Speakers
Shri Arjun Munda
Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, GOI
Shri Parshottam Rupala
Union Cabinet Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Prof. Ramesh Chand
Member, NITI Aayog
Mr. Maddila Gurumoorthy
Member of Parliament, Tirupati
H.E. Dr. Ali Achoui
Ambassador of Algeria
Shri Tummala Nageshwar Rao
Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture, Govt of Telangana
Shri Thiru.M.R.K. Panneerselvam
Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture, Govt of Tamil Nadu
Shri Surya Pratap Shahi
Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture Govt of Uttar Pradesh
Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn
President Emeritus, The World Food Prize Foundation
Prof Rudy Rabbinge
Chairman, IFDC Board of Directors
Shri M Raghunandan Rao, IAS
APC and Secretary to Govt. (Agriculture Cooperation Dept. Govt. of Telangana)
Mr. Bram Govaerts
Director General, CIMMYT
Vijay Paul Sharma, Chairman
Professor Sharma is currently Chairman, Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), Ministry of Agriculture and
Farmers Welfare, Government of India
Mr. Shahidur Rashid
South Asia Director-IFPRI
Ms. Anuja Kadian
Government & Industry Affairs Director (Asia Pacific), Corteva Agriscience
Mr. Howdy Bouis
World Food Prize Laureate
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Agrawal
Joint Managing Director, Krishi Rasayan Exports Pvt. Ltd
Mr. Samuel NTIM Adu
Chief Executive Officer, Yedent Agro Group
Mr. NK Rajavelu
Chief Executive Officer Godrej Agrovet Limited
Mr. Amit Patjoshi
CEO, Palladium Group
Mr. Utsav Mishra
Directar, Agri, Rural & Livelihood, Ernst & Young
Mr. Gaurav Sharma
Global Agribusiness Research Lead, Accenture
Dr Ashok Bajpai
MP and former Agriculture Minister, UP
Sh. Om Prakash Dhankad
President, Haryana State BJP and former Agriculture Minister
Past Speakers
Union Ministers
Sh. Rajnath Singh
Minister of Home Affairs of India
Sh. M. Venkaiah Naidu
Union Minister of Urban Development
Smt. Harsimrat Badal
Minister of Food Processing
Sh. Ananth Kumar
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizer
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare
Sh. Prakash Javdekar
Minister of Environment
Sh. Suresh Prabhu
Minister of Railways
Constitutional Positions
Sh. Somnath Chatterjee
Speaker - Lok Sab
Prof. KS Solanki
Governor of Haryana & Punjab
Prof. PJ Kurien
Dy. Chairman, Rajya Sabha
Sh. Shivraj Patil
Governor of Punjab
Sh. BL Joshi
Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Sh. Ram Naik
Governor of Uttar Pradesh
CMs and Agriculture Ministers
Sh. Parkash S. Badal
Chief Minister, Punjab
Sh. Harish Rawat
Chief Minister, Uttarakhand
Prof. PK Dhumal
Chief Minister, HP
Sh. OP Dhankar
Agriculture Minister – Haryana
Sh. S Shivashankarappa
Horticulture Minister, Karnataka
Sh. BM Agrawal
Agri Minister – Chhattisgarh
Political Leaders
Dr. Murli M Joshi
Member of Parliament
Sh. Oscar Fernandes
Member of Parliament
Sh. Digvijay Singh
Member of Parliament
Sh. Tariq Anwar
Member of Parliament
Sh. Parsottambhai Rupala
Member of Parliament
Sh. Prakash Karat
Member of Parliament
Industry Leaders
Dr. Amrita Patel
Chairman, NDDB
Dr. HK Bhanwala
Chairman, NABARD
Sh. RD Shroff
CMD, UPL Group
Sh. R.S. Sodhi
Managing Director, AMUL
Sh. LD Mittal
Chairman, Sonalika Group
Sh. M Prabhakar Rao
MD, Nuziveedu Seeds
Sh. Sahil Singhal
CMD, PI Industries Ltd
Diplomats
H.E. Jerome Bonnafont
Ambassador of France
H.E. Alphonsus Stoelinga
Hon’ble Ambassador of Netherland
H.E. Freddy Svane
Hon’ble Ambassadorv Royal Danish Embassy
H.E. Javier Paulinich
Hon’ble Ambassador of Peru
Mr. Allan Mustard
Minister-Counsellor for Agricultural Affairs, USA
Amb. Islam Siddiqui
Chief Agriculture Negotiator, US
H.E. Dr. Mbuya I. Munlo
High Commissioner of Malawai
Secretaries to Government of India
Sh. Ashish Bahuguna
Chairman, FSSAI
Sh. Ashok Dalwai
Additional Secretary Government of India
Sh. BK Sinha
Secretary - RD Government of India
Sh. GC Pati
Secretary – AHD&F Government of India
Prof. Ashutosh Sharma
Secretary - DST Government of India
Sh. Siraj Hussain
Secretary - MFPI Government of India
International Experts
Dr. Jimmy Smith
Chairman, FSSAI
H.E. Eng. W. H. El-Sreihin
Director General, AARDO
Dr. KL Chadha
Pioneer of Indian Horticulture
Dr. Bimal Jalan
Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Dr. RS Paroda
Chairman, TAAS
Dr. MS Ahluwalia
Dy. Chair, Yojana Ayog
Amb. Kenneth Quinn
President, World Food Foundation