Office of Director General

Dr Himanshu Pathak

Director General - -

Sanjay Agarwal

Assistant Director General - -

Office of Deputy Director General

Dr Stanford Blade

Deputy Director General – Research and Innovation - -

Dr Anitha Raman K

Principal Scientist I - Data Management and Analytical Support - India

Country Representatives

Kenya
Dr Harawa Rebbie

Africa Director, Country Representative - Kenya

Dr Victor Afari-Sefa

Global Research Program Director - Transforming Agrifood System (TAS) & Country Representative - Nigeria

Zimbabwe
Dr Martin P Moyo

Country Representative - Zimbabwe

Malawi
Dr Samuel M C Njoroge

Country representative - Malawi

Mozambique
Dr James Mwololo

Country representative - Mozambique

Niger
Dr Falalou Hamidou

Country representative - Niger

Nigeria
Dr Ignatius Angarawai

Country representative - Nigeria

Mali
Ayoni Ogunbayo

Country Representative - Mali

Corporate Services

Ramkumar Ramaswamy

Director of Corporate Services - -

Kunal Sarkar

Director – Human Resources - -

Ramon Peachey

Director – Communications - -

Accelerated Crop Improvement (ACI)

Dr Raman Babu

Global Research Program Director – Accelerated Crop Improvement (ACI) - India

Genebank

Dr Kuldeep Singh

Principal Scientist II - Genebank - Head - India

Dr Manish K Pandey

Principal Scientist I - Groundnut Genomics - India

Dr Vetriventhan Mani

Scientist -Genetic Resources - India

Rahul Priyadarshi

Scientist - Genebank - India

Dr Ovais Hamid Peerzada

Manager - Seed laboratory - India

Senthil Ramachandran

Manager - Germplasm Conservation - India

Muzamil Baig

Manager - Genebank Quality - India

Trait Discovery and Delivery

Dr Damaris A Odeny

Principal Scientist I - Genomics, Pre Breeding and Bioinformatics - Kenya

Dr Hima Bindu Kudapa

Senior Scientist - Genomics & Molecular Breeding - India

Dr Sudhakar Reddy Palakolanu

Scientist - Cell & Molecular Biology and Trait Engineering - India

Dr Yogendra Kalenahalli

Scientist - Cell & Molecular Biology and Trait Engineering - India

Dr Sunita Choudhary

Scientist - Crop Physiology - India

Accelerated Breeding

Dr Shashi Kumar Gupta

Principal Scientist II - Pearl Millet Breeding - India

Dr Rakesh Srivastava

Principal Scientist I - Chickpea Breeding - India

Dr Ephrem Habyarimana

Principal Scientist I - Sorghum Breeding - Italy

Dr Sobhan Babu Sajja

Senior Scientist - Crop Improvement Operations - India

Dr Prakash Gangashetty

Senior Scientist - Pigeonpea Breeding - India

Dr Henry Fred Ojulong

Senior Scientist - Nairobi

Dr Macdonald Bright Jumbo

Senior Scientist - Crop Improvement Operations - Mali

Dr Ayoni Surajudeen Ogunbayo

Senior Scientist, Country Representative - Mali - Mali

Dr Mwololo James

Scientist - Crop Improvement and Country Representative Mozambique - Mozambique

Dr Riyazaddin Mohammed

Scientist - India

Dnyaneshwar Bandu Deshmukh

Scientist - Oilseeds Breeding - India

Plant Health

Dr Samuel M Njoroge

Principal Scientist I - Pathology and Country Representative Malawi - Malawi

Dr Mamta Sharma

Principal Scientist II - Precision Phenotyping - India

Dr Rajan Sharma

Principal Scientist I - Crop Protection and Seed Health - India

Dr Hari Kishan Sudini

Principal Scientist I - Groundnut Pathology - India

Dr Jagdish Jaba

Scientist - Entomology - India

Seed Systems and Delivery

Dr Manzoor Dar

Global Head - Seed Systems, Principal Scientist - India

Dr Ignatius Ijantiku Angarawai

Senior Scientist - Sorghum Breeding and Country Representative Nigeria - Nigeria

Dr Albert Tsindi

Scientist - Pigeonpea Breeding - Not Assigned

Resilient Farming Systems (RFS)

Dr Ramesh Singh

Global Research Program Director – Resilient Farming Systems (RFS) - India

Regenerative Landscapes

Dr Kaushal K Garg

Principal Scientist I - Natural Resource Management - India

Dr K H Anantha

Principal Scientist I - Natural Resource Management - India

Dr Gajanan Sawargaonkar

Principal Scientist I - Natural Resource Management - India

Dr Gizaw Desta Gessesse

Senior Scientist - Ethiopia

Dr Venkata Radha

Senior Scientist - Vadoze Zone Hydrology - India

Dr Pushpajeet Lokpal Choudhari

Scientist – Soil Science - India

Dr Aviraj Datta

Scientist - Wastewater management - India

Dr Rohan Khopade

Scientist- Horticulture - India

Dr Rajesh Pasumarthi

Scientist - Microbiology - India

Dr Kapil R Raje

Scientist - Entomology / Integrated Pest Management - India

Dr Prasad Jairam Kamdi

Manager - Watershed - India

Climate Action

Dr Martin Philani Moyo

Principal Scientist I - Farming & Systems Analysis and Country Representative Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe

Dr Bouba Traore

Senior Scientist - Niger

Dr Folorunso Mathew Akinseye

Senior Scientist - Agronomy and Agro Climatology - Senegal

Dr Lester Botoman

Scientist - Systems Agronomist - Not Assigned

Digital Agriculture

Dr Murali Krishna Gumma

Principal Scientist I - Geospatial Sciences and Big Data - India

Dr Mukund Dhavaji Patil

Senior Scientist – Soil Physics - India

Dr Kidia Gelaye

Science and Data Lead - Mali

Sree Vani Teja

Manager - Data Science - India

Dr Pranuthi Gogumalla

Scientist - Digital Agriculture - Not Assigned

Mr Issoufou Moussa Sayo

Manager - Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning - Not Assigned

Transforming Agrifood System (TAS)

Dr Victor Afari-Sefa

Global Research Program Director - Transforming Agrifood System (TAS) & Country Representative Nigeria - -

Socioeconomics, Inclusion and Impact

Dr Shalander Kumar

Principal Scientist II - Socioeconomist Markets, Institutions and Policies - India

Dr Swamikannu Nedumaran

Principal Scientist I - Agricultural Economist - India

Dr Mequanint Biset Melesse

Senior Scientist - Technology Adoption and Impact Analysis - Not Assigned

Dr Kumara Charyulu Deevi

Senior Scientist - Agricultural Economics - India

Dr Moses Davala Shyam

Scientist - Socio Economist/Agricultural Economist - India

Dr Abhishek Das

Scientist - Agricultural Economist - India

Agribusiness Innovations and Nutrition

Dr Dinesh Kumar Chauhan

Head - Agribusiness and Innovation Platform - India

Dr Roopa Banerjee

Senior Scientist - Biochemistry & Grain Food Quality - India

Dr Edda Lungu

Scientist - Community Nutritionist/ Public Health Specialist - Not Assigned

Dr Srinivas Bollam

Manager - Agribusiness Incubator (ABI) & Bio Ncube - India

Dryland Academy

 
Dr R Padmaja

Principal Scientist I - Sociologist, Gender and Nutrition Research - India