Venue: Bharat Ratna C. Subramaniam Convention Centre

Co-Chairs: Dr T Mohapatra, Chairperson, PPV&FRA, M/o Agriculture & FW, New Delhi & Dr Sandra Milach, Chief Scientist, CGIAR, Nairobi, Kenya
Convenor: Dr Raman Babu, GRPD-ACI, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India
Rapporteurs: Dr. Gopala Krishanan S., Head, Genetics, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi & Dr Rakesh Srivastava, Principal Scientist I - Chickpea Breeding, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India

OPENING TALK: Dr Sandra Milach, Chief Scientist -CGIAR, Nairobi, Kenya (20 mins)

Roundtable discussion: 6 panellists (12 questions, 25 mins)

PANELLISTS
1. Dr Julian Biddle, Partnership Lead, Crop Trust, Germany
2. Dr Nandini Krishnamurthy, Biotechnology Portfolio Leader, Corteva Agrisciences, US
3. Dr OP Yadav, Member, ASRB, New Delhi and Former Director, ICAR-CAZRI, Jodhpur, India
4. Dr Sanjeev Gupta, Vice Chancellor, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology (CSAUAT), Kanpur, India
5. Dr C Viswanathan, Joint Director (Research), ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, India
6. Dr KC Bansal, Former Director, NBPGR- ICAR, New Delhi, India

Venue: Bharat Ratna C. Subramaniam Convention Centre

Co-Chairs: Prof KV Raju, Member, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India, India & Ms Cathy Reade, ICRISAT Board Chair, Australia
Convenor: Dr Martin Moyo, Country Representative – Zimbabwe, ICRISAT
Rapporteurs: Dr Adlul Islam, Principal Scientist, NRM, ICAR, New Delhi & Dr Venkataradha Akuraju, Senior Scientist – Hydrology, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India

OPENING TALK: Dr Cargele Masso, Outreach, Engagement and Communication Lead, ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya (20 mins)

Roundtable discussion: 6 panellists (12 questions, 25 mins)

PANELLISTS
1. Mr Sanjay Agarwal, Assistant Director General, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India
2. Dr Amresh Kumar Nayak, Deputy Director General (NRM), ICAR, New Delhi, India
3. Mr Nitin Khade, IAS, Joint Secretary (WM), DoLR, GoI, New Delhi, India
4. Dr B Venkateswarlu, Ex-VC, VNMKV, Parbhani, Maharashtra, India
5. Dr Ch Srinivasa Rao, Director, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
6. Dr Shree Prasad Vista, Director, Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), Nepal

Venue: Bharat Ratna C Subramaniam Convention Centre

Co-Chairs: Dr Arabinda Kumar Padhee, Additional Chief Secretary, Govt of Odisha, India & Ms Bonnie McClafferty, Chair, ICRISAT Program Committee, USA
Convenor: Dr Victor Afari-Sefa, Global Research Program Director- TAS, ICRISAT, Nigeria
Rapporteurs: Dr Alka Singh, Head, Division of Agricultural Economics, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi & Dr Swamikannu Nedumaran, Principal Agricultural Economist, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India

OPENING TALK: Dr Pramod Kumar Joshi, Former Director - South Asia, International Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, India

Roundtable discussion: 6 panellists (12 questions, 30 mins)

PANELLISTS
1. Dr E Revathi, Director, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad, India
2. NABARD Representative
3. Dr Sarah Pedersen, Senior Nutrition and Food Systems Officer, Food and Nutrition Division (ESN), FAO, Bangkok
4. Mahesh Patel, Executive Chairman, Export Trading Group (ETG), Tanzania
5. Dr Purnima Menon, Director for Strategy & Partnerships, IFPRI, New Delhi, India
6. Dr Viengsavang Thipphavong, DDG, Institute for Industry, Commerce and Energy (IICE), Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Lao PDR

Co-Chair: Dr Raman Babu, GRPD-ACI ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India

Convenor: Dr Hamidou Falalou, Country Representative, Niger, ICRISAT

Rapporteurs: Dr Debasis Pattanayak, Professor, ICAR-NIPB, New Delhi, India & Dr Vetriventhan Mani, Senior Scientist, Genebank, ICRISAT, India

THEME 2.1 - Soil Health and Ecosystem Functioning in Dryland Landscapes

Venue:  Audi 2

Chair: Dr AK Nayak, DDG, NRM, ICAR, New Delhi, India

Co-Chair: Dr TBS Rajput, Ex- Project Director, WTC, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, India

Convenor: Dr Padmaja Karanam, Senior Scientist, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India

Rapporteurs: Dr RS Yadav, Principal Scientist, ICAR, New Delhi, India & Dr Aiendrila Dey, Associate Scientist, ICRISAT Hyderabad, India

THEME 3.1 - Mainstreaming Nutri-Sensitive Dryland Food Systems

Venue: Audi 3

Chair: Dr Rajbir Singh, DDG (Agricultural Education), ICAR, New Delhi, India

Co-Chair: Dr Anjani Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI, New Delhi, India

Convenor: Dr Swamikannu Nedumaran, Principal Agricultural Economist, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India

Rapporteurs: Dr Abhishek Das, Scientist- Agricultural Economist, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India & Dr Keshav Kumar, Principal Scientist, ICAR, New Delhi, India