Excelsior Correspondent
KATRA, Apr 15: School of Business under Faculty of Management at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, J&K organizes three-day workshop on “Competence Building in Food Processing Industry in J&K”.
The workshop is being organized by Dr. Saurabh, Organizing Secretary and Asst. Professor, SMVD University in collaboration with J&K State SIDCO State Mission Directorate and Ministry of Food Processing, GoI.The workshop aims at providing a common platform where all food processing units of the State, entrepreneurs of J&K, various stakeholders and experts from academia as well as industry shall come together and discuss the roadmap for growth and development of the FPI in the state of J&K.
Besides this, the workshop shall also make entrepreneurs aware about the concept of competitiveness. The workshop shall focus to infuse and enhance the entrepreneurial acumen and professionalism of the unit holders with the benefits of technology, innovation, quality practices, human resource development etc. Some of the thrust areas of workshop shall be measuring competitiveness, Strategies for enhancing competitiveness of firms, roadblocks to enhance competitiveness, Managing turnaround and transformation.
The Workshop comprises Panel Discussions and Sessions on setting agenda for Food Processing Industry in Jammu and Kashmir, Gaps in strategic integration towards competitiveness of food processing units in J&K, Competencies required for competitiveness in food processing in J&K etc.
Asgar Hassan Samoon (Commissioner, Agriculture Production Department, J&K), Khurshid A. Ganai (Financial Commissioner, Agriculture Production Department, J&K), Dr. U. Venkateswarlu, (Joint Secretary, MOFPI, GoI), Kifayat Hussain Rizvi (Managing Director, J&K SIDCO), Dr. Abdul Rashid (Director, Industries and Commerce, Jammu), R.L. Tickoo (Director, SICOP, Jammu), Nazim Zai Khan (Director, Industries and Commerce, Kashmir), Dr. S.S. Jamwal (Director Agriculture, Jammu), Anil Sharma (Director Horticulture, Jammu), Virender Sharma (Director, MSME, Jammu), Syed Rafiq Ahmad (MD, JKHPMC), Rakesh Gupta (President, Jammu Chamber of Industries and Commerce), Sheikh Ashiq Ahmad (President, The Kashmir Chamber of Industries and Commerce), Mohmmad Ashraf Mir (President, Federation Chamber of Industries, Kashmir), Vikram Gupta(GM, J&K SIDCO, Jammu) and other representatives from various banks and financial institutions have confirmed their participation.
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