With a total corporate experience of about 35 years at very senior positions,Ram Kaundinya is an author, strategic management consultant, teacher and a policy analyst in India who served as a member of the MS Swaminathan Task Force that developed the biotechnology policy for Indian agriculture between 2002 and 2004. . He is currently the Director General of Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII) and serves on the Expert Review Committee of Access to Seeds Foundation, Netherlands and the MAIZE Independent Steering Committee of the CGIAR Institution CYMMIT.