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In an interesting turn of events a couple of months before, Alphonso has been granted a Geographical Indication and in a much celebrated event later, the Certificate of Registration was granted to the Applicant(s) in Delhi in the hands of Hon'ble Commerce Minister.  I had blogged about the issue earlier here and here and here ..! Going by the facts there are three applicants who have sought to register Alphonso Mango as the Geographical Indication, namely- Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth (Appl. No. 139), Devgad Taluka Amba Utpadak Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit (Appl. No. 379), and Kelshi Parisar Amba Utpadak Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit (Appl. No. 497). Appl. No. 139 sought protection of Alphonso Mango on a wide GI area which includes few districts of Gujarat, Konkan region of Maharashtra, North Karnataka and State of Goa. Later the Application was amended and GI area was confined to the limits of Konkan region of Maharashtra. Appl. No. 379 sought protection of Devgad cultiv

The fresh morning run uphill in Pune reminded me KGP somehow and I went back in time... It was 2 a.m. when I first entered IIT KGP campus, it was raining cats and dogs and I didn't have any place to stay. One of the students helped me out and I survived. Since then it's been an endless pursuit of many things... In this pursuit, I never realized when I fell in love with this campus and the energy it has! When it comes to describing KGP and the feelings attached to it...words often fail me. Its been over 42 months since I graduated from IIT and all the memories of three years spent there are as fresh as an invigoratingly fresh air.. Whenever i visited campus, as any KGPian would do, I did rounds of 2.2 until it dawned. In February, 2017, i visited the campus again like a true patriot and history repeated itself with each cup of freshly brewed tea! With each round of 2.2, memories were flashing by..We were all singing songs at 2 a.m. in the night and there was no on