Public Dialogue on Children’s Nutritional rights and Package food Labelling: Schedule

 

PIPAL


                                                                   Public Dialogue

on

Children’s Nutritional rights and Package food Labelling:

 Addressing Double burden of Malnutrition in India

Date: 2nd December, 2021

 Time: 3:00 to 5:00 pm with High Tea 

Venue: Hotel Diamond, Bhelupur, Varanasi

Total participation: 213

 Programme Details

December 2, 2021

Time

Description

Facilitator

2: 35 to 3: 00 PM

Registration and tea

 

3:00 to 3: 10 PM

 

Welcome address by

Shri Chandra Mishra, Managing Trustee, Comman man Trust

3: 10 to 3: 20 PM

Need for Nutrition Standard and  FOPL in India to address the growing obesity amongst Children

Dr.  Arvind Pratap, Consultant health

3: 20 to 3: 45 PM

FOPL as important policy instrument for civil and consumer rights:

Importance of Nutrient Profile, Various type of Nutrient profile models and status update of FOPL regulation

Vandana Shah, Regional Director, Global Health Advocacy Incubator

3:45 to 4:45 PM

Political Voices from different political parties

Shri Lalji Desai, Chief Organizer, All India Congress Seva Dal

 

Shri Shashi Pratap Singh, Spokerperson, Suhaildev Bhartiya Samaj Party

 

Shri Rajesh Mishra, former Member of Parliament and Chairman Election Management Committee of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee  and senior leader of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee

 

Manoj Rai Dhoopchandi, ex-state minister and spoke person of Samajwadi party

Shri Kailash Nath Sonkar, MLA – Ajgara

 

Shri Anil Kumar Yadav, Organization Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee

 

4: 45 – 5: 30 PM

Voice from Government and legislature

Shri A.K Sharma, EX IAS, MLC and Vice President of Bhartiya Janta Party

 

Shri Ashutosh Sinha, Member of Legislative Assembly, Member of the legislative standing committee on prevention of food adulteration and and circulation of spurious drugs.

 

5:30 to 6: 00 PM

Role of mother

Shalini Yadav, Runner-up against PM in Varanasi Loksabha 2019 election। Ex Mayor Candidate for VMC

 

Roushini Kushal Jaiswal,  Mrs India International  

 

Ms. Sudha Chaurasiya,

advocate, ex-mayor candidate and senior leader of Bhartiya Samaj Party (BSP)

 

Ms.  Sunita Singh,  Zonal Vice president – Bhartiya Janta Party Mahila Morcha, Kashi Zone

6: 00 – 6: 20

Role of Media

Shri Siddharth Kalhans, Principal journalist, The business standard

6:20 to 6:30 pm

Vote of Thanks 

Shruti Nagvanshi, Managing Trustee, PVCHR and Convenor Savitri Bai Phule Mahila Panchayat

 

 

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