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International Conference on
Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems:
Challenges & Opportunities
(ICRA-2022)
22-24, December, 2022
www.isda-reraeco.in
Second Circular
at
ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Organized by
Indian Society of Dryland Agriculture
ICAR- Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture
In collaboration with
Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi

First ISDA
International Conference ICRA-2022
Closing Dates
The Conference in Brief
EVENT
Date
Receipt of Extended Summaries 31st Oct 2022
Issue of Acceptance Letters for Papers 15th Nov 2022
Receipt of Registration Fee without Late Fee 15th Nov 2022
Request for Accommodation 15th Nov 2022
Willingness for Congress Field Visit/Tour 15th Nov 2022
Conference Programme
EVENT
Date
Inauguration December 22, 2022
Symposia December 22-24, 2022
Poster Sessions December 23-24, 2022
Plenary Lectures December 22-24, 2022
Valedictory Session December 24, 2022
Field Visits/ICRISAT Visit December 24, 2022
Conference Venue: ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad,
Telangana, India
Contact
Dr Vinod Kumar Singh, Organizing Chairman, director.crida@icar.gov.in
Dr KV Rao, Organizing Secretary, secretaryisdaconf2022@gmail.com
Dr G Ravindra Chary, Hqrs. Organizing Secretary, pcdla.crida@icar.gov.in
Dr JVNS Prasad, Local Organizing Secretary, nicra2.crida@gmail.com

International Conference ICRA-2022
Rainfed agriculture in India is practiced in diverse agro-ecologies covering about
48% of 142 million ha net sown area and contributes 40% of country's food basket and
dominant producer in oilseeds, cotton, jute and allied fibres. Rainfed areas contribute
almost 100% of forest products, 84-87% of nutritious cereals and pulses, , 77% of
oilseeds, 60% of cotton etc. Rainfed regions support 60% of livestock, 40% of human
population and contribute 40% of food grains and several special-attribute
commodities such as seed spices, dyes, herbs, gums, etc. It is estimated that even after
achieving the full irrigation potential, barring for successful completion of river linking
project, nearly 45 to 50% of the total cultivated area will remain dependent on rain.
Though rainfed area reduced to 48% of net cultivated area, it continues to play
significant role in small & marginal farmers lives. Undoubtedly, rainfed agriculture
would continue to occupy a prominent place in Indian agriculture for ia long time to
come. Despite the progress made so far, rainfed agriculture in India still encounters
multiple risks and constraints relating to biophysical and socio-economic issues. The
agricultural production, productivity and stability in rainfed areas is more vulnerable to
climate variability particularly during kharif due to its high dependency on south-west
(SW) monsoon. It is evident that the rainfed agriculture is being highly impacted due to
frequent weather aberrations such as delayed onset of monsoon and/or in-season
drought during crop growing period in one or the other part of the country. The major
challenges of rainfed agriculture would be to sustain the livelihoods of the small and
marginal farmers who are dependent on agriculture despite increased climate variability
and shrinking land holding size.
Failure to address these challenges will lead to substantial shift of rural youth to
service sector resulting in huge manpower shortage in farming. While there is an
enormous opportunity exists in high rainfall regions specially in eastern, parts of central
and north eastern region for enhancing the cropping intensity either by effective
management of available rainfall through harvesting and reuse or through ground
water resources, preference for growing commercial crops even in less endowed areas
is witnessed and hastening the process further pressure and degradation on land and
water resources and enhances the risk.
The challenge therefore lies in balancing the land use and cropping pattern as
per the resource endowment and also meeting the demand of market forces as well as
national needs. Some of the challenges like retaining area under the nutritious cereals
can be converted into opportunities with growing awareness on the health benefits of
these crops and/or realising the higher profits through value addition of processing
foods. While climate change impacts agriculture sector in general, rainfed agriculture is
likely to be more vulnerable in view of its high dependency on monsoon and the
likelihood of increased extreme weather events with reduction in number of rainy days
due to aberrant behaviour of south-west (SW) monsoon.
Aberrations in SW monsoon which include delay in onset, long dry spells and early
withdrawal, all of which affect the crops, are likely to further aggravate in future.
Numerous technological (e.g. cropping patterns, crop diversification, soil health
management, rainwater harvesting, shifts to drought/salt tolerant varieties etc) and
socio-economic (e.g. ownership of assets, access to services, infrastructural support etc)
factors will come into play in enhancing or constraining the current capacity of rainfed
farmers to cope with climate change.

International Conference ICRA-2022
The proposed international conference is aimed to bring together the researchers,
farmers, NGOs, policy makers to discuss on the successful initiatives made for
development of rainfed regions by state, central governments ngos etc, latest
technological interventions adopted in different states, policy support needed to reduce
the burden on rainfed farmers and to stabilise farm income. Opportunities emanating to
convert rainfed regions as production hubs of nutritious cereals, pulses, oilseeds,
diversified land use promotion for mitigation of climate change impacts would be
discussed extensively. Proceedings of the conference would be brought out to provide a
direction for development of rainfed areas in the years to come with secured livelihoods
and enhanced farm income.
In rainfed regions, apart from enhancing the availability of water by various
methods, the approach should be to select suitable crops and varieties through
systematic analysis of long term weather conditions for different locations, promoting
Integrated farming systems (IFS) including agro-forestry, Conservation agriculture (CA)
diversification and/or consolidation of farms and farming activities improve the
utilization of labour, realizing better values for the produce by aggregation of farmers
through farmer producer organisations etc.
Theme:
The theme of the International Conference will be “Reimagining Rainfed Agroecosystems-
Challenges & Opportunities”.
The following are sub-themes of the Conference. Each Sub-theme will have a separate
Symposium
Broad Themes
1) Resilience through land and water management interventions, Water management
and governance
2) Ecosystem based approaches for climate change adaptation, ecosystem services,
integrated farming system models, land degradation neutrality
3) Managing genetic resources for enhanced stress tolerance
4) Sustainable soil management for resilient rainfed/ dryland agro-ecosystem:
conservation agriculture, organic farming, INM, soil-microorganisms-plant interactions
5) Emerging technologies (RS,AI, ML, Drones) for crop management & assessment
6) Institutional and policy innovations for accelerated and enhanced impacts
Interaction sessions :
i. Farmers-FPOs-Agri Start-ups-NGOs-Scientists
ii. Industry-Agri Start-ups-Farmers-Scientists
Panel discussion (1 hr each)
a) Natural farming
b) Agromet-advisories & Real time contingency planning
c) Insurance needs for rainfed agro ecosystem

International Conference ICRA-2022
Call For Extended Summaries
The extended summaries of all the contributory papers will be published and provided to
the delegates as soft copy in a pen-drive during the Conference. These must reach the
Organizing Secretary in the prescribed format latest by 31 st October, 2022. The guidelines
for extended summary are available on www.isda-reraeco.in Extended summary prepared
without following the style and format and guidelines will not be accepted for publication.
Extended summary need to be submitted through website www.isda-reraeco.in after
registration. For any further information, pl contact through mail : Organizing Secretary.
Email: secretaryisdaconf2022@gmail.com
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Themes of Conference
1. Resilience through land and water management interventions, Water management
and governance
Chair
Co Chair
Convenors
Dr SK Chaudhari, DDG (NRM), ICAR
Dr KPR Vittal, Former Director, ICAR-NIASM, Baramati
Dr BV Asewar, Head, Agronomy, VNMKV, Parbhani
Dr Manoranjan Kumar, ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
2. Ecosystem based approaches for climate change adaptation, ecosystem services,
integrated farming system models, land degradation neutrality
Chair
Co Chair
Convenors
Dr B Venkateswarlu, Former VC, VNMKVV, Parbhani
Dr S Bhaskar, ADG (Agronomy, Agroforestry & Climate Change),
ICAR
Dr JVNS Prasad, ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Dr K Bhaskar, AICRPDA, Kovilpatti
3. Managing genetic resources for enhanced stress tolerance
Chair
Co Chair
Convenors
Dr NP Singh, VC, Banda University*
Dr Meenakshi Sundaram, Director, ICAR-IIRR, Hyderabad
Dr SK Yadav, ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Dr B Sahadev Reddy, AICRPDA, Anantapur
4. Sustainable soil management for resilient rainfed agro-ecosystem: conservation
agriculture, organic farming, INM, soil-microorganisms-plant interactions
Chair
Co Chair
Convenors
Dr Ch Srinivasa Rao, Director, ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad
Dr AS Pawar, Director, ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram
Dr K Sammi Reddy, ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Dr PK Sarma, AICRPDA, Bisvanath Chariali
5. Emerging technologies (RS,AI, ML, Drones) for crop management & assessment
Chair
Co Chair
Convenors
Dr PS Pandey, VC, RPCAU, Samastipur
Dr Anil Rai, ADG (ICT), ICAR and Dr Indra Mani, VC, VNMKV,
Parbhani
Dr VV Sumant, ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad
Dr Ravi Kumar, ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
6. Institutional and policy innovations for accelerated and enhanced impacts
Chair
Co Chair
Convenors
Dr GR Chintala, Former Chairman, NABARD
Dr PS Birthal, Director, ICAR-NIAP, New Delhi*
Dr A Ravindra, WASSAN, Hyderabad
Dr BMK Raju, ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad

Themes of Conference
Interaction sessions
1. Farmers-FPOs-Agri Start-ups-NGOs-Scientists
Chair
Co Chair
Convenors
Dr AK Singh, VC, RLBCAU, Jhansi*
CGM, NABARD, Hyderabad
Dr Sabyasachi, WASSAN, Hyderabad
Dr K Nagasree, ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
2. Industry-Agri Start-ups-Farmers-Scientists
Chair
Co Chair
Convenors
DG, NIRD&PR, Hyderabad*
MD, IFFCO and Sri GV Subba Reddy, Coromandel Fertilizers
Dr I Srinivas, ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Dr DBV Ramana, ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Panel Discussions
1. Natural Farming
Moderator
Convenors
Dr SK Sharma, Director (Research), MPUAT, Udaipur
Dr KA Gopinath, ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Dr WN Narkhade, AICRPDA, Parbhani
2. Agro Advisories& RCTP
Moderator
Convenors
Dr SK Bal, ICAR-CRIDA
Dr AVM Subba Rao, ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Dr Kailash Dakhore, AICRPAM, Parbhani
3. Insurance needs for Rainfed Agro ecosystem
Moderator
Convenors
Sri B Rath, NRAA
Dr A. Amarender Reddy, ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Dr Khem Chand, ICAR-NIAP, New Delhi
*To be confirmed

Registration
Registration Fees (Indian Delegates)
Physical Mode
Virtual Mode
Personnel
Within due
date
After due
date
Within due
date
After due
date
ISDA Member Scientists
₹ 8,000 ₹ 10,000 ₹ 4,000 ₹ 5,000
(In-service)
ISDA Member Scientists
₹ 6,000 ₹ 7,000 ₹ 3,000 ₹ 3,500
(Retired)
Non-ISDA Members ₹ 9,000 ₹ 11,000 ₹ 4,500 ₹ 5,500
Farmers ₹ 3,000 ₹ 4,000 ₹ 1,500 ₹ 2,000
NGOs ₹ 8,000 ₹ 10,000 ₹ 4,000 ₹ 5,000
Industry and private
organizations
₹ 12,000 ₹ 15,000 ₹ 6,000 ₹ 7,500
Students/Research Scholars ₹ 3,000 ₹ 4,000 ₹ 1,500 ₹ 2,000
Accompanying member ₹ 2,000
Registration Fees (Foreign Delegates)
Physical Mode
Virtual Mode
Personnel
Within due
date
After due
date
Within due
date
After due
date
Scientists US$ 700 US $ 800 US$ 350 US $ 400
Industry and private
US $ 800 US $ 900 US $ 400 US $ 450
organizations
Students/Research Scholars US $ 350 US $ 400 US $175 US $ 200
Accompanying member US $ 350
Conference is open to registered delegates only.
The registration fee for the participant will cover participation in all scientific sessions, the
proceedings and other soft and printed material of the meeting, welcome reception, lunch
and dinner, tea/coffee during lecture brakes. It does not include charges for
accommodation.
Registration need to be done through website: www.isda-reraeco.in on or before 31 st
October, 2022.
Registration fee may be sent through demand draft/at par Cheque in favour of "ISDA
(Current A/c no. 4630002100001586)" payable at Hyderabad only from within India. For
Electronic Transfer to Congress Bank Account, please remit funds through IFSC code:
PUNB0463000, Account number: 4630002100001586, Account Name: ISDA CRIDA,
Beneficiary: ISDA, ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad
500059, Telangana, Bank: Punjab National Bank, Santosh Nagar, Hyderabad 500059.
Payment can also be made through website: www.isda-reraeco.in after registration
through online payment and UPI.
Fees for Foreign delegates are in US dollars or equivalent in Indian Currency

International Advisory Committee
Patron
Dr. Panjab Singh, Chancellor,
RLBCAU, Jhansi, Ex-Secretary, DARE
& DG (ICAR) and Ex-VC, BHU
Chairman
Dr. Himanshu Pathak,
Secretary, DARE & DG (ICAR)
New Delhi
Co-Chairman
Dr. Suresh Kumar Chaudhari
DDG (NRM), New Delhi, India
Dr. Gurbachan Singh, Ex-Chairman, ASRB, New Delhi
Dr. Kirti Singh, Ex-Chairman, ASRB, New Delhi
Dr. G.R. Chintala, Former Chairman of NABARD
Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General, IMD,
New Delhi
Dr. Ashok Dalwai, CEO, NRAA, New Delhi
Dr. P. Chandra Shekara, Director General, MANAGE,
Hyderabad
Dr. G. Narendra Kumar, IAS, Director General,
NIRD&PR, Hyderabad
Dr. Sagar Hanuman Singh, DG, NIPHM, India
Dr. Kaushik Majumdar, DG, APNI, Morocco
Dr. Jacqueline D’Arros Hughes, DG, ICRISAT, India
Dr. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST, India
Sh. Arun Singh Rawat, DG, ICFRE, Dehradun
Dr. Aravind Kumar, DDG, ICRISAT, Hyderabad
Dr. TR Sharma, DDG (CS), ICAR, New Delhi
Dr. RC Agrawal, DDG (Agri. Edu.), ICAR, New Delhi
Dr Anand Kumar Singh, DDG (Hort Sci.), ICAR, New
Delhi
Dr. AK Singh, VC, RLBCAU, Jhansi
Dr BN Tripathi, DDG (AS), ICAR, New Delhi
Dr JK Jena, DDG (Fisheries), ICAR, New Delhi
Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Director, ICAR-IARI, New
Delhi
Dr. Ch. Srinivasa Rao, Director, ICAR-NAARM,
Hyderabad
Dr Triveni Dutt, Director, ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar
Dr Gopala Krishna, Director, ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai
Dr Jagadish Rane, Director, ICAR-NIASM, Baramati,
Maharashtra
Dr MS Chauhan, Vice Chancellor, GBPUAT, Pantnagar
Dr. S. Rajendra Prasad, Vice Chancellor, UAS, Bengaluru
Dr. K N Kattimani, Vice Chancellor, UAS, Raichur,
Karnataka
Dr. V Ravinder Reddy, Vice Chancellor, PVNRTVU,
Hyderabad
Dr. T Janakiram, Vice Chancellor, YSRHU, West
Godawari, A.P.
Dr. Vilas Madhukar Bhala, Former Vice Chancellor,
PDKV, Akola, MH
Dr. Indra Mani, Vice Chancellor, VNMKV, Parbhani, MH
Dr. Aravind Kumar, Former Vice Chancellor, RLBCAU,
Jhansi, U.P.
Dr. PG Patil, Vice Chancellor, MPKV, Rahuri,
Maharashtra
Dr. Onkar Nath Singh, Vice Chancellor, BAU-R, Kanke,
Ranchi, Jharkhand
Dr. Praveen Rao Velchala, Former Vice Chancellor,
PJTSAU, Hyderabad, Telangana
Dr. V Geetha Lakshmi, Vice Chancellor, TNAU,
Coimbatore
Dr. A Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Vice Chancellor, ANGRAU,
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
Dr. B R Kamboj, Vice Chancellor, CCSHAU, Hisar
Dr. K B Kathiria, Vice Chancellor, AAU, Anand, Gujarat
Dr. R M Chauhan, Vice Chancellor, SDAU, Dantiwada,
Gujarat
Dr. KK Singh, Vice Chancellor, SVBPUAT, Meerut, U.P.
Prof. Rakesh Bhatnagar, Vice Chancellor, BHU, Varanasi,
U.P.
Dr. Pravat Kumar Roul, Vice Chancellor, OUAT,
Bhubaneswar, Odisha

International Advisory Committee
Dr. NS Rathore, Former Vice Chancellor, MPUAT,
Udaipur, Rajasthan
Dr. PK Bisen, Former Vice Chancellor, JNKVV,
Jabalpur, M.P.
Prof. S Koteshwara Rao, Vice Chancellor, RVSKVV,
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Prof. Bidyut Chakrabarty, Vice Chancellor, Visva
Bharti University, W.B.
Dr. YS Ramakrishna, Former Director, ICAR-CRIDA,
Hyderabad
Dr. B Venkateswarlu, Former Vice Chancellor,
VNMKV, Parbhani, Maharashtra
Dr. KPR Vittal, Former Director, ICAR-NIASM,
Baramati, Maharashtra
Dr. JC Katyal, Former DDG (Edn.), ICAR, New Delhi
Dr. HP Singh, Former Director, ICAR-CRIDA,
Hyderabad
Dr. Sudhanshu Singh, Director, IRRI South Asia
Regional Centre, Varanasi
Dr. Alok Sikka, IWMI- India Representative, New Delhi
Dr. Shahidur Rashid, Director-South Asia SAR, IFPRI,
New Delhi
Dr. Shiv Kumar Agrawal, Regional Coordinator,
ICARDA, New Delhi
Dr. Narendra Nath, Chairman, RRA Network
Mr. Neeraj Awasthi, Country Manager, Anglo-
American
Mr. Yogendra Kumar, Marketing Director, IFFCO

National Advisory Committee
Chairman
Dr. Suresh Kumar Chaudhari, DDG (NRM), New
Delhi, India
Dr. S. Bhaskar, ADG (AAF&CC), ICAR, New Delhi
Dr Adlul Islam, ADG (S&WM), ICAR, New Delhi
Dr AS Panwar, Director, ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram
Dr A Arunachalam, Director, ICAR-CAFRI, Jhansi
Dr OP Yadav, Director, ICAR-CAZRI, Jodhpur
Dr. C. R Mehta, Director, ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal
Dr. M. Madhu, Director, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun
Dr BNS Murthy, Director, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru
Dr YG Prasad, Director, ICAR-CICR, Nagpur
Dr. Praveen Kumar, Director, ICAR-CCARI, Goa
Dr. RK Panda, Director, ICAR-IIWM, Bhubaneswar,
Odisha
Dr. Ashutosh Upadhyaya, Director, ICAR-RCER, Patna,
Bihar
Dr. KG Mandal, Director, ICAR-MGIFRI, Motihari,
Bihar
Dr. VK Mishra, Director, ICAR-RC-NEH, Umiam,
Meghalaya
Dr. Ramgopal Laha, Joint Director, ICAR-NOFRI,
Gangtok, Sikkim
Dr Rajbir Singh, Director, ATARI, Zone I, Ludhiana,
Punjab
Dr Sushil Kumar Singh, Director, ATARI, Zone II,
Jodhpur
Dr US Goutam, Director, ATARI, Zone III, Kanpur
Dr Anjani Kumar, Director, ATARI, Zone IV, Patna
Dr SK Roy, Director, ATARI, Zone V, Kolkata
Dr Rajesh Kumar, Director, ATARI, Zone VI, Guwahati
Co-Chairman
Dr VK Singh, Director, ICAR-CRIDA,
Hyderabad
Dr AK Singha, Director, ATARI, Zone VII, Umiam
Dr Lakhan Singh, Director, ATARI, Zone VIII, Pune
Dr SRK Singh, Director, ATARI, Zone IX, Jabalpur
Dr JV Prasad, Director, ATARI, Zone X, Hyderabad
Dr V Venkatasubramanian, Director, ATARI, Zone XI,
Bengaluru
Dr Ravi Kumar Mathur, Director, ICAR-IIOPR, West
Godawari
Dr. J.S. Mishra, Director, ICAR-DWR, Jabalpur
Dr R.M. Sundaram, Director, ICAR-IIRR, Hyderabad
Dr RN Chatterjee, Director, ICAR-DPR, Hyderabad
Dr SB Barbuddhe, Director, ICAR-NRC on Meat,
Hyderabad
Dr. CV Ratnavathi, Director, ICAR-IIMR, Hyderabad
Dr. M. Sujatha, Director, ICAR-IIOR, Hyderabad
Dr. B. Rath, Expert, NRAA, NRSC, New Delhi
Dr. G. Ravindra Chary, PC, AICRPDA, ICAR-CRIDA,
Hyderabad
Dr. S.K. Bal, PC, AICRPAM, ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Dr. Prakash Patil, PC (Fruits), Bengaluru
Dr. AK Handa, Nodal Officer, AICRP on Agro-forestry,
ICAR-CAFRI, Jhansi
Dr. A.K. Roy, PC, AICRP-Forage Crops, Jhansi
Dr. N. Ravishankar, AICRP-IFS, ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram,
UP
Dr. Sunil Kumar, Pr. Scientist, ICAR-IGFRI, Jhansi
Dr ML. Jat, Research Program Director
Resilient Farm and Food Systems, ICRISAT, Hyderabad

Local Organizing Committee
Chairman
Dr VK Singh, Director,
ICAR-CRIDA & President, ISDA
Co-Chairman
Dr G Ravindra Chary,
PC- AICRPDA, ICAR-CRIDA
Co-Chairman
Dr. KV Rao, Secretary (ISDA) &
Pr. Scientist (SWC Engg.), ICAR-CRIDA
Dr. K. Sammi Reddy, Head, DRM, ICAR-CRIDA,
Hyderabad
Dr. S.K. Yadav, Head, DCS, ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Dr. S.K. Bal, PC, AICRPAM, Hyderabad
Dr. C.A. Ramarao, Head, SDA, ICAR-CRIDA,
Hyderabad
Dr. G. Nirmala, Head, TOT Section, ICAR-CRIDA,
Hyderabad
Dr. SS Balloli, Head, PME Cell, ICAR-CRIDA,
Hyderabad
Dr. N. Trimurtulu, Director of Research, ANGRAU,
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
Dr. B. Ekambaram, Director of Research, PVNRTVU,
Hyderabad
Dr. R. Jagadeeshwar, Director of Research, PJTSAU,
Hyderabad, Telangana
Dr. Prakash Chauhan, Director, NRSC, Hyderabad
Dr. B. Shivrudrappa, Director, Programme, BAIF
Dr.A.Ravindra, Director, WASSAN, Hyderabad
Dr. B Krishna Rao, Director (Agriculture),
WALAMTARI, Hyderabad
Dr. Sabyasachi Das, RRA Network, Hyderabad
Dr.V.Ratna Reddy, LNRM, Hyderabad
Sh. SK .Singh, CAO, ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Sh. NVRN Murty, CFAO, ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Dr. B.V. Asewar, Vice-President (ISDA), Head, Dept. of
Agronomy, VNMKV, Parbhani
Dr. T.R. Das, Vice-President (ISDA), Principal Scientist,
Division of Genetics, IARI, New Delhi
Dr. K.A. Gopinath, Joint Secretary (ISDA) & Principal
Scientist (Agro.), ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Dr. Prabhat Kumar Pankaj, Treasurer (ISDA) &
Principal Scientist (LPM), ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Dr. RK Tiwari, Chief Scientist, AICRPDA, Rewa, JNKVV,
Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Anand K. Gore, Professor (Agronomy), VNMKV,
Parbhani, Maharashtra
Dr. B. Sahadeva Reddy, Chief Scientist, AICRPDA,
Ananthapuramu, A.P.
Dr. Mudalagiriyappa, Chief Scientist, AICRPDA, UAS,
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Dr. VD Vora, Assistant Research Scientist, DFRS,
AMFU, Targhadia, JAU, Rajkot, Gujarat
Dr. RK Sharma, Soil Scientist, AICRPDA centre, DFRS,
Arjia, MPUAT, Rajasthan
Dr. AK Khokhar, Agronomist, AICRPDA, Ballowal
Saunkhri, PAU, Punjab
Dr. S. K. Thakral, Professor &Head, Dept. of
Agronomy, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana
Dr. Nikhilesh Barua, Agronomist, AICRPDA, Biswanath
Chariali, AAU, Assam
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Professor, Dept. of Silviculture and
Agroforestry, BUAT, Banda
Dr. S.K. Behera, Senior Scientist (SWCE), AICRPDA
centre, Phulbani, OUAT, Odisha

ICRA 2022: Sub Committees
Technical Programme Organisation Committee
Chair
Co-Chair
Convener
Members
Dr. B Venkateswarlu, Former VC, VNMKVV, Parbhani
Dr. VK Singh
Dr. MS Rao & Dr CA Rama Rao
Dr. S Bhaskar, Dr A Arunachalam, Dr VK Mishra, Dr PK Mishra, Dr G
Ravindra Chary, Dr K Sammi Reddy, Dr SK Bal, Dr M Osman, Dr Rajiv
Kumar Singh, Dr BV Asewar, Dr Pallab Kumar Sarma, Dr HS Shirahatti, Dr
Manmohanjtt Singh, Dr Mudalagiriyappa, Dr SK Sharma, Dr JP Singh
Registration Committee
Chair
Co-Chair
Convener
Members
Dr. M Prabhakar
Dr. K Ravi Shankar
Dr. HB Santosh
Dr. N Jyothi Laxmi, Dr. Josily Samuel, Dr. Shalini, Mr. P Satish
Reception Committee
Chair
Co-Chair
Convener
Members
Dr. DBV Ramana
Dr. Basudeb Sarkar
Dr. SM Vidya Sekhar
Dr. KB Sridhar, Dr G. Sudheer, Mr Gautam Reddy
Accommodation Committee
Chair
Co-Chair
Convener
Members
Dr. BMK Raju
Dr. Manoranjan Kumar
Dr. MA Sarath Chandran
Dr. Yakadri, Dr. Malla Reddy, Dr. B Narsimlu, Dr. Sumanta Kundu, Mr. SS
Sishodia, Dr. Balakrishnan, Dr B. Krishna Rao, Sri Dhan Prasad, Dr.
Ravindra Gawli, Dr. Hussain, Dr. Niranjan, Mr. G Nagesh Kant Rao, Mr. G
Srikrishna, Mr. K Narasimha, Mr V Venunath
Conference Facilitation Center Committee
Chair
Co-Chair
Convener
Members
Dr. Santanu Kumar Bal
Dr. G. Nirmala
Dr. N. Manikandan
Dr. Abdul Rasul, Mr. K Elisha, Sri N Raghunath

Publication Committee
Indian journal of Fertilizers
ICRA 2022: Sub Committees
Dr. K Sammi Reddy
Indian Farming Special Issue
Dr. K Srinivas
Extended Summaries
Souvenir committee
Dr. G Ravindra Chary, Dr. R Rejani, Dr. Sumanta Kundu, Dr. V Visha Kumari
Dr. CA Rama Rao, Dr. MS Rao, Dr. G Pratibha, Dr. Arun K. Shankar
Dr. R Rejani, Dr. Sumanta Kundu, Dr. HB. Santosh, Dr. Suvana Sukumaran
Dr. K Sammi Reddy, Dr. Arun K. Shankar, Dr. V Visha Kumari, Dr. Girija Veni, Dr. Ramesh
Transport committee
Chair
Co-Chair
Convener
Members
Dr. Ravikanth Adake
Sri. SK Singh
Mr. Ashish Dhimate
Dr. B Sanjeeva Reddy, Dr. AK Indoria, Dr. M Manjunath, Mr. N Manikandan,
Sri. V. Sanu, Mr. B. Krishna, Mr. K Ganesh, Dr Ranjeet, Mr.Kalyan Srinivas
Finance Committee
Chair
Co-Chair
Convener
Dr. VK Singh
Dr. G Ravindra Chary
Dr. PK Pankaj
Members
Invitation Committee
Dr. SK Sharma, Dr. Mudalagiriyappa, Dr. Tarunendu Singh, Dr. GV Subba Reddy,
Dr. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Dr. M. Prabhakar, Dr. Neerajkumar Awasthi,
Dr. Sahadeva Reddy, Dr. DS Hirpara, Dr. BV Asewar, Dr. Manmohanjit Singh,
Dr. JVNS Prasad, Dr. I Srinivas, Dr Soumitra Das, Sri NVRN Murthy, Dr. Rajiv
Kumar Singh, Dr S Roperia, Dr. Shashikant Bhende, Dr Ramender Singh,
Dr Sudarshan Dutta
Chair
Co-Chair
Convener
Members
Dr. SK Yadav
Dr. K Srinivas
Dr. Pushpanjali
Dr. AK Indoria, Dr. R Rejani

ICRA 2022: Sub Committees
Government Liaison Committee
Chair
Co-Chair
Convener
Members
Dr. SS Rahore
Dr. Rajiv Kumar Singh
Dr. B.Narsimlu
Dr. Subash Babu, Dr. Praveen Upadhaya, Dr. I srinivas, Mr. SK Singh,
Award and Felicitation Committee
Chair
Co-Chair
Convener
Member
Dr. M Vanaja
Dr. K Srideevi Shankar
Dr. PK Pankaj
Dr. Pushpanjali
Food Committee
Chair
Co-Chair
Convener
Members
Dr. I Srinivas
Dr. TV Prasad
Dr. G Venkatesh
Dr. K Sridhar, Sri Amit Srivastava, Sri P Venkateshwarlu, Sri. K Sudarshan,
Mr. G Uday Bhaskar
IT Committee
Chair
Dr. N Ravikumar
Co-Chair Dr. Praveen Upadhayaya
Convener Dr. AVM Subbarao
Members Dr. NS Raju, Dr. R Nagarjuna Kumar, Mr. P Chandrasekhar ,
Stage, Hall & Session Management Committee
Chair
Co-Chair
Convener
Members
Dr. M.Srinivasa Rao
Dr. KA. Gopinath
Dr. K Nagasree
Dr. Arun K. Shankar, Dr. Pushpanjali, Dr. V VishaKumari, Dr. Girija Veni,
Dr. Suvana Sukumaran, Dr. Anshida Beevi, Dr. MA Sarathchandran,
Dr. B Bhargavi, Mr. S Yadagiri, Ms. Sneha Verghese

ICRA 2022: Sub Committees
Poster Session Committee
Chair
Co-Chair
Convener
Members
Dr. K Srinivasa Reddy
Dr. G Nirmala
Mr. G Srikrishna
Dr. R Rejani, Dr AGK Reddy
Cultural Committee
Chair
Convener
Members
Dr. G Prathiba
Dr. Suvana Sukumaran
Ms. D Kalpana, Ms. Sneha Vergese, Ms. S Swati Kiran
Exhibition Committee
Chair
Co-Chair
Convener
Members
Dr. JVNS Prasad
Dr. TV Prasad
Mr. S Vijay kumar
Dr. AGK Reddy, Dr. Sumanta Kundu, Dr. B Bhargavi, Ms. DGM Saroja
Press and media
Chair
Co-Chair
Convener
Members
Dr. SS Balloli
Dr. R Nagarjuna kumar
Dr. Anshida Beevi
Dr. Jagriti Rohit, Sri.SR Yadav