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Committees of ICTRT
Advisory Committee
Patrons
Dr.S.Ayyappan, Secretary, DARE and Director General, ICAR, New Delhi
Dr.M.S.Swaminathan, Chairman, M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai

International Advisory Committee
Chairman
Dr.N.K.Krishnakumar, Deputy Director General (Horticulture), ICAR, New Delhi
Members
Dr. Pamela Anderson, Director General, CIP, Lima, Peru
Dr. Ruben G. Echeverría, Director General, CIAT, Cali, Colombia
Dr. N. Sanginga, Director General, IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria
Dr. Claude M. Fauquet, Director, ILTAB, USA
Dr. Vincent Lebot, CIRAD, Vanuatu
Dr.Andrew Westby, Director, NRI, UK
Dr. Dindo Campillan,
Dr. Julian Parr, Regional Operations Leader, CIP SW & CA Regional Office, New Delhi
Dr. Rod Lefroy, Regional Co-ordinator for CIAT in Asia, Vietnam
Dr. Stephen Winter, DSMZ, Germany
Dr. Reinhardt Howeler, CIAT Emeritus, USA
Dr. NeBambi Lutaladio, FAO, Rome, Italy
Dr. Martin Fregene, Nigeria
Dr. Lawrence Kent, Melinda & Bill Gates Foundation, USA
Dr. Luiz Carvalho, Embrapa, Brazil
Dr. Peng Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dr. Keith Tomlins
Dr. Graham Thiele

National Advisory Committee
Dr.S.P.Ghosh, Chairman, RAC, CTCRI, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Dr.D.P.Ray, Vice Chancellor, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Dr.P.Rajendran, Vice Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala
Dr.K.Ramaswamy, Vice Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Dr.S.B.Dandin, Vice Chancellor, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bhagalkot, Karnataka
Dr.B.P. Singh, Director, CPRI, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Dr. Ngchan, Director, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Meghalaya
Shri R. Amalorpavanathan, CGM, NABARD, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr.V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Executive Vice President, KSCSTE, Govt. Of Kerala, India
Sri. Subrata Biswas, lAS, Agricultural Production Commissioner, Government of Kerala
Sri. K.R. Jyothilal, Secretary, Agriculture, Kerala
Shri K.K. Kaushal, I.F.S, Managing Director, SAGOSERVE, Salem
Director of Agriculture, Government of Kerala
Dr.K. Rajasekharan, Chief (Agriculture), Kerala State Planning Board
Commissioner of Horticulture, Government of Tamil Nadu
Commissioner of Horticulture, Government of Andhra Pradesh
Director of Horticulture, Government of Odisha
Shri.V. Anbazhagan, Varalakshmi Starch Factory, Salem, Tamil Nadu
Shri.S.P. Periyasamy, SPAC Tapioca Products (India) Ltd.,  Erode, Tamil Nadu
Dr.V.G.Malathi, CSIR Emeritus, IARI, New Delhi
Dr.M.Jaswani, Fancy Sago Process, Beed, Maharashtra
Dr.N.Hrishi, Former Director, CTCRI
Mr.P.K.Thomas, Former Director, CTCRI
Dr.S.Edison, Former Director, CTCRI
Dr.S.K.Naskar, Former Director, CTCRI
Somnath Bose, NRDC, New Delhi
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Organizing committee
Chairman
Dr.S.K.Chakrabarti, Director, CTCRI
Co-Chairman
Dr.S.Ramanathan, Principal Scientist, CTCRI and President, ISRC
Organising Secretary
Dr. G. Byju, Principal Scientist, CTCRI and Secretary, ISRC
Treasurer
Dr. A.N. Jyothi, Senior Scientist, CTCRI and Treasurer, ISRC

Members
Dr.James George
Dr.C.S.Ravindran
Dr.G.Padmaja
Dr.M.N.Sheela
Dr.C.A.Jayaprakas
Dr.M.Anantharaman
Dr.R.S.Misra
Dr.G.Suja
Dr.M.L.Jeeva
Dr.M.S.Sajeev
Dr.J.T.Sheriff
Dr.Jacob John
Dr.Kumari O.Swadija
Mr.V.R.Sasankan