IFFCO Foundation is conducting a workshop for strengthening cooperatives in Tamil Nadu at Accord Metropolitan Hotel in Chennai Monday. The two day workshop will have about 27 RGB members drawn from various parts of the state, informed Rama Chandran who is acting as the coordinator for the show.
Smt. Santha Sheela Nair IAS (Retd) and Vice Chairperson, State Planning Commission is the Chief Guest while Shri B.S. Nakai Chairman, IFFCO will preside on the inaugural session. Smt. Jayashree Murlidharan IAS and the Registrar of Cooperative Societies is going to be the keynote speaker.
J.N.L. Srivastava , Dr R. Rajendran, Director of Agriculture, Tamil Nadu; Padmasri Dr. Jaya Arunachalam President, Working Women’s Forum , Ellapatty M Murugan President, TANFED, A. Praveen Reddy Director , IFFCO; B. Balamurugan Managing Director TANFED, Chennai are some of the other speakers.
Talking to Indian Cooperative on phone from Chennai, an excited Rama Chandran said “We have batteries of star speakers lined up for the occasion and we the RGB members of IFFCO are going to benefit from their presence.
The following subjects will be covered by the respective speakers.
1) Cooperative Development in Tamil Nadu – Sri. R.Karthikeyan, Additional Registrar of Cooperatives ( MPD )
2) Sugar Cooperatives of Tamil Nadu – Sri. A.Sankaralingam, Additional Director of Sugars.
3) New initiatives of the Government on Soil Health – Dr. K.R.Jahanmohan, Ph.D., Head of Division, Agriculture Policy and Planning, State Planning Commission, Chennai.
4) Soil Health Management – Dr. G.Lavanya, Ph.D., TNAU.
5) Sustainable Agriculture – Dr. S.Malarvannan, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, MSSRF, Chennai.
6) Climate Change and Water Management – Sri.J.srinath, Principle Scientist, MSSRF, Chennai
7) New Initiatives to increase Agricultural Production in TN – Sri. K.Selvaraj, DDA ( Fertiliser ), Chennai.
8) IFFCO in the Service of Farmers – Sri.P.Mathiyalagan, State marketing Manager, IFFCO, Chennai
9) Communication Exercise for enhanced Agricultural Production – Sri. M.Saravanan, Head, IKSL, Chennai.
10) Role of NABARD in Cooperative Development of TN – Sri.S.Chandramouli – Asst. Manager, Nabard, Chennai.
11) Role of NCDC in Cooperative Development of TN – Sri.C.Selvaraj – Asst. Director, NCDC, Chennai.
–With inputs provided by Mr P.Mathiyalagan, State Marketing Manager, IFFCO, Tamil Nadu