Committees

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

­Chief Patron: Dr. Himanshu Pathak, Secretary, DARE and Director-General, ICAR, New Delhi

Patron: Prof. Sanjay Kumar Singh, DDG (Hort. Sci.),  ICAR, New Delhi

Co-Patrons :

Dr. V.B. Patel, ADG (Fruits and Plantation Crops), ICAR, New Delhi

Dr. Sudhakar Pandey, ADG ((Flower/Veg./ Spices/Med. Plants),ICAR, New Delhi

Dr. Poonam Jasrotia, ADG (PP and B), ICAR, New Delhi

Members:

Dr. Tusar Kanti Behera, Director, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru

Dr. S. N. Sushil, Director, ICAR-NBAIR, Bengaluru

Dr. R. Selvarajan, Director, ICAR- NRC Banana, Tiruchirapalli

Dr. D. K. Ghosh, Director, ICAR – CCRI, Nagpur

Dr. Kaushik Banerjee, Director, ICAR- NRC Grapes, Pune

Dr. Subhash Chander, Director, NCIPM, New Delhi

Dr. R. Sharada Jayalakshmi, Vice Chancellor, ANGRAU

Dr. Prakash Patil, Project Coordinator (Fruits), ICAR-AICRP on Fruits

Dr. M. Senthilkumar, Director of Research, Coffee Board

Dr. Hanuman Singh, Director General, NIPHM, Hyderabad

Dr. P.D. Kamala Jayanthi, National Professor, ICAR

Dr. J.P. Singh, PPA, GOI

Dr. Sachin S Suroshe, Project Coordinator, AICRP on Honey bees and Pollinators, New Delhi

Dr Gautam Chawla , Project Coordinator (Nematodes) , New Delhi

Dr. N.K. Krishna Kumar, Former DDG (HS), ICAR

Dr. P Parvatha Reddy, Former Director, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru

Dr. Abraham Verghese, Former Director, ICAR- NBAIR, Bengaluru

Dr. P. Chowdappa, Former Director, ICAR-CPCRI, Kasargod

Dr. H.S. Gaur, Former Vice Chancellor, SVPUAT, Meerut

Dr. S.D. Sawant, Former Vice Chancellor, BSKKV, Dapoli

Dr. M. Krishna Reddy, Former Head, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru

Dr. B. Vasantharaj David, Chairman, Dr. B.V. David Foundation, Chennai

Dr. S. Sithanantham, Director, Sun Agro Biosystem Pvt. Ltd., Chennai

Dr. M. Mani, Former Head, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru

Dr. A. Krishnamoorthy, Former Head, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru

Dr. P.C. Tripathi, Principal Scientist, Horticulture Division, ICAR-HQ

Dr. V. Pandey, Principal Scientist, Horticulture Division, ICAR-HQ

Dr. N. Nagaraju, Head (Plant Pathology), UAS, Bengaluru

Dr. Jemla Naik. D, Head (Entomology), UAS, Bengaluru

Dr. Harischandra Naik R, Head (Entomology), UHS, Bengaluru campus

Dr. K. S. Shankrappa, Head (Plant Pathology), UHS, Bengaluru campus

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

­Chairman :  Dr. Tusar Kanti Behera, Director, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru

Co-Chairman : Dr. S. Sriram, Head, Division of Crop  Protection,  ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru

Organising Secretary: Dr. V. Sridhar, President, AAPMHE,  Principal Scientist, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru

CONVENERS

Dr. P. Venkata Rami Reddy

Dr Saliou Niassy 

Dr. R. Umamaheswari

Dr. Jaydeep Halder

Dr. Sangeetha G

Dr. Gundappa

Dr. N.R. Prasannakumar

Dr. Uttam Bapurso Hole

Dr. Priti Sonavane

Dr. Popy Bora

Dr. Keerthi MC

Dr. K. D. Bisane

CO-CONVENERS

Dr. R. Asokan

Dr. B. Balakrishna

Dr. D.K. Samuel

Dr. Ashok Hadapad

Dr. V. Venkataravanappa

Dr. L. Manjunatha

Dr. B.R. Jayanthi Mala

Dr. Devindrappa

Dr. G.M. Sandeep Kumar

Dr. S.N. Bhagyasree

Dr. C. Chandrasekhara

Dr. A.T. Rani

Dr. B. Mahesha

Dr. Satyapriya Singh

Dr. Sridhar Gutam

Dr. P. Srinivas

Dr. T.H. Singh

Mr. G.S. Madhu

Dr. P. Partha Choudhury

Dr. K. Suresh

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORS

  1. R Muniappan, Director, IPM Innovation Lab, Virginia Tech., USA.
  1. K.R. Kranti, International Cotton Advisory Committee, Washington
  2. M. S. Reddy, Professor, Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Alabama, USA
  1. Darren Kritikos, CSIRO, Australia
  2. Palli Subba Reddy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
  3. K. Dhileepan, Principal Entomologist, IPAS, Biosecurity, Queensland, Australia.
  4. Mithila Jugulam, Associate Professor, Kansas State University, USA
  5. Maruthi M.N. Gowda, University of Greenwich, UK