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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Patrons

• Sri. C.Divakaran
  Hon. Minister for Food and Civil supplies, Kerala
   

• Sri. Mullakara Retnakaran
  Hon. Minister for Agriculture, Kerala
   

• Smt. P K Sreemathi
  Minister for Health and Social Welfare
   

• Sri. C. Jayan Babu
  Worshipful Mayor, Thiruvananthapuram

Advisory Committee

• Sri. V. Sivankutty, MLA
   

• Sri. Anavoor Nagappan
  President, Jilla Panchayat, Thiruvananthapuram
   

• Sri. C.V. Ananda Bose, IAS
  Additional Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture,
  Government of India, New Delhi.
   

• Smt. Minnie Mathews, IAS
  Chairperson, Coconut Development Board
   

• Sri, J.Sudhakaran, IAS
  Principal Secretary, Government of Kerala
   

• Dr. E.P.Yesodharan
  Executive Vice President, KSCSTE
   

• Dr. Dinesh Arora, IAS
  State Mission Director, NRHM
   

• Dr. V.Venu, IAS
  Secretary (Tourism), Government of Kerala
   

• Sri. K.R.Viswambaran, IAS
  Vice Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University
   

• Sri. K.R. Jyothilal, IAS
  Secretary , Food & Civil Supplies, Government of Kerala
   

• Smt. Sarada Muraleedharan, IAS
  Executive Director, Kudumbashree
   

• Ms. Tinku Biswal, IAS
  Director, Dept. of Agriculture, Government of Kerala
   

• Sri. T.K. Shanmuganandam
  Chancellor, Avinashlingam University for Women, Coimbatore.
   

• Sri. T.P.Sreenivasan
  Former Ambassador
   

• Dr. P.K.Warrier
  Managing Trustee, Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala
   

• Dr. M.Krishnan Nair
  Founder Director, RCC, Thiruvananthapuram
   

• Sri Cherian Philip
  Chairman, KTDC
   

• Dr. S.Edison
  Director, CTCRI
   

• Dr. K. Prathapan
  Director, State Horticulture Mission Kerala
   

• Prof. M.K.Prasad
  Chairman, IKM
   

• Sri. S. Ramnath
  MD, Kinfra
   

• Sri. K.G.Mohanlal IFS
  MD, KTDC
   

• Dr. P.R.Krishna Kumar
  The Arya Vaidya Pharmacy, Coimbatore
   

• Dr. N.Radhakrishnan
  Chairman, Indian Council of Gandhian Studies, New Delhi
   

• Sri Darshan Shankar
  Director, FRLHT
   

• Dr. P.Pushpangadhan
  Thiruvananthapuram
   

• Sri Manoj Kumar Menon
  Excecutive Director, ICCOA, Bangalore
   

• Dr. R.Muralidharan Nair
  Director, Bapu Nature Cure Centre, New Delhi
   

• Dr. T.R.Gopalakrishnan
  CEO, VFPCK
   

• Dr. C.R.Soman
  Health Action by People, Thiruvananthapuram
   

• Sri. K.Viswanathan
  Director, Mitranikethan
   

• Sri. A.V.Balasubramaniam
  CIKS, Chennai
   

• Dr. J.Hareendran Nair
  MD, Pankajakasthuri Herbals India (P) Ltd., Thiruvananthapuram

Chairperson

• Dr. Vandana Shiva
  Navdanya, New Delhi

Working Chairman

• Sri. L. Radhakrishnan IAS
  Secretary, Power & Ports, Government of Kerala

Vice Chairman

• Dr. V.S.Vijayan
  Chairman, Kerala State Biodiversity Board
   

• Dr. G.G.Gangadharan
  President, CISSA & Jt Director, FRLHT, Bangalore

Secretaries

• Dr. S.Rajasekharan
  Scientist, TBGRI.
   

• Dr. R.Prakash
  Kerala Agricultural University
   

• Dr. A.Bijukumar
  University of Kerala
   

• Dr. K.G.Ajitkumar
  M.G.College

Organising Secretary

• Dr. C. Sureshkumar
  General Secretary, CISSA

General Co-ordinators

• Smt. Sudha Soni
  Chief Functionary, TEC
   

• Sri. Ajith Venniyoor
  Secretary, CISSA

Treasurer

• Dr. S.Sunilkumar
  Sanjeevani Nursing Home, Thiruvananthapuram

Public Relations

• Sri S.Vijayakrishnan Nair

Academic Committee

• Chairman: Dr M.P.Nayar
  Former Director, Botanical Survey of India
   

• Covener: Dr. R. Prakash Kumar
  Principal Scientific Officer, KSCSTE

Exhibition Committee

• Chairman: Sri K.P.Krishnakumar
  Superintending Engineer, Kerala Water Authority
   

• Convener: Dr. N.S.Pradeep
  Scientist,TBGRI, Thiruvananthapuram
   

• Joint Convener: Dr. S.Cijith Valliathu
  Bharathiya Educational Trust
   

• R&D Sector: Dr. C.K.Peethambaran
  Director of Research -KAU (Rtd)
   

• Organic Bazaar: Dr. Sherif.A.K
  Kerala Agricultural University
   

• Agro Biodiversity: Dr. K.Umamaheswaran
  Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council (VFPCK), Kakkanad, Kochi
   

• Health and Food: Dr. Yoganathan Namboothiri
  Chief Cardio Thoracic Surgeon, Gokulam Heart Centre, Thiruvananthapuram
   

• Naturopathy & Yoga: Dr. K.S.Shaiju
  Govt. Naturopathy And Ayurveda Hospital, Ottapalam
   

• Traditional Food: Dr. Mary Ukkuru
  Dept. Of Home Science, Kerala Agricultural University
   

• Food Processing And Marketing: Sri.K.G.Gireeshkumar
  Ceo, Prowins Foods Private Limited
   

• Tribal Food: Sri T.G.Vinod Kumar
  Thiruvananthapuram
   

• Food Festival: Sri P.Padmakumaran Thampi
  Sr. Manager,Floatels India Pvt Ltd.
   

• Horticulture Nurseries: Sri Kesava Kumar
  Bharatheeya Vidya Nikethan.
   

• Village Markert (Grama Chantha): Sri S.Sasikumar
  Thiruvananthapuram
   

• Sri L. Hari
  Bharathiya Educational Trust

Workshops

• General Convener
  Dr. N.Kishore Kumar
  Kerala Agricultural University
   

• Conveners
  Dr. V.B.Padmanabhan
  Kerala Agricultural University
   

• Dr. K.Ushakumari
  Kerala Agricultural University
   

• Dr. P.Chellammal
  Kerala Agricultural University

Cultural Programmes

• Prof. C.R.Rajgopal
  Kerala Varma College, Trissur

Competitions

• Dr. N.P.Suresh Babu
  VTM NSS College, Thiruvananthapuram

Functional Committees

• Programs: Sri V.V.Vinod Md
  Corporate Relations, Thiruvananthapuram
   

• Infrastructure: Sri V.R.Sabu
  S.C.T.College Of Engineering
   

• Media: Prj.Pradeep
  Thiruvananthapuram
   

• Reception: Sri Rajesh Pillai
  Head, Marketing, Toons Animations
   

• Publications: Dr.A Gangaprasad
  Kerala University
   

• Publicity: Sri M.K.Muraligopal
   

• Office: Sri R.Ramachandran Nair
  Cissa
   

• Documentation: Dr. S.R.Durga
  Dept. Of Ism, Kerala
   

• Printing: Sri G. Vinod
  Thiruvananthapuram
   

• Food And Sanitation: Sri Shaji K.Nair
  Thiruvananthapuram
   

• Task Force: Sri. Abhilash.K.L

Organizing Committee Members

• Dr. K.Harikrishnan Nair
  Dean, Kerala Agricultural University
   

• Dr. G.M.Nair
  Head, Dept. of Botany, University of Kerala
   

• Dr. S. Motilal Nehru
  Asso. Director (Extension), Kerala Agricultural University
   

• Sri Nandakumar
  Deputy Collector
   

• Dr. P.N.Premachandran
  Director, Soil Survey
   

• Dr. B. Sobha
  Head, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Kerala
   

• Dr. K.Rajmohan
  Prof& Head, Biotechnology, Kerala Agricultural University
   

• Sri A.S.Suresh Babu
  Former MD KINFRA
   

• Dr. S.Devanesan
  Professor, Kerala Agricultural University
   

• Dr. C.S.Jayachandran Nair
  Prof. of Pomology, Kerala Agricultural University
   

• Dr. B.R.Reghunath
  Professor, Medicinal Plants, Kerala Agricultural University
   

• Dr. P.Sankaran Kutty
  Former Director, Ayurveda Medical Education
   

• Dr. Syamalakumari
  Former Director, Ayurveda Medical Education
   

• Sri A.Achuthan
  Kozhikode
   

• Sri.T.Jayachandran
  Chairman, Bharathiya Educational Trust.
   

• Sri Jayasanker Varrior
  Horticorp
   

• Sri Subash Chandra Bose
  Jalanidhi, Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency
   

• Sri Kamalakshan Kokkal
  Principal Scientific Officer, KSCSTE.
   

• Dr. N.Anilkumar
  MSSRF-CAbC, Wayanad
   

• Sri Umesh Babu
  Viswadarsan, Pathanamthitta
   

• Sri K.G.Jagadeesan
  Gandhi Grama Seva Kendram,Alapuzha
   

• Sri N.V.Murali
  Samsa, Quilandi
   

• Sri Subin Joseph
  Organic Farmers Association of India, Kottayam
   

• Smt Omana
  Director, Rasta, Wayanad
   

• Dr.Harinarayan
  Scientific officer, KSCSTE.
   

• Fr. D.Shaj Kumar
  Director, Neyyattinkara Integral Development Society
   

• Dr. C.V.Jayamoni
  School of Management Studies,CUSAT
   

• Sri R.Harikumar
  ANERT,Thiruvananthapuram
   

• Dr. A.Anil Kumar
  Kerala Agricultural University
   

• Sri A.Sakkir Hussain
  Kerala Agricultural University
   

• Sri C.E.Ajith Kumar
  Kerala Agricultural University

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