Dr Meenesh Shah, Chairman and Managing Director of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), was elected to the Board of International Dairy Federation (IDF) during the General Assembly of IDF on October 15, an official release stated on Tuesday.

Accepting this responsibility and thanking the IDF delegates for the trust bestowed on him, Dr Shah mentioned that a representative from India, a country that contributes over 23 percent of the global milk production, is on the Board of IDF, which will ensure a more inclusive and better global dairying ecosystem. This will also help putting forth the voice of millions of dairy farmers from the smallholder-based dairying system to the global forum and help design suitable policies, frameworks, systems and processes, the release stated.

Dr Shah has been associated with IDF since long in different capacities and has been instrumental in sensitising the world about the unique smallholder-based Indian dairying system in different international forums. He is also the Member Secretary of the Indian National Committee and also a member of the Standing Committee on Dairy Policy and Economics, the release added.

Source : The Indian Express Oct 17th 2023