PRE-CONGRESS TOUR, 16-19 FEB. 2023 - ITINERARY FOR THE DELEGATES

Thursday, 16th February 2023 Arrival of Delegates to Lucknow The COC will provide complimentary pick-up and drop to the delegates from the Lucknow International airport to the respective hotels both on their arrival on 16th to Lucknow and their departure to Hyderabad on 19th of February 2023.
Friday, 17th February 2023 Group A Factory Group












Group B Agriculture Group
0800 - 1100 hrs After breakfast departure at 0800 hrs for visit to DCM Shriram Sugar Complex at Hariawan which 110 Kms (about 2.30 hrs drive) from Lucknow through AC Coaches
1100 - 1430 hrs Hi-Tea at the factory site followed by visit to the Sugar Complex having 12000 TCD crushing capacity sugar plant that includes a backend sugar refinery producing EU2 refined sugar, a 63 MW high pressure cogeneration facility & a 160 KLPD ethanol plant with incineration boiler.
1430 - 1530 hrs Lunch at the factory site
1530 - 1800 hrs Return to hotels at Lucknow late in evening


1000 - 1030 hrs Departure from the official hotels for the visit to Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research (IISR), located in the city of Lucknow through AC Coaches.
1030 - 1400 hrs At IISR the delegates will visit the divisions of crop production, crop improvement, crop protection, plant physiology & bio chemistry and agriculture engineering labs followed by farm visits.
1400 - 1500 hrs Lunch at the Institute
1500 - 1530 hrs Return to Hotel at Lucknow in evening. Evening free for the delegates
Saturday, 18th February 2023 Group A Factory Group













Group B Agriculture Group
0830 - 1030 hrs After breakfast departure at 0830 hrs for a full day visit to National Sugar Institute, Kanpur which is about 90 Kms (around 2 hours drive) from Lucknow through AC Coaches
1030 - 1400 hrs Hi-Tea followed by the visit to the Institute - At NSI the delegates will visit the Experimental Factory, Sugar Refinery, Nanobrewery-cum-alcohol (for training of students) plant which will be followed by visit to Physical Chemistry/Biochemistry/Sugar Technology/Instrumentation labs.
1400 - 1500 hrs Lunch at the Institute
1500 - 1700 hrs Return to hotels at Lucknow in evening


0830 - 1030 hrs Departure from the official hotels at 0830 hrs for the visit to Dalmia Ramgarh Sugar Factory Farms through AC Coaches. Ramgarh is about 80 Kms (about 2 hours drive) from the city of Lucknow.
1030 - 1430 hrs Hi-Tea followed by the visit to factory farms and fields of progressive farmers. They will also be shown the innovative farming techniques, developmental activities such as cane planting, varietal improvement, yield improvement, cane survey etc taken up by the sugar mill.
1430 - 1530 hrs Lunch at the factory site
1530 - 1730 hrs Return to respective hotels at Lucknow in evening.
Sunday, 19th February 2023 Departure of delegates from Lucknow to Hyderabad
0730 - 0800 hrs After early breakfast departure of the delegates at 0730 hrs from the hotels to Lucknow International Airport for onward journey to Hyderabad.