Inauguration
Dr. Ashok Dalwai, IAS
CEO, NRAA Chairman & Empowering Body, Doubling farmer’s income,
Min. Agriculture & Farmers, Govt of India
Dr. V. Prakash
Former Director, CSIR-CFTRI & Distinguished Scientist of CSIR
Dr. S.R. Bhowmik
Former Director, CSIR-CFTRI
Lecture by Eminent Experts
Dr. V. Prakash
Former Director, CSIR-CFTRI & Distinguished Scientist of CSIR
Dr. Anand Chordia, Director
Technology and Innovations, Suhana and Co-founder
Factory Foundation
Investment Pitch on Food Processing
Dr. Anand Chordia, Director
Technology and Innovations, Suhana and Co-founder
Factory Foundation
Dr. Mahesh Shenoy, Managing Director
Horizon Group
Mr. Prashant Naigaonkar
Advancement of Small and Medium Businesses
Dr Ravi Shankar
Entrepreneur, Mentor & Investor in the AgFood Tech & Rural impact startup ecosystems
Mr Suraj Nair
Deep Science Tech Investor, Ankur Capital
Start-Ups
Dr. Sridevi Annapurna Singh
Director, CSIR-CFTRI
Dr. Chhaya Chauhan
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), New Delhi
Mr. Mahesh Kattale
Executive Director, TiE Mysore
Mr. Balram S
SCTIMST-TIMed, Kerala
Dr. Nagaraja D
KITS, Govt. of Karnataka, Bengaluru
Mr. Samiran Sengupta
CEO, Justmyroots
Mr. Vinod Solomon
The Southern India Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Dr. Harinikumar
Agri Innovation Centre, GKVK, UAS, Bengaluru
Inauguration
SHG / FPO Focus
Dr. Anura V Kurpad
Professor, Department of Physiology
St. John's Medical College and Head,
Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute
Dr. Ashok S Alur, Vice Chancellor
Kodagu University
Karnataka Govt.
Mrs. Kavitha Mishra
Agri-Entrepreneur & Sandal Wood Foundation
Mr Mahesh R V
Founder at Spirulina Foundation
Tumkur, Karnataka, India
Woman Entrepreneurship
Mrs. K. M. Gayathri, IAS
CEO, Zilla Panchayat
Mysore
Mrs. Vasantha Kumari T A, President
WISE Wing, Mysuru Chamber of Commerce & Industries
Mysore
Mr. Shanthaveer, DDM
NABARD, Mysore
Dr. M Amulya, Associate Professor
DOS in Business Administration BIMS
University of Mysore, Mysore
Mrs. Padmavathi S Bhat
Founder, Udupi Kitchen
Vidyaranyapuram, Mysore
Supplementary Food for Women & Child Development
Dr. Anura V Kurpad
Professor, Department of Physiology
St. John's Medical College and Head,
Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute
Dr. M.R. Savitha
Professor, Head of the Department of Paediatrics
Mysore Medical College and Research Institute
Dr. Shylaja Dharmesh
Sr. Pr Scientist (Rtd.)
Dept of Biochemistry CFTRI Mysore, Karnataka, India
Mr Mahesh R V
Founder at Spirulina Foundation
Tumkur, Karnataka, India
Mrs. Chayaa Nanjappa Rajappa
Founder and managing partner of Nectar Fresh
Nectar Fresh, Mysore
Inauguration
Students - Scientists Interaction
Dr. Sridevi Annapurna Singh
Director, CSIR-CFTRI
Dr. Chindi Vasudevappa
Former Vice Chancellor, NIFTEM-Haryana
Mr. K.S.V.A.S. Sharma
Former Chief Scientist, CSIR-CFTRI
Dr. Suresh Bhamidi
Director, Abbvie, Irwine, California
Dr. Obul Reddy Bandapally
Genomics & Translational Sciences-Syngene International Limited, Bengaluru
Prof. Jamuna Prakash
Professor (Rtd.), Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Mysore, Mysuru
Lecture by Eminent Experts
Prof. Jamuna Prakash
Professor (Retired), Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Mysore, Mysore
Inauguration
Millets
Dr Raj Bhandari
Task force member on Millets, Niti Ayog Govt of India
Dr G Muralikrishna
Former Chief Scientist & Head, Dept. of Biochemistry
CSIR-CFTRI
Dr Saikat Datta Mazumdar, Principal Scientist
ICRISAT
Hyderabad
Ritesh Gupta
Sustainability Lead & Production Expert
Nestle
Mr Mahendra Barve
Application Product Manager, ITC
Mr Lokesh Basavaraju
Plant Science Program Excellence Lead, HFD
Mrs. Ruchika Bhuwalka
Founder, MilletAMMA
Academia - Industry
Dr. Ajit Kumar Shasany, Director
CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute
Lucknow
Dr. Prabodh Kumar Trivedi, Director
CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Lucknow
Dr. Kannan Srinivasan, Director
CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute
Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Dr. J I X Antony, Vice President
Olam Innovation Centre India Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
Dr. Ujjwal Kumar, Business Head
Fumigation, Pest Management & Food Safety UPL Limited
Mumbai
Dr. Dilip Kulkarni, President
Agri Food and Sustainable Agriculture & Jain Irrigation Systems Limited
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
Inauguration
Artificial Intelligence
Shri Jitendra J Jadhav
Director, Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) & Programme Director (Combat Aircraft), Ministry of Defence, GoI, Bengaluru
Dr. Narahari Sastry
Director, CSIR-NEIST
Dr. Sridevi Jade
Head, CSIR-4PI, Bengaluru
Dr. Gopalkrishna Patra
Chief Scientist CSIR-4PI, Bengaluru
Shri. Manilal P
Former Chief Scientist & Head PMC Department, CSIR-CFTRI
Dr. Suvendu Bhattacharya
Former Chief Scientist, FED, CSIR-CFTRI
Dr. Ritesh Kumar
Assistant Professor, IIIT Surat
Dr. Janaki C
Associate Director, C-DAC, Bengaluru
Lecture by Eminent Experts
Dr. R.S Sodhi
President Indian Dairy Association, Chairman, NIFTEM-Thanjvur, Former MD, AMUL
Ayush Aahar
Dr. G. Narahari Sastry
Director, CSIR-NEIST
Dr. Sulochana Bhat
Assistant Director (Ay.) In charge, Central Ayurveda Research Institute
Dr. Meenakshi Singh
Chief Scientist, CSIR
Dr. Vilas Rao Shirhatti
Technical Director, Naturell India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
Valedictory Function
