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TVK Chaitanya, Head – PMT Agri Department, Multi Com-
modity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX), also delivered a
presentation on “Awareness Programme on Cotton
2nd Global Cotton Conference 2022 Theme session: Hedging”.
“Game-Changing Technologies & Traits for Achieving
High Yields and Fine Quality of Cotton" began with
the felicitation of Guest of Honour Ms. Roop Rashi,
IA&AS Textile Commissioner, Government of India by
Mr. Sanjay Garg, NITMA

ly associated with CITI-CDRA in 3 States of Maharastra,
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Farmers associated with
CDRA are able to achieve higher cotton yield as com-
pared to the State Average Yield. After achieving positive
results so far, CITI CDRA is planning to expand its hori-
zon in other cotton-growing States also and is very opti- The last session on ‘Traceability & Circularity’ was chaired
mistic about the same. by Ms. Roop Rashi. Moderated by economist and senior
journalist G. Chandrashekhar, panellists for the session
The Conference also held detailed discussions on the
were Crispin Argento, Managing Director, The Sourcery;
various crucial aspects of the cotton value chain at the
Ms. Mridula Ramesh, Founder, Sundaram Climate Insti-
technical sessions.
tute; Tara Luckman, Sustainability Advisor, Cotton Coun-
The first session on ‘Revamping of Cotton Breeding cil International; Dr. Rossitza Krueger, Project Manager,
Programs for Efficient Use of Genetic Resources un- Sustainability and Value Added in the Cotton Economy,
der Changing Climate’ was chaired by M. Prabhakar Rao, GIZ India, and Manish Gupta, Manager – Supply Chain,
Chairman, NSL Group, and moderated by Dr. Shivendra Better Cotton Initiative – India.
Bajaj, Executive Director, Federation of Seed Industry of
India (FSII), had the following panellists: Dr. Y.G. Prasad,
Director, ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research
(CICR), Dr. S.K. Shukla Director, ICAR- CIRCOT Mumbai,
Dr. K. Selvaraju, Secretary General, Southern India Mills’
Association, Dr. Keshav Kranthi, Chief Scientist, Interna-
tional Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), USA, and Bha-
girath Choudhary, Founder & Director of South Asia Bio-
technology Centre.
The II session on ‘Cotton–Global Raw Material Scenar-
io’ as its theme was Ms. Prajakta L. Verma, Joint Secre-
tary, Ministry of Textiles. Moderated by Unupom Kausik,
Senior Vice President, Olam India, panellists for the ses-
sion were Alexandre Schenkel, Vice President, Abrapa
(Brazilian Cotton Growers Association); Dr. Terry Townsend,
Global Consultant, Cotton Analytics, US; Peush Narang,
Programme Representative – India & Sri Lanka, Cotton
Council International; Sushil Kumar Jhamb, Director – Raw
Materials, Vardhman Textiles Ltd., and Sanjay Chawla,
Founder & Global Convener, Fashionating World.

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