Maniram Dewan Trade Centre, Guwahati, Assam

1st March 2022: Inaugural Session
(10.30 – 10.35 am)	Conference Introduction  Smt Perminder Jeet Kaur Director ASSOCHAM
Welcome Address by  (10.35 – 10.40 am)	Mr  Mahendra K Agarwal ASSOCHAM Chairman, Northeastern Region Development Council,  Managing Director, Meghalaya Cements Ltd.
Address by  (10.40 – 10.50 am)	State Keynote Address Dr K K Dwivedi, IAS Principal Secretary Department of Industries,  Government of Assam
Address by  (10.50 – 11.00 am)	Mr R S Ramesh, CGM  State Bank of India
Address by (11.00 am – 11.10 am)	Mr.  Vinit Kumar Chairman ,  Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Trust, formerly Kolkata port trust
Address by (11.10– 11.20 am)	Mr  PVSLN Murty, CMD North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFI)
Address by (11.20 – 11.25 am)	Mr. Pradeep Shrivastava, Executive Vice President  Food and Agribusiness Strategic Advisory and Research (FASAR) team,  YES Bank
(11.25 – 11.30 am)	Release of ASSOCHAM YES BANK Knowledge report
(11.30  – 11.40 am)	Chief Guest  Shri Chandramohan Patowary Hon’ble Industry Minister, Government of Assam
	Presentation of Mementos
(11.45 am- 11.50 am )	Vote of Thanks by ASSOCHAM

Inauguration of Exhibition and Media Interaction

DAY I – 1ST MARCH 2022
(11.50 – 12.45 pm)	Food Processing Opportunities, Developing Opportunities in ODOP, Strengthening FPOs  Speakers:  Mr Triranga Bharatiya Borah, Director Horticulture and Food Processing, Govt of Assam Mr Umesh Kamble, Founder Director Farm to Fork Solutions Mr Ganapathy K D, Head India, Farmer Partnership Program Nedspices Mr Mahesh Lendhe, Category Head Global Seafood, Aditya Birla Chemicals Mr Manoj Kr Das, Managing Director NERAMAC Mr Swapnil M Wankhade, APEDA	HALL B Roundtable with Hon’ble Industry Minister, Assam Shri Chandramohan Patowary Session Lead : Mr Sandeep Khaitan Vice Chair ASSOCHAM
(12.45 – 1.35 pm)	Strengthening MSMEs – Fund Raising Opportunities & Export Credit Facilities  Session Lead: Mr Ashish Deorah, Laghu Udyog Speakers:   Mr S R Meena, DGM SIDBI  Mr Harjit Mohan Bharali, Branch Manager, ECGC Mr Prithwijit Das, DGM, SBI	Roundtable with  Chairman Kolkata Port Trust Shri Vinit Kumar, IRSEE
	Lunch	Lunch
2. 00- 3.00 pm)	Infrastructure, Energy, Real Estate - Strengthening Northeast  Guest of Honour : Shri Samrat Rahi, Dy chairman, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Trust, Kolkata Mr Shailesh Bahety, Head East Zone, National Association of Realtors Mr Alok Kumar, RO (NE), NHAI Mr Dhruv Bhalla , Sr Vice President Kanoria Foundation (Session moderation) Mr Karn Sharma, Director Arunachal Pradesh Power Corporation Mr Pramod Kr Jain, Sr VP, TCI
(3.00 – 4.30 pm)	Scope of Oil Palm Industry in  North East  & Oil Industry Supply Chain  Speakers:  Mr Nasim Ali, Former CEO Oil Palm Cultivation, Godrej Agrovet   Mr Amit Jain, Export Manager Ruchi Soya Mr Subhas Bhattacharjee, Head NE  Region, Oil Palm Ruchi Soya Mr Puskar Mukherjee, VP, Supply Chain, Emami Agrotech	Business Meetings

     

DAY II, 2nd March 2022
	HALL A	HALL B
(11.00 – 12.30 pm)	Promoting Startup Eco System in Northeast & Young Professionals Speakers: Mr Gunujit Brahma, MD, Jeev Anksh Eco Products Pvt. Ltd Mr Rajeev Saikia, MD, RD Grow Green India Pvt Ltd Mr Prashant Talukdar, NEDFI Dr Lalit Sharma, Director, Guwahati Entrepreneur Institute Mr Pranjal Konwar, COO, IIM Calcutta Innovation Park	Business Meetings
(12.30 – 1.30 pm)	Mushroom Cultivation and Value Addition Speakers ; Dr Sandeep Das, Director, Technology and Incubation Centre on Mushroom, Bodoland University Dr Sandeep Janghu, Asst Professor, NIFTEM, Guwahati	Business Meetings
	Networking Lunch	Networking Lunch
(2.00 pm – 3.00 pm)	Food Processing Way Forward Mr Rajiv Biswas, CFO , North East Mega Food Park Mr Sagar Kumar, IASST, Guwahati Dr D N Kalita, Director KVK Kamrup	Business Meetings
(3.00 pm – 5.00 pm)	Opportunities in Assam Fisheries and Piggery Sector for Strengthening Entrepreneurship Speakers : Mr Chandan Chetri, Director Fisheries, Government of Assam Dr N H Mohan, National Research Centre Pig, Guwahati	Closing