Speakers
Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State for S&T and Earth Sciences, Government of India
Prof. Ramesh Chand, Member, Niti Aayog
Prof. Lindiwe Sibanda, Co- Chair, Curt Bergfors Food Planet Prize & Extra-Ordinary Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Dr. Quarraisha Abdool Karim, President, The World Academy of Sciences, Italy
Dr. Madhura Swaminathan, Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Bengaluru
Dr Himanshu Pathak, President, NAAS, Director General, ICRISAT, Hyderabad
Dr Shobha Shetty, Global Director, Agriculture and Food, World Bank, USA
Dr. Simeon Kacou Ehui, Regional Director, Continental Africa, CGIAR, and DG (IITA), Nigeria
Dr. Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy Acting Senior Director, Transformation Strategies, IFPRI, USA
Dr. Rajiv Bahl, Secretary, Department of Health Research & Director General, DHR & ICMR, New Delhi
Mr. Ajay Vir Jakhar, Chairman, Bharat Krishak Samaj, New Delhi
Dr. George Smith, Director of AgBio Research and Senior Associate Dean of Research College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University, MI, USA
Dr. K.K. Narayanan, Bengaluru
Prof. Rudy Rabbinge
Dr. Mangi Lal Jat, Director General, ICAR, New Delhi
Shri. K. V. Shaji, Chairman, NABARD, Mumbai
Dr. Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Trustee, MSSRF, Bengaluru
Dr. Rajeev Varshney, Director, WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Australia
Prof. K. C. Bansal, Trustee, MSSRF
Dr. B. M. Prasanna, Regional Director for Asia, CIMMYT, New Delhi
Prof. Raj Khosla, Department Head & Professor, Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, USA
Dr. Gayatri Venkataraman, Principal Scientist, Biotechnology, MSSRF, Chennai
Prof. Pratap Singh Birthal, Director, ICAR- National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP), New Delhi
Dr. Shambu Prasad, Professor, Strategic Management, IRMA, Anand, Gujarat
Dr Jiju P. Alex, Trustee, MSSRF
Ms. Soma K. Parthasarathy, Women Farmers Rights Forum India – MAKAAM, New Delhi
Dr. Eric Danquah, Professor, Plant Genetics, University of Ghana, ACCRA, Ghana
Prof. Karim Maredia, Professor and Director of International Programs, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University, USA
Dr. Kirit Parikh, Chairman, IRADe, New Delhi
Dr. T. Jayaraman, Senior Fellow, MSSRF, Chennai
Mr. Harjeet Singh, Satat Sampada Climate Foundation, Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Soora Naresh Kumar, Head, Principal Scientist, Division of Environmental Sciences, IARI, New Delhi
Mr. Ranveer Chandra, Managing Director, Research for Industry, Microsoft, USA
Dr. Ashok Dalwai, Chairman, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru & Chairman, Karnataka Agriculture Price Commission, Government of Karnataka, Bengaluru
