., Ahmednagar, Mr. P.V. Bagal, Distillery Manager, Vitthalrao Shinde S. S.K., Solapur, Mr. Dinesh Chavan, Distillery Manager,Ajinkyatara S. S. K., Satara, Mr. Salunke, PlantManager, Tilaknagar Industries Pvt. ltd, Ahmednagar,Mr. S. N. Shah, Distillery Manager, P.K.D.N.N.H.K.A.S.S.K., Sangli attended the event as distilleryrepresentatives.

Dr. S. V. Patil, Technical Adviser & Head, Departmentof Alcohol Technology, introduced the staff of theDepartment & Industry representatives andwelcomed Anton Paar representatives at VSI. Mr.Gerald provided Anton Paar company profile andstated that the company spends around 20 % of itsrevenue on Research and Development and they havebeen providing innovative solutions worldwide toethanol, food and beverage, oil & gas and chemicalindustries. He provided details of instruments andinline probes which can be adapted for variousapplications in distilleries for measurement ofdensity, alcohol concentration, viscosity etc.

At the end of presentation discussion were takenplace and response regarding conducting trials at anyof the suitable member distillery under thesupervision of VSI. Mr. Samsul Khan thanked all thestaff members of the Department and industryrepresentatives for attending the presentation. LaterDr. S. V. Patil concluded the event with vote of thanks.

Mr. DI Gerald Schwartz, Product Management and Process Instrumentation,Anton Paar GmbH during presentation

Technical Presentation by Anton Paar on applications of instruments fordistilleries and bottling plants


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TRAINING PROGRAMMESTRAINING PROGRAMMES

In the remembrance of founder president of VSI late Padmabhushan Dr. Vasantdada Patil, Oos sheti Dnyanlaxmiand oos sheti Dnyanyag a 5 days residential training programmes were organized for women and men sugarcanegrowers of Maharashtra at VSI. The 1st phase of the year 2016, training programme was conducted into fourbatches during July 5 – 30, 2016 and number of participants was present as given below;

Oos sheti Dnyanlaxmi and oos sheti Dnyanyag for sugarcane farmers

BatchNo.

Period Area from which thefarmers participated

No. ofparticipants

No. of sugar mills andIndividual participants

I July 5-9, 2016 All Maharashtra 29 Sugar mills – 03

Oos Sheti Dnyanyag Programme (Men farmers)

II July 12-16, 2016 Kolhapur District and 144 Sugar mills – 07 &Vidarbha Region Individual – 03

III July 19-23, 2016 Sangli and Satara Districts, 149 Sugar mills – 08 &Marathwada and Individual – 07Khandesh Region

IV July 26-30, 2016 Central Maharashtra Pune, 160 Sugar mills – 10 &Ahmednagar, Solapur & Individual – 07Nasik Districts, Membersugar mills from outsidestates.

Total Participants (Women +Men) 482 Sugar mills: 28&Individual Farmers: 17

Training programme comprising modern & scientificsugarcane cultivation technologies covering the

lectures and practical on various subjects likesugarcane varieties & varietal planning, three-tier

Inauguration of Oos sheti Dnyanlaxmi Inauguration of oos sheti Dnyanyag


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Training Programme on, “Water Conservation andWastewater Management in Sugar Factory”

The training progarmme on, “Water Conservation andWastewater Management in Sugar Factory” wasorganized by the Sugar Technology Department, VSIduring July 11 -15, 2016. The training progarmme wasattended by 33 officers from 21 sugar mills fromMaharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and AndhraPradesh.

The following lectures were conducted during thetraining:

· Sources of waste in the sugar Industry· Process and raw water balance in sugar

factory

seed nursery programme & its implementation,tissue culture, modern planting techniques, weedmanagement, soil fertility & fertilizer management,irrigation water management, use of bio-fertilizers,growth stages of sugarcane crop, farmmechanization, use of STP technology in sugarcaneagriculture, sugarcane economics, ratoonmanagement, and integrated disease & pestmanagement. Agriculture scientists & technical staffgiven theory lectures and conducted practical fielddemonstrations. In each programme end up withthe discussion session in those trainees got theirdoubts cleared from the subject experts.

Dr. S S Magar, Ex. Vice Chancellor, Dr. BalasahebSawant, Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli and DG,VSI were present during the different programmesand sessions interacted with the farmers regardingtheir sugarcane farming problems and theirrequirements during training period. In the concludingfunction, the certificates along with group photoswere distributed to the trainees. Mr. B .H. Pawar,Senior Scientist & Head, Plant Pathology Section hascoordinated this activity with the help of allagriculture scientists and technical staff.

Inauguration of oos sheti Dnyanyag Participants oos sheti Dnyanyag

Participants along with DG and Technical staff of VSI


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· Water conservation and wastewaterminimization

· Successful case study of water conservation ofShri. Datta Shetkari SSK Ltd. Shirol

· Water conservation and pollution control in oldsugar factory- a case study- KSK SSK Ltd.Kolpewadi

· Operation and maintenance of ETP· Efficient treatment technologies for ETP and CPU· Boiler Problems Associated with Water Quality· Applications of membrane technologies in boiler

water treatment plant and ETP

· Treatment technologies for boiler feed water· Boiler water treatment

The lectures were conducted by faculty stafffrom VSI and expert from GE Water & ProcessTechnologies, WTE Infra Projects Pvt. Ltd., Shri.Datta Shetkari SSK Ltd. Shirol and KSK SSK Ltd.Kolpewadi.The programme was coordinated by Mr. D BSapkal, Sugar Technologist, under the overallsupervision of Dr. R V Dani, Technical Adviser& Head, Sugar Technology Department, VSI. Allthe participants were expressed satisfactionover the usefulness of the training programme.

The training program on “Increasing water useefficiency in sugarcane” for Extension officers of NSLand TRIDENT Sugars Ltd. Telangana under Solidaridadproject was held at Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Punein two batches. The training of first batch took placeon 20-21 September 2016 for 19 extension staff of NSLSugars Ltd. and second batch on 27-28 September 2016for 35 extension officers of TRIDENT Sugars Ltd. Thetopic covered in the training program were Bench markpractices in sugarcane cultivation, Various waterconservation techniques used in sugarcane crop,

Sugarcane varieties suitable for drip irrigation, Organicand green manuring in sugarcane, Use of bio-fertilizers for improving soil health, Soil fertilitymapping through GIS and GPS techniques andIntegrated disease and pest management insugarcane. Besides visits to tissue culture laboratory,demonstation and seed plots were also organized. Mr.Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG, VSI guided the extensionstaff of both the sugar mills. The program ended withvote of thanks by Shri. P.P. Shinde, Scientist and Head,Agril. Engg.

Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG VSI addressingto the participants

Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG VSI giving certificates tothe participants

Training program on “ Increasing Water Use Efficiency in Sugarcane”


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WORKSHOPSWORKSHOPS“Sugarcane Planting Techniques and Mechanization”

A workshop on “Sugarcane planting Techniques andMechanization” was organized at VSI, on July 2,2016. Total 44 participants from 28 sugar mills ofMaharashtra were attended the workshop. Theworkshop inaugurated with lightening of the lampby the senior Agriculture officers of the sugar millsand Heads of the Agriculture sections, VSI. Mr. P VGhodke, Scientist, Agronomy, welcomes all thedelegates and highlighted the brief background andimportance of the workshop.

Dr D B Phonde, Senior Scientist & Head Soil Science,Agronomy & Agril Microbiology, in his inauguraladdress revealed the present strategy of higher caneproduction adopted by some progressive canegrowers and loopholes thereof. He emphasized onsustainable sugarcane yield targets focused withmaintaining the soil fertility status. Mr. P V Ghodke,talked on the technical presentation on ‘Sugarcaneplanting Techniques.’ He showed the differentplanting techniques followed by the cane growersin the state. He suggested that, wide row and pairedrow planting with one and two eye bud setts shouldbe adopted instead of conventional 100 cm rowdistance and three eye bud planting.

Mr. S S Katake Scientist & Farm Manager, presentedthe method of raising the one eye bud seedlings inportrays, care and transplanting technique in thefield. He opined that, single eye bud seedlings raisedin portrays having 42 cups are useful for maintainingthe plant population with less mortality and highersugarcane yields. Dr. S G Dalvi, Scientific OfficerTissue culture section given a technical presentationon importance of meristem cultured plantlets for

maximizing the seed multiplication rate in three tiresugarcane seed nursery programme and highlightedthe work and importance of the chitocyne used as afoliar application in field crops.

Mr. P P Shinde, Scientist & Head AgricultureEngineering section, in his technical presentationemphasized on machines are available for sugarcaneplanting, Interculture and harvesting in sugarcanecultivation are found to be economical and profitableas today’s need of mechanization in different fieldoperations particularly to sugarcane agriculture.

Mr. S P Bhalekar, Cane Development Officer,Vishwasrao Nail SSK Ltd., Shirala, Dist. Sanglipresented the awareness developed among the canegrowers regarding use of single bud seedlings forsugarcane planting. Mr. S N Joshi Cane DevelopmentOfficer, Prabhulingeshwar Sugars & Chemicals Ltd.,Siddhapur, Karnataka state presented the performanceof tissue culture plantlets in the operational area,scenario of seed replacement and benefits gained. Mr.V M Sarur, Cane Development Officer, Shri SiddheshwarSSK Ltd; Kumthe, Dist. Solapur reported the successfulimplementation of cane development scheme throughuse of STP technique to increase the cane productivityin their operational area.

In the concluding session, Director General, VSIaddressed to the gathering and expressed the needto give attention towards the wide row planting withdrip irrigation, fertigation to support mechanizedsugarcane cultivation. The program was concludedwith the vote of thanks by Mr. P V Ghodke, coordinatorof the workshop.

Inauguration by the senior Agriculture officersof the sugar mills.

Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG addressing the queriesof participants in the discussion session


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One day workshop on “Biological soil and plant healthmanagement in sugarcane agriculture” was organizedat VSI Pune on August 27, 2016 for the AgriculturalOfficers, Cane Development Officers and AgriculturalGraduates working in the sugar mills of Maharashtrastate. Total 49 participants attended the workshopfrom 29 sugar mills of state. Mrs. Sudha Ghodkewelcomed to Mr. Heganna, Agri. Officer, Datta SSK,Kolhapur, participants and staff of AgricultureDivision. There was felicitation of Mr. Heganna, byDr. R S Hapase, Principle Scientist & Head, PlantBreeding section.

introductory address by Dr. D B Phonde, Sr. Scientist& Head, Soil Science, Agril. Microbiology andAgronomy section talked on the importance ofBiological soil and plant health in sugarcaneagriculture. The imbalance use of inorganic fertilizershas created the soil problems like immobilization ofnutrients in soil & salinity. The use of fertilizers &nutrients exhausted by the crops resulted in depletedsoils. The soil & plant health management is vital inimproving soil fertility. He also informed on liquidbiofertilizers and their role in increase yield and qualityof sugarcane and other crops.

“Biological Soil and Plant Health Management inSugarcane Agriculture”

Mrs. Rutuja R. More, Scientist & Head, Agril.Microbiology section presented the presentation andinformed regarding importance of biological world inmaintaining soil & plant health. She also briefedmicrobial inoculants developed by section, theirapplication in sugarcane and other crops. Thesebioinoculants along with organic manures will usefulfor increasing soil fertility, minimizing doses ofinorganic fertilizers. Besides soil health and planthealth agro products, she gave information ondifferent Biocontrol agents like Biofungicides,biopesticides & bioweedicides developed by VSI forcontrolling diseases, pests & weeds in sugarcane.

Mr. Heganna presented details about soil structure &chemistry, soil health problems and measures. Heexpressed his views on importance of organic matter,due to which the biological health will increase. Theevent concluded with follow up of maintenance oforganic carbon through organic fertilizers ismandatory and application of Soil health @ 4lit/acreand plant health @ 1lit/acre. The workshop ends upwith vote of thanks.

Mr. Heganna, Agri. Officer, Datta SSK, Kolhapurinaugurating the workshop along with staff of

Microbilogy section and Heads of Agricuture section

Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG & VSI staffs wereaddressing the queries of participants in the

concluding session


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A workshop on “Intercropping in pre-seasonalsugarcane and their economics” for agricultureofficers, cane development officers and their staffworking in sugar mills was organized at VasantdadaSugar Institute, Pune on 24th September, 2016. Headsof the sections in VSI and senior Agriculture officersof the sugar mills inaugurated the workshop bylightening the lamp. Mr. P V Ghodke, Scientist,Agronomy, welcome all and highlighted thebackground and importance of topic of the workshop.Dr. D B Phonde Senior Scientist & Head Soil Science,Agronomy & Agril Microbiology, in his inauguraladdress stated that, intercropping in sugarcane is theneed of the time for fulfillment of the increasingpopulation. Extra income to the farmers can begenerated by growing of suitable intercrops insugarcane with maximum Land use efficiency.

Mr. P V Ghodke presented a technical presentationon ‘Intercropping in pre-seasonal sugarcane.’ Hehighlighted the criteria, precautions while selectionof intercrops in pre-seasonal sugarcane by adoptingwide row and paired row planting systems. He statedthe results and recommendations of the field trialsconducted at various research stations withsugarcane intercropping system and their economics.

Dr. Anand Badigannavar Senior Scientist, NuclearAgriculture and Biotechnology Division, BhabhaAtomic Research Centre,Trombay,Mumbai presentedthe work on development of different crop varietiesusing atomic energy by BARC. Some dwarf varietiesof groundnut, moong and Urid beans are suitable andfound profitable for intercropping in sugarcane.

Mr. Ganesh Pawar Director, Shri Siddhivinayak Agri-processing Pvt. Ltd. Pune highlighted the procedure

“Intercropping in Pre-seasonal Sugarcane and their Economics”for seed production programme of potato crop andagronomic package of practices for commercial potatocultivation. He also stated the efforts taken by theircompany to popularize the sugarcane-potatointercropping system among the farmers.

Mr. Sandeep Bhor Cane Development Supervisor, ShriVighnhar SSK Ltd: Junnar Dist.Pune presented theawareness developed among the cane growersregarding growing of vegetables as intercrops insugarcane and elaborated the net monitory returnsgained with different intercropping systems in theiroperational area.

In the concluding session, Hon’ble ShivajiraoDeshmukh, Director General, VSI addressed to thegathering and expressed the need to popularize thesugarcane intercropping system for getting additionalincome to the farmers from their unit area and way ofincreasing soil fertility with legume crops.

Following recommendations were finalized by theworking group:

1. Intercropping in pre-seasonal sugarcane should bepopularize in the area of operation of every sugarmill, as it is always profitable to cane growers withlegume crops and vegetables.

2. Wide row and paired row system of sugarcaneplanting is more suitable for growing of one or twolines of suitable intercrops in between the cane rows.

3. Suitable Intercrops for pre-season sugarcane are-Potato, Onion, Peas, Gram, Cabbage, Cauliflower,Beet, Okra, Coriander, Cucumber, Sunhemp andshort duration dwarf vegetables.

The program was ended with the vote of thanks byMr.P.V. Ghodke, coordinator of the workshop.

Dr. Anand Badigannavar, BARC, Mumbai inaugratingthe workshop

Dignitaries and VSI staffs were addressing the queriesof participants in the discussion session


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Visit of Local Enquiry Committee by Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityLocal Enquiry Committee constituted by SavitribaiPhule Pune University for the affiliation to VasantdadaSugar Institute to M.Sc. Environmental Sciences andM.Sc. Wine Brewing & Alcohol Technology under thechairmanship of Prof. Dr. Girish Pathade, H V DesaiCollege, Pune. The other members of committee areProf. Dr. Agnihotri Snehal, D Y Patil Arts, Science

FlavoractiV Ltd., representatives with staff andstudents of the Department of

Alcohol Technology, VSI

Dr. Binod Maitin, Head of Spirit Sensory (Ex-Head, R& D USL) and Mrs. Evelyne Canterranne (UK), Globalsensory Manager, FlavoractiV™ visited theDepartment of Alcohol Technology on July 27, 2016.This company based inOxfordshire, UK and the dealswith sensory training andtechnical solution forbeverages industry such asWater, Soft Drinks, Juices,Milk, Coffee, Beer, Wine,Spirits and Tea. The companyalso provides flavourstandards and flavourstability services to the foodand beverage industry.Mr. D R Takate welcomed thecompany representatives andintroduced the staff, andbriefed the activities of academic, research andextension of the Department. Dr. B Maitin gave briefaccount of activities of the company. Later they visitedstudent training facilities and analytical facilities ofthe Department. Dr. Binod Maitin and Mrs. EvelyneCanterranne were pleased with the facilities availableat VSI and appreciated the sensory suite availablefor the student training.

Mrs. Evelyne Canterranne made a presentation onintroduction, customer profile, training programmes andGMP Flavour Standards and the importance of sensoryanalysis in various food and beverage products. They have

65 different flavours reference standards for variousapplication and 27 flavour standards specifically for waterand gave information on various individual & categoryspecific sensory kits and flavour library available with the

company. Dr. Binod Maitinadded importance of sensorytraining and use of sensorykits for trainingfor flavourrealted Proficiency Trainingfor various companies.

After presentation,disussion on various issuesone of them sensoryanalysis of variousalcoholic beverages, spiritsand about GMP standardsfor fusel oils. Dr. BinodMaitin stated that their

team is working on it and soon the standards will beavailable. In future they expressed their is scope ofsensory training that can be undertaken incollaboration with Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Punein India. Mr. D R Takate informed that basic levelsensory training for spirits and ENA analysis can beconducted with collaboration with FlavoractiV. Dr.Binod Maitin thanked all the staff members for theirinterest in interactive meeting. They expressed theirviews for future collaboration with VSI on sensorytraining prospective of various alcoholic beverages.Further course of meeting in this regards will be takenunder the guidance of Director General, VSI.

College, Pune, Prof. Dr. Sayyad Mohamed Rafi, PoonaCollege, Pune and Prof. Dr. Mahajan D M WaghireCollege, Sasawad. The committee visited VSI on July18, 2016 to M.Sc. Environmental Sciences and M.Sc.Wine Brewing & Alcohol Technology Departments tosee the infrastructure of VSI and recommended to giveaffiliation to both the courses.

VISIT TO VSIVISIT TO VSI

Visit of FlavoractiV™ Representatives


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Visit of delegation from Tanzanian Sugar Board (TSB)

The team from Sudanese Sugar Company and SudecoInternational UK visited VSI on August 10, 2016. Theteam comprising of, Mr. Sudhir Patel, President,Sudeco International UK., Mr. Robert Connor,Technical Director, Sudeco UK., Mr. AbdelwahidEzeldin Mohamed Ali, Representative of Sudeco inSudan and ex-Factory manager of Assalaya SugarCompany, Mr Mohamed Balla ElHussein Mohamed -General Manager of Assalaya Sugar Company, Sudanand Mr. Faisal Mohamed Babikir Abdalla - FactoryManager of Guneid Sugar Company, Sudan. A teamhad a meeting with Director General. Both Mr.Mohamed Balla and Mr Faisal Mohamed witnesseda remarkable change in VSI from 1999 as they werestudents in VSI for Sugar Engineering. They wereimpressed by the technologically advance facilities

A Delegation team from Tanzanian Sugar Board (TSB),Miss Vialeth Mwanisawa, Agricultural Economist &Fihiri Omari achi, Agronomist along with Mr. SatishPurandare, CEO & Mr. Sudhir Pathak , G.M. (Engg.)Purandare Industries Pvt. Ltd., Solapur (M.S.), Indiavisited VSI on August 18 - 19, 2016. Mr. ShivajiraoDeshmukh, Director General VSI welcomed delegationand briefly introduced various activities carried outby Institute in respect of sugarcane research, academicand extension for benefits of sugarcane growers andSugar Industry in Maharashtra as well as at nationallevel. They discussed about African Sugar Industry.Team visited various Technical Departments and

currently in VSI. The Sudanese Sugar Company is agovernment organization that owns and operated foursugar factories in Sudan, namely; Guneid SugarCompany - 5,000 TCD - producing raw sugar, NewHalfa Sugar Company - 5000 TCD - producing raw andrefined sugar, Sennar Sugar Company - 6500 TCD -producing raw and refined sugar and Assalaya SugarCompany - 6500 TCD - producing raw and refined.

The representatives of Sudanese Sugar Company areinterested in technical services for their factories andfield services for the sugarcane breeding station atGuneid Sugar Company. Sudeco is interested to beinvolved in production at VSI of the liquid bio-fertilizerand pesticides which are environmentally andecologically friendly fertilizer and pesticide, forInternational Market.

Agricultural research experiment plots. Delegates wereimpressed by activities of VSI and assured further longlasting relationship with Institute.

Delegation team from Tanzanian Sugar Board (TSB)

Sudanese Sugar Company and Sudeco International UK visited VSI


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Team of Novozymes representatives from Brazil,Denmark and India visited Vasantdada SugarInstitute, Pune on August 30, 2016. The teamcomprised of Dr. Victor Guadalupe, R & D Head, SugarPlatform Novozymes, Brazil, Mr. Daniel Albuquerque,Business Development Head, Sugar Platform,Novozymes, Brazil, Mr. Henrik Bisgaard, Director,Scouting and Satellites, Novozymes, Denmark and Dr.Asha Kembhavi, Scouting and Satellites, Novozymes,India. The purpose of visit Novozymes Team was toexplore the possibilities of collaborative work withVSI and to understand the status of Indian Sugar andAlcohol industries.

The team visited the laboratories of the Departmentof Alcohol Technology and Sugar Technology. Aftervisit the Novozymes representatives had a briefmeeting with Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DirectorGeneral, VSI for discussion regarding purpose of theirvisit to VSI. Later meeting was conducted at Boardroom of VSI. Apart from Novozymes team, the DirectorGeneral VSI, Head of concerned Departments andsections and related staff of the Department ofAlcohol Technology and Sugar Technology attendedthe meeting. The meeting was initiated with welcomefor the Novozymes team by Director General, VSI.Director General also explained in brief about thevarious activities of the institute.

Later Mr. Daniel Albuquerque made presentation onstatus of Brazillian Sugar Industry and global scopeand activities of Novozymes. He stated that Novozymesprominently work in Sugar production, ethanolproduction and food industry. He also explained theimportance of Novozymes in developing 2G ethanoltechnology worldwide. Mr. Albuquerque said thatNovozymes has been developing and supplyingcellulosic enzymes to ethanol plants in USA and Brazil.

Director General asked query to Mr. Albuquerqueregarding economic viability of 2G ethanol on

Visit of Novozymes team from Brazilcomparison with 1G ethanol and co-generation route.Mr. Albuquerque stated that in current scenariocellulosic ethanol is at least 20% costlier than firstgeneration ethanol while it’s economic viability incomparison with co-generation highly depends uponprice of electricity. He further added that Novozymesalso has technology for second generation ethanolfrom Municipal Solid Waste and leaf trash. Mr.Albuquerque further enquired about commercialstatus of 2G ethanol in India. Dr. S. V. Patil, TechnicalAdviser & Head Department of Alcohol Technology,VSI stated that there are 3 pilot scale plants inprogress while 1 commercial plant is likely to beestablished in 2-3 years. Dr. S V. Patil asked queryregarding availability of Novozymes Cellic Ctec3cellulosic enzymes series commercially and costingof cellulosic enzymes. Mr. Albuquerque stated thatCellic Ctec3 enzymes are now commercially availablefor 2G ethanol production. He also informed that thecost of enzymes is still high (about 25-30 % of theoverall costing). Representatives of other Departmentalso asked various queries regarding application ofNovozymes products in Sugar and allied industries.

At the end of meeting Director General thankedNovozymes team for visiting the institute and conveyedthat further progress regarding collaboration withNovozymes takes place as quickly as possible.

Dr. S V Patil showing the activities of theDepartment to the Novozymes Team members


The AICRP(S) monitoring team comprising of fourscientists headed by Dr. P. K. Nayak, SRS, Nayagarh,Orissa (Plant Breeding); Dr. S. K. Thakur, SRI, Pusa(Agronomy); Dr. N. Raja Kumar, RARS, Anakapalle(Pathology) and Dr. Rajinder Kumar, PAU, RRS,Kapurthala (Entomology)had visited the institute onSeptember 16-17, 2016 tomonitor the AICRP(S)research program at VSIlocation. The team visitedthe experimentsconducted at researchfarm as per the technicalprogramme 2016-17 ofAICRP(S) by the PlantBreeding, Agronomy andSoil Science, Entomologyand Plant Pathology. Theteam members visitedthree Zonal Varietal Trials and the seedlings (total12,242) raised from fluff under fluff supply program ofAICRP(S). The promising genotypes from zonal varietaltrials under early and Midlate group are as below -

1. Initial Varietal Trial-Early: CoN 13072, Co 13004,Co 13003, MS 13081.

2. Advanced Varietal Trial-I Plant-Early : CoM11082, Co 11001, CoM 11084.

3. Advanced Varietal Trial-II Plant-Early : Co 10026,Co 10004, Co 10024.

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

5. Initial Varietal Trial-Midlate: Co 13014, Co 13011, Co13005.

6. Advanced Varietal Trial-I Plant-Midlate: Co 11019, Co11012, CoM 11086.

7. Advanced Varietal Trial-II Plant-Midlate: Co 10015, Co10033, Co 10031.

8. Advanced Varietal Trial-I Plant-Ratoon-Midlate: Co10033, CoVc 10061, Co 10368.

Dr. P. K. Nayak appreciated thecrop growth in the breeding experiments conductedat Vasantdada R & D farm and progress under fluffsupply programme by Plant Breeding as per thetechnical programme. The team visited the furtherexperiments conducted under AICRP(S) by Agronomy

The members of the NABL team Mr. K Rajkumar,Rubber Manufacturer’s Association (IRMRA), Thaneand Mr. K A Borase from Hindusthan PetroleumCorporation, Pune. They visited AgriculturalEngineering Section on August 30 - 31, 2016 forassessment of Drip irrigation material testinglaboratory for the continuation of NABL accreditation.The team had an opening meeting with DG. Afterassessment the team has recommended continuationof accreditation till 2018.

Visit of NABL Assessment Team

NABL team assessing the performance of the Drip irrigationmaterial testing laboratory in Agri. Engg. Section

Visit of AICRP(S) Monitoring Team to ZVT Trials

The AICRP(S) monitoring team withAgriculture staff of VSI


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and Soil Science, Entomology and Plant Pathologysection. The details of visit are as under-

Dr. S. K. Thakur, visited the Agronomy experimentsAS 42: Agronomic evaluation of promising sugarcanegenotypes(IInd plant crop), AS 42: Agronomicevaluation of promising sugarcane genotypes (Ratoon crop), AS 69: Use of plant growth regulators(PGRs) for enhanced yield and quality of sugarcane(IInd plant crop), AS 72: Agronomic performance ofelite sugarcane genotype (Plant crop). He appreciatedthe results and conduct of the experiment. He alsovisited the experiment AS 68: Imapct of integratedapplication of organics and inroganics in improvingsoil health and sugarcane productivity. The Teammembers observed the best treatments of combineinfluence of organic, inorganic and biofertilizer.

Dr. Rajinder Kumar visited the Entomology trials viz.E.4.1 (Evaluation of zonal genotypes for their reactionagainst major insect pests), E.28 (Survey andsurveillance of sugarcane insects pests inMaharashtra state), E.30 (Monitoring of insect pestsand Bioagents in sugarcane agro ecosystem), E.34(Standardization of simple, cost effective techniquesfor mass multiplication of sugarcane bioagents.), E.36(Management of borer complex of sugarcane throughlures) and E.37 (Bio-efficacy of new insecticides forthe control of sugarcane early shoot borer). He

appreciated the trials and observed the growth of allvarieties / clones. In E.37 spraying ofChlorantronilliprole 18.5% @ 375 ml/ha at 30 DAP and60 DAP and Soil application of Chlorantraniliprole 0.4G @ 22.5 kg/ha at the time of planting and 60 DAPare showing better control of early shoot borer alongwith good crop growth as compare to otherinsecticides treatments and untreated control.

Dr. N. Rajkumar visited the pathology five trials viz.,PP1 (AICRP-S, PP17, B): Evaluation of zonal varietiesfor resistance to smut disease under artificial diseasecondition at field level, PP 17 D: Yelloe Leaf Disease(YLD), AICRP (S) PP 28 (b) :Methodology for screeningsugarcane genotypes for resistance to brown rust(Puccinia melanocephala), AICRP-S, PP 31: Screeningand epidemiology of Pokkah boeng in sugarcane andAICRP (S) PP 32: Management of brown spot diseaseof sugarcane conducted by Plant Pathology. Heexpressed the satisfaction about the care andmaintenance of the trials. During the visit he hasrecorded the natural incidence of the yellow leafdisease (YLD) on different varieties under cultivationin Plant Pathology trials. At present the developmentof YLD is initiated and to assess YLD severity, thedisease observations will be recorded 8th, 10th and12th months of age.


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VISITORS UPDATEVISITORS UPDATEDuring the last three months (July-August-September: 2016) visitors visited VSI for its infrastructure, analyticalfacility and experimental agricultural filed plots and for discussion about extension services. The list of visitorsas mentioned below.

1. Mesler B. & Cleaves James H.A Brief History of Creation (312p)London; W.W. Northan & Company, 2016

LIBRARY UPDATELIBRARY UPDATE

Name of Institution Visitors Total

July- 2016Koregaon Talkuka Agriculture Office,Dist: Satara Officers and Farmers 52Individual Farmers from Maharashtra State Farmers 131(17)Individual Farmers from out side State Farmers 2

August - 2016

Simbholi Sugars Ltd.,SimbholiState : Uttarpradesh Managers and Farmers 8Individual Farmers from Maharashtra State Farmers 119(14)Individual Farmers from out side State Farmers 11(2)

September 2016

K.K.Wagh College of Horticulture,Saraswatinagar, Panchwati, Nashik Lecturers and Students 82Individual Farmers from Maharashtra State Farmers 124(17)Individual Farmers from out side State Farmers 8

Total : 537(55)

· Figures in parenthesis denote number of visits

Committee :Mr. KR Patil, Dr. RV Dani, Dr. SV Patil, Dr. DB Phonde,Mr. MR Shinde

Adviser : Mr. Shivajirao DeshmukhEditor : Dr. RM Devarumath, Mr. AA PrabhavalkarLayout & Photography : Mr. Sanjay A Dawari

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2. Singh SavindraPhysical Geography (719p)Allahabad; Pravalika Publications, 2016

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