Fourth Tasting India Symposium: Food Smart Cities – A Call for Action

Inaugural Session

Welcome by Ambassador Banashri Bose Harrison, Executive Director, Tasting India Symposium who will also moderate the inaugural session

 

How Can Smart Cities be Made Liveable? The Copenhagen Experience

Special Address by H.E. Freddy Svayne, Ambassador of Denmark

 

Making Smart Cities Food Smart

Keynote Address by Shri Pawan Agarwal, CEO, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

 

11:35 to 12:10 – Urban Agriculture: How City Neighbourhoods Can Become Food Production Hubs

Panelists: Dr. Surinder Tikoo, Tierra Seed Science, Hyderabad; Dr. Rakesh Malhotra, Vardan Agritech, Delhi; Shri Kapil Mandawewala, Edible Routes, Delhi; and Shri Sandeep Munjal, Vedatya, Sohna

 

Moderator: Sanjoo Malhotra, Co-Founder, Tasting India Symposium

 

14:04 to 14:25 – Special Address

By Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog

 

14:25 to 14:55 – Panel discussion: Going Mission Mode – Why India is the Ideal Hub for Plat-Based and Cultivated Alternatives to Meat

Panelists: Shri Kannan Krishnamoorthy, renowned Molecular Biologist & Co-Founder/Chief of Technology, Upstablish; Dr. Pawan Dhar, Dean, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Shri Ashutosh Upadhyaya, Head, Dept. of Food Science and Technology, NIFTEM, Sonipat; Ms Kavya Dashora, Centre for Rural Development and Technology, IIT-Delhi

 

Moderator: Shri Varun Deshpande, Good Food Institute-India

 

For details of the programme, kindly please log onto the IIC website www.iicdelhi.in

 

(Collaboration: Tasting India)