Welcome to the second edition of ICA Weekend. The theme this year is milk and dairy. Join us at Indian International Center in Delhi over 22- 23 February to explore all aspects of dairy culture in India – production, processing, consumption culture and tradition, sustainability, alternative milks, cheeses, innovations, trade, technology and more.

More than 150 writers, researchers, entrepreneurs, chefs and stalwarts from the Indian dairy ecosystem will be on the stage and in the audience at ICA Weekend 2025. There will be also be presentations by the shortlisted writers for the ICA Prize for Indian Food Writing. This year there will be two winners.

Be there for the discussions, for the networking and to watch the winning pitch. 

EVENT

Highlights

ICA Weekend is back with the promise of bringing together the most diverse and insightful voices from the Indian food sector. Prepare to talk about food the way you never did before.

FOOD MEETS LITERATURE MEETS INDUSTRY

We are bringing the most diverse set of stakeholders from the milk and dairy industry together.

TWO DAYS OF DAIRY

Discussions around dairy, derivatives, innovation, sustainability and alt milk and other trends - this will the deepest dive.

ICA FOOD WRITING PRIZE

India's first food focused writing prize and there are 2 prizes this year. Come, watch the pitches.

THE ICA SPOTLIGHT

Handpicked innovators from the dairy sector get to tell their lesser known stories. Don’t miss.


WHO WILL ATTEND

  • Food writers
  • Authors
  • Editors
  • Journalists
  • Academicians
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Film makers
  • Researchers
  • Historians
  • & More

 

Eminent

Speakers

Listen to the most diverse and elite panel of food writers, artists, agriculture experts and more. 

Conference

Schedule
Day 1
Day 2
Day 1
February 22, 2025
9:30 am

Registration

22 February
Time:  9:30 am - 10:00 am
Location: 
10:00 am

Opening Ceremony

22 February
Time:  10:00 am - 10:30 am
Location: 
Speaker:  Om Routray
10:30 am

Indian Dairy – What’s Next

22 February
Time:  10:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: 
11:30 am

Tea Break

22 February
Time:  11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location: 
12:00 pm

India’s Dairy Diversity: Understanding Non-bovine Milk

22 February
Time:  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: 
Speaker:  Elementor #5351
1:00 pm

Lunch

22 February
Time:  1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: 
2:00 pm

Steeped in heritage: Ghee

22 February
Time:  2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: 
3:00 pm

Tea Break

22 February
Time:  3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: 
3:30 pm

On a South Asian Cheese Trail

22 February
Time:  3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: 
4:15 pm

ICA Indian Food Writing Prize 2024

22 February
Time:  4:15 pm - 5:00 pm

Address: Colleen Taylor Sen, Author

Announcement of the ICA Writing Prize 2024

Day 2
February 23, 2025
9:30 am

Registration and Morning cuppa

23 February
Time:  9:30 am - 10:00 am
Location: 
10:00 am

ICA Spotlight

TBD
23 February
Time:  10:00 am - 10:30 am
Location: 
Speaker:  TBD
10:30 am

How India Made Condensed Milk its own

TBD
23 February
Time:  10:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: 
Speaker:  TBD
1:00 pm

Lunch

23 February
Time:  1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: 
2:00 pm

Paper Presentation for the Writing Prize - I

23 February
Time:  2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: 
Speaker:  Shubhra Chatterji
3:00 pm

Tea Break

23 February
Time:  3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: 
3:30 pm

Paper Presentation for the Writing Prize - II

23 February
Time:  3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: 
4:30 pm

Writing Prize Winner Announcement

Krishnendu Ray
23 February
Time:  4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: 
Speaker:  Krishnendu Ray
5:00 pm

Keynote Address and Closing

23 February
Time:  5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Event

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Location

Considered one of the country’s premier cultural institutions, the India International Centre is a non-government institution widely regarded as a place where statesmen, diplomats, policymakers, intellectuals, scientists, jurists, writers, artists and members of civil society meet to initiate the exchange of new ideas and knowledge in the spirit of international cooperation.

 

Address

Seminar Hall No.1 – 3, Kamaladevi Complex

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