Inside this issue:

Update: Kolhapur Seminar 2

Update: ISCCT Congress 3

ISCCT Workshops :2018 3

STAI Council Meeting 4

Other Activities, Forthcoming

STAI Seminars

4

Snapshots of STAI Seminars in the Year 2017

Dear Member,

It‟s my pleasure to share with

you the activities of the Asso-

ciation and other happenings

in the national and interna-

tional sugar industry through

this edition of the STAI e-

Newsletter.

The crushing for the sugar

season 2017-18 is in full

swing and we are anticipating

sugar production of around

25 MT against the 20.1 MT in

sugar season 2016-17. For

the second year, Uttar Pra-

desh is set to repeat its feat of

being the largest sugar pro-

ducing state in the country.

According to advance esti-

mates the state is likely to

produce over 10 MT of sugar.

This season the UP sugarcane

acerage is estimated at 22.99

lakh hectares, up 11.20%

compared to 20.54 lakh hec-

tares in 2016-17. Good mon-

soon rains may also push

sugar production in Maharashtra &

Karnataka year-on-year to 7.2 MT

and 2.6 MT this sugar season.

The sugar prices in the country are

going to be stable despite an antici-

pated production glut and the steep

decline in global prices may also

not have an impact on domestic

sugar prices in the near term due

to balanced demand and supply in

the country.

STAI successfully organized All In-

dia one day seminar on “Energy

Efficient Technologies – Decanters

in Sugar Mills, Refineries and Dis-

tilleries” in association with Alfa

Laval India Ltd at Hotel Sayaji, Kol-

hapur on 6th Oct. 2017. About

150 delegates participated in the

daylong seminar and actively par-

ticipated in the technical delibera-

tions throughout the programme.

As a new initiative STAI has been

holding seminars at new locations

for the benefit and larger participa-

tion of the delegates. Seminar at

Kolhapur was also organized in this

series for the first time.

Apart from the above STAI also

promoted CIIs 4th edition of

„Green Sugar Summit 2017‟ held

from 30-31 August 2017 at HICC,

Hyderabad and their 5th Edition

of Sugar Tech 2017 held on 16th

of Sept. 2017 at Lucknow.

For the year 2018, your Council

has drawn up an exciting activity

plan for the advantage of all the

stakeholders. We look forward to

your active participation and sup-

port as ever.

STAI e News Letter

From the Desk of President

Mr Sanjay Awasthi , President, STAI

Q ua r t e r l y Ne w s L e t t e r , Vo l u me 3 , Is s ue 9 , 3 0 De c e mb e r 2 0 1 7

Wishing you a very happy and

prosperous New Year and a

profitable Sugar Crushing Sea-

son 2017-18.

SANJAY AWASTHI

STAI e News Letter Page 2

In the past decade due to rising

production cost and low realiza-

tions there has been a paradigm

shift on the need of having energy

efficient technologies. Decanter

system is an energy efficient

technology to keep the operations

viable and sustainable.

To discuss the advances in

decanter system technologies The

Sugar Technologists’ Associa-

tion of India in association with

Alfa Laval India Ltd. organized an

All India one day seminar on

“Energy Efficient Technologies –

Decanters in Sugar Mills,

Refineries and Distilleries” on

6th October 2017 at Hotel

Sayaji, Kolhapur. The seminar

was attended by around 150

delegates from across the country.

Shri Kallapana B Awade, Founder

Chairman, Jawahar SSSK Ltd. was

the Chief Guest of the seminar.

The other dignitaries present during

the occasion were:

· Mr P.K Belsare, Vice President,

STAI

· Mr Dheeraj Singh, Head of Sales,

Food & Water Division, Alfa

Laval India

· Mr Mansingrao J Jadhav,

President, DSTA

· Mr M G Joshi, MD, Jawahar

SSSK Ltd.

· Mr C N Deshpande, Council

Member, STAI

The Technical session of the seminar

was chaired by Dr R V Dani, Tech-

nical Advisor & Head, Sugar Tech-

nology ,VSI and Co Chaired by Mr R

V Vatnal, Group Technical Advisor,

Nirani Sugars .

The following papers were presented

& discussed during the daylong

seminar :

· Energy Efficient Technologies -

Decanters in Sugar Mills, Refineries

and Distilleries – Alfa Laval Decant-

ers with Automation by – Dinesh

Deo

· Application of Decanter System for

Sugarcane Muddy Juice by –

Chaitanya S. Joshi & Aniket S.

Bhave

· Innovation in Energy Efficiency &

Conservation (Compact PlateCon-

densers in Sugar & Distillery) by –

Sarmistha Nag

· Pre-Decantation of Fermented

Wash/Spent Wash Using Decant-

er-Centrifuge Technology by

Anurag Goyal & Soham Sanyal

· Alfa Laval Evaporation Technology

for Sugar, Distillery and ZLD by –

Prasanna Upadhyay

· Biotechnological way to boost the

efficiency of decanter by R.S

Shewale

· Merits and Demerits of Decanter

v/s Rotary Vacuum Filter by R.N.

Yadav

Few copies of the proceedings of the

above seminar are available for sale.

Interested members may purchase

the same from STAI Secretariat.

(Top )Seated on Dais (L_R):Mr Dheeraj Singh, Mr P K Belsare presenting bouquet to Shri Kallapana B Wade, Mr

Mansingrao J Jadhav; Mr Dinesh Deo, MU Manager, Alfalaval India presenting his paper Bottom : Dr R V Dani and Mr R V Vatnal during Technical Session; Delegates attending Seminar

Highlights :All India Seminar on “Energy Efficient Technologies-

Decanters in Sugar Mills, Refineries and Distilleries" on 6th October

2017 at Hotel Sayaji, Kolhapur

STAI e News Letter Page 3

Papers and Posters for the XXX

ISSCT Congress

Important dates to remember are:

By 31 August 2018 The Author

name, title and author name(s)

and outline to be send to the

Editor (issct.editor@bigpond.com)

using the template available on

the ISSCT website.

Authors will receive confirmation

to proceed to prepare a paper or a

poster by 31 October 2018.

Full manuscripts must be sent to

the Editor by 31 December 2018 –

instructions for preparation are

on the ISSCT website.

The ISSCT Commissioners in

collaboration with the Section

Chairs and the Editor will arrange

for all papers and posters to be

peer reviewed. The final version

should be with the Editor by 30

April 2019.For more details

members may log on to following

websites :

http://www.issct.org

http://issct-argentina2019.com/

en/

The XXX Congress of ISSCT is being

held in Tucuman, located in north-

west Argentina from 2-5 September

2019.

The Programme shall also include

the following social activities:

Welcome cocktail on Sunday 1

September, 2019

Gala dinner on Tuesday 3

September, 2019

Farewell Dinner on Thursday 5

September, 2019

Registration fees for the Congress

Early Bird rate (up to 31 December

2018): USD 1,350

Standard rate (up to 31 May

2019):USD 1,500

Late registration (up to 25 August

2019):USD 1,700

On-site Registration: USD 1,900

Registration fees include Congress

materials, abstract publications,

morning and afternoon coffee

breaks, daily lunch, hotel-venue

transfers, welcome drinks, Cultural

Evening and Congress Gala Dinner.

The fees do not include flights or

accommodation costs.

The details of Pre Congress and

Post Congress Tours are as under:

Pre Congress Tour

The Pre-Congress tour will be held

in Tucuman from 31 August

2019 to 1 September 2019. It

includes visit to institutions, mills

and fields related to Sugarcane

Industry.

The Pre-Congress Tour will cost

an additional USD 200 per

attendee.

Post Congress Tour

The Post congress tour will be

held in Salta and Jujuy from 6 to

8 September 2019.

XXX ISSCT Congress, 2-5 September 2019, Tucumán, Argentina

Pre XXIX Congress Tour

31 Aug– 1 Sept.2019

XXIX ISSCT Congress

2-5 September 2019

Post XXIX Congress Tour

6-8 September 2019

Details of ISSCT Workshops in 2018

Section Venue/Organizer Date

Agricultural Commission

Agricultural Engineering & Agronomy Réunion, France 23-28 September 2018

Biology Commission

Germplasm & Breeding / Molecular Biol-

ogy Okinawa, Tanegashima, Ishigaki, Japan 22-26 October 2018

Entomology Belle Glade, Florida, USA 3-7 December 2018

Pathology Coimbatore, India 3-7 September 2018

Factory Commission

Engineering & Processing Cali, Colombia 1-3 October 2018

Co-products Commission

Co-products Campinas, Brazil August 2018

Management Commission

Management Tucumán, Argentina September 2019

* For more details reg. Workshops, please click on blue hyperlink in the Workshop Section.

Published by:

The Sugar Technologists’ Association of India

Plot No. 15, 301, Aggarwal Okhla Plaza, Community Centre, Okhla

Phase 1 New Delhi-110020, Phone: 011-64645069-72,

E-mail :office@staionline.org , www.staionline.org

Hon. Editor : Mr D K Goel

Secretary : Mr Amit Khatter

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Other Activities and International Events

STAI propagated the 5th edition of CII Sugar Tech on 20 September 2017

at Lucknow. Mr Sanjay Awasthi, President, STAI chairing one of the tech-

nical session . (Picture Below )

Forthcoming STAI Seminars

Bagasse Drying, Dhampur, Mid Feb 2018

Implementation of Thermal Energy Reduction Programme in Sugar

Mills, Solapur, March 2018,

Sustainable Sugar Practices for Viable Sugar Industry, Lucknow,

March 2018

International Events

Fuels of the Future 2018, 22-23 January 18, Berlin, Germany

Louisiana Division ASSCT, 6-7 February, 8 Baton Rouge, LA, USA

6th IAPSIT International Conference, 6-9 March 18, Udon Thani, Thailand

77th Sugar Industry Technologist Conference, 25-28 March 2018,Florida

69th Starch Convention 2018, 10-11 April 2018, Detmold, Germany

Members Corner

The proceedings of 75th Annual

Convention were dispatched to

the valid members. Proceed-

ings/LSF to members in arrears-Associate/Fellow/ Com-

panion/SME for the year 2017 have not been sent. They are

requested to clear their dues to

enable us to send copy of pro-ceedings & Factory list.

During the 79th Annual General

Body Meeting of the Association

held on 4.9.2017 at Kochi the cost of Coffee Table Book has

been reduced to Rs 3500 from

Rs 7000. Interested members may approach the STAI Secre-

tariat for purchase of the book.

7th STAI Council Meeting held on 18 December 2017 at STAI Office

STAI wishes its

members a

Happy and

P r o s p e r o u s

New Year 2018