International Advisory Group

·         Prof. M. S. Swaminathan, Founder, MSSRF, India

·         Dr. K. Vijayaraghavan, Secretary, Dept. of Biotechnology, India

·         Dr. S. Ayappan, Director General, ICAR, India

·         Dr. Samir Brahmachari, Director General, CSIR, India

·         Dr. William Dar, Director General, ICRISAT

·         Prof. Ulrich Schurr, FZJ, Germany, and IPPN Board

·         Dr. Francois Tardieu, INRA, France, and IPPN Board

·         Dr. Robert Furbank, APPF, Australia, and IPPN Board

National Organizing Committee

·         Dr. Swapan Kumar Datta, Deputy Director General (Crop Science), ICAR

·         Dr. Ajay Parida, Executive Director, MSSRF

·         Dr. S. R. Rao, Adviser, DBT

·         Dr. K. C. Bansal, Director, NBPGR

·         Prof. Akhilesh K. Tyagi, Director, NIPGR

·         Dr. T. Mohapatra, Director, CRRI

·         Dr. N. K. Singh, IARI

·         Dr. H. S. Gupta, Director, IARI

·         Dr. K. V. Prabhu, Head, Division of Genetics, IARI

·         Dr. C. L. L. Gowda, Deputy Director General Research, ICRISAT

·         Dr. S. Rajalakshmi, Principal Scientist, MSSRF, and Organizing Secretary