Senior Staff List

 
Patancheru (Headquarters)  
   
Director General's Office  
William D Dar

Director General

C Geetha

Senior Manager

Prabhat Kumar

Director Business and Country Relations (New Delhi)

   
Deputy Director General's Office  
David A Hoisington Deputy Director General-Research
B Hanumanth Rao Manager, Intellectual Property
   
Communication Office  
Rex L Navarro Director, Communication Office and Special Asst to the DG
Lydia Flynn Senior Editor-in-Chief
   
Resource Planning & Marketing  
Peter J Ninnes Director, Resource Planning & Marketing
Mark D Winslow Marketing Specialist
   
Internal Audit  
TN Menon

Head, Internal Audit

T Kulashekar Senior Manager, Internal Audit
   
Housing and Food Services  
K Ravi Shankar Head, Housing and Food Services
   
Human Resource Services  
Hector V Hernandez Director, Human Resources and Operations
AJ Rama Rao Senior Manager, Human Resources
C Narasimha Reddy

Senior Manager, Medical Services

   
Transport Services  
K Jagannadham

Head, Transport Services

   
Security Office  
TD Peter Head, Security Services
   
Purchase, Supplies and Disposal Services  
P N Mallikarjuna Head, PSDS
   
Financial Services  
Rajesh Agrawal Director, Finance
S Sethuraman Head, Financial Services
   
Knowledge Management and Sharing  
V Balaji Global Leader, Knowledge Management and Sharing (KMS)
Rosana P Mula Coordinator, LSU
S Srinivas Head, Library and Documentation Services
Pradyut J Modi Senior Manager, Information Systems Unit
   
Farm and Engineering Services  
M Prabhakar Reddy Head, Farm and Engineering Services
C Buchappa Manager, Engineering Services
K Hanumanth Rao Manager, Farm Services
Suresh C Pillay Manager, Farm Services
   
Global Theme - Agroecosystems  
Peter Cooper Acting Global Theme Leader, Agroecosystems
Suhas P Wani Principal Scientist (Watersheds)
Prabhakar Pathak

Principal Scientist (Soil & Water Management)

Piara Singh Principal Scientist (Soil Science)
S Marimuthu Scientist (Agronomy)
A V R Kesava Rao Scientist (Agrometeorology)
R C Sachan Special Project Scientist
   
Global Theme - Biotechnology  
Michael Keith Butterfield Principal Scientist & Global Theme Leader
CT Hash Principal Scientist (Breeding)
T Nepolean Special Project Scientist
Nalini Mallikarjuna Senior Scientist (Cell Biology)
S Senthilvel Scientist GT-Biotechnology
Kiran K Sharma Principal Scientist (Cell Biology)
Vincent Vadez Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology)
Rajeev K Varshney Principal Scientist (AGL)
L Krishnamurthy Scientist (Plant Physiology)
Pooja Bhatnagar Mathur Scientist (Cell/Molecular Biology)
Varsha Wesley Special Project Scientist (Plant Pathology)
Mukesh Dhillon Special Project Scientist GT-Biotechnology
Abhishek Rathore Scientist (Biometrics)
   
Global Theme - Crop Improvement  
CLL Gowda Global Theme Leader
Ashok S Alur Project Coordinator (CFC)
GV Ranga Rao

Special Project Scientist (IPM)

PM Gaur Principal Scientist (Breeding)
SN Nigam Principal Scientist (Breeding)
Pandey S Principal Scientist (Pathology)
KN Rai Principal Scientist (Breeding)
KB Saxena Principal Scientist (Breeding)
HC Sharma Principal Scientist (Entomology)
RP Thakur Principal Scientist (Pathology) and Head, Plant
Quarantine Unit
HD Upadhyaya Principal Scientist and Head (Gene Bank)
Belum VS Reddy Principal Scientist (Breeding)
Rakesh K Srivatsava Scientist, Pigeonpea Breeding
Rajan Sharma Scientist, Cereals Pathology
A Ashok Kumar Scientist-Sorghum Breeding
P Srinivasa Rao Scientist-Sorghum Breeding
S K Gupta Scientist-Pearl Millet Breeding
Pratap Singh Birthal Principal Scientist (Socioeconomics)
Mamta Sharma Scientist (Legumes Pathology)
S Gopalakrishnan Scientist - Bioproducts
Shailesh Tripathi Scientist (Breeding)
   
Global Theme - Institutions, Markets, Policy and Impacts
MCS Bantilan Global Theme Leader
P Parthasarathy Rao Principal Scientist (Economics)
K Purnachandra Rao Principal Scientist (VLS)
VR Kiresur Senior Scientist (Economics)
Naveen P Singh Senior Scientist (Agricultural Economics)
Kamanda Josey Ondieki Associate Professional Officer (Institutional Innovation Specialist)
   
Agri Science Park  
Abdul Rahman Ilyas Head
Saikat Datta Mazumdar Technical Director, NutriPlus Knowledge Center
Agri Business Incubator  
Karuppan Chetty Manager
S Aravazhi Deputy Manager
R Bhubesh Kumar Assistant Manager