Patrons
Chief Patron: Dr. T. Mohapatra, Secretary, DARE and Director-General, ICAR, New Delhi
Patron: Dr. Anand Kumar Singh, DDG (Hort. Sci.), ICAR, New Delhi
Advisory Committee
Chairs
Dr. M. R. Dinesh, Director, ICAR–IIHR, Bengaluru
Smt. G. Jayalakshmi, IAS, DG, NIPHM, Hyderabad
Members
- Dr. N.K. Krishna Kumar, Bioversity International, New Delhi
- Dr. T. Janakiram, ADG (HS-I), ICAR, New Delhi
- Dr. W.S. Dhillon, ADG (HS-II), ICAR, New Delhi
- Dr. P.K. Chakrabarty, ADG (Plant Protection), ICAR, New Delhi
- Dr. Chandish Ballal, Director, ICAR – NBAIR, Bengaluru
- Dr. V.P. Venugopalan, Associate Director, Bioscience group, BARC
- Dr. P.Parvatha Reddy, Former Director, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru
- Dr. Abraham Verghese, Director, GPS Institute of Agricultural Management, Bengaluru
- Dr. R Muniappan, Director, IPM Innovation Lab, Virginia Tech., USA
- Dr. K.R. Kranti, International Cotton Advisory Committee, Washington
- Dr. M. S. Reddy, Professor, Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Alabama, USA
- Dr. Darren Kritikos, CSIRO, Australia
- Dr. Palli Subba Reddy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
- Dr. Brayce W. Falk, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis, California
- Dr. D. D. K. Sharma, Plant Protection Adviser, Govt. of India
- Dr. BNS Murthy, Horticulture Commissioner, Govt. of India
- Dr. P. Chowdappa, Director, ICAR-CPCRI, Kasargod
- Dr. Prakash Patil, Project Coordinator, ICAR-AICRP on Fruits
- Dr. Manjunatha K. Naik, Vice Chancellor, UAHS, Shivamogga
- Dr. S.D. Sawanth, Director, ICAR-NRC Grapes, Pune
- Dr. Jyotsna Sharma, Director, ICAR – NRC Pomegranate, Sholapur
- Dr. K. Dhileepan, Principal Entomologist, IPAS, Biosecurity, Queensland, Australia
- Dr. S. Sithanantham, Director, SABRC,Chennai
- Dr. A. Krishnamoorthy, Principal Scientist (Retd.), ICAR –IIHR, Bengaluru
- Dr. R. D. Rawal, Principal Scientist (Retd), ICAR –IIHR, Bengaluru
- Dr. B. V. David, Chairman, IIBT&T, Padappai, Kancheepuram, Chennai.
- Dr. P.L. Tandon, Principal Scientist & Head (Retd.), NBAIR, Bengaluru
- Dr. M. Mani, Principal Scientist & Head (Retd.), ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru
- Dr. M.S. Rao, Principal Scientist & Head (Retd.), ICAR –IIHR, Bengaluru
- Dr. A.K. Chakravarthy, Ex Head, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru
- Prof. Anupam Verma. Former Professor, IARI, New Delhi
- Prof. Devaiah, MA, USDA, APHIS, US
- Prof. Raghavendra Gadagkar, IISc, Bengaluru
- Dr. Renee Borges, IISc, Bengaluru
- Dr. N. Srinivasa, Professor and Head (Entomology), UAS,GKVK, Bengaluru
- Dr Jagdish Kumar, Director, ICAR–NIBSM, Raipur
- Dr. Shannon Olsson, NCBS, Bengaluru
- Dr. Mithila Jugulam, Associate Professor, Kansas State University, USA
- Dr. V.V. Ramamurthy, Retd. Principal Scientist, IARI, New Delhi
- Dr. T. M. Manjunath, Bengaluru
- Dr. Maruthi M.N. Gowda, University of Greenwich, UK
- Dr. K. P. Jayanth, BCRL, PCI, Bengaluru
- Dr. A. Sujatha, Dean Dr. YSRHU, VRGudem, Andhra Pradesh
Organizing committee
Chair: Dr. M.R. Dinesh, Director, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru
Co-Chairs
Dr. M. Krishna Reddy, President, AAPMHE
Dr. Debi Sharma, Vice – President, AAPMHE
Organising Secretary: Dr. V. Sridhar
Co-organizing secretaries
- Dr. Meera Pandey (Registration)
- Dr. P.S. Bhat (Awards)
- Dr. M. Krishna Reddy (Awards)
- Dr. P.D. Kamala Jayanthi (Programme)
- Dr. P.V.R. Reddy (Publication)
- Dr. K.G. Pillai (Food)
- Dr. S. Sriram (Accommodation)
- Dr. Prasanna Kumar (Transport)
- Dr. G. Senthil Kumaran (Cultural)
- Dr. Sridhar Gutam (Web)
Members
- Dr. B. R. Jayanthimala
- Dr. Sandeep Kumar
- Dr. Mahesh
- Dr. Dilip Samuel
- Dr. Preeti Sonawale
- Dr. R. Asokan
- Dr. Achala Paripoorna
- Dr. Chandrashekar
- Dr. Soudamini Mohapatra
- Dr. Chowdhary
- Dr. Vageesh Babu
- Dr. T.N. Shivananda