The 9th International Conference on “Fermented Foods, Health Status and Social Well-being” was organised on 13th and14th December 2019 by the Swedish South Asian Network on Fermented Foods (SASNET-FF) at Anand Agricultural University, Gujarat, India in association with SASNET, Copenhagen University, the Probiotic Association of India, Gut Microbiota and Probiotic Science Foundation (India), the Indian Dairy Association, the Gujarat State Chapter (India) and Dr Verghese Kurien from the Centre of Excellence, IRMA, India.
SASNET sponsored Dr Nair's trip to the conference. In his position as the chairman of the network SASNET-FF he welcomed guests, invited speakers and delegates with an opening speech at the conference.
More than 400 delegates including academicians, scientists, researchers, students, dairy and food professionals and nutritionists from India and abroad attended the seminars. Speakers from Sweden, Egypt, Ireland, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Denmark and Netherlands were present. In seven technical sessions and about 40 oral presentations attendees focused on various aspects of fermentation as a method of food preservation and interacted with home grown scientists of food science from various parts of India.
For more information on Dr Nair's trip please find his full report here.