An Indian Delegation led by Dr. Umesh Hangalore Hebbar, Chief Scientist & Head of Food Engineering Department SCIR to Nepal met NICCI President Mr. Sunil KC today at NICCI Secretariat, Ace Apartments, Narayan Chaur, Naxal, Kathmandu.
President of NICCI Mr. Sunil KC welcomed the Indian delegation at NICCI Secretariat and briefed about the NICCI as it is the Non-profit Making Binational Chamber of Commerce in Nepal which particularly working on the area of enhancement of Nepal-India Bilateral Economic relation, Promotion of Indian Investment to bring in Nepal.
The three-member delegation was accompanied by Ms. Garima Nautiyal, Second Secretary (Political & Development Partnership) at Embassy of India, Kathmandu.
Dr. Hebbar shared the purpose of visit to NICCI was to apprise about CSIR-CFTRI’s expertise and contributions in the area of Food Science and Technology focusing on the areas of development of food processing technologies, products and machineries for processing; capabilities and Human Resource Development, Skill development and Training, especially for farmers, FPOs and MSMEs.
Additionally, to understand the requirements of Nepal in the areas of food science and technology industry and explore probable areas of future collaboration between various enterprises of Nepal and CSIR-CFTRI.
AS the CSIR is the Government Entity of India the technology advancement is the key area of their engagement and wish to collaborate with Nepalese industries and association for the advancement of food industries in Nepal providing their knowledge, workings and also to collaborate exclusively with the industries in Nepal as per the specific requirements of the industries.
NICCI and CSIR both have agreed for future collaboration organizing interactions with the members and other stakeholders in Nepal.