{"id":1897,"date":"2026-06-19T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midft.com\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:30:00","slug":"expert-talk-seminar-on-entrepreneur-opportunities-in-dairy-sector-and-new-product-development-npd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midft.com\/?p=1897","title":{"rendered":"Expert talk (Seminar) on Entrepreneur opportunities in Dairy sector and New product development (NPD)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/midft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/midft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png 856w, https:\/\/midft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-300x276.png 300w, https:\/\/midft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-768x706.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Innovation Cell (SSIP) at Mansinhbhai Institute of Dairy &amp; Food Technology, Mehsana<br>organized a one day seminar on \u201cEntrepreneur opportunities in Dairy sector and New product<br>development (NPD)\u201d on 19th June 2026 under the Student Start-up &amp; Innovation Policy (SSIP)<br>2.0 mandate. With regard to raise awareness and sensitize students to the emerging opportunities<br>and advancements in dairy sector, an expert lecture was scheduled.<br>Shri. Sameer Saxena, Head- QA and NPD (GCMMF-Amul, Anand) was invited as speaker for<br>the expert talk. He earned his B.Sc. in Dairy Technology &amp; then M.Sc in Dairy Chemistry from<br>SMC college of Dairy Science, Anand. He has an experience of more than 35 years in industry<br>and obtained several notable awards.<br>About 120 students, faculties and dairy officials were sensitized through the expert lecture. The<br>programme was begun with prayers to seek blessings of almighty followed by honouring the<br>guests with flowers. Our Principal &amp; Dean, Dr. D.A. Shukla welcome all the guests and gave an<br>overview of various activities conducted by Innovation Cell (SSIP) at MIDFT on regular<br>intervals. He also briefly discussed on different technologies developed by students under SSIP<br>projects.<br>The expert Shri. Sameer Saxena subsequently enlightened on the recent trends &amp; future scope of<br>NPD with special emphasis on entrepreneurship opportunities for the young dairy technocrats.<br>He also gave deep insights of Food safety, health and its importance in dairy &amp; food industry.<br>Students enthusiastically interacted with the expert and cherished his experience and valuable<br>insights on various aspects of food safety, NPD and entrepreneurship.<br>Shri PB Bhambi (Executive Director, MIDFT) offered his heartfelt express gratitude to the<br>Expert speaker and also motivated students to broaden their thinking and work on challenges<br>faced during dairy operations. As a token of appreciation, he facilitated expert speaker Shri.<br>Sameer Saxena with a memento. At the end of the programme, SSIP coordinator-MIDFT, Dr.<br>Ami Patel offered vote of thanks to the audience followed by light refreshment for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Innovation Cell (SSIP) at Mansinhbhai Institute of Dairy &amp; Food Technology, Mehsanaorganized a one day seminar on \u201cEntrepreneur opportunities in Dairy sector and New productdevelopment (NPD)\u201d on 19th June 2026 under the Student Start-up &amp; Innovation Policy (SSIP)2.0 mandate. With regard to raise awareness and sensitize students to the emerging opportunitiesand advancements in dairy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midft.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midft.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midft.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midft.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midft.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/midft.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midft.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midft.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midft.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}