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