Master Programme
Day 3
Digital Transformation for Sustainable Agriculture & Food Security
Day 3: Sunday, 6 November 2022
Conference on
Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
Digital Agriculture: From Data to Actions
Sunday, 6th November 2022, Hotel Shivalikview, Sector 17, Chandigarh
1030 – 1230 hrs
1030 – 1130 hrs :Inaugural Session | Digital Agriculture: From Data to Actions
Digital agriculture has the promise to transform agricultural throughput. It can do this by applying data
science and engineering for mapping input factors to crop throughput, while bounding the available
resources. In addition, as the data volumes and varieties increase with the increase in sensor deployment in
agricultural fields, data engineering techniques will also be instrumental in collection of distributed data as
well as distributed processing of the data.
Focus Points of the session:
- First, how can policies and programmes appropriately facilitate the adoption of digital technologies by
the agriculture and food sectors? - How can industry make use of digital technologies to design and deliver better agricultural results?
- How might digital technologies change the roles of Government and Industry as well?
- How to empower rural households & inspire youth entrepreneurship in food and agriculture?
1030 -1035 hrs
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Mr Prateek Garg
Chairman, CII Regional Committee (NR) on Digital
Transformation & AI &
Founder &MD, Progressive Infotech
1035 -1050 hrs
Special Address by the Guest of Honour
Dr Jatinder Kaur Arora
Executive Director
Punjab State Council for Science & Technology &
Technology
1050 -1055 hrs
Setting the context and remarks by the Session Moderator
Mr Taranjeet Singh Bhamra
Founder & Chief Executive Office
AgNext Technologies
1055 hrs
Panelists
Mr Kunal Prasad
Co-founder & COO
CropIn
Mr Ramakrishnan M
Former Vice President
Intello Labs
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Mircosoft
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Wipro
1120 hrs
Open House
1125 – 1130 hrs
Vote of Thanks
Mr Vinod Sood
Co-Chairman, CII Regional Committee (NR) on
Digital Transformation & AI and
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Hughes Systique Corporation
1130 – 1230 hrs: Panel Discussion I | Utilisation of Artificial Intelligence to Solve Post-Harvest Loss in India
With the fast pace of modern lifestyle, there is an increase in demand for perishable food (fruits and vegetables) in marts and retail groceries. The increasing demand leads to higher profit; meanwhile, large quantities and a wider variety of food items impose further challenges on the management of the food supply chains. All of these factors can lead to a significant amount of shortage of food items and a substantial retail loss. The recent development of tracing and tracking technologies, which facilitate effective monitoring of the inventory level and product quality continuously, can greatly improve the performance of the food supply chain and reduce spoilage waste. This session aims to develop a highly cost-effective system for food supply chain management system and connect our farmers with this technology through the internet. It will monitor the foods (crops) stored in the supply chain inventories using IoT and AI and provide status about their quality (state of deterioration) and estimate stock value/price based on it.
Discussion points:
- How can Artificial Intelligence be used to solve post-harvest loss?
- How can artificial intelligence change India’s future in agriculture?
- What are the ways to control postharvest loss?
- Climate Control and Cooling Technology
- Modified Atmosphere Packaging & Alternative Green Postharvest Treatments
- Initial Handling & Transport
- Postharvest Physiology
1130 hrs
Setting the context and remarks by the Session Moderator
Mr Devendra Gupta
Co-Founder & CEO
Ecozen Solutions
1135 hrs
Panelists
Mr Balwant Joshi
Managing Director
Idam Infrastructure Advisory Private Limited
Dr G P Subash
Head – Business & Projects
Mahindra Waste to Energy Solutions Ltd
Dr Hitesh Doshi
Chairman & Managing Director
Waaree Energies
Mr Kedar Munipella
Vice President and General Manager
Applied Materials India
Ms Kanika Chawla
Senior Programme Lead
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
1220 hrs
Open House
1225 hrs
Concluding remarks
Mr Devendra Gupta
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