Dr Paco Sereme, Chair, ICRISAT Governing Board, was appointed Chair of the National Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters of Burkina Faso. He was appointed on 16 December 2019 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and will be serving an initial term of three years. The academy has five colleges, one each for human and animal health sciences; natural and agricultural sciences; science and technology; social sciences, humanities, culture and art; legal, political, economic and management sciences.
Mr Kumar, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, served in several senior administrative roles before being appointed Chief Secretary of Telangana State in December 2019. A post-graduate in psychology, Mr Kumar held key posts in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Tribal Welfare, Revenue- Commercial Taxes and Excise, Collegiate Education and AP Urban Services for Poor, among other assignments.
Dr Yilma Kebede brings several years of experience in crop improvement research and project management to the board. He was an ICRISAT Honorary Fellow, appointed in 2017. Dr Kebede has been actively involved in finding sustainable solutions for climate-related issues in Africa and other regions while at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and in the private sector.
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