Conference Committees
Chief Patron
Dr R S Paroda
Chief Patron
Chairman, Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS), New Delhi
Patrons
Dr Mangi Lal Jat
Secretary, DARE and DG, ICAR, New Delhi
Dr Ismahane A Elouafi
Executive Managing Director, CGIAR, Montpelier, France
Dr T Mohapatra
Chairperson, PPV & FRA, New Delhi
International Advisory Committee
Dr Mangi Lal Jat
Co-Chairperson
Secretary, DARE and DG, ICAR, New Delhi
Dr Ismahane Elouafi
Co-Chairperson
Executive Managing Director, CGIAR, France
Dr Aly Abousabaa
Member
Director General, ICARDA, Lebanon
Dr Nick Austin
Member
CEO, ACIAR, Australia
Dr Bram Govaerts
Member
Director General, CIMMYT-BISA, Mexico
Dr Himanshu Pathak
Member
Director General, ICRISAT, India
Dr Prabhu Pingali
Member
Director, TCI, Ithaca, USA
Dr Juan Lucas Restrepo
Member
Director General, Alliance BI-CIAT, Italy
Dr Soumya Swaminathan
Member
Chairperson, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Chennai, India
Dr Renu Swarup
Member
Former Secretary, DBT, New Delhi
Dr Johan Swinnen
Member
DG, IFPRI, Washington, DC, USA
Dr Ch Srinivasa Rao
Member
Director, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Dr Eliane Ubalijoro
Member
CEO, CIFOR-ICRAF, Kenya
Steering Committee
Dr Renu Swarup
Chairperson
Former Secretary, DBT, New Delhi
Dr Rajbir Singh
Co-Chairperson
DDG (Ag. Extension), ICAR, New Delhi
Dr Vibha Dhawan
Member
Director General, TERI, New Delhi, India
Dr B.S. Dhillon
Member
Trustee, TAAS, New Delhi and Former VC, PAU, Ludhiana
Dr Nicoline de Haan
Member
Gender and Youth Accelerator Director of CGIAR Platform, ILRI, Kenya
Dr Srivalli Krishnan
Member
Deputy Director, Agriculture Development - Asia, Gates Foundation
Dr Timothy J. Krupnik
Member
Country Representative, CIMMYT, Bangladesh
Dr Anjali Makhija
Member
CEO, SM Sehgal foundation, Gurugram, India
Dr Karim Maredia
Member
Director of International Programs (Agriculture), MSU, USA
Dr Purvi Mehta
Member
Senior Advisor, Global Center on Adaptation, New Delhi, India
Dr Purnima Menon
Member
Senior Director, IFPRI, South Asia Office, New Delhi, India
Dr Dina Naijjar
Member
Senior Gender Scientist, ICARDA, Rabat, Morocco
Dr Nitya Rao
Member
Professor, UEA and Director, NISD, Norwich, UK
Dr Ch. Srinivas Rao
Member
Director, IARI, New Delhi and Trustee, TAAS, New Delhi
Dr Meenesh Shah
Member
Chairman, NDDB, Anand, India
Dr Alok Sikka
Member
Country Representative - India and Bangladesh, IWMI, India
Dr Usha Barwale Zehr
Member
Executive Director, Grow Indigo, Jalna, India
Dr Anuradha Agrawal
Member Co-Convener
Project Director, DKMA, ICAR, New Delhi
Dr Rishi K. Tyagi
Member Convenor
Senior Consultant, TAAS, New Delhi
Core Organizing Committee
Dr Renu Swarup
Chairperson
Former Secretary, DBT, New Delhi
Dr R R Burman
Co-Chairperson
ADG (Agric. Ext.), ICAR, New Delhi
Dr Anuradha Agrawal
Member
Project Director, ICAR-DKMA, New Delhi
Dr Malavika Dadlani
Member
Ex Joint Director, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Dr Mridula Devi
Member
Director, ICAR-CIWA, Bhubaneswar
Dr Renuka Diwan
Member
CEO, Bioprime Agrisolutions, Pvt Ltd, Pune
Dr Seema Jaggi
Member
ADG (Ag. Education), ICAR, New Delhi
Dr J L Karihaloo
Member
Trustee, TAAS, New Delhi
Dr Bhag Mal
Member
Secretary, TAAS, New Delhi
Dr Bimlesh Mann
Member
Ex ADG ADG (Ag. Education), ICAR, New Delhi
Dr Devika Pillai
Member
ADG (Fisheries), ICAR, New Delhi
Dr Gurinderjit Randhawa
Member
Former Head, ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi
Dr G Taru Sharma
Member
Former Director, NIAB and PS, IVRI, Izatnagar
Dr Anupama Singh
Member
Dean, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Dr Pratibha Singh
Member
Regional Manager, South Asia, ACIAR, New Delhi
Dr Shweta Singh
Member
Community Partnership & Sustainability Lead, Corteva, New Delhi
Dr Smita Sirohi
Member
National Professor, NIAP, New Delhi
Dr Rishi Tyagi
Member Convenor
Senior Consultant, TAAS, New Delhi