THE Nagpur First Foundation during the Global Nagpur Summit 2025, successfully conducted a full-day Food Processing Track chaired by Manohar Bhojwani,apioneeringfigureinIndia’s pulses and plant-protein value chain. Thetrack,themed“InnovatingIndia’s Protein&Grain Value Chains for a Sustainable Future,” brought together leading experts, innovators, policymakers, and industry stakeholders to chart the next decade of growth in India’s agri-food ecosystem. At the outset, Manohar Bhojwani spoke about India’s growing role in global protein security and the critical importance of value addition in pulses, grains, millets, spices, and cereals.

 

The track featured interactive sessionsandtechnicaldeep-divesontopicssuchaspulsesvaluechainandsmart protein;pulseproteinextractiontechnologies;plant-basedingredients, isolates, concentrates; export potential and rural livelihoods. Karthik Teja Pulugurtha was the speaker. Similarly, on pulsesmilletsandcereals transformation and other related topic, C S Jadhav and Dr Madhulekha Rakshit expressed their views. Sarang Waghmare spoke on sterilization, grading, value-added spice blendsandinternationalmarketpotential. In addition, Dr Ghanshyam Mundhada expressed his views on innovation, cluster development and farmer-centric growth. On cluster development schemes and farmerindustry linkages, Vijay Shrisath and ShivkumarMuddamvarguidedtheparticipants. Afocusedsessiononexporting to theUS andEU,pesticidenorms, and global quality standards was conductedbySugandhaGarve.Apaneldiscussion and FPO-focused session witnessed speaker like Balaji N Dhobe, Kanchani FPC Ltd., Chandrapur