International Summer and Winter Term 2014

Guys,

There are various interactive sessions with eminent National and International well known personalities and certifications courses offered by IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal. Many courses are related to Food Science and Technology. So, grab the opportunity and gain the valuable knowledge.


For more details please download brochure from ,


http://www.mymail.iitkgp.ernet.in/iswt/course/ISWT2014.pdf 

CEOs of Various MNCs upto March, 2014

Dear Food Technologist,

We all are always eager to know about the big Multinationals, their CEOs, turnover etc. So, for you here I am providing list of CEOs of MNCs including various food (Highlighted) companies at one place as per the information available up to March, 2014. It will be helpful in your job interviews and will keep you update.

1. Apple- Tim Cook 

  

2. Nokia Corporation- Risto Siilasmaa

3. Microsoft- Satya Nadella 

4. Toshiba- Hisao Tanaka

5. Siemens A.G. - Joe Kaeser 

6. Google- Lawrence "Larry" Page

7. Accenture- Pierre Nanterme 

8. ACE Limited- Evan G. Greenberg

9. Aditya Birla Group- Santrupt Misra

10. Amazon.com- Jeff Bezos

11. AOL Inc. - Tim Armstrong

 

12. Barclays- Anthony Jenkins

13. Burger King- Daniel Schwartz, Bernard Hees

14. Citigroup- Michael Corbat

15. Coca-Cola- Muhtar Kent

16. Cognizant Technology Solutions- Francisco D'Souza

17. Dell Inc - Michael Dell

 

18. DLF Universal- T. C. Goyal

19. Domino's Pizza- Don Meij

20. eBay - John Donahoe

21. Ericsson- Hans Vestberg

22. FedEx- Frederick W. Smith

23. GlaxoSmithKline - Andrew Witty

24. Goldman Sachs- Lloyd Blankfein

25. Harley Davidson- Keith Wandell

26. HCL Technologies- Anant Gupta

27. HSBC- Stuart Gulliver

 

28. IBM- Virginia M. Rometty

29. IKEA- Peter Agnefjall 

30. Infosys Technologies Limited- S.D. Shibulal

31. Intel- Brian Krzanich

32. ITC Limited- Y C Deveshwar

33. JP Morgan Chase- James Dimon

34. Larsen & Toubro Limited- K. Venkataramanan

35. McDonald's- Donald Thompson

36. Nike- Mark Parker

37. iGATE Patni- Ashok Vemuri

38. PepsiCo- Indra Nooyi

39. Pizza Hut- Scott Bergren

40. Procter & Gamble (P&G) - Alan Lafley

41. Reliance Industries Limited - Mukesh Ambani(Chairman & MD)

42. Tata Consultancy Services- N Chandrasekaran

43. Twitter- Dick Costolo

                

44. Viacom- Philippe P. Dauman

45. Vodafone- Vittorio Colao

46. The Walt Disney Company- Bob Iger

47. Wal-Mart- C. Douglas Mcmillon

48. Warner Bros. – Kevin Tsujihara

49. Adidas- Herbert Hainer

50. PUMA SE- Bjorn Gulden

51. Allianz- Michael Diekmann

52. Nestle- Paul Bulcke

53. ABB- Ulrich Spiesshofer

54. Hindustan Unilever Limited- Sanjeev Mehta

55. Adobe Systems- Shantanu Narayen

56. Britannia Industries- Vinita Bali

57. Ferrero SpA- Giovanni Ferrero

58. Mondelez International, Cadbury- Irene Rosenfeld

59. Parle Agro- Schauna Chauhan

60. Perfetti Van Melle- Sameer Suneja

61. Subway- Fred DeLuca

62. KFC- David Novak

63. Kellogg’s- John Bryant

64. Adani Group- Gautam Adani

65. Cargill- Gregory Page




If you any queries to ask or any new question, then please feel free to mention/ write in the comments, We try our best to solve your query....

Vacancies in Central Agricultural University

As per the news in Employment News dated 22-28 March, 2014, page no. 66,  there are various vacancies in Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur and its constituent colleges.


For Food Technology students, vacancies are in College of Agri. Engineering and Post Harvest Technology, Ranipool, Sikkim as follows,

1. Processing and Food Engg.- Professor- 1 (gen), Asso. Professor- 1 (SC), Asst. Professor- 0

2. Food Engg./ Technology- Professor- 1 (OBC), Asso. Professor- 1 (OBC), Asst. Professor- 0

3. PHT/ Engg/Food Processing Engg./ Agri Engg./ Horti- Professor- 0, Asso. Professor- 0, Asst. Professor- 1 (OBC)

In College of Home Science, Tura, West Garo Hills, Meghalaya as follows,

1. Food Science & Nutrition- Professor- 1 (gen), Asso. Professor- 1 (gen), Asst. Professor- 1 (SC)

In College of Horti & Forestry, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh as follows,

1. Pomology (Fruit science)- Professor- 1 (OBC), Asso. Professor- 0, Asst. Professor- 2 (1 SC/ 1 gen)




Like these, other vacancies are related to agricultural sciences like horticulture, forestry, fisheries etc.

For more details pls. visit Employment News dated 22-28 March, 2014, page no. 66

Top 10 Food Processing Industries in the world

As per data available on the companies websites and financial reports released by companies, top 10 companies on the basis of net sales are as follows,

10. ConAgra Foods Inc.

ConAgra Foods Inc. is the manufacturer behind a host of well-known brands with household names, from Chef Boyardee and Rosarita canned goods to licensed frozen products from P.F. Chang’s and Marie Callender’s. Combined, these products brought ConAgra net sales of $13.3 billion in 2012.

9. Kellogg Company

In its 2012 fiscal year Kellogg Company saw net sales of $14.2 billion, its highest in more than five years, an achievement the company attributes in no small part to joint ventures in China as well as its acquisition of Pringles.

8. General Mills

General Mills was able to increase its net sales substantially over its 2012 fiscal year, for a total of $16.7 billion. While $10.5 billion of that was in U.S. domestic sales, with the brand’s Big G Cereals sector accounting for 23%, General Mills is also strengthening its market share overseas in Europe and Asia.

7. Kraft Foods Group

It has been an interesting year for Kraft Foods Group – it’s been less than a year since the division spun off as a primarily North American business with a focus on convenience deli and snack brands like Velveeta, Oscar Mayer, and its iconic eponymous Kraft Singles and Macaroni and Cheese. Despite the tumult, Kraft Foods Group still saw net revenue of $18.3 billion in 2012.

6. Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods holds some enviable titles in the food manufacturing world – Meat and Poultry gave it the top slot on its Top 100 of 2013, and it’s not hard to see why. Between its numerous assets including its own branded consumer products and its clout as the exclusive chicken supplier to franchise operations like Yum! Brands and McDonald’s, Tyson Foods brought in revenue of $33.2 billion last year.

5. Mondelēz International

It’s been a huge year for Mondelēz International, the newly minted global snack company formed after Kraft Foods split into two different entities. With its global reach and brands like Oreo and Cadbury, Mondelēz was able to pull ahead of Kraft Foods Group with 2012’s net revenue at $35 billion.

4. JBS SA

Around the world, JBS is synonymous with beef. The Sao Paulo-based food processing company is the largest of its kind with plants in Brazil, Argentina, Australia and the United States to produce fresh and frozen beef, chicken, and pork products for the retail and foodservice sectors. The multinational brand reported revenue of R$ 76 billion (USD $38.5 billion) in the 2012 fiscal year.

3. PepsiCo

PepsiCo is a lot more than just soda: the company is also home to a wealth of global main brands including Quaker Foods, Walker’s Crisps, and everything under the Frito-Lay corn and potato chip empire from Fritos to, well, Lay’s. By the end of its 2012 fiscal year, PepsiCo announced net revenue of $65.5 billion.

2. Nestlé SA

As everyone ought to know by now, Switzerland-based Nestlé SA is a whole lot more than just chocolate bars. From Nescafé and Nespresso coffee brands to dairy products like Dreyer’s Ice Cream and Haagen-Dazs to its proprietary bottled water brands, it’s Nestlé’s formidable stable of brand names that helped it reach $96.8 billion in net revenue for 2012.  

1. CARGILL INC.

Consumers might not go into a grocery store and buy a Cargill-branded product, but the odds are good that something in their grocery basket got its start in a Cargill factory. From malts for the brewing industry to oils and shortenings and value-added meat products for the foodservice industry to hydrocolloids and salts and starches to keep convenience foods fresh, the sheer amount of products manufactured by Cargill for a worldwide market is almost staggering. Cargill also keeps its supply chain close by managing its own transport and shipping arm, and cyclically supports its own suppliers by offering a range of livestock feed for every type of farm from beef cattle to dairy cattle to aquaculture. Just having a hand in so many sectors would be explanation enough for Cargill winning a spot on this Top Ten, but the company has also had a banner year – in the press release for its 2012 year-end report, Cargill chairman and CEO Greg Page noted that its food ingredients group saw its third year in a row of record earnings and was by far the largest contributor to the year’s earnings. In total, Cargill Inc. recorded consolidated revenues of $133.9 billion in 2012. 

If you any queries to ask or any new question, then please feel free to mention/ write in the comments, We try our best to solve your query....

World Food Day and Themes

World Food Day -
is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945.

Themes of World Food Day (16th October) 

1981: Food comes first
1982: Food comes first
1983: Food security
1984: Women in agriculture
1985: Rural poverty
1986: Fishermen and fishing communities
1987: Small farmers
1988: Rural youth
1989: Food and the environment
1990: Food for the future
1991: Trees for life
1992: Food and nutrition
1993: Harvesting nature's diversity
1994: Water for life
1995: Food for all
1996: Fighting hunger and malnutrition
1997: Investing in food security
1998: Women feed the world
1999: Youth against hunger
2000: A millennium free from hunger
2001: Fight hunger to reduce poverty
2002: Water: source of food security
2003: Working together for an international alliance against hunger
2004: Biodiversity for food security
2005: Agriculture and intercultural dialogue
2006: Investing in agriculture for food security
2007: The right to food
2008: World food security: the challenges of climate change and bioenergy
2009: Achieving food security in times of crisis
2010: United against hunger
2011: Food prices - from crisis to stability
2012: Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world
2013: Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition






If you any queries to ask or any new question, then please feel free to mention/ write in the comments, We try our best to solve your query....