Dr. Ashok Dalwai
Chairman
Committee on Doubling Farmers' Income, Government of India
Mr. Ramkumar Menon
Chairman
World Spice Organisation
Shri. M. S. Manivannan IAS
Secretary
Spices Board
Dr. Debi Sharma
Chairperson
FSSAI Scientific Panel on Pesticide Residues
Smt. Manju Rajpal IAS
Principal Secretary
Agriculture & Horticulture Department, Government of Rajasthan
Mr. Tejus Gandhi
Chairman
Federation of Indian Spice Stakeholders
Mr. Ganapathy K D
Managing Director
Nedspice Processing India & Business Committee Chairman, NSC 2026
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
Director
ICAR-National Research Centre on Seed Spices (NRCSS)
Mr. Ramesh Bhandari
CEO
Sri Venketa Sai FPO
Mr. Amarander Y
Senior Manager – Backward Integration & Procurement – Spices
ITC Ltd, Agri Business Division
Mr. Arun Yadav
Executive Vice President
National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited
Mr. Ravindra Singh
Director
GIZ India
Mr. Jagjeet Singh
Country Director
IDH India
Dr. Aastha Bajaj
Founder & Director
Ancient India Group
Dr. Poonam Pande
Senior Manager
McCormick and Company
Ms. Syamala Gowri Lingala
Senior Manager Sustainability
Jayanti Herbs and Spice
Dr. Dinesh Singh Bisht
Scientist
Spices Board
Mr. Avinash Maheshwari
CEO
Geo-Chem Laboratories Pvt Limited., (Part of Cotecna Group)
Dr. Vandana Tripathy
Network Coordinator
All India Network Project on Pesticide Residues, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Mr. Ashvin Subrahmanyam
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Orkla India
Mr. Prashant Gunye
CEO & Managing Director
Agreeta Solutions Private Limited
Mr. Satish Kumar
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VSR Enpro Consultants
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Food Safety and Quality Solutions Inc.
Dr. Takhat Singh Rajpurohit
Master Trainer
NSSP-WSO
Mr. K. Upender Reddy
Master Trainer
NSSP-WSO
Mr. Augustus Suting
Director
Meghalaya Basin Management Agency
Mr. U. Karthik
Director
Asian Spices & Co-Chair, FISS
Shri. Abhishek Dev IAS
Chairman
APEDA
Mr. Manoj Kumar Menon
Executive Director
ICCOA
Mr. Sandeep Bhargava
CEO
OneCert International
Mr. Abhijeet Bhosale
Assistant General Manager - Farm Production & Procurement
24 Mantra Organic
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Project Coordinator, Sustainable Land Management
Meghalaya Basin Management Agency (MBMA)
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Tolakari FPO, Kurnool
