SPEAKERS

• Shri Sharad Pawar, Hon'ble Minister of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
  
  
• Shri Kapil Sibal, Hon'ble Minister of Science and Technology & Earth Sciences, Government of India
  
  
• Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, Member of Parliament, Government of India
  
  
• Dr. M. K. Bhan Secretary Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
  
  
• Dr. Mangla Rai, Director General of ICAR and Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India
  
  
• Dr C. D. Mayee, Chairman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment and Co-Chair, Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, Government of India

• Dr. Deepak Pental, Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi
  
  
• Dr. Ranjini Warrier*, Additional Director Member Secretary GEAC, CS Division, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India
  
  
• Dr. Richard E. Goodman, Research Professor, The Department of Food & Science Technology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA
  
  
• Dr. Karim Maredia, Director of Central Asia Regional IPM Program, Michigan State University, USA
  
  

• Pr. Paul S. Teng, Natural Sciences & Science Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

• Dr. Shivaji Pandey, Director, Plant Production and Protection Division, Food and Agriculture Organization, Italy

• Dr. Channapatna S. Prakash, Professor, Plant Molecular Genetics and Director, Center for Plant Biotechnology Research Tuskegee University, Alabama, USA

• Dr. Jie-Jun Chen, Genetic Resources and Biosafety Division, China National Center for Biotechnology Development, The Ministry of Science and Technology, China

• Dr. James J. Kells, Professor and Extension Weed Specialist, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, USA

• Dr. Harvey Glick, Director - Scientific Affairs, Monsanto, Singapore

• Dr. Guy Van den Eede, Head - Biotechnology and GMOs unit, European Commission's Joint Research Centre - Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Italy

• Dr. Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo, Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

• Dr. Mark K. Sears*, chair of the Department of Environmental Biology and the Canadian Corn Pest Coalition, University of Guelph, Canada

• Dr. K. K. Tripathi, Adviser, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India

• Prof. A. K. Tyagi, Professor, Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Director, Inter-disciplinary Center for Plant Genomics (ICPG), University of Delhi

• Dr. N. K. Singh, Principle Scientist, National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute

• Dr. K. V. Prabhu*, National Phytotron Facility, Indian Agricultural Research Institute

• Dr. Vasantha Muthuswamy*, Senior DDG, Indian Council of Medical Research

• Dr. S. R. Rao, Advisor, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India

• Dr. Vijayraghavan, Vice-Chairman, Cornell Sathguru Foundation

• Mr. S. L. Bhat*, Joint Secretary (Crops), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India

• Dr. Raju B. Barwale, Managing Director, Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co. Ltd.

• Dr. José Falck-Zepeda - Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, USA

• Dr. K.K. Narayanan*, Managing Director, Metahelix Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd.