CII Communique - December, 2010
CII Communique - December, 2010
CII Communique - December, 2010
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knowledge & innovation initiatives<br />
the progress of clinical research in the country. “The<br />
Government of India is also trying to encourage drug<br />
development, and for this, it is ready to share 50 per<br />
cent of the cost to develop the infrastructure.” He invited<br />
ACRO to step in to design the guidelines which would<br />
help augment regulatory clearances.<br />
Dr Apurv Shah, Chairman, ACRO, and Group MD, Veeda<br />
Clinical Research, gave statistics about India's progress<br />
in clinical research and cited examples of government-led<br />
promotion in other countries. The two-day conference<br />
brought together clinical research organizations from<br />
across the country.<br />
<strong>CII</strong> and ACRO will partner to conduct seminars across<br />
the country for spreading the knowledge of the benefits<br />
of doing clinical research in an ethical manner. <strong>CII</strong> will<br />
soon be submitting a white paper to the Government<br />
of India on the guidelines that would help augment<br />
regulatory clearances.<br />
Tamil Nadu Technology Development &<br />
Promotion Centre<br />
Way Forward for Agricultural Products Export<br />
In association with the Agricultural<br />
& Processed Food Products Export<br />
Development Authority (APEDA),<br />
<strong>CII</strong> organized a conference on<br />
‘Challenges and Way Forward<br />
for Agricultural Products Export’<br />
on 10 November in Chennai.<br />
Speaking at the inaugural session, Dr P Rama Mohana<br />
Rao, Principal Secretary & Agriculture Production<br />
Commissioner, Department of Agriculture, Tamil Nadu,<br />
said that farmers should be educated by corporate<br />
houses to implement the cluster approach for improving<br />
the quality of agri produce. He added that in Tamil Nadu,<br />
most of the farmers are small and marginal and they<br />
are not able to produce high quality products as price<br />
matters to them. He urged for Industry-Government<br />
partnership in facilitating relevant infrastructure for agri<br />
clusters. Dr Rao cited a successful programme by the<br />
Tata Group in purchasing red gram, which is now being<br />
dovetailed with the World Bank and Central and state<br />
government projects to support farmers.<br />
Through another programme for marketing infrastructure,<br />
the State Government is setting up terminal markets<br />
in three locations, including Perundurai, Chennai and<br />
Madurai, for procuring, processing and marketing of farm<br />
products, said Mr Atul Anand, Commissioner, Agricultural<br />
Marketing. Mr. S. Chandra Mohan, Co-Chairman,<br />
Agriculture Sub-Committee, <strong>CII</strong> Southern Region and<br />
Chief Financial Officer, TAFE Ltd., said that growth of<br />
agriculture can be achieved by linking farmers, suppliers,<br />
transporters, bankers, manufacturers and the insurance<br />
companies by moving from primary to secondary and<br />
tertiary processing with the use of technology.<br />
In his keynote address, Dr. Tarun Bajaj, Deputy General<br />
Manager, APEDA, said that the agriculture sector has<br />
to be adequately equipped. He added that APEDA<br />
has identified 3-4 clusters in consultation with the<br />
Horticulture Department of Tamil Nadu keeping in view<br />
the potential of vegetables in the State. Mr. R. Ravindra,<br />
Assistant General Manager, APEDA, Southern Region<br />
said that awareness programmes have helped not only<br />
to spread awareness but also to get feedback from<br />
the stakeholders for the development of a roadmap<br />
for export promotion of agri products from potential<br />
States in the country.<br />
Speakers from state government and various organizations,<br />
companies, certification bodies, Multi Commodities<br />
Exchange of India, as well as universities participated<br />
in developing a roadmap for export promotion of<br />
agri-produce from Tamil Nadu.<br />
R. Ravindra, Assistant General Manager, APEDA; Dr. Tarun Bajaj, Dy General Manager, APEDA; Dr P Rama Mohana Rao, Principal Secretary &<br />
Agriculture Production Commissioner, Tamil Nadu; and Atul Anand, Commissioner, Agricultural Marketing<br />
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