THE GOLDEN LEAF INDIA AWARDS: SOUTHERN TEA COMPETITION-2023

THE GOLDEN LEAF INDIA AWARDS: SOUTHERN TEA COMPETITION-2023

Following the success of the seventeen editions of “The Golden Leaf India Awards: Southern Tea Competition” – and recognizing the need to continue the Competition as a process to sustain the quality renaissance of the South Indian Tea Industry, UPASI jointly with Tea Board of India is organizing the Eighteenth Edition of the competition.

The date and venue for the screening is tentatively as under:



The overall format of the competition remains broadly the same. Technical analysis will be carried out for the qualifying entries only. The estate/factory participating in the competition should ensure a minimum lot size of 1.5 ton for Organic Tea and Green Tea, 2 tons for the Orthodox category and a minimum of 3 tons for the CTC category. However, for the factories participating in the Bought Leaf Segment, the overall quantity back-up will be one ton for Orthodox tea and two tons for CTC teas.

We send herewith the Rules & Procedures for the competition along with the application form.  Members are requested to inform us before 11th February 2023 about their interest in joining the competition along with the requisite application form and entry fee indicating the number of entries participating in the competition.

KPA-UPASI Technical Session 2019

The Karnataka Planters’ Association (KPA) – United Planters’ Association of Southern India (UPASI) Technical Session was held on 12th November 2019 at Hotel Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru on the sidelines of 61st Annual Conference of KPA.  The KPA-Technical Session Programme  can be downloaded in the link given below.

126th UPASI Annual Conference-13th and 14th September 2019

The 126th UPASI Annual Conference was held on 14th September 2019 at UPASI, Coonoor. Prof.Ramesh Chand, Member, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog inaugurated the Conference. Preceding the Main Conference there was a full day Session on Commodities on 13th September 2019. In the Technical Session held on the forenoon of 13th September 2019, eminent personalities of different fields made presentations. On the afternoon, representatives of Commodities Board made presentations. UPASI Industrial Exhibition was held on both days which provided a perfect platform to exhibit the technological and scientific advancements in the Plantation Sector.

126th UPASI ANNUAL CONFERENCE – PROGRAMME

Friday, 13th September 2019

09.15 am – Opening of the Industrial Exhibition by Mr. A.E. Joseph, President, UPASI

10.00 am to 1.00 pm – Technical Session

Welcome & Introductory Remarks by:

Mr. A.E. Joseph, President, UPASI.

Presentations :

1. “Resource Challenges and Productivity Issues : Available Solutions”
Dr. P. Soman, Sr.Vice President – Projects, Jain Irrigation Systems Limited

2. “Paper Pot” by Mr. Yasuomi Ota, Nippon Beet Sugar Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Japan

3.“Biological control on pest management” by Mr. Shachar Carmi, BioBee, Israel

4. “Mobile & cloud data solution for farming” by Prof. Subramanian (Vish) Viswanathan, Partner, Ganini LLC, USA.

Vote of Thanks by Mr. AL.RM. Nagappan, Vice President, UPASI

3.00 pm to 5.00 pm – Commodity Outlook Session

Welcome by Mr.A.E.Joseph, President, UPASI

1.Presentation on Rubber by Mr. Toms Joseph, Joint Director (Economics), Rubber Board

2. Presentation on Coffee by Mr. Babu Reddy, Deputy Director (Marketing & Research), Coffee Board.

3. Presentation on Spices by Mr. M.S. Ramalingam, Asst. Director, Spices Board

Vote of Thanks by Mr. AL.RM.Nagappan, Vice President, UPASI

Saturday, 14th September 2019 – Annual Conference

Address by Mr.A.E. Joseph, President, UPASI

Inauguration of the 126th UPASI Annual Conference by Lighting of Kuthuvilakku by the Chief Guest Prof. Ramesh Chand, Member, NITI Aayog

Distribution of Trophies to the Prize Winners of the 15th Edition of The Golden Leaf India Awards organized at Ahmedabad during April 2019 by the Chief Guest

Address by Chief Guest – Prof. Ramesh Chand

Vote of Thanks By Mr. AL.RM. Nagappan, Vice President, UPASI

The 125th Annual Conference of UPASI

The 125th Annual Conference of The United Planters’ Association of Southern India (UPASI) was held on the afternoon of 29th September 2018 at 3.30 PM at UPASI, Glenview, Coonoor, The Nilgiris-643 101, Tamil Nadu.
Mr. Sunny Verghese, Co-founder & CEO, Olam Group, Singapore and Chairman, World Business Council for Sustainable Development was the Chief Guest for the Conference.
As a prelude to the UPASI Annual Conference, a one and half day Conference titled “Winds of Change” was held on 28th September and 29th September (forenoon).
Coinciding the Conference, UPASI Exhibition was held on both days which provided a perfect platform to exhibit the technological and scientific advancements in the Plantation Sector.
Presidential Speech made by Mr.T.Jayaraman can be downloaded vide given below link.

UPASI 125th Year Summit

UPASI has completed its 125 years of its existence. It is an important milestone for any organization. To commemorate it in a befitting manner, a Summit themed “Winds of Change” was held on 28th and 29th September 2018.

Many eminent speakers from Brazil, Germany, Japan, Israel, Singapore and United Kingdom made presentations and shared their experience.

The topics covered in the first two sessions of Summit were ‘Digital Farming Initiatives’; ‘Green and Black Tea Manufacturing-Japanese Way’; ‘Transforming Coffee Business: Post harvest Processing as Game Changer’; ‘Progression of Fertiliser Application’; ‘Drones Revolutionising Agriculture’; ‘Tea Cultivations in Japan’; ‘Mobile and Cloud Data Solution for Farming’; ‘Speciality Retailing’; ‘The Panacea in our plantations – Opportunities for developing Nutraceutical Products from Tea, Cocoa, Coffee and Spices’.

At the third session, there was a presentation on Water Management, followed by a Panel Discussion on Climate Change.

In the valedictory session, keynote address was made by Mr. Sunny Verghese, Co-founder & CEO, Olam Group, Singapore and Chairman, World Business Council for Sustainable Development on ‘Reimagine Global Agriculture: How do we need a growing population sustainably?’. Mr.Santosh Sarangi, Joint Secretary (Plantations), Ministry of Commerce, Govt of India made a special address in the session.

The Winds of Change Summit was attended by large number of domestic and international delegates representing various segments in the Plantation Industry.

TGLIA 2018

The 14th Edition of TGLIA was held during March-April 2018. The first level screening of teas for the 14th edition was held on 3rd March 2018 at UPASI, Coonoor. The final tasting session of the TGLIA was held at Dubai coinciding with the 7th Global Dubai Tea Forum on 25th April 2018.

The 124th Annual Conference of UPASI

The 124th Annual Conference of UPASI was held at Coonoor on 13th and 14th September 2017. The UPASI Industrial Exhibition was held during 13rd and 14th September 2017 on the occasion of 124th UPASI Annual Conference.

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