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SMALL FARMERS’ AGRIBUSINESS CONSORTIUM
EMPANELMENT OF CONSULTANTS
Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium, on behalf of National Centre for Cold Chain
Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India invites application for empanelment of
one Chief Consultant, Cold Chain Logistic & Supply Chain Infrastructure; one Chief Consultant
(Quality & Certification), and 4 Support Staff. All consultants will be engaged on contract basis.
Detailed Terms of Reference and other conditions for the above positions can be seen on
our website www.sfac.india.com
Sealed applications superscribed “Application for the post of Chief Consultant / Support
Staff”, giving full details of name and address, date of birth, proven experience and present
engagement, if any, should reach this office by 3 p.m. on or before 31 st August, 2012
Managing Director,
SFAC

Terms of Reference for empanelment of Consultants for National Centre for Cold Chain
Development (NCCD)
National Centre for Cold Chain Development (NCCD) is an autonomous body created under the Ministry of
Agriculture, Government of India as a society under the Societies Registration Act 1860. NCCD has been set‐
up with Government funding and envisaged to be supported by the industry with whom it has to work
closely. Main objectives of the Centre include developing standards and protocols for cold chain
infrastructure components, undertake & coordinate R&D, human resource development and capacity
building activities along with other objectives.
To achieve the above said objectives, NCCD would like to establish a Technical Support Group, consisting of
technical team members for executing required activities. Proposed TSG should be consisting of following
team members to be headed by Director:
A. Cold Chain Infrastructure Specialist
B. Logistics & Supply Chain Specialists
C. Quality & Certification Specialists
D. Support Staff (4)
Education and Qualification of the team members has been described below:
A. Chief Consultant, Cold Chain Infrastructure
i. B.E. Mechanical Engineer from any reputed institute
ii. Minimum of 20 yrs of industrial experience with at‐least 7 yrs of experience in refrigeration
and air‐conditioning related work;
iii. Must have executed at‐least five projects of cold storage not less than Rs. 5.00 Crore each;
iv. Must have exposure to layout designing of multi‐chamber, multi‐product cold storages
having integrated facilities of sorting / grading / packing of produces;
v. Must have adequate experience of execution of modern cold storages with various types of
insulation and should be well conversant with their technical specification, erection and
commission thereof;
vi. Should have experience in inspection and testing of cold storages at the time of
commissioning;
vii. Should be conversant with the relevant Indian standards for various components and
machineries involved in refrigeration;
viii. Should have exposure to training and capacity building of operation and supervisory staff;
ix. Should be member of recognised institutes like Institutes of Engineers of India
B. Chief Consultant, Quality & Certification
i. B.E. Mechanical Engineer from any reputed institute
ii. Minimum 12 years of experience in inspection and testing of refrigeration systems to be
installed in cold storages;
iii. Should be conversant with testing and inspections of insulation material;
iv. Should be conversant with vacuum and pressure testing of the refrigeration systems
v. Should be conversant with all relevant IS standards of insulation material, electrical
equipments and other accessories and piping;
vi. Should be conversant with the safety of workers in the refrigeration plant;
vii. Should be conversant with the requirement to cope with the eventualities of fire, gas
linkages, load shedding, power break‐down etc. in the cold store;
viii. Conversant with ISO 9000 (quality management system) provisions will be preferred;

ix. Should have experience of training and capacity building of operators and supervisory staff.
C. Chief Consultant, Logistics & Supply Chain
i. Graduate in any discipline from institute of repute;
ii. Certificate in logistic & supply chain management is desirable;
iii. Minimum of 12 years of logistics and supply chain experience, preferably in area of handling
of horticultural / perishable products under the integrated cold‐chain system;
iv. Must be conversant with quality management systems relating to warehouse / cold store
management and mobile logistic components;
v. Should have experience of training and capacity building of operators and supervisory staff.
Remuneration for posts at A to C above will be equivalent to amount being paid by Planning Commission
to Consultants (ranging from Rs.65,000/‐ to Rs.80,000/‐ p.m.).
D. Support staff
i. Graduate in any discipline;
ii. Fresher or experience in areas of agri‐business, cold‐chain component handling;
iii. Good communication skill in English
Remuneration for support staff will range from Rs.20,000/‐ to Rs.25,000/‐ p.m.
Work profile of Consultants (Technical):
i. Recommend / develop / update standards and protocols for cold chain infrastructure / building
including post harvest management in consultation / coordination with various stakeholders,
agencies and organisations;
ii. Develop protocol and mechanism for certification of cold‐chain infrastructure in the country;
iii. Develop indicative guidelines for erection of new cold stores and other cold‐chain components;
iv. Design and develop training modules (short‐term, in‐house, residential) for Training and Capacity
building of cold‐chain operation and supervisory staff;
v. Coordinate with various organisations / agencies for conducting training and capacity building
programmes;
vi. Coordinate with cold chain industry players, experts for developing various standards, protocols as
well as for training programmes and create business opportunities for NCCD;
vii. Take‐up any other technical or / and administrative work required to achieve objectives of NCCD
All Consultants will report to Director, NCCD.