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VASANTDADA SUGAR INSTITUTEVSI Bulletin : Vol.-17, Issue-1, January to Marh 2017

Vol. 12, Issue - 4, December 2012

The sugarcane is an important cash crop grownworldwide. It is a long duration crop and it interacts withall the seasons viz., rainy, winter and summer during itslife cycle. Globally, the area of sugarcane is rising inresponse to increasing demand for bio-ethanol and sugar.

In some countries, trend towards mono-cropping ofsugarcane is likely to have major impacts on soil health& agro-ecology and effect of climate change & globalwarming. Therefore, a significant impact on itsproduction and sugar yield is expected in near future.

Global warming and climate change will also trigger majorchanges in geographical distribution and populationdynamics of insect pests, insect – host plant interactions,activity and occurrence of natural enemies. This will affectboth crop production and food security. Therefore, thereis a need to assess the efficacy of various pestmanagement technologies under diverse environmentalconditions and develop appropriate strategies for pestmanagement and development of suitable varietiestolerant to changed climatic conditions. Soil health,cropping season, weed, disease & pest management,nutrient management and proper water managementseems to be the effective measures for obtaining highyield in future.

Sugar production in India will be 15% less during 2016-17season compared with the previous year due to droughtin Karnataka and Maharashtra. India’s sugar productionhas decreased from 28.3 million tonnes in 2013-14 to 25.1million tonnes in 2015-16. It is forecasted that sugar millsare likely to produce sufficient sugar for domesticconsumption in the sugar season 2017-18.

All these issues were highlighted at the forefront of 40th

Annual General Meeting of the Institute held on 27th

March 2017. It was a gathering of all sugarcane growersand management of sugar mills from the State in whichVSI announced the awards for sugarcane farmers forproducing highest yield of sugarcane per hectare, bestperforming sugar mills, distilleries and personnel withrespect to technical efficiency award, financialmanagement award, oos bhusan award etc. Hon. ChiefMinister of Maharashtra Mr. Devendra Fadnavis andHon. President of VSI, Mr. Sharad Pawar and other dignitarieswere present for this function and they opined aboutchallenges and improvements required in the sugar sector.

The different events reported in this bulletin will showcasethe activities of VSI in research, extension, training andconsultancy on the domestic and international front forthe sugarcane growers and sugar mills.

VASANTDADA SUGAR INSTITUTE

(RM Devarumath)Editor


CONGRATULATIONSCONGRATULATIONSPadma Vibhushan Award for Shri Sharad Pawar

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Mr. Sharad Pawar, Hon. President of Vasantdada Sugar Institute (VSI) has been confirmed the “PadmaVibhushan”- Award - the second highest civilian award in India. He received the award on 30th March2017 at the hands of Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, HE Hon. President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, NewDelhi. This award is in recognition of his contribution as a veteran politician, stalwart of the co-opera-tive movement and a great agriculturalist. Mr. Sharad Pawar dedicated this award to the farmers. TheInstitute is proud of this achievement. Heartiest Congratulations to Hon. President, VSI, on behalf of allVSI staff.


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EVENTSEVENTS

The 68th Republic day of India was celebrated on 26th

January, 2017. On this occasion Mr. ShivajiraoDeshmukh, Director General, VSI, hoisted the Nationalflag in the premises of Institute in presence ofInstitute's staff.

68th Republic Day of India

25th Institutional Bio-Safety Committee (IBSC) Meeting

The 25th meeting of Institutional Bio-SafetyCommittee (IBSC) of VSI was held on 16th January, 2017under the chairmanship of Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh,DG, VSI in presence of Dr. P Suprasanna, Head,FPBS, NABTD, BARC, Mumbai and DBT nominee.Dr. K Harinath Babu, Sr. Scientist, VSI-MemberSecretary, Dr. RM Devarumath, Scientist and

Dr. SG Dalvi, Scientific Officer, VSI-Members participatedin the meeting. Various issues related to Bio-Safety,work progress and developing collaborations within andoutside India for developing drought tolerant sugarcanewere discussed in the meeting.

Management Committee Meetings

Four committee meetings were held during thequarter. Two investment committee meetings wereheld on 2nd February and 14th March ,2017respectively; one building & purchase committee

meeting was held on 7th March, 2017 and theGoverning Council and Annual General Meetings(AGM) were held on 27th March, 2017.


The 40th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Institutewas held on 27th March, 2017 at VSI campus, Manjari(Bk) under the chairmanship of Hon. President of VSIMr. Sharad Pawar and Mr. Devendra Fadnavis, Hon.Chief Minister of Maharashtra State was the ChiefGuest of the function.

Mr. Shivajirao Patil, Vice-President of VSI, membersof Board of Trustees and the Governing Council ofVSI viz. Mr. Shankarrao Kolhe, Mr. Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil, Mr. Dilip Valse-Patil, Mr. Ajit Pawar, Mr. JayantraoPatil, Mr. Balasaheb Thorat and Mr. HarshwardhanPatil, Dr. Patangrao Kadam, Chairmen, Board ofDirectors and representatives of sugar mills andsugarcane farmers of sugar mills from MaharashtraState were present in the programme.

Dr. Indrajeet Mohite welcomed the Hon. ChiefMinister, dignitaries present on the dais,representative from sugar mills and farmers.Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG, VSI presented theagenda and notes of AGM. The Chief Minister andother dignitaries released annual publications of VSInamely Technical Performance of Sugar Mills inMaharashtra, Financial Performance of Sugar Millsin Maharashtra and Technical Performance of Co-operative Distilleries in Maharashtra, for the year2015-16.

On this occasion, the VSI awards for best technicalefficiency of sugar mills, outstanding performanceof sugar mills personnel and progressive farmersproducing high sugarcane yield and VSI bestemployees etc. were given at the hands of

Mr. Devendra Fadnavis and Mr. Sharad Pawar (List ofaward winners is given below).

Mr. Sharad Pawar in his speech expressed that sugarproduction in Maharashtra has dropped down to 50%this year as compared with the average of the lastcouple of years because of climatic conditions orseasonal variation. He suggested to develop newvarieties of sugarcane that require less water andproduce more sugar/yield with resistant to pest anddisease. He expressed the hope that VSI scientistswould succeed in fulfilling the new challenges of thesugar industry and sugarcane agriculture. He alsoraised the issues of power purchase agreement (PPA)and non-remunerative price of ethanol.

Mr. Devendra Fadnavis in his speech said that the statesugar industry had been critical for the past few yearsowing to drought. This industry is the main source ofstrength of rural Maharashtra and its problems needto be addressed immediately. He also mentioned thatthe government would support cooperative sugarsector provided that the sugar mill owners wouldensure its functions and practices transparent, so thatthe stakeholders will not incur any losses. He alsosaid that the government would buy cogenerationpower from sugar mills at a remunerative price so thatthe mills would not face any financial hardships. Heassured that the government is helping the SugarIndustry and farmers to get good returns. The meetingwas concluded with a vote of thanks.

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40th Annual General Meeting and Distribution of VSI Awards

List of VSI Award Winners for the Season 2015-16

TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY AWARDS

a. SOUTH ZONE:

First Prize Jawahar Shetkari SSK Ltd., Hupari, Dist. Kolhapur

Second Prize Jaywant Sugars Ltd., Karad, Dist. Satara

Third Prize Shree Datta Shetkari SSK Ltd., Shirol, Dist. Kolhapur


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List of VSI Award Winners for the Season 2015-16 (Contd.)

b. CENTRAL ZONE :

First Prize Vitthalrao Shinde SSK Ltd., Madha, Dist. Solapur

Second Prize The Malegaon SSK Ltd., Baramati, Dist. Pune

Third Prize Bhimashankar SSK Ltd., Ambegaon, Dist. Pune

c. NORTH-EAST ZONE :

First Prize Bhaurao Chavan SSK Ltd., Unit No.-I, Ardhapur, Dist. Nanded

Second Prize Bhaurao Chavan SSK Ltd., Unit No.-II, alamnuri, Dist. Hingoli

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AWARDS

a. SOUTH ZONE: Sahyadri SSK Ltd., Karad, Dist. Satara

b. CENTRAL ZONE: Shri Someshwar SSK Ltd., Baramati, Dist. Pune

c. NORTH-EAST ZONE: Bhaurao Chavan SSK Ltd., Unit No.-II, Kalamnuri, Dist. Hingoli

BEST CANE DEVELOPMENT WORK AWARDS

a. SOUTH ZONE: Kisanveer Satara SSK Ltd., Wai, Dist. Satara

b. CENTRAL ZONE: Daund Sugar Pvt. Ltd., Alegaon, Dist. Pune

c. NORTH-EAST ZONE: Bhaurao Chavan SSK Ltd., Unit No.-I, Ardhapur, Dist. Nanded

OOS BHUSHAN AWARD

Late Yashwantrao Chavan Award for Pre-seasonMr. Prakash Tukaram AmbiPad. Krantiveer Dr. N.N. Hutatma Kisan Ahir SSK Ltd., Dist. Sangli

Late Vasantrao Naik Award for Suru SeasonMr. Jaypal Uttamrao MohiteYashwantrao Mohite Krishna SSK Ltd., Shivnagar, Dist. Satara

Late Annasaheb Shinde Award for RatoonMr. Sandip Ramchandra PowarShree T.K. Warana SSK Ltd., Dist. Kolhapur

SOUTH ZONE

Pre season Mr. Vijay K. Chavan, Kasegaon, Dist. Sangli Rajarambapu Patil SSK Ltd., Dist. Sangli

Suru season Mr. Tukaram B. Uhnale, Pulachi Shiroli, Dist. KolhapurShree Chhatrapati Rajaram SSK Ltd., Dsit. Kolhapur

Ratoon Mr. Baban M. Chavan, Kiroli, Dist. Satara,Sahyadri SSK Ltd., Yashvantnagar, Dist. Satara


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List of VSI Award Winners for the Season 2015-16 (Contd.)

CENTRAL ZONE

Pre season Mr. Sagar B. Kujir, Belhe, Dist. PuneShri Vighnahar SSK Ltd., Dist. Pune

Suru season Mr. Manohar V. Dhabade, Koteshwarwadi, Dist. Pune Shree Sant Tukaram SSK Ltd., Dist. Pune

Ratoon Mr. Umesh S. Sathe, Nagargoan Dist. PuneRaosaheb Pawar Ghodganga SSK Ltd., Dist. Pune

NORTH-EAST ZONE

Pre season Mr. Kamalakar S. More, Brhmhanwada, Dist. NandedBhaurao Chavan SSK Ltd., Dist. Nanded

Ratoon Mr. Atmaram P. Pawar, Gori, Dist. JalnaKarmyogi Akunshrao Tope Samarth SSK Ltd., Dist. Jalna

LATE RAOSAHEBDADA PAWAR AWARD FOR THE BEST DISTILLERY IN MAHARASHTRAVitthalrao Shinde SSK Ltd., (Distillery Unit), Gangamainagar, Post: Pimpalner, Tal. Madha, Dist. Solapur

LATE KARMAYOGI SHANKARRAOJI PATIL AWARD FOR THE BEST FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INMAHARASHTRASharad SSK Ltd., Hatkanangale, Dist. Kolhapur

LATE Dr. APPASAHEB ALIAS S.R. PATIL AWARD FOR THE BEST CANE DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE INMAHARASHTRAShree Datta Shetkari SSK Ltd., Shirol, Dist. Kolhapur

LATE VILASRAOJI DESHMUKH AWARD FOR THE MOST INNOVATIVE SUGAR FACTORY IN MAHARASHTRADaund Sugar Pvt. Ltd., Alegaon (Kadam Vasti), Dist. Pune

LATE VASANTDADA PATIL AWARD FOR BEST OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF THE SUGAR FACTORY INMAHARASHTRAShri Vighnahar SSK Ltd., Shiroli (Bk.), Dist. Pune

AWARD FOR BEST CHIEF ENGINEERMr. SJ Patil, Chief Engineer,Sonhira SSK Ltd., Wangi, Dist. Sangli

AWARD FOR BEST CHIEF CHEMISTMr. PS Yelpale, Chief ChemistVitthalrao Shinde SSK Ltd., Pimpalner, Dist. Solapur

AWARD FOR BEST FINANCE MANAGERMr. SP Jadhav, Finance ManagerKrantiagrani Dr. G.D. Bapu Lad SSK Ltd., Kundal, Dist. Sangli


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AWARD FOR BEST DISTILLERY MANAGERMr. RB Jagtap, General Manager (By-product)The Malegaon SSK Ltd., Shivnagar, Dist. Pune

AWARD FOR BEST CANE DEVELOPMENT OFFICERMr. VD JadhavKrantiagrani Dr. G.D. Bapu Lad SSK Ltd., Kundal, Dist. Sangli

AWARD FOR BEST MANAGING DIRECTORMr. BB Nawale, Managing DirectorNira Bhima SSK Ltd., Redni, Dist. Pune

AWARD FOR VSI EMPLOYEES FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE1. Mr. SS Jagtap, Civil Engineer, Civil Section2. Mr. DA Patil, Scientist, Department of Alcohol Technology3. Best Performing Agril. Farm Team

(i) Mr. SR Phadtare, Tractor Driver(ii) Mr. SM Kotwal, Tractor Driver(iii) Mr. DS Kunjir, Tractor Driver(iv) Mr. VK Pawar, JCB Operator(v) Mr. LS Shaikh, Field Attend, Gr. III(vi) Mr. TA Zombade, Field Attendant, Gr. III(vii) Mr. ND Bhondave, Field Attendant-cum-Tractor Driver(viii) Mr. KD Gaikwad, Field Attendant-cum-Tractor Driver(ix) Mr. DR Choudhari, Field Attendant-cum-Tractor Driver(x) Mr. VN Gulunjkar, Field Attendant-cum-Tractor Driver

List of VSI Award Winners for the Season 2015-16


Mr. Devendra Fadnavis, Hon. Chief Minister, Maharashtrareleases Annual Publications of VSI during AGM

Mr. Prakash T. Ambi, Tal. Walwa, Dist. Sangli receives‘Late Yashvantrao Chavan’ award for achieving highest

sugarcane yield in the State for pre-seasonal crop

Mr. Jaypal U. Mohite, Dist. Sangli receives ‘LateVasantrao Naik’ award for achieving highest

sugarcane yield in the State for seasonal (suru) crop

Mr. Sandip R. Powar, Dist. Kolhapur receives ‘LateAnnasaheb Shinde’ award for achieving highest

sugarcane yield in the State for ratoon crop

Mr. VD Jadhav, Krantiagrani Dr. J.D. Bapu Lad SSK Ltd.,Dist. Sangli receives award for

‘Best Cane Development Officer’

Mr. SJ Patil, Sonhira SSK Ltd., Dist. Sangli receivesaward for ‘Best Chief Engineer’

Mr. Devendra Fadnavis, Hon. Chief Minister,Maharashtra addressing Annual General Meeting

Mr. Sharad Pawar, Hon. President of VSI, addressingAnnual General Meeting

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Mr. SS Jagtap, Civil Engineer, VSI,receives award for best employees of VSI

Award for VSI Employees for OutstandingPerformance Agricultural Farm Team

Mr. DA Patil, Scientist (Alcohol Tech.), VSIreceives award for best employees of VSI

Mr. PS Yelpale, Vitthalrao Shinde SSK Ltd.,Dist. Solapur receives award for Best Chief Chemist

Mr. SP Jadhav, Krantiagrani Dr. JD Bapu Lad SSK Ltd.,Dist. Sangli receives award for Best Finance Manager

Mr. BB Navale, MD, Nira Bhima SSK Ltd., Dist. Pune,receives award for Best Managing Director

Mr. RB Jagtap, The Malegaon SSK Ltd., Dist. Punereceives award for Best Distillery Manager

Jawahar Shetkari SSK Ltd., Dist. Kolhapur receivesaward for Best Technical Efficiency in the South Zone

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Vighnarhar SSK Ltd., Dist. Pune receives Late Vasantdada Patil awardfor the Best Overall Performance

Vitthalrao Shinde SSK Ltd., Dist. Solapur receivesaward for Best Technical Efficiency in the Central Zone

Bhaurao Chavan SSK Ltd., Dist. Nanded receives awardfor Best Technical Efficiency in the North-East Zone

Vitthalroa Shinde SSK Ltd., Dist. Solapur receivesLate Raosahebdada Pawar award for Best Distillery

Sharad SSK Ltd., Dist. Kolhapur receivesLate Karmyogi Shankarraoji Patil award for

Best Financial Management

Shree Datta Shetkari SSK Ltd., Dist. Kolhapur receivesLate Dr. Appasaheb alias SR Patil award for

Best Overall Cane Development Performance

Daund Sugar Pvt. Ltd., Dist. Pune receivesLate Vilasraoji Deshmukh award for

the Most Innovative Sugar Mill


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WORKSHOPS / TRAININGWORKSHOPS / TRAININGAdvanced Technologies in Sugarcane Agriculture (Batch-I)

A special training program on “AdvancedTechnologies in Sugarcane Agriculture” wasorganized at VSI for sugarcane growers from UttarPradesh during9th to 13th January,2017. This programwas sponsored byLal Bahadur ShastriGanna KisanSanstha (LBSGKS),Lucknow, UP anddeputed 16 selectedp r o g r e s s i v esugarcane growersalong with two officials from Uttar Pradesh. Mr. BHPawar, Training Coordinator and Head, PlantPathology Section welcomed all the participants onbehalf of VSI and briefed the activities of the VSI interms of education, training, short-term courses,research, consultancy and extension services. Theprogram was inaugurated by Mr. Prem Chandra Soni,Instructor, LBSGKS, in presence of all the Heads ofthe sections. Mr. Soni welcomed all the participantsand thanked VSI for conducting training. He briefedabout the sugarcane agriculture scenario andhighlighted the constraints before the sugar sectorin UP. He also emphasized the need of training forthe sugarcane growers to increase sugarcaneproductivity in the State. He also appealed to theparticipants to take the benefit of different servicesof VSI.

Lectures and practicals were conducted on varioustopics viz., sugarcane varieties and varietal planning,three-tier seed nursery program, tissue culture,modern planting methods, settling transplanting(STP), soil fertility & nutrient management, irrigation

water management, use of bio-fertilizers, farmmechanization, ratoon management and integrateddisease & pest management by the agriculture

scientists. Moreemphasis onpracticals, fielddemonstrations anddiscussions wasgiven during thetraining. As a part ofthe training, theexposure visit wasarranged to theSanjivani (Takli) SSK

Ltd., Ahmednagar, Shree Vignahar SSK Ltd.,Nivruttinagar, Pune and Shiroli Khurd village. Theofficials of both the sugar mills briefly highlightedthe Cane Development Projects undertaken andharvesting planning followed by their mills. Thesugarcane plots of the progressive growers in Shirolivillage having productivity more than 100 tonnes/acre were also visited by the trainees. Mr. SubhashMore, Secretary, Shreeram Krishi Vidyan Mandal,Shiroli Khurd explained the activities of theirassociation and briefed the practices adopted by theirassociated farmers.

In the concluding session, the participants expressedsatisfaction about the training and expected helpfrom VSI in the future also. Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh,Director General, VSI in his concluding remarksadvised farmers for implementation of moderntechnologies in sugarcane cultivation andemphasized the need of training to the sugarcanegrowers for increasing sugarcane productivity andsugar recovery. The certificates along with groupphotos were distributed to honor the participants.


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Agricultural Sciences and Technology Division ofVSI had organized a two days special trainingprogram on “Sugarcane Agriculture” for the officersand technical stafffrom Latur Division,Department ofA g r i c u l t u r eMaharashtra Stateon 11th and 12th

January, 2017. Thetraining wasinaugurated bylighting oftraditional lamp bythe trainees in presence of all the HOD/HOS.Mr. BH Pawar, Training Coordinator and Head, PlantPathology Section welcomed the participants andbriefed about the activities of the VSI in terms ofeducation, consultancy and extension services.

Advanced Technologies in Sugarcane Agriculture (Batch-II)

Thirty five participants attended the training in 2batches. During training lectures and practicals onvarious topics of sugarcane cultivation planning

& practices tointegrated nutrient,pest and watermanagement werefocused.

During farewellremarks theparticipantse x p r e s s e dsatisfaction aboutthe training and

expected future help from VSI. During this function,the certificates along with group photos were givento the trainees.

Virus Indexing and Genetic Fidelity Testing

The training program was conducted for staff of Africantissue culture companies and researcher from AfricanResearch Institutes on effective management ofoperations, disease diagnosis (virus indexing) and trueto type (genetic fidelity) testing at Molecular Biology& Genetic Engineering Laboratory, VSI. The event wasorganized by Biotech Consortium India Limited (BCIL),New Delhi under sponsorship of Ministry of ExternalAffairs, Govt. of India. The duration of the trainingprogram was from 6th to 9th February, 2017. There werefifteen African delegates from Malawi, Mozambique,Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda, Sudan, South Sudan andEthiopia attended the training programme. Dr. Shiv KantShukla, Assistant General Manager, BCIL and Mr.Mayank as Associate from BCIL also participated.

Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG, VSI welcomed all thedelegates and felicitated Dr. Shiv Kant Shukla. In hiswelcome address he emphasized on the activity of VSIin terms of education, extension and services beingrendered to the sugarcane growers & sugar mills.Documentary on activies of VSI was also shown. LaterDr. Shukla explained importance of this training andexpressed his gratitude towards DG for his support toarrange this event. During these four days, theparticipants attended lectures and hands on trainingof virus indexing and genetic fidelity experiments. Thelectures were given by Dr. S Tripati, IARI, Pune and Dr.Vidya Gupta, NCL, Pune. They focused on the role ofNational Certification System for Tissue Culture Plants


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(NCS-TCP), its methods and protocols for differenttests to be performed for disease diagnosis and true

Climate Change and Disease & Pest Occurrence in Sugarcane

One day workshop on ‘Climate Change and Disease& Pest Occurrence in Sugarcane’ was organized bythe Agriculture Sciences and Technology Divisionon 28th January, 2017.Mr. BH Pawar, Sr.Scientist & Head,Plant PathologySection welcomedparticipants of theworkshop during theinaugural function. Inhis welcome speech hehighlighted theimportance of the topicof the workshop andactivities of VSI. The workshop was inaugurated byChief Guest and speaker Dr. SB Kharbade, Head, Agri.Meteorology and Entomology Division, College ofAgriculture, Pune.

During the technical session, Dr. SB Kharbade deliveredthe lecture on ‘Climate Change and Pest & DiseaseForewarning in Sugarcane’. He opined that the changein climate affects the biology of the pests of sugarcaneand appealed to the sugar mill staff to monitor thedevelopment of the insect pests and diseases onperiodical basis in their operational area. He

highlighted the importance of the forewarning for theeffective management of different pests and diseasesof sugarcane. Mr. RG Yadav, Scientific Officer and

Head, Agril.Entomology Section,VSI, deliverd lecture on‘Climate Change andPest Management insugarcane’. He gave theexample of sugarcanewooly aphid which wasnoticed first time inthe year of 2002-03 dueto climate change.Now a day white fly is

becoming major insect pest of sugarcane which wasearlier minor pest. SimilarlyMr. BH Pawar delivered the talk on ‘Impact of ClimateChange on Disease Development and Management ofDiseases in Sugarcane Crop’. He said that, the foliardiseases viz., pokkah boeng, brown spot and brown rustare becoming major diseases on sugarcane inMaharashtra State and this may be due to change inclimate pattern. Mr. Vilas Jadhav, Cane Developmentofficer of Krantiagrani Dr. GD Bapu Lad SSK Ltd., Kundal,

to type. The event was concluded with discussion anda vote of thanks.


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Sangli presented the success story of the managementof white grub pest in their operational area.

This workshop was attended by 52 participants from28 sugar mills of Maharashtra State. The participantsresolved their doubts about change in climate, diseaseand insect pest occurrence and management of thepests of sugarcane during the discussion. Theprogram was concluded with a vote of thanks by Mr.RG Yadav.

After the workshop, the meeting of working group forCane Development was held in the Auditorium at VSI.The members of the core group and senior officersfrom sugar mills attended the meeting. The meetingconcluded with following recommendations;

1. The life cycle of insect pests and diseases ofsugarcane is changing due to change in climate.Therefore regular survey on periodical basisshould be carried out for knowing the occurrence

and to prevent spread of the diseases and insectpests on sugarcane crop in the mill operationalarea.

2. Field demonstrations on preventive and curativemeasures for insect pest and diseases ofsugarcane should be conducted and visits offarmers to the demonstration plots should bearranged.

3. The field demonstration for control of white gruband white fly by using Entomo-Pathogenic Fungi(EPF) and Beuveria/Verticillium/Metarrhizium(BVM) should be arranged.

4. To supply good quality sugarcane seed materialthat is free from disease and pest, sugar mills,should implement three-tier seed nurseryprogram. The breeder seed in the form of tissueculture plantlets/ settlings/ setts should be takenfor the raising of foundation seed.

Agro-Industrial Waste ManagementOne day workshop on 'Agro-Industrial WasteManagement' was organized at VSI Pune on 25th

February, 2017 for the technical staff from distilleries,environmental section, agricultural officers, canedevelopment officers and agricultural graduatesworking in the sugar mills of Maharashtra State. Total45 participants attended the workshop from 28 sugarmills of State. Mrs. Sudha Ghodke welcomed theparticipants and staff of Agriculture Division.

In the introductory address by Dr. DB Phonde,Sr. Scientist & Head, Soil Science, Agril. Microbiologyand Agronomy section explained the importance ofagro-industrial waste management. The imbalanceuse of inorganic fertilizers has created the soilproblems like immobilization of nutrients in soil &salinity. The insufficient organic matter also affectsthe soil fertility. Approximately 6.5 million tonne ofsugarcane trash is being produced every year and mostof the residues are usually burnt in the field. Besidesthe loss of organic matter and plant nutrients, burningof crop residues also causes atmospheric pollutiondue to the emission of toxic gases that poses threatto humans and ecosystem. He explained the

importance of composting of cane trash in situ andPress Mud Cake (PMC) along with spent-wash atcomposting yard for preparation of good qualitycompost.

Mrs. Rutuja More, Scientist & Head, AgricultureMicrobiology section talked on agro-industrial wastemanagement in sugarcane agriculture and informedregarding the importance of different microorganismsfor decomposition of agro-industrial wastes andpreparation of quality compost, its enrichment bydifferent bio-fertilizers and the application of the samefor maintaining soil & plant health. She also briefedabout the microbial inoculants particularly VSI’sdecomposing culture, their use & methods of applicationin decomposition of sugarcane trash, PMC along withspent wash. These bio-inoculants along with organicmanures will be useful for increasing soil fertility andminimizing doses of inorganic fertilizers. Besides soilhealth and plant health agro products, she gaveinformation on different bio-control agents like bio-fungicides & bio-pesticides developed by VSI forcontrolling diseases & pests in sugarcane and othercrops.


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In another speech by Dr. Deepali Nimbalkar,Sr. Scientist & Head, Department of EnvironmentalScience talked on composting process of distilleryspent wash and management of Agro-industrialwastes. She explained details of composting ofdistillery spent wash. She also presentedmanagement of wastes of other industries like foodprocessing, dairy, textile, tannery, pulp & paperindustry and the practices to be adopted forminimization of these wastes. M/s. Triochem andM/s. Khare equipments presented the equipments forcomposting and enrichment of ready compost processon mass level at sugar mills. The function wasconcluded with discussion and a vote of thanks.

Following recommendations were finalized in theworkshop;

1. Maintenance of organic carbon through organicfertilizers is mandatory.

2. Application of liquid Decomposing culture @ 1lit/acre for sugarcane trash mulching and 1lit/ 4tof PMC/ any agro-industrial waste.

3. For enrichment of ready compost application ofsoil health @ 4lit/2t of compost, bio-pesticides@ 2lit/2t and bio-fungicide @ 1lit/2t of readycompost for controlling different pests &diseases of sugarcane and other Intercrops.

Two training programmes for Sr. Executives andTrainee Engineers of different units of EID Parry (I)Ltd. were conducted during 20th-21th March and20th-25th March, 2017 respectively by SugarTechnology and Sugar Engineering Departments atVSI.

Refresher training programme was organized forSr. Executives which covered the following topics :

Water management in sugar industryVarious alternatives to reduce steam consumptionAdvance mill settingHigh pressure boilerCritical boiler maintenanceCogeneration and fault rectificationBetter quality sugar production

Sugar Engineering and processing training programmewas organized for trainee Engineers which coveredthe following topics:

Mills capacitySurplus power generation in sugar industryElectrical safety measuresBetter juice clarificationChemical controlProcess of plantation white manufacturing

Sugar Engineering and ProcessingAdvance mill settingBasic electricalMaintenance aspects of millsComparative study of milling and diffusersBasic concept of evaporationBoiler water treatmentBasic of crystallizationBatch type and continuous panDesign aspects of equipmentsAdvance mill feeding devicesCane preparationBoiler and turbine starterInduction motors/maintenanceIndividual mill extractionStock takingProcess of raw and refined sugar manufacturingprocessMill power requirementBoiler maintenance

In these training programs 19 executives and 8trainee engineers participated. The participantsexpressed that the knowledge gained during trainingwill definitely help them to work more efficiently forthe technical improvement of the sugar millsconcerned.


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The Department of Alcohol Technology conducted aShort Term Training Programme (STTP) entitled'Overview of Distillery and Alcoholic Beverages' from28th February to 10th March, 2017. State excise officersnamely Mr. AA Kanade, Probationary Superintendentof State Excise (Group-A), Mr. PB Pote, ProbationaryDeputy Superintendent of State Excise (Group-B),Mr. NB Shende, Probationary Deputy Superintendentof State Excise (Group-B), Govt. of Maharashtraparticipated in the programme. Initially, theparticipants were introduced to the staff of AlcoholTechnology Department. They were also introducedto the activities of the Institute in general and theDepoartment of Alcohol Technology in particular.Dr. SV Patil, Technical Adviser & Head deliveredintroductory lecture to the participants. This wasfollowed by lectures on various topics by the staff ofDepartment of Alcohol Technology such as globaland national ethanol scenario, raw materials forethanol production, outline of ethanol productionfrom molasses and grains, storage and handling ofspirit, various types of alcoholic beverages, brewery

Overview of Distillery and Alcoholic Beverages

and winery operations and demonstration practicalson analysis of raw material & alcoholic beverages andrelated food safety standards, determination ofalcoholic strength of alcoholic beverages by SykesHydrometer and Anton Paar Densitometer.

The participants also visited various departments ofVSI. Training certificates were distributed to theparticipants by Mr. DR Takate, Technical Adviser,Department of Alcohol Technology. During concludingsession, the participants expressed their views andappreciation on the information received from thecontent of the course.

Extension Mechanism and Review of Cane Development in Sugar Mills

One day workshop on 'Extension Mechanism andReview of Cane Development in Sugar Mills' was heldat VSI, Pune on 25th March, 2017. The workshop wasinaugurated by Mr. Kakasaheb Shinde, GM,Dnyaneshwar SSK, Ahmednagar; Mr. Shyam Patil, MD,Bhaurao Chavan SSK, Nanded; Mr. Ashok Dhamal,CDO, Kisanveer SSK, Satara and all the agricultureHODs and total of 73 delegates from 40 sugar millsof Maharashtra were present. Dr. RS Hapase, Head& Principal Scientist (Plant Breeding) in hispresentation emphasized on transfer of the scientifictechnologies/research recommendations to thefarmers’ field by agriculture staff of the mills whichwill help to bridge the yield gap and higherproductivity can be sustained without increasing the

area under sugarcane. This will be quite possiblethrough the coordinated efforts by the sugar mills andfarmers with active support and guidance of theSugarcane Research Stations/Institute in the State. Mr.BH Pawar, Head & Senior Scientist (Plant Pathology)in his presentation highlighted the impact of extensionactivities carried out by the VSI through conductingvarious training programs like Dnyanyag,Dnyanlakshmi, rallies and workshops. He alsoexplained the impact developed by VSI inputs inincreasing the cane yield.

Mr. Kakasaehb Shinde in his talk stated that theDnyaneshwar factory started the cane developmentprogrammes since establishment of the factory with


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the help of VSI’s guidance and it helped to increasethe cane yield/ha. He also mentioned that the factoryintroduced MS 10001 and VSI 08005 varieties in it'sarea of operation which will help to increase the sugarrecovery. He insisted that the cane developmentprogramme should include the programmes toincrease the soil organic content which is essentialto increase the cane yield along with any otherinputs. Other representatives of two sugar millshighlighted the major cane development activitiesundertaken by their sugar mills and the impact of theactivities in increasing the farmers cane yield andsugar recovery of the mills.

In the concluding session, Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh,Director General, VSI addressed to the Officers andexpressed the need to pay attention for the extensionwork by the cane development wing of the sugar millsso that, the new technologies reach to the farmer’sfield for increasing their cane productivity. He alsoexplained the importance of the extension work andadvised the officers to take the technical knowledgefrom the Institute and transfer it to the sugarcanegrowers. The following recommendations were madein the workshop :

1. Every sugar mill should have separate canedevelopment department for strengtheningextension activities.

2. The mills should make a budgetary provision forcane development activities every year.

3. To transfer the recent technologies of sugarcanecultivation and sugar mills should implementcane development schemes through canedevelopment department by strengtheningextension work.

4. VSI developed agricultural inputs should be madeavailable to all the cane growers by the sugarmills.

5. Mills should implement three tier seed nurseryprogram systematically by procuring breedersseed of the desired varieties from VSI and other

institutions and multiply it as foundation andcertified seed.

6. Establishment of soil testing laboratory, bio-fertilizer unit, bio-control unit and other inputproducts units are necessary at every sugar mills.

7. For the availability of funds for the canedevelopment work, all the sugar mills should takethe help of SDF and the proposals should besubmitted through VSI or reserve their own fundsfor the same.


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Awareness Programme on National Certification System forTissue Culture Raised Plants (NCS-TCP)

Awareness Programme on National CertificationSystem for Tissue Culture Raised Plants (NCS-TCP)was organized at VSI on 27th March, 2017 for officialsworking in tissue culture units recognized by DBT andfor progressive framers from Maharashtra and GujaratState. Total 70 participants were present for thisawareness programme.

The event was inaugurated by Mr. VB Ingale,Director of Agriculture (Inputs & Quality control),Commissionerate of Agriculture, Pune, Prof. AnupamVarma, Chairman, PMEC, Advanced Centre for PlantVirology, Division of Plant Pathology, IARI, Pusa, NewDelhi, Dr. Shiv Kant Shukla, DGM, BCIL, New Delhi andDr. RM Devarumath, Scientist & Project coordinatorfor Accredited Test Laboratory (ATL) VSI, Pune.

Dr. Shukla welcomed all the dignitaries andparticipants and talked on overview and objectivesof the programme. Mr. VB Ingale in his key noteaddress explained the quality control issues ofagriculture products and its improvement in due courseof time. Prof. A Varma in his inaugural address briefedabout role of NCS-TCP origin and objective of theprogramme for strengthening tissue culture industryand supply of healthy planting material to growers.He also explained the SOPs and function of Accredited

Test Laboratories (ATLs) and Referral Centers (RCs)in India.

The technical session was chaired by Dr. Vidya Gupta,former Chief Scientist, NCL, Pune and Dr. RajaniNadgauda, Prof. Emeritus, PCMB, IIAR, Gandhinagar.In this session the technical presentation was madeby Dr. SK Shukla on Overview of NCS-TCP that coveredthe mechanism of recognition/renewal of recognitionof tissue culture production facility and plantcertification with its SOPs and function of the system.Dr. RM Devarumath talked on procedural compliancewith SOPs for testing and certification under NCS-TCP.The Interactive session was conducted and the sessionchaired by Prof. A Verma along with panelists Mr.Kishore Dere, Chief Inspector (QC), Commissionerateof Agriculture, Maharashtra State, Pune, Dr. VidyaGupta, Dr. Rajani Nadoagouda, Dr. Amol Kumar,Coordinator Referral Centre, New Delhi and Dr. RMDevarumath. All the participated members took activepart in the discussion and resolved their queries withpanelists. The discussions were held on different issuesof TCPFs, farmer’s problem, functional problems of ATLs& RCs, State Agriculture Departmental procedures,issues and their functions. The progamme wasconcluded with a vote of thanks.


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Sugar Industry with Particular Reference to Cost Audit

PARTICIPATION BY VSI STAFFPARTICIPATION BY VSI STAFF

Vasantdada Sugar Institute participated in‘KRUSHIK -2017' at Agriculture Development Trust’sKrishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Baramati, Pune, during19th - 22th January, 2017. VSI exhibited variousimproved sugarcane agriculture technologies suchas tissue culture seedlings, bio-fertilizers,multinutrient, mechanizations in sugarcanecultivation and sugarcane varieties. The event wasinaugurated by Dr. Hari Onken, Vice-Chancellor ofNetherlands, Van Hall, Larenstien University in thepresence of Dr. Vavtor Hari Netherland AmbassadorAgriculture consultant Mr. Pandurang Fundkar,Minister of Agriculture Maharashtra, Mr. SadabhauKhot, State Agriculture Minister of Maharashtra,Dr. Vishwanath, Vice-Chancellor of MPKV, Rahuri,Mr. Rajendra Pawar, Head, KVK and Mr. ShivajiraoDeshmukh, Director General of VSI. About 105exhibition stalls, 20 machinery stalls, 32 live stock

The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) alongwith it's Pune chapter has organized a one dayseminar on 'Sugar Industry with Particular Referenceto Cost Audit during 19th January, 2017 at MCCIA TradeTower, Pune. This event was very helpful to CMAs aswell as representative of Sugar Industry. The seminarcovered the the sugar, alcohol, co-generation, bio-gas and bio-fertilizers as key processes in the SugarIndustry; cane procurement and cost impacts;

valuation of products & by-products; utilities astechnical & cost aspects in the Sugar Industry;capacity related issues cost impact, cost records &cost Audit. Mr. PV Ghodke, Scientist, Agronomy,Mr. DB Sapkal, Sr. Sugar Technologist, Mr. KB Kale,Technical Adviser, Sugar Engineering, Mr. DR Takate,Technical Adviser, Alcohol technology, Mr. JN,Mohanty, FA and Mrs. Seema Joshi, Finance Officerattended the seminar.

KRUSHIK – 2017

stalls and 95 field demonstrations were exhibitedon 110 acres area. About 2.5 lakh visitors visitedVSI stall and VSI staff Mr. BJ Takalkar, Dr. AA Nikam,Mr. RB Bhoite, Mr. US Manjul and Mr. SG Brahmeparticipated and gave information about VSI activitiesand products to visitors.

The first semester of the course conducted from8th - 19th February 2016, second semester wasconducted from 16th - 27th January, 2017 and thirdsemester was conducted from 30th January, 2017 to10th February 2017 and fourth semester was

VSI Team at Fiji

conducted from 13th - 24th February, 2017 at Fiji SugarCorporation Limited (FSC), Lautoka by technical stafffrom Sugar Technology, Sugar Engineering, ElectricalEngineering, Instrumentation and ComputerDepartments of VSI.


VISITORS TO VSIVISITORS TO VSI1. Mr. S Choklingam, Divisional Commissioner, Pune

and Mrs. Choklingam visited VSI on 28th January,2017. Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, Director General,VSI welcomed the guest and felicitedMr. S Choklingam. He introduced the VSI activities.They visited Tissue Culture and Molecular Biology& Genetic Engineering Laboratory. The Head ofDepartments briefed their activities to the visitors.

They also took part in the workshop of ‘ClimateChange and Disease & Pest occurrence insugarcane’. Mr. Choklingam interacted with theparticipants and discussed the issues ofsugarcane growers.

2. Mr. Pham Hong Duong, Chairman of the board,and Mr. Vo Tong Xuan, Member of the board,Thanh Thanh Cong Tay Ninh Joint Stock Company,Tan Hung village, Tan Chau district, Tay Ninhprovince, Vietnam visited Institute on 13th - 14th

February, 2017. They are the top refined sugarproducer in Vietnam. They visited variousdepartments to know the activities of VSI.

3. Amb. HE Mr. Yogesh Karan, Fijian PermanentSecretary to the Office of Prime Minister who isalso looking after the Sugar Industry Ministry withthe Prime Minister visited VSI, Pune during 22th -25th February, 2017. Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh,Director General, VSI welcomed and felicitated Mr.Yogesh Karan. He introduced the VSI activities interm of Research & Development, Extension andServices to sugarcane growers & sugar mills andshowed documentary of VSI. He visited all theAgriculture Sections and Technology Divisions andthe HODs of respective departments briefed theiractivities. He also visited Institute’s farms. Ameeting was organized at VSI with representativesof Harvester & Planter manufacturers of CHNInternational and Shaktiman Company along withAgriculture Engineering section.

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4. Prof. Ortloff, Mr. Upen and Mr. Christian Preinfalkfrom Switzerland Green Energy Gmbh (SGE),Switzerland, Mr. Kuldeep Varma of BrilliantProcess Solution LLP and representatives ofSadguru Sri Sri Sakhar Karkhana Ltd., attendedinteractive meeting and presentation made byProf. Ortloff of SGE on topic entitled, 'DigestingLignocellulose to biogas'. Mr. ShivajiraoDeshmukh, Director General, VSI and conceredstaff of the Institute attended the meeting heldat VSI on 20th March, 2017. DG welcomed allthe delegates and gave brief overview of thevarious activities conducted by the Institute andShort film of VSI activities was shown. Mr.Christian Preintalk of SGE introduced thespeakers and other invitees present for theinteractive meet. He mentioned that SGE isinterested in collaboration with VSI fordeveloping such innovative technologiessuitable for Indian conditions. Prof. Ortloff madea presentation on “Digesting Lignocellulose tobiogas”. He introduced the technologydeveloped by SGE based on conversion oflignocellulosic biomass to biogas. He furtheradded that there are several plants working ondomestic waste operating in Germany. DirectorGeneral, VSI suggested that economic viabilityfor sugar mills in Indian scenario should beevaluated for 2500 TCD as a model for sugar

mill. Mr. Kuldeep Varma, Brilliant Process SolutionLLP in his presentation provided information ofvarious technologies available for purification ofbiogas and limitations of existing technologies.He mentioned that with this technology it ispossible to bring down the H2S level in biogas to1 ppm. Mr. Upen SGE representative madepresentation on 'Energy Storage Aspect UsingSilica'. At the end of meeting, DG, VSI thankedthe SGE team and staff of the Institute.

5. Mr. Rajeev Mahendru, Secretary SugarAdministration & Litigations from Ministry of Food& Public distribution, GOI visited the Institute on27th March, 2017. Mr. Shivajirao Deshmukh, DG,VSI welcomed him and briefed abount theactivities of Institute. Later Mr. Rajeev Mahendruvisited various departments and concerned staffexplained the activities of the departments.

Tissue Culture section of VSI has been recognized byDepartment of Biotechnology, New Delhi as a TissueCulture Production Unit. Expert committee membersvisited Tissue Culture Laboratory on 12th January,2017 for ‘Renewal of Recognition’ of sugarcane tissueculture facility of the Institute under NationalCertification System. The team comprising Dr. VidyaGupta, Scientist, NCL, Pune; Dr. Savarni Tripathi, Sr.Scientist, Indian Agriculture Research Institute,Regional Center, Pune and Mr. Sharma, BCIL, NewDelhi visited laboratory, green house, field mothernursery plot. They ensured maintenance of

Visit of Expert Committee Team of DBT, New Delhiappropriate records and functioning of sugarcanetissue culture plantlets production.

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Name of Institution Visitors Total

January - 2017Balasaheb Desai College, Patan, Dist : Satara Professor and Students 19

S.M. Joshi College, Microbilogy Section, Hadapsar, Pune Lecturers and Students 44

Indrayavni MahavidyalayaTalegaon Chakan Road, Lecturers and Students 68Talegaon Dabhade ,Tal: Maval, Dist: Pune

Annasaheb Magar College,Hadapsar, Pune - 28 Lecturers and Students 73

KDSP College of Agriculture, Gangapur Road, Nashik Lecturers and Students 18

Individual Farmers from Maharashtra State Farmers 172(22)

Individual Farmers from outside State Farmers 6(2)

February - 2017

Jain Irrigation System Ltd.,Jalgaon Agronomist and Officers 30

Waghire College, Saswad,Dist : Pune Lecturers and Students 24

Yashwantrao Chavan Institue of Science, Satara Maharashtra Lecturers and Students 39

Annasaheb Magar College,Hadapsar, Pune-28 Lecturers and Students 43

Shri Siddhivinayak Mahila Mahavidyalaya,Karvenagar, Pune-52 Lecturers and Students 73

Yashwantrao Chavan College of Science,Karad, Dist: Satara Lecturers and Students 56

Dr. Ghai College, Gadhinglaj,Tal : Gadhinglaj, Dist: Kolhapur Lecturers and Students 62

Vishwasrao Naik Arts, Commerce & Baba Naik Science Lecturers and Students 18Mahavidyalaya, Shirala, Tal: Shirala, Dist: Sangli

Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts, Science & Commerece Lecturers and Students 34Matunga EastBombay – 19

Yashwantrao Chavan College of Science,KaradDist: Satara Lecturers and Students 56


Individual Farmers from out side State Farmers 3(1)

Apart from this during the 1st quarter of year (January - March 2017) visitors visited VSI to see its infrastructure,analytical facility and experimental agricultural field plots and for discussion about extension services. The list ofvisitors is as under :


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Name of Institution Visitors Total

March 2017

Commerce, B.H.S. Arts & T.G.P. Science College, Jamkhandi, Lecturers and Students 76Karnataka StateIndian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operation Ltd.,Area Office Pune Officers and Farmers 25

Modern College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Ganesh Khind, Pune Lecturers and Students 26

Yashwantrao Chavan College of Science, Karad, Dist. Satara Lecturers and Students 51


Individual Farmers from outside State Farmers 3(3)

Total : 1400(101)

· Bracket figures denote number of visits


LIBRARY UPDATELIBRARY UPDATE1. Chaturvedi P.P.

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6. Nandini Consultancy CentreEthanol from agriculture waste, crop byproduct& biomass- Investment opportunity (111p)Chennai, Nandini Consultancy Centre Pvt. Ltd.,Feb 2017

7. Singh D.P ; Kothari Richa & Tyagi V.V.Emerging energy alternatives for sustainableenvironment (519p)New Delhi, TERI Press, 2016

8. Pritwani KamleshSustainability of Business in the context ofenvironmental management (324p)New Delhi, TERI Press, 2016

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