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NORTHEAST’S BIGGEST FOOD INNOVATION EXHIBITION

1. About the Event 6

2. Stakeholders of the North-East Food Show 2019 7

3. Participants of the North-East Food Show 2019 8

4. The North-East Food Show 2019 Exhibitor Categories 10

5. NEFS site implementation 14

6. NEFS 2019 Highlights 16

7. Seminars & Conferences 18

8. Outcome of the Show 24

9. Show Directory 30

10. Dignitaries who attended the Show 44

11. Testimonials 46

12. Award & Recognitions 48

01 02On 4th to 6th December 2019 - India’s North East was witness to the first of its kind Food Business and Food Innovation Exhibition titled the North East Food Show (NEFS) 2019 which was held in Shillong, capital of Meghalaya and organized by the Government of Meghalaya with branding support of the SIAL India Group.

Capitalizing on the SIAL Group’s food innovation network with over 50 years of global food innovation experience, the North East Food Show 2019 was one of North East India’s biggest food innovation and food processing show focused on creating a Global platform to ‘Inspire Food Business’. The Food Show resulted in a B2B Platform that enabled National & International players from the Food Industry to connect with local producers, processors and entrepreneurs from the North-East.

The event was marked by the strong presence of food processing businesses of the region through its association with the MSME, NSIC and the

About the Event

INTRODUCTION

respective State Governments and witnessed active participation from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim. Besides the State Pavilions, NEFS 2019 also saw the participation of food majors like Patanjali, ITC, Veeba, Pran, YATS Corporation etc., exhibitors from Bangladesh, Organizations like APEDA, FSSAI, NHB, etc. and Experiential Zones for tastings and demonstrations. The Event also showcased the cuisine of the north-eastern states with the North-East Kitchen and culinary sessions with renowned chefs from the Indian Culinary Forum (ICF). The highlights of the Event were the Chef Wars and the Chief Minister’s conclave.

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02Stakeholders of the North-East Food Show 2019A. ORGANIZERS

Government of Meghalaya through the Meghalaya Institute of Entrepreneurship (MIE), 1917iTEAMS and the Directorate of Food Processing (DOFP) with the support of the North East Entrepreneurs’ Alliance (NEEA), InterAds Exhibitions Pvt Ltd and SIAL India

B. EVENT MANAGEMENT TEAM Rockski EMG with support from InterAds Exhibitions Pvt Ltd representing SIAL in India.

C. EVENT PARTNERS MSME and NSIC as Stall Partners / APEDA as Conference Partner / Meghalaya Cooperative Apex Bank (MCAB) as the Banking Partner

D. SUPPORTING ASSOCIATIONS FSSAI as Associate Partners / IHMCTAN as Hospitality Partner / Purchasing Professionals Forum India (PPFI) / Indian Culinary Forum (ICF) / Forum of Indian Food Importers (FIFI) as part of the Hosted Buyer Program / Shillong Recreation Ground Trust (SRGT)

E. SUPPORTING DEPARTMENTS Directorate of Horticulture, Directorate of Agriculture, Office of the Deputy Commissioner, East Khasi Hills, Water resources Department, Superintendent of Police, East Khasi Hills.

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200+ Exhibitors from across the North-East participating together with National & Multi-National FMCG Companies, Equipment Manufacturers, Financial Institutions, Academia & Industry Experts.

11,000+ Visitors from the entire country with 25% attending to gather information, 24% to make contacts or visit potential suppliers, 15% for sales and marketing, 16% for research and development and 7% for evaluating future participation.

Officials & Dignitaries including Ambassadors of 6 countries, Delegates from 3 countries, Chief Ministers of 3 NE States, Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Union Minister of State for Food Processing, officials of Agriculture, Industries & Horticulture Departments from various states of India.

200+ Farmers from all the districts of Meghalaya; 100+ Students from agricultural

institutes; 50+ Participants from all NE States for the Chef Wars

19 Members of the Purchasing Professional Forum India (PPFI); 10 Members of the Indian Culinary Forum (ICF) and 10 Members of the Forum of Indian Food Importers (FIFI) as part of the Hosted Buyer Program

Industry Experts from Organizations like APEDA, FSSAI, FPOs, NABARD, NHB, Spices Board, Tea Board, DGFT etc.; Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Industries; Members of the North East Entrepreneurs’ Alliance (NEEA), TRIBAC.

Insights and knowledge sharing by entrepreneurs, academicians, financial institutions and food enterprises from across the country like Jackfruit365, Malabar Honey, Global Entrade, Bambusa Express, Danfoss, Azadpur Mandi, YSP University, ICAR, NCDC, SIDBI, NEDFI, HDFC, Future Farms, ISTSC, NRCP, Teewave Technologies, ZOPAR etc

03Participants of the North-East Food Show 2019

10-15%

45-50%10% Other

10% 30-35% displayed fresh organic produce from their region

Majority of the Exhibitors were in the Processed Food Category with

Tea & Wine made up

showcasing pickles, juices, jams, honey, chips, etc.

of the Exhibitor category with a majority of the

products from NE states being showcased

categories included Confectionery /

Equipment / Dairy Products, etc.

of the Exhibitors showcased processed

meat & fresh prime cuts

of the Exhibitors had Spices and

Condiments Products

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04The North-East Food Show 2019 Exhibitor Categories


01DETAILS OF THE SHOW

NEFS site implementation

The 2nd Ground at Polo Grounds, Shillong, was converted into an International Exhibition space capable of housing hundreds of Vendors and thousands of visitors, making it a landmark experience for B2B Events in the North East of India. With cutting edge exhibition space design, the largest covered German hanger space ever in the North East with close to 3 acres of carpeted area, a secondary conference hall hangar and 20,000 square feet concrete food court was set up in 10 days. Inside the Hangar was 8000 sq. meters completely covered with Maxima Stalls

and Concept Pavilions including a 20,000 square feet Live Competition Kitchen. As part of venue development a park was also established behind the exhibition space along with a road leading to it.

The well-planned and timely execution of the Exhibition Space – the first ever in the North East led to the Meghalaya Institute of Entrepreneurship (MIE) winning the Silver Experiential Marketing Award for Best B2B Programme of the Year at the WOW AWARDS ASIA 2020.


02DETAILS OF THE SHOW

aDay 1Inauguration featured the launch of the DOFP Website; launch of Meg Tea Processing Unit & Meg Tea Packaging; launch of the Meghalaya Plastic Challenge Cloth Bags

dDay 1 - Day 3Business Meets were facilitated between the participating members of the Hosted Buyer Program and all relevant exhibitors. The Meets resulted in MOU signings as well as business deals worth close to 24 crores for the Exhibitors.

eDay 3The Chief Minister’s Conclave was the highlight of the NEFS 2019 with Chief Ministers of the NE States in the presence of both the Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Union Minister of State for Food Processing discussing the path for charting the course of Food Processing in the NE

bDay 1 - Day 3Culinary Sessions were held on all 3 Days with Celebrity Chefs from the Indian Culinary Forum conducting interactive demo sessions as well as seminars on cooking & food technology; the Chef Wars Semi-Finals and Finals for Professional and Amateur categories

cDay 1 - Day 3The Conference Zone had Industry Experts from various line Ministries, Government Departments, Research Institutions, Universities, Financial Institutions, Entrepreneurs and Food Industry Organizations / Companies holding interactive sessions for participating exhibitors on issues and market potential of food processing in the North-east as well as innovative technologies for furthering the growth of food processing in the region.

NEFS 2019Highlights


SN TOPIC SPEAKERS MODERATOR

1 Curtain Raiser:

Panel Discussion on issues of FP in NE (Problems, Prospects, Roadmap)

Sunita Rai, APEDA

Dr. Bijaya Kumar Behera, Economic Advisor MoFPI

Dr. Iboyaima Singh, CFTRI

Artilin Row Thangkhiew, MD, Country Spices

Mr. Ranjit Agarwal, Senior Executive, B.R. Industries

Mrs. Iba Blah, M.D, Sainhun Ventures

Mrs. Phikaralin Wanshong, Kara Fruit Preservation Centre

Owners, Meat Treat & Meat Tender

2 Shitake - Presentation by the YATS / Mushroom Development Centre combine

Ms. Aya Suzuki, 2nd Secretary, Embassy of Japan

Shri. B.K. Syiem, Director of Agriculture

Colonel Ranjeet Singh, Senior Adviser, SFO Technologies

Mr. Kenji Aoki, Marubeni Cooperation

Mr. Shanlang Kharbyngngar

Mr. S. Kharlukhi

3 Panel discussion on Market potential of NE Food and fruit Products

Balachandra Thakur Gondia/ NERAMAC

Shri Amit Lohani, President, FIFI

Mr. R.K. Vijay Byrsat, MD, COLKS,

Mr. Arindam Hazarika, Arohan Foods

Medo Putsure

Bambusa Express

4 Panel discussion on Supply & Cold chains technologies for NE

Mr. P. Kohli, CEO, NCCD

Smti. Vasuda Mishra, IAS, Special Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare

Mr. Neeraj Narula, Head of Cold Chain, Danfoss

Naresh Kohli, Vice President, Azadpur Mandi

Sandeep Arora, Vice President, Global Entrade,

Dr. S. Ruth Asumi, ICAR

Anabil Goswami, Arohan Foods

02DAY 1 Seminars & ConferencesHALL 1



1 Culinary talk - “Use of Spices then and Now - North East with Pan India” Chef Rajeev Goyal, Indian Culinary Forum (ICF)

Vijay Kumar, Principal & Secretary, IHMCTAN

2 Preservation and Bunch cutting of Banana

Shri B. A. P. Karuppiah, Chairman, Confederation of Farmer Companies of Tamil Nadu Director, National Research Centre for BananaSecretary, Gairong Area Banana Grower Association

3 Building sustainable entrepreneurship using Hydroponics, Aerophonic and CEA (Control Environment Agriculture)

Shri. Sriram Gopalakrishnan, CEO , Future Farms Shri. A. Dkhar, DHO, East Jaintia HillsDr. Classira Challam, ICAR- Central Potato Research Station, Shillong

4 Building Bamboo business ecosystem for livelihood promotion

Dr. Selim Reza, Director, Tripura Bamboo and Cane Development Centre (TRIBAC), Agartala, Tripura

Shri. Lambor Dkhar, DAO, Ampati, SWGH

Mr. Tony, CEO, Urabu ISTSC, Kerala

Mr. Bipul Thangkhiew

DAY 1 Seminars & ConferencesHALL 2




1 Agri & Horti Roadmap with special emphasis on Food Processing in NE - Strategic paper presentation by N.E states

All NE states (Principal Secretary Agriculture/ Commerce Industries of NE states)Dr. P. Shakil Ahamed, IAS Principal Secretary, Agriculture Meghalaya

2 SIAL session - World Food Trends and Innovation.

Mme. Adeline Vancauwelaert, Director, SIAL Paris & India Shri Amit Lohani, President, FIFI

3 Panel on the Apiculture in the Hindu Kush Himalayas & the export potential

Mr. Shaju Joseph, Malabar Honey

Smti. L. Kharkrang, Joint Director of Agriculture

Prof Harish Sharma, YSP Solan,

Mr. Vijay Byrsat, MD, COLKS

Dr. Sandip Patra, ICAR





1 Potential of meat processing and export potential from NE and related issues

B. Suraash, Chennai Abattoir Pvt Ltd

Dr. Mihshwa Tyngkan, Asst. Director, ICDP

Dr. Rajendran Thomas, NRCP

Anabil Goswami, Arohan Foods

Kenneth Fancon, MD, Tynrai Farms

Steve Diengdoh, Meat Treat

2 Superfood potential of the NE - Vegetables, Millets and others

H.R. Jayaram, Founder, Green PathShri. D. Lamar, ADA, West Jaintia Hills

S. Khongsit, NESFAS

Chenxiang Rimchi N. Marak, Associate, NESFAS

3 Culinary discussion - ‘Back to Roots: The art of slow cooking in Modern Kitchens” -

Chef Prem Ram, Indian Culinary Forum (ICF)

Chef Sanjukta Dutta, Indian Culinary Forum (ICF)

4 Panel discussion on the Jackfruit processing potential of NE

Mr. James Joseph

Smt. Sainara Nongbet, Joint Director of Horticulture

Mr. Sarva Mitra Sharma - Chairman, Jagran Pehel

College of Home Sciences

Dr. I. Singh (CFTRI)

Dasumarlin Majaw, Owner, Smoky Falls

Director IIHR

Two Prominent Jackfruit / Processors - Garo Hills & Ri Bhoi

5 Recent developments in Agriculture produce, perishable commodities and preservation and dehydration for small units and farmers

Dr. P.S.L.V. Narasimham, Teewave Technologies, HyderabadShri. P. S. Kharnaior, DHO, East Khasi Hills

6 Food Processing opportunities in Arunachal Pradesh

Likha Maj, Promoter, Mega Food Park, Arunachal Pradesh Mr. Arindam Hazarika, Arohan Foods




1 Food Safety and Standards Smt. Malika Taneja, Asst. Director FSSAI Amit Lohani, President, FIFI

2 Panel on Invest NE - Issues of financing FP projects in NE.

Shri. R. E. Zeliang, Deputy General Manager, NEDFi (North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd)

Shri. P. Sampath Kumar, IAS, Commissioner & Secretary, Agriculture

Shri. A K Srivastava, Chief Director NCDC (National Cooperative Development Corporation)

Shri. V. Byrsat, Founder, NEEA (North East Entrepreneur Alliance)

Shri. Y. K. Roa, General Manager, NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development)

Shri. Durgesh Pandey, General Manager, SIDBI (Small Industrial Development Bank of India)

NEEA - North East Entrepreneurs Alliance

HDFC - Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd.

3 Round table – Tapping the NE potential in the context of Act East

Mr Archil Dzuliashvili, Ambassador of Georgia

Shri K.N. Kumar, Chairman, Meghalaya Farmers (Empowerment) Commission

Mr Claudio Ansorena Montero, Ambassador of Costa Rica

Mr Hector Cueva, Ambassador of Ecuador

Mr Jaun Rolando Angulo Monslave, Ambassador of Chile

Mr. Amit Lohani, Founder Director, FIFI (Forum of India Food Importers)

Mr. A. S. Ahuja, President, PPFI (Purchasing Professionals Forum of India)

Chef Prem Ram, ICF (Indian Culinary Forum)

Smt. Anindita Sen Gupta, Addl. Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)

Ms. Francoise Morea Lalanne, French Embassy in India

Ms Adriana V. Becerril, Head of Education, Economic & Investment Affairs, Embassy of Mexico

Ms Shilpa Banga, Senior Advisor to the Commercial Counsellor (F&B, Health & Creative Industries)

Mariano Beheran, Agricultural attaché

Shubhi Mishra, Head Food and Drink, Policy, Advocacy, and Trade Promotion

Ms Maria Fladl, Counsellor Trade and Economic section of EU Delegation to India

Dr. P. Shakil Ahamed, Principal Secretary, Agriculture

7 CMs Conclave Shri Rameshwar Teli, Union Minister of State, Ministry of Food Processing

Shri. Conrad K Sangma, Chaired by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Meghalaya

Shri Kiren Rijiju, Hon’ble Union Minister of State, Youth Affairs & Sports

Shri Biplab Kumar Deb, Tripura Hon’ble Chief Minister

Shri. Pema Khandu, Arunachal Pradesh Hon’ble Chief Minister

Shri. B S Pant, Sikkim Hon’ble Minister, Tourism, Civil Aviation, Commerce & Industry




1 Value adding SUGAR TO SPICE - North East perspective

Mr. Jayachand Smt. K. Lyngdoh, Secretary MSAMBDr. Jayanta Layek, ICAR

2 Entrepreneurship avenues in Agri Horti and Allied Food Processing Sectors

Mr. Rajesh, ZOPAR

Shri. K. Pyngrope, Jt. Director of Horticulture

Mr. Shaju Joseph

Dr. Iboyaima Singh, CFTRI

Arindam Hazarika, Arohan Foods

3 Panel discussion “Gastronomic tourism and its relevance to the Hospitality Sector”

Chef Uttam Thangkhiew Shri Vijay Kumar, Principal & Secretary, IHMCTAN

Or Chef Joel and

"Role of Hospitality sector in Promoting culinary tourism"

Chef Bharat Alagh

Chef Prem RamChef Gautam Choudhry

E.B. Blah, President, TOAM



1. NEFS 2019 Outcome MEGHALAYA EMERGING AS THE HUB

OF FOOD BUSINESS INNOVATION FOR NORTH EAST

Largest and first of its kind Food Exhibition in NE with international standards

First “Food Business” B2B Platform bringing buyers & sellers together

Highlighting the potential of NE as a Food Business and Processing destination for India

Awareness about the NE and its food products amongst the global audience.

INTRODUCTION OF GASTRONOMIC TOURISM IN NE

Launch of the Northeast Gastronomic Handbook

Role of Hospitality in Gastronomic Tourism

Launch of the North East India Chefs Association (NEICA) by the Indian Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition (IHMCTAN), Shillong with Mr. B. K .Sohliya, Director, Meghalaya Institute of Entrepreneurship (MIE) as its first Honorary Member.

Outcome of the Show


ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE ON TAPPING THE NORTH EAST POTENTIAL IN THE CONTEXT OF ACT-EAST

The Ambassador of Costa Rica expressed interest in linking Pineapple exporters with India as Costa Rica is the highest exporter of Pineapple in the world

Ambassador of Georgia stated that they had an experience of wine making for the last 8000 years and would be interested to explore opportunities for economic cooperation and share their wine making experience

Mr. Amit Lohani, Founder of FIFI highlighted the potentiality of the region in terms of organic farming and wine industry and expressed willingness to explore and take this relationship to the next level.

Mr. A. Ahuja, PPFI highlighted the Exhibitor’s challenges in respect of transportation of products outside the state which stands as a bottleneck for building a business with the rest of the country.


CM’S CONCLAVE

Ministry of Food Processing to focus on NE as an upcoming food processing destination

Announcement of upcoming Mega Food Parks in Meghalaya and Sikkim by the Union Minister of State for Food Processing

NE should focus on high value, high quality products

Assistance for entrepreneurs to set up food processing based industries in the region.

Declaration of intent to promote local fruit wines through a Wine Policy by the Chief Minister of Meghalaya.

A mega Food Park Project worth Rs 48.43 Crores for the state of Meghalaya was accorded in-principal approved by the IMAC chaired by Union Minister for FPI in November 2020

MOU SIGNING

Organic Bangladesh Ltd. with Umtong Village

North East Entrepreneurs Alliance with FIFI Chief Shri. Amit Lohani

North East Entrepreneurs Alliance with Indian Culinary Forum Chef Prem Ram

North East Entrepreneurs Alliance with PPFI members, Shri. Naresh Kalia and Smti. Jagruti Patel

BUSINESS DEALS GENERATED BUSINESS DEALS WORTH 24 CRORES GENERATED

MEGHALAYA: A few companies like Country spices, Smoky Falls, COLKS, Tinash Agro, etc received orders for Products such as Black peppercorns, bay leaf, turmeric, cinnamon, honey etc from both International and national buyers including hospitality groups amounting to roughly Rs. 10 crores worth of business.

NAGALAND: Saucy joe’s sales were about Rs 20,000 but orders worth Rs. 8 lakhs through FIFI have been dispatched; Tsuipu Foods, Pristine and Cold Mountain Beverages generated about Rs 90,000 worth of sales.

MIZORAM: Zo spice did more than 5 crores to Korea, Japan, UAE and other Indian states; Tribe land coffee Mizoram has also received orders from national and international buyers. Amongst the states,


Mizoram recorded the highest orders grossing more than Rs 12 crores.

ARUNACHAL: Arunachal Pradesh has received orders worth more than Rs. 30 lakhs with wine being one of the major products.

SIKKIM: sales of Rs 20,000 were made.

ASSAM: Each stall made sales of roughly 1 lakh each amounting to about 100 lakhs for the 3-day event. In terms of sales post event Assam recorded 3 crores of sales to both national and international buyers.

MAJOR SPONSORS

MSME Development Institute, Govt of India, Guwahati & Shillong Division, National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), APEDA, Guwahati, Meghalaya Cooperative Apex Bank (MCAB), Kuber Techno Crafts, Institute of Hotel Management Catering & Applied Nutrition (IHMCTAN), Rockski EMG.

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MSME DEVELOPMENT

INSTITUTE, GOVT OF INDIA

DISTRICT COMMERCE &

INDUSTRIES CENTRE (DCIC),

SHILLONG

MEGHALAYA KHADI AND VILLAGE

INDUSTRIES BOARD (MKVIB)

FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MEGHALAYA

COMMERCE & INDUSTRIES DEPARTMENT

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES,

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

HORTICULTURE DEPARTMENT,

SIKKIM

Government Agencies


KDG FOODS PVT. LTD

A.A. NUTRITION

RULOI TEA TRADING PVT. LTD.

JEUTI FOOD PROCESSING

INDUSTRY

BALAJI INDUSTRIES

EXCELLENT GRAVURE

INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD

HMS ANIMAL & FISH FEED INDUSTRY

LAXAMI NARAYAN

KRAFT INDUSTRIES

CLIMATE CONSCIOUS FOOD

PRODUCTS

NIKITA FOOD & BEVERAGE

ASSAM TEEHAUS

M/S KUHIPAT

CHOUDHURY FOOD INDUSTRY

DMB MASALA INDUSTRY

AASRAY CONCEPT

FOOD

TEACART

LUNAR AGRO CHEMICALS

SAYURI FARMS

MAKE ME FRESH FOOD &

BEVERAGES

EXCEL FOODS

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NORTHEAST TASTE FOOD PROCESSING

UNIT

KRISHI FOOD PRODUCTS

ARIAN MUSHROOM

FARM & TRAINING CENTER

TISTA INDUSTRY

PRAN BEVERAGES

INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

THAKUR KRISHNA ENTERPRISE

NILACHAL FOODS

PRIVATE LIMITED

K D AGRO INDUSTRIES

ADRASH PLASTIC

INDUSTRIES

L B AGRO PRIVATE LIMITED

AMORA FOODS

Assam

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MUSHROOM DEVELOPMENT

TRAINING CENTRE, Assam


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MATTI FOOD PROCESSING

SWEET EDGE ENTERPRISE

WAN’S FOOD INDUSTRIES

S. NONGRUM BETELNUT

PROCESSING UNIT

WEILABHA FOOD PROCESSING

BALINIA SHABONG

INDIGENOUS FOOD

M/S. P. KHARSHIING

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BARMEN SONGTHIANG

HONEY PROCESSING

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RADO FOOD PRODUCTS

TINASH AGRO INDUSTRIES

Meghalaya

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state-wise exhibitors

ASOR’S PATISSERIE

AITY’S BAKERY

ACHIK PRODUCTS

MEL FOOD PROCESSING

UNITSAVOURIT

KARA’S ENTERPRISE

IONGNOH TOURISM &

MULTIPURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD.

IENGSKHEM SPICE PRODUCER

COOPERATIVE SOCIETY

LIFE SPICE COOPERATIVE

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BRAVES ENTERPRISE

SHIRUPLANG SHGHILLS PRODUCT

NONGBRI FOOD

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PYNTNGEN FOOD

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JAMES AND SON

ENTERPRISE

MODERN FRUITS

PROCESSING

Meghalaya

LOCALS WINES

NESKI WINES

NA LYNGWIAR

MAWLOT AND

SONS WINE

MELS FRUIT WINE

OLD REDKORDOR

HOMEMADE WINE

KHASI WINES

DALY’S WINE ASAME



MAULCHIN FOOD PROCESSING

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AIMEZ CUISINER

Arunachal Pradesh


ANNADA SPICES

INDUSTRY

KINGS ENTERPRISE

ANANDA RATAN CHANACHUR

SHIVAYA FOOD & BEVERAGE

Tripura


LOHIT ORGANIC

GREEN TEA

ARUNACHAL SPICES

Arunachal Pradesh


National / International Companies

PS CONSULTANTS

CONFEDERATION OF FARMER PRODUCER

COMPANIES OF TAMIL NADU

YATS Corporation Co Ltd., Japan


National / International Companies

Market Linkage Associations

Chef Prem Ram

Joint Secretary

Chef Lalit Mohan

ICF Member

Chef Bharat Alagh Joint Secretary

Chef Gaurav Chawla

ICF Member (Guwahati)

Chef Gautam Chaudhry

Joint Secretary

Chef Faruk Ahmed

ICF Member (Guwahati)

Chef Bharat Khemani

ICF Member

Chef Sanjukta Dutta ICF, Food Writer/

Blogger

Chef Sanjay Agrarwal

ICF Member

Chef Rajeev Goyal

ICF Member

Indian Culinary Forum (ICF)

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Purchasing Professional Forum - India (PPFI)

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AMARJIT SINGH AHUJA

Director Procurement, Hotel Le Meridien,

President and Founder Member PPFI

JM BHUKAR Dy Director

Procurement, Hotel Le Meridien

ASHOK BHATT Purchase Head,

Novotel & Pullman Aerocity ND,

Vice President and Founder Member PPFI

JAGRUTI PATEL Procurement Head,

Leela Palace

ASHEAME MEHTA Director of Materials,

Vana The Retreat, General Sect. and Founder Member

PPFI

MS. GEETA PHOGAT

Senior Purchase Executive,

Interglobe Hotels

NARESH KUMAR General Manager

Materials, Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd

SUSHIL KUMAR Purchase Manager, Azure Hospitality

KARAMJEET SOLANKI

Purchase Manager, Hotel Crowne Plaza

MUKESH GURJAR

Material Manager, Crown Plaza

GURSHARAN SINGH AHLUWALIA

Sr. Vice President, Global Premium Health

Foods Pvt. Ltd. & Mentor PPFI

AMIT KUMAR DIXIT

Purchase Manager, Café Delhi Height


Forum of Indian Food Importers (FIFI)

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Market Linkage Associations

Puneet Gupta Director

Lcomps and Impex Pvt Ltd

Ajay Jain Vice President

Bajoria Foods Pvt. Ltd.

Pushpreet Singh Director

Noor Nishan Inc

Jehangir Lawyer Managing Director

Fortune Gourmet Spl. Pvt. Ltd.

Pankaj Singhal Director

R.P. Gourmet Foods Pvt. Ltd.

Samar Sen Business Head

Happilo International Pvt. Ltd.

Shanmeet Singh Wahan Director

Abir Foods

Amit Lohani Managing Director & Owner

Max / Founder and Director - FIFI

Manoj Dugar Director

Dugar Overseas Pvt. Ltd.

Karan Preet Singh Manager Business Development

Jivo Wellness Pvt. Ltd.

Amay Asrani Director

Rodaaji Company – Global Gourmet Foods

Manish Sharma Owner

Best Fruit Traders


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MIE would also like to acknowledge the following agencies working behind the scenes to make NEFS 2019 a grand success

Agencies

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ARTFUL ARTS

ANGEL TOURISM


Dignitaries who attended the Show

Shri. Conrad K Sangma Chief Minister, Meghalaya

Shri. Pema Khandu Chief Minister, Arunachal Pradesh

Ms Maria Fladl Counsellor Trade and Economic section of EU Delegation to India

Shri. Biplab Kumar Deb Chief Minister, Tripura

Shri. Banteidor Lyngdoh Minister for Agriculture, Meghalaya

Shri. Kiren Rijiju Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports

Shri. Rameshwar Telli Union Minister of State, Ministry of Food Processing

Shri. B.S. Pant Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation, Commerce & Industry, Sikkim

Mr. Claudio A. Montero Ambassador - Embassy of Costa Rica

Ms. Francoise Morea Lalanne French Embassy in India

Mariano Beheran Agricultural attaché

Shubhi Mishra Head Food and Drink, Policy, Advocacy, and Trade Promotion

Ms Shilpa Banga Senior Advisor to the Commercial Counsellor (F&B, Health & Creative Industries)

Ms Adriana V. Becerril Head of Education, Economic & Investment Affairs, Embassy of Mexico

Mr. Hector Cueva Ambassador, Embassy of Ecuador

Mr Juan R. A. Monslave Ambassador, Embassy of Chile

Mr Archil Dzuliashvili Ambassador, Embassy of Georgia


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It was a wonderful opportunity to be a part of the North East Food Show 2019 to show case talent expansion of local business. This was the biggest and the first time an event gave importance to the entire North East food cuisine and local food.

We all at Purchasing Professionals Forum-India (PPFI) wanted to thank the North East Food Show for the excellent management of what has turned out to be a successful and highly stimulating Food show. It was a wonderful experience and knowledge enhancement for PPFI members from B2B event which was attended by most of the exhibitors.

From the view of all PPFI members, North East area has lots of potential to provide quality products to the industry and we met lots of potential suppliers for this. We look forward to suppliers of Sticky Rice, Kiwi, Honey, Pineapple, Tea, Banana and Shitake Mushroom who can supply to five-star hotels quality products consistently.

The North East Food Show provided us with the right platform to interact and get into talks with companies from Bangladesh as well as Pran Exports Ltd for supplying our products.

We are very confident that through the SIAL Network today in the Food Sector, everyone will know where the North-East is and with the launch of the first Culinary association of North East at the North East Food Show 2019, we hope and expect that the Northeast Food Show will be extremely bigger and better in times to come.

Sandeep Das, EXHIBITOR

Amarjit Singh Ahuja, FOUNDER & PRESIDENT-PPFI

Tinash, AGRO INDUSTRIES

Rajan Sharma, MD, INTERADS EXHIBITIONS PVT. LTD.

Thank you so much for encouraging and supporting us always as Entrepreneurs. It gives us a sense of Encouragement, Passion to grow more, do more, Give our best. We can’t thank the MIE and the Awesome Team enough for the complete support to Country spices always and to us all the Entrepreneurs. We will give our best and make us all Proud of our State products.

Artilin R. Thangkhiew, COUNTRY SPICES


The North East Food Show is a great platform for promoting North Eastern Trade and the products that we have especially the ones that most of the world is unaware of.

Entrepreneurship in Meghalaya as a whole has been pushed a lot in the last five years with the support of the government. I give huge credit to Bah Sohliya of MIE for pushing entrepreneurship and getting it to where it is today and Conrad Sangma, our Honourable Chief Minister who has always supported entrepreneurs. I’m sure we will go a lot forward and Meghalaya will be a role model state for other states of the NE and also the country as a whole

We are setting up a joint venture with the Hills Farmers Union for selling Shitake Mushroom being grown in Shillong with the support of the Meghalaya Government.

My expectations were blown away and I did not expect such a huge event. It enabled us as entrepreneurs to connect with potential buyers especially prospective buyers from international countries.

It’s beyond my expectations that some big companies from abroad and from metropolitan cities attended the event and we got to meet and interact with them.

It was a brilliant experience for the Team and we got to learn about the indigenous ingredients and products that are grown here organically and can be a good resource in hotels across the country

We believe that our partnership with Northeast Food Show will definitely open up a lot of avenues for Trade with Northeast and India and the international Market.

Nayantara Linnebank-Sawain LAKYRSIEW TEA

Chef Uttam Thangkhiew, PRIME CUTS

YATS JAPAN

Olivet, SIKKIM

Zo Spice International, MIZORAM

Chef Prem Ram, JOINT SECRETARY, ICF

Amit Lohani, FOUNDER DIRECTOR, FIFI


Award & RecognitionsMIE was awarded the Silver Experiential Marketing Award for the “Best B2B Programme of the Year” for the North East Food Show 2019 (4th to 6th December 2019) at the recently concluded WOW AWARDS ASIA 2020.

The Award ceremony took place on 14th August 2020 on a digital platform or as the Organisers called it, a “Hybrid Virtual” platform for Live Events which is a completely new trend owing to the Pandemic situation we are currently living through.

WOW AWARDS ASIA is the region’s largest and longest running business and recognition platform for the events industry and since 2009, WOW Awards have been the epitome of cultivating and celebrating excellence in the creation of LIVE events. 2020 marks the 12th anniversary of WOW Awards – Asia’s largest business & recognition platform for the Experiential Marketing, MICE, LIVE Entertainment & Wedding Industry. Participation is from all over the Asian Subcontinent and encompasses a huge variety of Categories and Companies / Government Organisations from all over Asia and the Middle East.

As the only Government entry to make it to the finals, it is high honour indeed for the Government of Meghalaya and the Meghalaya Institute of Entrepreneurship (MIE) supported by the Directorate of Food Processing (DOFP), to be awarded on the same platform with the giants of the Exhibition and MICE industry.

“Awards are a great reaffirmation of the effort put in by our teams on product promotion and audience engagement” – B.K.Sohliya, MAS, Director, Meghalaya Institute of Entrepreneurship

With close to 24 crores worth of food business having been generated over 3 days for participants, the North East Food Show 2019 is in itself, also a record setter of sorts as it is the first time in its 50-year history that a global brand like SIAL has ever partnered with a State Government and the first time it has ever done two events in the same country in the same year and at the regional level

MIE attributes the success of the event first of all to the tremendous support and encouragement of the Honorable Chief Minister, Shri Conrad K Sangma, who led from the front, Honorable Minister for Agriculture Shri. Banteidor Lyngdoh, Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of State, Ministry of Food Processing, Shri Rameshwar Telli, Chief Minister of Tripura, Shri. Biplab Kumar Deb, Shri. Pema Khandu, Chief Minister, Arunachal, Shri. B.S. Pant, Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation, Commerce & Industry, Sikkim, the Chairman of the Meghalaya Farmers (Empowerment)


Commission, Shri. K. N. Kumar, IAS, Dr. P. Shakil Ahamed, IAS, Principal Secretary, Agriculture, the Commissioner & Secretary Agriculture, Shri. P. Sampath Kumar, IAS, Dr. D. Vijay Kumar, IAS, Commissioner & Secretary, Planning, Smti. M. N. Nampui, IAS, Secretary Agriculture, the Chief Minister’s Office, the Directorates of Food Processing, Agriculture, Horticulture, Research & Training, the Indian Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition (IHMCTAN), Shillong, the Indian Culinary Forum (ICF), the Purchasing Professionals Forum-India (PPFI), Forum of Indian Food Importers (FIFI) and specially to Inter Ads, SIAL India and Comexposium.

The MIE dedicates this award to all the entrepreneurs, private companies, LLPs, LLCs, OPCs, SMEs, SHGs, Cooperatives, FPOs, FPCs and Societies etc. who responded to the MIE’s invitation to participate in the NEFS 2019 and who, hopefully, have benefited greatly from their experiences.

Lastly and most importantly MIE dedicates this award to the entrepreneurs, teams, institutions and departments behind the scenes who made it all possible – RockSki EMG, InTown Solutions, Veritas Communications, Blendink, Artful Arts, Walk With Nine Lives Holidays Tours and Travel, Angel Tourism, the team of COLKS and the North East Entrepreneurs’ Alliance (NEEA), the faculty and students of the IHMCTAN, the Deputy Commissioner, East Khasi Hills, the Superintendent of Police, East Khasi Hills, the

Water Resources Department, East Khasi Hills, the DMHO, East Khasi Hills, the Directorate of Commerce & Industries, the Superintendent of Police (Fire Service), the Shillong Recreation Ground Trust (SRGT), the Shillong Sports Association, the Director of Sports and Youth Affairs, the State Sports Council and finally the staff and personnel of MIE, 1917iTEAMS and the Directorate of Food Processing (DOFP) without whom this event would never have been possible.


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Thank Youfor the Support & Encouragement

Shri. Conrad K Sangma Chief Minister, Meghalaya

Shri K N Kumar Chairman of Meghalaya Farmers (Empowerment) Commission

Smti M N Nampui IAS Secretary Agriculture

Shri. Banteidor Lyngdoh Minister for Agriculture, Meghalaya

Dr P Shakil Ahamed, IAS Principal Secretary, Agriculture

Shri P Sampath Kumar, IAS Commissioner & Secretary Agriculture

Mr. Maqbool Lyngdoh Suiam Officer on Special Duty, DOFP

Dr D Vijay Kumar, IAS Commissioner & Secretary Planning

Shri Vijay Kumar Principal & Secretary IHMCTAN

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