Objectives of the Association

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To undertake, carry on, or help to carry on, research and other scientific work in connection with Sugar trade or industry, including sugar cane cultivation ,Sugar Beet cultivation and other trades or industries allied therewith or accessory thereto. The research and other scientific will include research and scientific work in, among other, the following directions:

• 1. To promote and increase of knowledge regarding the science and practice of Sugar Engineering, Sugar Technology, including sugar cane cultivation, Sugar beet Cultivation and other kindred branches of this industry
• 2. Investigation in to usability and the manufacture and improvement of materials used in the industry and other trades and industries allied there with
• 3. Investigation in to the method of utilization of the products and the by-products of the sugar industry
• 4. Investigation in to the improvement of various machinery and appliances used by the sugar industry and other trades and industries allied there with and developing new machinery and appliances for manufacturing, testing and recording purpose;
• 5. Investigation in to improvement of various processes of manufacture with a view to securing greater efficiency; rationalization and reduction of costs.
• 6. To establish, equip and maintain laboratories, workshops and factories, farms, research stations or any or all of these and conduct and carry on experiments and to provide funds for such work and for payment to any person or persons engaged in research work, either in such laboratories, research stations or elsewhere and to encourage and to improve the education of persons who are engaged or likely to be engaged in the said industry and other trades allied therewith;
• 7. To prepare, edit, print, publish, Issue, acquire and circulate books, papers, periodicals, gazettes, circulars, and other library undertakings, treating of or bearing upon the said other library undertakings, treating of or bearing upon the said industry or trades or industries allied therewith or any of them and to establish, form and maintain museums, collections, libraries of literature, statistics, scientific data and other information relating to the said industry or other trades and industries allied therewith or any of them or to matters of interest to the members thereof, and to translate , compile, collect, publish, lend and sell and endeavor to secure or contribute to the translation, compilation, collection and publication by the Government departments and other bodies or persons of any such literature, statistics and information and to disseminate the same by means of reading the papers, delivery of lectures, giving of advice and appointment of advisory officers or otherwise
• 8. To retain and/or employ skilled, professional or technical advisors or workers in connection with objects of the Association and to pay therefore such fees and or remuneration as may be thought expedient, also to be found, aid or maintain schools or colleges for sugar and sugar cane or allied research and endow scholarships and bursaries for the remuneration, instructions and support of students in research work or persons engaged in studying the principals involved in the said industry and other trades or industries allied therewith or connected therewith whether in the in laboratories of the Association or elsewhere and to employ and remunerate, as may be expedient instructors and supervisors for such students and also persons engaged in studying the principals involved in the said industry and other trades or industries allied therewith or connected therewith;
• 9. To encourage the discovery of, and investigate and make known the nature and merits of inventions, improvements, processes, material and designs which may seem capable of being used by members of Association for any of the purposes of the said industry and other trades or industries allied therewith or any of them, and to acquire any patents or licenses relating to any such inventions, improvement or processes and to acquire and register any designs or standardization marks, whether for general or special purposes, with a view to use thereof by members of the Association and others upon such terms as may seem expedient and to develop, perfect and test the value of such inventions, improvement, processes and designs by manufacturing, exhibiting and placing on the market any articles or substance to which the same may be capable of application.
• 10. To apply to the Government, public bodies, urban, local, municipal, district and other bodies, corporations, companies or persons for, and to accept donations in money or in kind, subscriptions and raise loans or collect money by any other suitable means with a view to promoting the objects of the association and to discuss and negotiate with Government Departments public and other bodies, corporations, companies or persons, schemes of research and other worker and matters within the objects of the association and to conform to any proper conditions upon which such grants and other payments may be made;
• 11. To arrange meetings, lectures and discourses for discussing technical matters, for the advancement of technical knowledge of the sugar industry
• 12. To promote exchange of views and information regarding sugar and sugar can Technology amongst the members by providing opportunities for personal contacts, visits or by way of any other methods likely to help achieving this object
• 13. To provide opportunities for exchange of knowledge amongst members of the profession and their friends and to give facilities for reading of papers and the delivery of lectures on subjects interesting to the profession, and for the acquisition and dissemination by these and other means of the information connected with and useful to the profession
• 14. To look after the interest of the members of the Association, to bring about a standard of professional etiquette, better employment conditions and a general betterment of their knowledge;
• 15. To promote and hold either alone or jointly with any other association, Institution, person or persons, competitions to encourage efficiency drive in any sphere of activity of the Sugar industry and to get maximum yields of sugar cane per acre and any other competitions conductive to maximum production per unit and to offer, give, or contribute towards prizes, medals and awards and to support any such competition or competitions
• 16. To undertake all other activities which are found necessary or helpful for the fulfillment of the objects of the Association