Kanpur: Under the banner of Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi, National Sugar InstituteNational Technology Day was celebrated in Kanpur on Wednesday.
A documentary showing the ‘Journey of the’ Indian sugar industryIt was also shown to reflect the technological changes that took place during the past 100 years, making it one of the most efficient sugar industries among various sugar producing countries and the second largest in terms of sugar production.
The National Sugar Institute said, “From producing 10 lakh metric tonnes of sugar per year and meeting its requirement through imports at the time of independence, the country is now producing more than 300 lakh metric tonnes and exporting sugar to many countries.” Used to be.” director Narendra Mohan In his speech at the programme.
He said that technology has played an important role in improving farm and factory productivity, but there is a need for greater application of technology in agricultural mechanization and digitization of sugarcane crop.
He said sugar mills need to have a vision to achieve the goals of ‘Zero Fresh Water Consumption’ and ‘Zero Down Time’ to improve the efficiency of factories and address environmental issues.
Dr. D. Swain, Professor of Chinese Engineering, in his address highlighted the developments made in the last few years in the fields of juice extraction, steam and power generation.
Seema Paroha, Professor, Biochemistry, while detailing the progress of ethanol blending called upon the industry to adopt innovative technologies.
Senior Mechanical Engineer Virendra Kumar presented the details of process automation being done in the sugar industry.
A documentary showing the ‘Journey of the’ Indian sugar industryIt was also shown to reflect the technological changes that took place during the past 100 years, making it one of the most efficient sugar industries among various sugar producing countries and the second largest in terms of sugar production.
The National Sugar Institute said, “From producing 10 lakh metric tonnes of sugar per year and meeting its requirement through imports at the time of independence, the country is now producing more than 300 lakh metric tonnes and exporting sugar to many countries.” Used to be.” director Narendra Mohan In his speech at the programme.
He said that technology has played an important role in improving farm and factory productivity, but there is a need for greater application of technology in agricultural mechanization and digitization of sugarcane crop.
He said sugar mills need to have a vision to achieve the goals of ‘Zero Fresh Water Consumption’ and ‘Zero Down Time’ to improve the efficiency of factories and address environmental issues.
Dr. D. Swain, Professor of Chinese Engineering, in his address highlighted the developments made in the last few years in the fields of juice extraction, steam and power generation.
Seema Paroha, Professor, Biochemistry, while detailing the progress of ethanol blending called upon the industry to adopt innovative technologies.
Senior Mechanical Engineer Virendra Kumar presented the details of process automation being done in the sugar industry.