The Institute of Economic Studies (IES), a leading think tank of the country, has decided to honour Omfed Managing Director Bishnupada Sethi with International Excellence Award for his role in taking the Odisha milk major to a newer height with many achievements, including per-day milk production reaching 5-lakh litres mark.
Sethi would be given the award at a seminar on Indo-UAE Economic Cooperation to be held in Dubai on February 25, 2016, said an IES notification.
The IES has informed the Omfed management about its latest decision that not only the Managing Director has been choosen for the international award, but also the milk major would be given Gold Medal for its excellent performance and helping out lakhs of milk farmers in Odisha. The IES has earlier honored public sector majors like NBCC, GSFCl, IRDEA in India and a host of corporate giants in and outside the country for their sterling performances. It is one of the research oriented and awareness promoting organisation conducting studies on various problems of the Indian cconomy.
Sethi, who is a determined mandarin, is scaling up the Omfed to great heights by introducing innovative initiatives. Both turnover and productivity has gone up, benefiting farmers.
Whenever there is a hike in milk price, farmers reap the benefit most, said a leading member of the milk federation.