Praful Bhat

ICE CREAM || AMUL || SUMUL || Milk Procurement || Dudhsagar National (AMUL) ||

Role: Senior Executive Officer(Production) at Sumul Dairy Surat Tapi District Cooperative Milk Producers\' Union Ltd
Location: Surat, GJ, IN
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

About Praful Bhat

Dairy Technologist with MBA Hr & Admin + PGDM in General management, I am a dynamic professional with over 10 years experience in food production, process, quality, and regulatory affairs across varied functions (Manufacturing Operations - FMCG). I have an outstanding record of achieving business targets through leadership of multi-functional teams.I am having 3.5 years experience in Milk procurement with Amul(MDCMPUL) Rajasthan state - Planning & Managing Milk Procurement to achieve company targets which includes Development of New Projects (BMC/MCC), currently working in Ice Cream Production Department as a production Officer (SUMUL)- Managing Manufacturing operations of AMUL Ice Cream. A good track record of implementing systems and best practice across various functions.Expertise in Milk Procurement/Production/Supply Chain management/Marketing and Sales in FMCG

Experience

Senior Executive Officer(Production)
Sumul Dairy Surat Tapi District Cooperative Milk Producers\' Union Ltd
Oct 2025 — Present · Surat, IN

Education

College of Dairy Technology, Udgir Dist. Latur, Maharashtra
B.Tech in Dairy Technology
2009 — 2013
Jaipur National University
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
St. Francis high school,RaneNagar, Nashik
SSC
2005 — 2007
St. Lawrence High School
2nd to 6th Std
1998 — 2003

Skills

Fmcg
Gmp
Food Safety
Dairy
Food
Haccp
Dairy Products

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Current company

Sumul Dairy Surat Tapi District Cooperative Milk Producers\' Union Ltd

Dairy Product Manufacturing · 370 employees · Founded 1951 · Surat, Gujarat, India

Sumul or Surat Milk Union Limited, which is now renamed as The Surat District Co-operative Milk Producers\' Union Ltd, is one among the 17 district unions which acts as manufacturing units of dairy products for Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Limited, the marketers of Amul brand of products. Surat District has been a Pioneer in India in channeling trade in Cotton and Milk through co-operatives. Before SUMUL stepped in, traditional Private Milk Traders were dominant in the area. The private trade was monopolizing the Milk market and exploiting both the Milk Producers and Consumers alike. The milk procurement price which used to be fixed by the traders (traditional Bhatias) was very low and was fluctuating from time to time at their sole discretion. These has capitalized on the absence of any infrastructure and processing facilities and has managed to keep producers from deriving equitable benefits from the marketable surplus generated. As such their income from milk was very low and they had no incentive for modern dairy farming. The farmers resented the system, but were helpless in the face of these traditional constraints and to their own lack of resourcelessness. Dairying on the other hand, was never popular with tribal\'s (a major rural population in the District) as practically no infrastructure existed for milk marketing in their talukas, inaccessibility to their villages as well as taboos regarding keeping of buffaloes prevented the entire population of tribal\'s from considering dairying as a source of income. The tribal\'s kept their cows to produce bullocks rather than milk, which was insufficient even to nurse the calves. Most of the tribal\'s were unaware of the usual milch breeds, what to say of Scientific Animal Husbandry? Hygienic and pure milk was almost unknown in the market. In fact unbridled adulteration of milk was practiced by these traders to meet the growing demand of milk in the city.

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About Praful Bhat

Experience

Senior Executive Officer(Production)

Education

College of Dairy Technology, Udgir Dist. Latur, Maharashtra

Jaipur National University

St. Francis high school,RaneNagar, Nashik

St. Lawrence High School

Skills

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