Dr. Priyadarshini Bhorali is working in academia and is involved in both teaching and research at the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat (India). Her research interests focus on plant molecular biology/ functional genomics and, molecular plant-microbe interactions.
E-mail: priya.bhorali@gmail.com

Dr. Purnima Das is currently working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Entomology of Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam (India). Her research interests are in the following subjects: economic entomology, biological control of crop pest using entomopathogenic fungi plant based biopesticides, beneficial insect: Lac Insect (Kerria chinensis), taxonomy of rice pests and natural enemies, mutation breeding in rice using gamma irradiation for insect tolerance.

E-mail: purnima.das@aau.ac.in

Dr. Rajib Lochan Deka is currently working as Associate Professor at the Assam Agricultural University. He is mainly involved in teaching Agricultural Meteorology in both Undergraduate and Postgraduate degree programs. His area of expertise focus on climate change related studies, particularly in assessing climate change impact on Agriculture and its management, Agro-climatic characterization, Crop modeling (statistical & simulation), Crop-weather relationships and Agrometeorological Advisory
Services.

E-mail: rldeka2011@gmail.com

Dr. Moloya Gohain is a Project Scientist at DBT-NECAB, AAU, Jorhat, India. She received national scholarships for master’s and Ph.D. in Animal Biotechnology at ICAR-NDRI, Karnal. During the time, her research was related to reproductive genomics of cattle & buffalo. She went on to pursue her postdoctoral research at IPMB, Taiwan, on the transcriptome and methylome of regenerated rice. Currently, she is working on the improvement of chickpea using gene technology for insect pest resistance.

E-mail: moloyagohain@gmail.com

Dr. Bonti Gogoi, is currently working as Subject Matter Specialist (Agronomy) at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Nagaon under Assam Agricultural University. She is involved in technology dissemination through conducting demonstrations of several frontier frontline technologies at farmers’ level since 2015.

E-mail: bonti_gogoi@hotmail.com

Dr. Manashi Gogoi is currently working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management of Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam (India). Her area of expertise is mainly related to Agricultural Production Economics.

Email: manashi.gogoi@aau.ac.in

Dr. Ratna Kalita is currently working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology of Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam (India). Her research interests focus on: Functional Genomics, Genome editing, Bioinformatics. For research purposes, she uses cutting-edge research technologies, namely genome-editing with CRISPR-Cas9 technology, gene silencing using RNAi, molecular marker development, recently advanced bioinformatics algorithms and tools.

E-mail: ratna.kalita@aau.ac.in

Dr. Tankeswar Nath is currently working as Assistant Professor at the DBT-AAU Centre of Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam (India). During his PhD and Post-Doctorate, he specialized in Applied Microbiology. His main research interests focus on Alcohol Fermentation, Biotransformation, Bio-fertilizers, Biopesticides.

E-mail: tankeswar@yahoo.com, tankeswar.nath@aau.ac.in

Dr. Naseema Rahman is currently working as Junior Scientist (Horticulture) at Regional Agricultural Research Station of Assam Agricultural University in Shillongani, Nagaon, Assam. Her research activity is mainly related to the innovation of climate resilient technologies, focusing on vegetables and pulses.

E-mail: naseema.rahman@aau.ac.in

Dr Manish Roorkiwal is Senior Scientist in the field of Genomics and Molecular Breeding, at ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India. At the core of his work is the improvement of crop productivity of legumes in marginal environments in Africa and Asia using modern genetics and breeding approaches, including genomic selection and GWAS.

E-mail: M.Roorkiwal@cgiar.org

Dr Rachit Saxena is currently working as senior scientist at ICRISAT in Hyderabad, India. He is contributing in development and application of genetics and genomics for crop improvement. In his successful academic career, he made significant contribution in decoding genomes of two legume species: pigeonpea and chickpea.

E-mail: R.Saxena@cgiar.org

Dr Mahendar Thudi, Fellow of Telangana Academy of Sciences, is currently working as Senior Scientist (Chickpea Genomics) at International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Hyderabad. He has significantly contributed to development of genetic and genomic resources in chickpea and pearl millet.

E-mail: t.mahendar@cgiar.org

Dr. Ratul Kumar Baruah holds an Associate Professorship at the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering at Tezpur University in Assam, India. His academic career was conducted between India, Europe and America. His research interests are focused on semiconductor devices, Biosensors, and Flexible electronics aiming at medical and agriculture applications.

Email: ratulkr@tezu.ernet.in

Dr. Shailen Deka is currently working as Assistant Professor at the Civil Engineering Department of Tezpur University, Assam (India). His area of expertise and research interests focus on the following subjects: Geotechnical Engineering, Soil Bioengineering and Built Environment.

E-mail: deka.s@tezu.ernet.in

Dr. Nirmali Gogoi is working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University, Assam (India). She is specialized in Plant Physiologist and her research interests focus on Plant abiotic stress, Greenhouse gas emission from agriculture and forest ecosystem.

E-mail:nirmalievs@gmail.com

Dr.Eeshan Kalita is currently working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the Tezpur University, Assam (India). His research interests focus on the following topics : Envrionmental Engineerning, Nanobiotechnology, Plant-Microbe interactions and Bioenergy.

Email: ekalita@tezu.ernet.in, eeshankalita@gmail.com

Dr. Basavaraj Bagewadi is currently working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka (India). He focuses on molecular breeding for enhancing drought tolerance in sorghum and on the application of CRISPR-Cas9 based genome editing for developing plant virus resistance.

Email: bagewadib@uasd.in

Dr. Kumara Belagavadi Hombaiah is currently working as scientist in the field of Soil Science under All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Dryland Agriculture. He is working at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Vijayapur, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (India). His research interests focus on: Soil Science, Agricultural Chemistry, Soil Carbon Sequestration and Management, Silicon Nutrition, Crop Diversification and Intensification for Stress Environments.

E-mail: hombegowda60@gmail.com

Dr. Shivakumar. S. Inamati is currently working as Assistant Professor of Agroforestry at the College of Forestry, Sirsi, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka (India). He has over 15 years of experience in teaching, research and extension in Forestry. He is specialized in the following fields: Silviculture and Agroforestry, Forest tree nursery management, Vegetational studies, Tree-crops interaction.

Email: inamatiss@gmail.com ; inamatiss@uasd.in

Dr. Basavaraj Jamkhandi, is currently working as Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics at the College of Agriculture, Vijayapur, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. He teaches classes for undergraduate and postgraduate students in agriculture; in addition, he guides MSc students during their research activities in agriculture and related sectors. His area of specialization is in the following topics: Production Economics, Natural Resource Economics related to Climate Change, Farm Management, Agri-Business, Agri-Ecotourism.

Dr. Spurthi N. Nayak is currently working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka (India).
She is specialized in Biotechnology, Genomics and Molecular Breeding and her research interests focus on groundnut crop improvement related to abiotic stress tolerance, aflatoxin resistance, quality improvement through enhanced nutrition.

E-mail: nayaksn@uasd.in

Dr. Kiran Basappa Olekar is currently working as scientist in Sorghum Improvement Project at the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Vijayapur, University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad, Karnataka (India). His research interests are mainly focused on the abiotic stress management.

E-mail: kiranbo@uasd.in

Dr. Malagouda D. Patil is currently working as Assistant Professor of Genetics & Plant Breeding and Head at the Department of Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Vijayapur. University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (India). He is mainly focusing on: Genetics and Molecular Breeding, Breeding for abiotic stress resistance, nutritional quality improvement in food legume.

E-mail: patilmd@uasd.in

Dr. Somanagouda. B. Patil is currently working as Scientist (Agronomy) at the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Vijayapura of the University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad, Karnataka (India). His research interests focus on agronomy, cropping systems, climate change and soil carbon.

E-mail: patilsb13617@uasd.in

Dr. Jagadish Melekote Rajanna is currently working as Assistant Professor at the College of Forestry, Sirsi under the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. His research interests focus on agroforestry and he is currently working on the conservation of endangered trees and forest fragments.

E-mail: jagadeeshmr@uasd.in

Dr. Arati Yadawad is currently working as Principal Investigator at the Department of Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. She is specialized in Genetics and Plant breeding, mostly focused on marker assisted breeding for biotic and abiotic stress resistance in major field crops like wheat, groundnut and in horticultural crops like chili, tomato and okra. Presently she is working on the identification of QTLs for aflatoxin contamination resistance in groundnut.

E-mail: aratiyadawad@gmail.com