Distinguished speakers and Panelist

Dr. T. R. Sharma

DDG (CS), ICAR, New Delhi

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Tilak Raj Sharma is an Indian plant biologist, the Deputy Director General (CS) of ICAR and former executive director and chief executive officer of the National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), and Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB) respectively

Dr. P.K. Chakrabarty

Former Member, ASRB (Plant Sciences), New Delhi

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Dr. Pranjib K. Chakrabarty, Former Member, ASRB (Plant Sciences), New Delhi has served in various capacities as Scientist (Plant Pathology), Principal Scientist (Biotechnology) and Head, (Division of Crop Improvement) at the Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) Nagpur and Assistant Director General (Plant Protection & Biosafety) at ICAR, New Delhi.

Dr. S. K. Chaudhari

DDG (NRM), ICAR, New Delhi

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NAAS Fellow

Dr. Sanjeev Gupta

ADG (PP&B), ICAR, New Delhi

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Dr Sanjeev Gupta started his illustrious career as Scientist (Plant Breeding) in Indian Council of Agricultural Research. He has served as Project Coordinator, ICAR- All India Coordinated Research Project on MULLaRP Pulse crops (Mungbean, Urdbean, Lentil, Lathyrus, Rajmash and Peas) at Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR) and presently he is serving as ADG (PP&B), ICAR, New Delhi

Dr. B. Venkateswarlu

Former Vice Chancellor, VNMKV, Parbhani

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Dr. B. Venkateswarlu He obtained his Ph.D. from J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur (1987). He had a diverse research career in various institutes viz., Research Associate at ICRISAT (1976-77); Scientist at CAZRI, Jodhpur (1977-85); Senior Scientist (1986-98), and Principal Scientist at ICAR-CRIDA (1998-2001); Principal Production System Scientist, NATP (2001-06); Head, Division of Crop Sciences (2006-2008) and Director, CRIDA, (2008-14) and retired as Vice-Chancellor, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, (2014-18)

Dr. M.K.Naik

Vice Chancellor, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka

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Prof C. Manoharachari,

Former Dean, Osmania University, Hyderabad

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Dr. T.P. Rajendran

Former ADG (PP), ICAR, New Delhi

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Dr. D.J. Bagyaraj

NASI Sr. Scientist, CNBRCD, Bangalore

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Prof A.N. Mukhopadyay

Former Vice Chancellor, Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat, Assam

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Dr. Anil Kumar Saxena

Former Director, ICAR NBAIM, Mau

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Dr. Arun Kumar Sharma

Former Director, ICAR NBAIM, Mau

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Dr. K. Annapurna

Former HoD, Division of Microbiology, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

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Dr. B.L. Jalali

Former Director (Research), CCS HAU, Haryana

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Dr. Appa Rao Podile

Former Vice Chancellor, UoH, Hyderabad

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Dr. K. V. Bhat

Former Principal Scientist, ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi

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Dr. Tapan Adhya

Former Director, ICAR – NRRI Cuttack

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Dr. R. Vishwanathan

Director, ICAR-IISR, Lucknow

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Dr. Sunil Pabbi

Former HoD, Division of Microbiology, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

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Dr. S.N. Sushil

Director, ICAR-NBAIR, Bengaluru

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Dr. S. Nakkeeran

Dean, ACRI, Pudikottai

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Dr. H. B. Singh

Former Professor Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

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Dr. K.K. Pal

Head and Principal Scientist (Microbiology), ICAR-NIASM, Baramasti, Pune

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Panelist

Dr. Manu Agrawal

Professor, Delhi University

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Dr. Aundy Kumar

Principal Scientist, Div. of Plant Pathology, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

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Dr. Sanjay Singh

Coordinator, NFCCI, ARI, Pune

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Dr. Rajeev kaushik

Professor, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

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Panelist

Dr. Sushil Kumar Sharma

Principal Scientist, ICAR-NIBSM, Raipur

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Dr. Sunil Kumar

Principal Scientist, ICAR-IASRI, New Delhi

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Dr. Pawan Kumar Sharma

Principal Scientist, ICAR-HQ, New Delhi

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Panelist

Dr. Renu

Principal Scientist, ICAR-HQ, New Delhi

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Panelist

Dr. B.N. Chakraborty

Retired Professor, University of North Bengal

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Dr. Balraj Parmar

NAAS Fellow

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Dr. Supriya Chakraborty

Professor, JNU, New Delhi

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Panelist

Dr. S.S Dudeja

Retired Head, HAU, Hissar

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Dr. Mahesh Dharne

Head, NCIM Resource Centre, CSIR-NCL, Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA

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Panelist

Dr. Raja M.

Genotypic Technologies Pvt. Ltd

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Panelsit

Prof. N. K. Dubey

Professor Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

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Panelsit

Dr. Mahaveer P. Sharma

Principal Scientist, ICAR-IISR, Indore

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Panelist

Dr. Dnyaneshwar Waghchoure

President AMMA

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Panelist

Dr. Radha Prasanna

Head, Div. of Microbiology, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

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