Advisory Board
Distinguished experts and industry leaders guiding the Crop Icons Awards towards identifying and honoring true excellence in agriculture.
Chairperson
Dr Himanshu Pathak
Director General
ICRISAT
Board Members
A diverse panel of thought leaders bringing decades of experience across policy, research, and industry.
Dr Tarun Shridhar
Former Secretary
Ministry of Fisheries, AH & Dairying
Dr Poonam Malakondaiah
Former Spl Chief Secretary
Agriculture, Andhra Pradesh
Dr P Chandra Shekara
Director General
CIRDAP
Dr AK Singh
Vice Chancellor
RLBCA University, Jhansi
Dr Suresh Kumar Malhotra
Vice Chancellor. MHU Karnal
Former Agriculture Commissioner, GoI
Dr Suresh Kumar Chaudhari
Director General
FAI
Dr U S Gautam
Former DDG (Agriculture Extension)
ICAR
Dr Dilip Ghosh
Director
Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur
Dr Sharmila Oswal
Millet Women of India
Dr D C Maye
Chairman of Board
AFC
Dr Ashwini Dutt Pathak
Director,
ICAR-IISA, Lucknow
Shri Sourabh Agarwal
Managing Director
Stevia Life
Dr PPS Pangli
President
Borlaug Farmers Association
Dr Arjun Saini
Former DG Horticulture
Haryana
Dr Rajaram Tripathi
Richest Farmer of India Awardee 2023
Social Thinker | Editor - Kaksad
Manohar Singh Chauhan
Richest Farmer of India Awardee 2025
Lekhram Yadav
RFOI - First Runner-Up Awardee 2025 Vrikshyurveda Practitioner, CTO
UB Organic India Groups
Nituben Patel
Richest Farmer of India Awardee 2024 Founder
Sajeevan Life Pvt Ltd,
Interested in joining our mission?
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