Congress committees
Patrons
Dr Himanshu Pathak
Director General
ICRISAT
Dr M L Jat
Director General
ICAR and Secretary, DARE
Congress Co-Chairs
Dr Stanford Blade
DDG-Research & Innovation
ICRISAT
Dr Devendra Kumar Yadava
DDG-Crop Sciences
ICAR
International Advisory Committee
Dr. Cathy Reade
Chair, ICRISAT Governing Board and Director-Special Projects, Outreach and NextGen Program- Crawford Fund
Prof K V Raju
Member, NITI Aayog, Government of India
Dr.Aggrey Agumya
Executive Director and Head Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale
Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology (GOI)
Dr. RS Paroda
President, Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS)
Dr Bram Govaerts
Director General, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Dr. Simeon Ehui
Director General, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Dr. Appolinaire Djikeng
Director General, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Dr. Patrick Ketiem
Director General, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)
Dr. Kalifa Traore
Director General, Institut d'Économie Rurale (IER)
Dr. Chandra Shekhar Kumar
Chief Executive Officer, National Rainfed Area Authority, Govt of India
Dr. Lulseged Tamene Desta
Director, CGIAR Multifunctional Landscapes Program
Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra
Former Secretary-DARE & DG ICAR, Govt. of India
Dr. Panjab Singh
Former Secretary-DARE & DG ICAR, Govt. of India
Dr. Mangala Rai
Former Secretary-DARE & DG ICAR, Govt. of India
Prof. Rajeev Varshney
Director, Centre for Crop-Food Innovation, Murdoch University
Dr. Charles Kleinermann
Interim-Director, CGIAR CapSha
Dr. Yacouba Diallo
Secretary General, African Seed Trade Association (AFSTA)
Mr. Ajai Rana
Chairman, Federation of Seed Industry of India
Prof. Sanusi Gaya Mohammed
Director, Centre for Dryland Agriculture, Bayero University
Mr. Dr Konda Reddy Chavva
Assistant FAOR (Programme), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)-India
Prof. Sachin Kumar Sharma
Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)
Dr. Patrick Ketiem
Director General, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)
Ms Minerva Novero
Regional Policy Specialist, UN Office of South - South Cooperation
To be updated
Organizing Committee
Dr Stanford Blade
DDG-R&I, ICRISAT
Dr Devendra Kumar Yadava
DDG-Crop Science, ICAR
Mr. Sanjay Agarwal
ADG, ICRISAT
Dr Ch. Srinivas Rao
Director, IARI
Dr Rebbie Harawa
Africa Director & Country Representative- Kenya, ICRISAT
Dr. Victor Afari-Sefa
RPD- Enabling Systems Transformation, ICRISAT
Dr. Raman Babu
RPD- Accelerated Crop Improvement, ICRISAT
Dr Ramesh Singh
RPD – Resilient Farming Systems (RFS)
Dr. Manzoor Dar
Global Lead-Seed Systems & Delivery, ICRISAT
Dr. SK Gupta
Lead-Accelerated Breeding, ICRISAT
Dr. Rajan Sharma
Lead-GHU, ICRISAT
Dr. Dinesh Chauhan
Head-AIP, ICRISAT
Dr Manish Pandey
Principal Scientist- Genebank and Genomics, ICRISAT
Dr. HariKishan Sudini
Principal Scientist, ICRISAT
Mr. Ramkumar Ramaswamy
Director-Corporate Services, ICRISAT
Mr. Ramon Peachey
Director- Communications, ICRISAT
Dr. Suryamani Tripathi
Head- Legal Services, ICRISAT
Program Committee
Dr Raman Babu
GRPD -ACI
Dr Rebbie Harawa
Africa Director
Dr Victor Afari-Sefa
GRPD - TAS
Dr Kuldeep Singh
Head Genebank, ACI
Dr Ephrem Habyarimana
Principal Scientist & Global Sorghum Breeding Lead, ACI
Dr Manish Pandey
Principal Scientist - Genebank and Genomics, ACI
Dr Martin Moyo
Principal Scientist - Farming & Systems Analysis, RFS
Dr Gajanan Sawargaonkar
Principal Scientist - Agronomy, RFS
Dr Manzoor Dar
Principal Scientist & Global Seed Systems & Delivery Lead, ACI
Dr Prakash Gangashetty
Senior Scientist - Pigeonpea Breeding Lead, ACI
Dr Ramesh Singh
GRPD – RFS
Dr Kidia Gelaye
Scientist - Science and Data Lead, RFS
Dr Gizaw Desta
Landscape Management- Landscape Management, RFS
Dr Kaushal Garg
Principal Scientist - Natural Resource Management, RFS
Dr Shalander Kumar
Principal Scientist, Markets, Institutions and Policies, TAS
Dr Padmaja R
Principal Scientist - Sociologist, Gender & Nutrition Research, TAS