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