THEMATIC ADVISORY COMMITTEES

Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Animal Genetics Project

The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) under Phase II of the Enhanced Genetics Project sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, comprises of the following national and international scientists and practitioners:

Dr. Alfred De Vries
 Senior Programme Officer,
BMGF, United States

Prof. John Gibson
 Associate Dean International,
University of New England,
Australia

Dr. Vincent Ducrocq
Senior Scientist
INRAE, France

Prof. Ben Hayes
Centre Director (Animal Sciences) 
University of Queensland, Australia

Dr. Bishnu P. Mishra
Director
ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, India

Prof. Appolinaire Djikeng
 Director General
International Livestock Research Institute and CGIAR Senior Director of Livestock-based Systems, Kenya

Dr. Raphael Mrode
Principal Scientist 
International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya
 

Dr. Meenesh Shah
Chairman and Managing Director
National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Anand, Gujarat

Resilient Agriculture and Sustainable Natural Resources Management

Dr. Raj S. Paroda
 Founder Chairman
 Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences 
(TAAS), New Delhi

Dr. Pramod K. Joshi
  Former Director for South Asia
 International Food Policy Research Institute 
(IFFRI), New Delhi

Dr. B. Venkateswarlu
  Former Vice-Chancellor
 Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth
  (VNMKV), Parbhani

Corporate Social Responsibility

Mr. Hemant Gupta
MD and CEO
EQUIPPP Desi Investments Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh
Member
Executive Committee, MCCIA, Pune

Human Nutrition

Dr. Satish Agnihotri
Emeritus Fellow and Professor,
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Former Member, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India
 

Dr. Shobha Rao
Director – Research and Training,
Society for Initiatives in Nutrition and Development, Pune;
Prof. – Biometry and Nutrition Unit, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune