National Level Organizing Committee

Chief Patron
Dr. Himanshu Pathak
Secretary DARE & DG, ICAR, New Delhi

Patron
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh
Deputy Director General (Horticultural Science), ICAR, New Delhi

Patron
Dr. U.S. Gautam
Deputy Director General (Agricultural Extension), ICAR, New Delhi

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

Co-Chairman, Organizing Committee
Dr. V. Venkatasubramanian
Director, ICAR-ATARI, Bengaluru

Organizing Secretary
Dr. S. Shankara Hebbar
Principal Scientist, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru

Shri Devesh Chaturvedi, IAS
Secretary, Dept. of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi

Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra
Chairperson, Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority, Govt. of India, New Delhi

Shri Sanjay Garg, IAS
Additional Secretary (DARE) & Secretary (ICAR), Govt. of India, New Delhi

Shri Abhishek Dev, IAS
Chairman, APEDA, Govt. of India, New Delhi

Shri Y. S. Patil, IAS
Commissioner of Agriculture, Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of Karnataka

Shri Priya Ranjan
Managing Director, National Horticulture Board, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Shri Shaji K V
Chairman, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mumbai

Dr. Maninder Kaur Dwivedi, IAS
Chairman & Managing Director, National Seeds Corporation limited, New Delhi

Shri Pankaj Kumar Bansal, IAS
Managing Director, National Cooperative Development Corporation, Govt. of India, New Delhi

Dr. Pawan Kumar Singh
Agriculture Commissioner, Dept. of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi

Dr. Prabhat Kumar
Horticulture Commissioner, Govt. of India, New Delhi

Dr. Vishnuvardhana
Vice Chancellor, University of Horticultural Sciences (UHS), Bagalkot, Karnataka

Dr. R C. Jagadeesha
Vice Chancellor, KeladiShivappaNayaka University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (UAHS), Shivamogga, Karnataka

Dr. S. V. Suresha
Vice-Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bengaluru, Karnataka

Dr. M. Hanumanthappa
Vice-Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Raichur, Karnataka

Dr. Kuruba Gopal
Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Venkataramannagudem, Andhra Pradesh

Dr. Danda Raji Reddy
Vice-Chancellor, Sri KondaLaxman Telangana State Horticultural University (SKLTSHU), Mulugu, Telangana

Dr. V. Geethalakshmi
Vice-Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Dr. B. Ashok IAS
Vice Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur

Shri V. Anbukkumar, IAS
Secretary, Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of Karnataka, Bengaluru

Dr. Shamla Iqbal, IAS
Secretary, Dept. of Horticulture, Govt. of Karnataka, Bengaluru

Shri D.S. Ramesh, IAS
Director, Department of Horticulture, Govt. of Karnataka

Dr. K. Sreenivasulu, IAS
Director of Horticulture and Sericulture, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh

Smt. Shaik Yasmeen Basha, IAS
Director of Horticulture and Sericulture, Govt. of Telangana

Thiru. P. Kumaravel Pandian, I.A.S
Director of Horticulture, Govt. of Tamil Nadu

Sri. Thomas Samuel
Mission Director, The State Horticulture Mission, Govt. of Kerala

Dr. Kailas Mote
Director, NHM, State Horticulture and Medicinal Plants Board, Govt. of Maharashtra

Sri Nikhil Pavan Kalyan, IAS
Director, Directorate of Horticulture, Govt. of Odisha

Shri Matheshwaram V, IFS
Director, Horticulture and Farm Forestry, Govt. of Chhattisgarh

Dr. S. Vasanthakumar
Director of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of Puducherry

Dr. V. B. Patel
ADG (Fruit & Plantation Crops) ICAR, New Delhi

Dr. Sudhakar Pandey
ADG (Vegetable, Flower, Medicinal Crops), ICAR, New Delhi

Dr. Anuradha Agrawal
Project Director (DKMA), KAB-1, Pusa, New Delhi

Dr. Artabandhu Sahoo
Director, ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru

Dr. Baldev Raj Gulati
Director, ICAR-National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics, Hebbal, Bengaluru

Dr. S. N. Sushil
Director, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru

Dr. Shaik N. Meera
Director, Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone X, Hyderabad, Telangana

Dr. S. R. K. Singh
Director, Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone IX, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh

Dr. Subrata Kumar Roy
Director, Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone VIII, Pune, Maharashtra

Dr. A. K. Mohanty
Director, Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone VII, Meghalaya

Dr. Kadirvel Govindasamy
Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone VI, Guwahati, Assam

Dr. P. Dey
Director, Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone V, Kolkata, West Bengal

Dr. Anjani Kumar
Director, Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone IV, Patna, Bihar

Dr. Shantanu Kumar Dubey
Director, Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone III, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Dr. J. P. Mishra
Director, Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone II, Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Dr. Parvender Sheoran
Director, Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone I, Ludhiana, Punjab