The Indian Dairy Association (West Zone) is organized a Dairy Leaders
Roundtable Workshop on Wednesday, 18 th March 2026 at Hotel Kohinoor,
Andheri (E) Mumbai, which was participated by more than 50 CXOs of private,
cooperative and corporate dairy, equipment and ingredients connected
companies. The 3 hours intensive session was moderated by Ms Richie Agrawal
and Mr Madhav Patgaonkar, Secretary, IDA (WZ). Dr JB Prajapati gave
opening remarks and urged all members to give actionable points to shape the
future of dairy industry. Dr Amit Vyas.MD, Amul Dairy in his address stressed
on need for entrepreneurship development and use of AI technologies in dairy
industry. Mr Rahulkuamr Srivastava, COO of Parag Dairy focussed on proper
communication about the nutritional value of dairy products on packaging
material for increased awareness in the society.
The deliberations covered several important themes, including farm
productivity and farmer viability, milk quality and food safety, dairy analogues
and consumer awareness, traceability and digitisation, sustainability and
circularity, and the need for future-ready dairy entrepreneurship. The discussion
reaffirmed that the continued progress of Indian dairy will depend not only on
scale, but also on stronger systems for quality, productivity, sustainability,
consumer trust, and effective adoption on the ground.
Roundtable also highlighted a few important areas for policy attention,
particularly around productivity enhancement, quality systems, traceability,
sustainability, and clearer differentiation of dairy products in the marketplace.
At the same time, the deliberations pointed to several areas where IDA can
continue to play a catalytic role — through knowledge-sharing, stakeholder
convening, awareness-building, and facilitating constructive dialogue on issues
of strategic importance to the sector.
Shri Arun Patil, vice President, IDA summarised the deliberations and urged the
members to collaborate with IDA for wholistic development of Indian Dairy
Sector and help the producers and consumers both. Such interactions are
valuable not only for the perspectives they bring together, but for the shared
direction they help shape for the future of Indian dairy.
Source : Dairynews7x7 March 21st 2026 Press release IDA West Zone