
IPWG2025 Scientific Committee
Abdullah Al-Sadi – Oman
Khalid Alhudaib – Saudi Arabia
Yaima Arocha Rosete – Canada
Assunta Bertaccini – Italy
Sandrine Eveillard – France
Nicola Fiore – Chile
Barbara Jarausch – Germany
Wolfgang Jarausch – Germany
Lia Liefting – New Zealand
Kenro Oshima – Japan
Govind P. Rao – India
Rakefet Sharon – Israel
Valeria Trivellone – USA
Wei Wei – USA

Organizing Committees
Patron
Dr. T. R. Sharma, DDG (Crop Science), ICAR, New Delhi
Convener
Dr. R. Viswanathan, Director, ICAR-IISR, Lucknow, India
Organizing Secretaries
Dr. Govind P. Rao, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, India
Dr. Prasant K. Dash, ICAR, New Delhi, India
Co-organizing Secretaries
Dr. Dinesh Singh, Project Co-ordinator, ICAR-IISR, Lucknow
Dr. Dinesh Singh, Head, Division Crop Protection, ICAR-IISR, Lucknow
International Advisory Committee
Prof. Dr. Assunta Bertaccini, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Italy
Dr. ANW Sumedha Thusari, Ua Walawe, Sri Lanka
Prof. Dr. Nicola Fiore, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Dr. Yaima Arocha Rosete, Sporometrics, Toronto, Canada
Prof. Dr. Helena Guglielmi Montano, Federal Rural University, Brazil
Dr. Mehdi Azadvar, Agricultural Res. Centre, Jiroft, Iran
Prof. Dr. Kenro Oshima, Hosei University, Japan
Dr. Kadriye Cagalyan, Mustafa Kemal University, Turkey
Dr. Yunfeng Wu, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, P.R. China
Dr. Yaser Hassan Dewir, King Saud University, Riyad, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Yupa Hanboonsong, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Dr. Nguyen Bao Quoc, Nong Lam University, Vietnam
National Advisory Committee
Prof. S.M. Paul Khurana, Gurugram
Prof. V.K. Baranwal, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Dr. S.N. Sushil, ICAR-NBAIR, Bengaluru
Dr. Dilip Ghosh, ICAR-CCRI, Nagpur
Dr. M.S. Saharan, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Dr. Vinayaka Hegde, CPCRI, Kasargod
Dr. Amit Yadav, NCCS, Pune
Dr. Celia Chalam, NBPGR, New Delhi
Prof. Suman Lakanpaul, Delhi University, Delhi
Dr. M. Kochu Babu, Kerala
Dr. K. Vemana, SV University, Tirupati
Dr. R. Manimekalai, ICAR-SBI, Coimbatore
Prof. Manoj Kalita, AAU, Assam
Members
Dr. Arun Baitha, IISR, Lucknow
Dr. A.K. Mall, IISR, Lucknow
Prof. Sushil Kumar Singh, NDUAT, Ayodhya
Dr. K. Prabha, ICAR-Directorate of Floriculture Research, Pune
Dr. Ajay Kumar Tiwari, UPCSR, Shahjahanpur
Dr. Sajad Nabi, ICAR-CITH, Srinagar
Dr. Susheel Kumar Sharma, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Dr. A.K. Singh, SKUAT, Chatta, Jammu
Dr. K. Nithya, ICAR-SBI, Coimbatore
Dr. A. Sajeenamanjima, KAU, Kerala
Dr. Chandramani Raj, ICAR-IISR, Lucknow
Dr. Shweta Singh, ICAR-IISR, Lucknow
Dr. Rahul Kumar Tiwari, ICAR-IISR, Lucknow
Dr. S.K. Yadav, ICAR-IISR, Lucknow
Dr. Manoj Kumar Srivastava, IISR, Lucknow
Dr. Smriti Mall, DDU GKP University, Gorakhpur
Dr Kartar Singh, NBPGR-NRC Seed Spices, Ajmer
Dr. Manish Kumar, Agriculture University, Jodhpur
Dr. M. Gurivi Reddy, ANGRAU, Tirupati
Dr Hemavati Ranebennur, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Dr. Shivani Gupta, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Ms. Surabhi Mitra, SMH University of Agric., Tech. & Sci., Prayagraj
Mr. Fabio Montanari, IPWG