committee

Scientific Committee :

Renu Swarup :
Chairperson
Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.
   
ML Choudary :
Co. Chairperson
Horticulture Commissioner, Govt. of India.
   
Arie Altman : The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
   
Carmine Damiano : Fruit Tree Research Institute, Italy
   
Geert-Jan de Klerk : Plant Research International,The Netherlands
   
J Nowak: Virginia State University, USA.
   
Yves Desjardins : Université Laval, Canada
   
Anupam Verma : National Professor, Govt. of India.
   
CR Bhatia : Chairman National Accreditation Committee.
   
PS Rao : Member National Accreditation Committee.
   
RS Sangwan : University Amiens, France.
   
Mohan Jain : University of Helsinki, Finland.
   
James Kavanagh : University College, Dublin.
   
MJ Foxe : University College, Dublin.
   
Rod Drew : Griffith Univerisity, Australia.


Convener : Dr. Jitendra Prakash

Organising Committee :

Chairman : MK Bhan Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of INDIA
     
Co-Chairman : HP Singh Deputy Director General, Horticulture, Govt. of INDIA

Members :

S D Shikamani Director, Indian Institute of Horticulture Research
   
Manmohan Attavar Chairman, Indo-American Hybrid Seeds (I) Pvt. Ltd.
   
K Ramakrishnappa

Director, Horticulture, Govt. of Karnataka

   
Dr. Purnima Sharma: Executive Director & CEO, Biotech Consortium of India Limited
   
Dinesh Kumar: General Secretary, Consortium of Commercial Plant Tissue Culture Laboratories, India
N Bharati : Grow More Biotech Limited
Thomas Jacob : Director, L J International Limited
Sudhir Shetty : Director, LabLand Biotechs
MC Gayathri : Professor, Dept. of Botany, Bangalore University
Seema Prakash : Founder Director, InVitro International (P) Ltd.

Finance Commitee:

Dr. PS Rao:
Chairman
Member national Accreditation Committee
   
Dr. R Chandran:

Treasurer, Consortium of Commercial
Plant Tissue Culture  Laboratories, India

   
Vishwanathan: Deputy Director Horticulture, Govt. of Karnataka
   
Prof.HG Nagendra:

Chairman Board of Studies (Biotechnology),
Visveshwarya Technical University.

   
Prof.MC Gayathri: Dept. of Botany, Bangalore University.
   

Dr.Jitendra Prakash:
Secretary
of Committee

President, Consortium of Commercial Plant Tissue Culture Laboratories, India