This 34th edition of the event is significant especially when India is considered among the fastest growing economies in the world
Bringing the prominent ‘brands’ of food and hospitality industries from India and rest of the world , the annual event of the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), Aahar 2019 (March 12-16) has commenced at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
With more than 560 participants from India and abroad, AAHAR 2019 actively shares the latest consumers trends, concerns, new innovations and trade avenues . The event is committed to development of environment- friendly technologies, and providing business delegates with exciting high quality products and services. Offering new opportunities for exports, the event also offers an insight to operational and food safety concerns and innovations to become energy-efficient, finding budget-friendly raw materials boosting productivity are all format of mind, while still aiming for greater profitability.
This 34th edition of the event is significant especially when India is considered among the fastest growing economies in the world and its food processing as well as hospitality sectors are recognized as major attractions for the FDI due to conducive business environment, reforms and favorable government policies.
The event was jointly inaugurated by Paban K. Borthakur, Chairman & Managing Director, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Development Authority (APEDA) and Deepak Kumar, IAS, Executive Director, ITPO in Hall 7, Pragati Maidan.
Present on the occasion were V.K. Macker, President, FHSAI, Rajendra Mittal, Senior Representative ARCHII, Hema Maity, General Manager, ITPO, senior government officials, participants from India and abroad, delegates and media representatives.
Speaking on the occasion, Deepak Kumar highlighted the salient features of the event. He indicated that despite a huge space demand for participation, the fair could not be organized on a large scale due to space constraints(only 22% available) as the event has been hosted especially when ITPO is in the midst of implementing its ambitious project of redevelopment of Pragati Maidan into a world class International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC).
While expressing happiness over considerable participation of the foreign countries, he informed that the fair has elicited participation from countries including China, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Indonesia, Israil, Japan, Malaysia, Peru, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Turkey, USA, UK, Ukraine and UAE.
Deepak Kumar said that AAHAR is an excellent platform for trade promotion and business networking for all the stakeholders including top echelons of the Hotel and Hospitality industry including CEOs, General Managers, Executive Chefs, Executive House Keepers, Purchase Managers, senior representatives from catering industry and academic institutions, training hotel management professionals.
Paban K. Borthakur pointed out that APEDA participated with over 60 exporters under AAHAR banner with an objective to enhance India’s global export of food items. Complimenting ITPO for continuing legacy of all the events despite the IECC project, he was confident that the next edition of AAHAR would be hosted with a larger participation response after completion of the project.
The display profile is segregated into four categories in AAHAR namely, ‘Food Products, Ingredients & Additives’, ‘F & B Equipment’, ‘House Keeping & Engineering Equipment’ and Confectionary.
The fair has been organised with support of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Development Authority (APEDA) and apex industry associations, Association of Resource Companies for Hospitality Industry of India(ARCHII), Hotel and Restaurant Equipment Manufacturers Association of India(HOTREMAI), All India Food Processors Association(AIFPA), Food & Hospitality Support Association of India(FHSAI), Federation of Indian Food and Hospitality Industry (FIFHI) and Forum of Indian Food Importers(FIFI).