The overwhelming participation from the Policy Makers, Scientist & Industry has made the 5th Nutraceutical Summit a Grand Success.
INAUGURAL DAY
The 3-day event was inaugurated at the hands of Dr Shri P. I. Suvrathan Chairperson, FSSAI. Prof. Samir K. Brahmachari Director General, CSIR & Secretary, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, GOI. Shri. Byron J. Johnson, Chairman, International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations. Dr. Ashok D. B. Vaidya Research Director, Kasturba Health Society, Medical & Research Centre (M. R. C.) ICMR Advanced Centre of Reverse Pharmacology in Traditional Medicines. Dr. V. Prakash FRCS Director, CFTRI, Mysore President, Nutrition Society of India, President, International Academy of Food Science and Technology
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Over 300 delegates from leading Food/Nutrition, Pharma and Traditional knowledge sector participated in the 3 Day conference addressed by over 60 national and international experts
Mr. Ashok Sinha, Secretary, Min. of Food Processing Industries, GOI. Dr. M. K. Bhan Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of S&T, GOI. Prof. Huub L. M. Lelieveld, President, Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI), The Netherlands, Mr. V.N. Gaur, CEO & Advisory Secretary, FSSAI, Dr. B Sesikeran, Director, NIN,ICMR, Prof. K.R. Kohli, Director of Ayurved, Govt. of Maharashtra, addressed the gathering at the conference amongst other important speakers.
NUFFOODS EXPO
B2B and B2C arm of the event was inaugurated by Prof. Samir K. Brahmachari. NuFFoods, B2B platform had encouraged business meetings, tie-ups, Public Private Partnership and Buyer & Seller meets. B2C brought the makers of health and food products face to face with the influential groups like Dieticians, Nutritionists and Doctors as well as large health conscious and upwardly mobile consumers of India. It attracted many leading players from the sector like Herbalife, Nestle Nutrition, Pepsico, Amway, Cognis, Mission Vivacare, Exim Bank, Omni Active Health Technologies, Zeon Life Sciences, Dhootapapeshwar, Yakult Danone India Pvt. Ltd., Naturell (India) Pvt. Ltd., Parry Nutraceuticals Division, Avesthagen Ltd., Ambe Phytoextracts Pvt. Ltd. and leading ingredients exporters like, Devsom Impex Pvt. Ltd., DSM Nutrition etc.
CEO SUMMIT
A special industry networking dinner for delegates and invitees, representing the Who's Who of the Nutraceutical, Pharma and Food Industry. The focal theme of the Panel Discussion was “Hurdles & Enablers for the NT Revolution in India after IT & BT”.
NUTRA AWARDS - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Nutra Awards Function was special event with constitution of Annual Lifetime Achievement Award to eminent personality of the year. Dr. Ashok Vaidya, Research Director of Kasturba Health Society, was honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award in the field of Ayurceuticals synergizing with Nutraceuticals for the wellness of society.
DOCTORS & NUTRIIONIST FORUM
Doctors and Nutritionists Forum – Panel Discussion with Special Focus on Women and Child Health, The forum deliberated on the new developments in the Nutraceuticals and Health food sector with special focus on Women's Healthcare. The panel discussion was conducted with the support of Indian Dietetic Association.
Corporate Institutions in this sector came forward to sponsor and support 5th Nutraceutical Summit 2009. Herbalife was the Event Sponsor with Amway as the Conference Co Host of the event. DSM Nutrition & Mission Vivacare to be the Silver Sponsors and Omni Active Technologies as the CEO Summit Co Sponsors of the event. Cognis, Zeon Life Science, EXIM Bank, Nestle Nutrition & Dhootpapeshwar to be the Conference Session Co Sponsors. This Summit was also supported by the various Government Departments like Ministry of Food Processing, CSIR, Department of Science & Technology, AYUSH and DRDO. We also got support from the various industry Associations like ADMA, IDMA, Pharmexcil, Inhadsa, IDA, ABLE.
The 5th Nutraceutical Summit thanks all our Sponsors, Exhibitors Delegates for participating and making this Summit the right representation of the Industry, it has set the right stage for next edition to come. The 6th Nutraceutical Summit will be held from February 16-18, 2011 at The World Trade Centre, Mumbai. 
