Chairperson

Dr. S. Ayyappan
Former Secretary
Department of Agricultural Research and Education and
Director General
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

External Members

Prof. J.S. Thakur
Professor
Department of Community Medicine and
School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of
Medical Education and Research
Chandigarh - 160 012

Dr. Anil Dutt Semwal
Director
Defence Food Research Laboratory
Ministry of Defence, Siddarth Nagar
Mysore - 570 011

Shri Jagdeep Singh Marahar
Director
R&D Centre, Nestle India Ltd.
Nestle House, Jacaranda Marg M Block
DLF City Phase II, National Highway 8
Gurgaon - 122 002

Dr. Sudhir Nema
Chief Development & Quality Officer
Britannia Industries Ltd
Whitefield, Main Road
Bengaluru - 560 048

Agency Representative

Sri. Atul Saxena
Joint Secretary
Government of India
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Panchsheel Bhawan
New Delhi - 110 049

Sister Laboratory

Director
CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology
Post Box. No. 06
Palampur - 176 061

Director

Dr. Sridevi Annapurna Singh
Director
CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute
Mysuru - 570 020

DG's Representative

Dr. Meenakshi Singh
Chief Scientist
Technology Management Directorate
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
New Delhi - 110 001

Secretary

Dr. Vikas Singh Chauhan
Chief Scientist & Head
Plant Cell Biotechnology Department
CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute
Mysuru - 570 020