The Pantnagar University of Agriculture and Technology organized a cooking competition on the theme of coarse grains, to celebrate the national millet festival. Young French agricultural students from the DEFIAA-2023 program, on placement in India, took part in the competition, and third prize was won by a Franco-Indian pair. « The aim was to make a dish from millet. The Indian girl who was with me came up with the idea of making doughnuts » – testifies Nicolas.

Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar, District- Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand) Cuisine competition organized on coarse grains.

To promote coarse grains in the university, Dr. Sarita Srivastava, Director of Suvarnada Foundation Rudrapur and Dr. Archana Kushwaha, Head of the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Home Science, Pantnagar University together organized a food product competition based on coarse grains. In this competition, students from France as well as university students participated. The participants cooked various dishes using millets – Pahari Rabdi, Donut, Cake, Muffin, Laddu, Kheer, Chaat, Halwa, Chikki, Tikki and beverages etc. In the competition, Mrs. Sadhna Sharma got the first place, Charu Bisht and Deeksha Semwal reached the second place followed by the Ayushi Joshi and Nicholas Flottes team. Consolation prizes were received by Mrs. Usha Joshi and Clementine Basquin. In the competition, the winners were honored with prizes by Doctor Alka Goyal, Dean, Home Science College. On this occasion, Shri Rohit Goswami, Director and Shafali Srivastava, Advisor Suvarnada Foundation made special contribution. The dishes were evaluated by Dr. Sabbu Sangeeta, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, Dr. Sarita Srivastava and Dr. Archana Kushwaha. Professors and students of Home Science College also participated into the program.