S. Anbarasan, Managing Director, Eduvision International Pvt. Ltd., Ph.D. in Agronomy, is a distinguished Agriculture expert with extensive experience in both Government and Private Seed companies. Agronomy is a science that contributes to World food production. Agronomy is the backbone of all Agricultural Sciences. Agronomists can combine production techniques from different fields of expertise. He cleared the ASRB/ICAR-NET-2021 exam, which was held by the University Grants Commission in New Delhi in 2021. He earned his B.Sc. Agriculture from Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute (PAJANCOA&RI), Karaikal, affiliated to Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, and his M.Sc. Agronomy from PAJANCOA&RI, affiliated to Pondicherry University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Agronomy (Agriculture) at Annamalai University. He has spent the last six years devotedly working in the fields of Education and Research. He completed MOOCs on Nanotechnology in Agriculture, TANUVAS Management of Cattle Infertility, and Digital Teaching Techniques. In Kozhikode, he successfully completed a ten-day training course on Advances in Agricultural Water Management through Integrated approaches under the influence of a changing Climate (CWRDM) conducted by Government of Kerala.

Together with Prof. M S Swaminathan, the Father of the Green Revolution, he has made significant progress in the National Commission on Farmers. He relished the on-farm trials, front line demonstrations, trainings, extension functionaries, diagnostic visits, and workshops he participated in. He also belongs to the Agricultural Scientific Tamil Society and the All-India Agricultural Students Association (ICAR) as a life member. His work in the field of Agricultural science has been published and presented in numerous National and International journals. He published two textbook and book chapters. Additionally, he presented at and attended conferences, workshops, symposiums, management development programs, self-study courses, and other events on a National and International basis and he has won the award for the best paper presentation, both oral and poster. His awards include the Best Research Paper Award 2024, Best M.Sc. Thesis Award, Out Standing Agronomist Award, Dr. APJ. ABDUL KALAM Young Scientist Award for 2022, Best Researcher Award from VOICE for 2021, the Young Researcher Award from ICEACBS for 2020, and a PATENT for Bio-Technical Interventions for Precision Agricultural Aspects and Crop Monitoring Analysis.

Dr. Arvind D Pandagale (Associate Professor of Agronomy) is working at Cotton Research Station, Nanded (VNMKV, Parbhani, MS). He has experience of 17 years in field of research and teaching. He has recommended 16 technologies for improving yield and profitability of farmers of the region and also associated in release of 11 varieties and hybrids of cotton. He had published 28 research papers in peer reviewed journals along with many papers presented in national and international conferences and symposia. He is actively engage in agricultural extension through more than 200 Kisan mela, farmers’ trainings, radio and TV talks and published 79 popular articles in various newspapers and Magazines.

He is recipient of various awards and appreciations from many research organizations and university like Outstanding scientist, Young Researcher, Rashtriya Samman and best poster presentation award etc for his significant accomplishments in associated fields of agronomy

Dr. Mirza I. A. Baig, working as Associate Professor of Agronomy, VNMKV, Parbhani, has 14 years of teaching and research experience along with potential extension work. He has an excellent record of academic and scientific contributions throughout having awarded gold medal, merit scholarships, national champion in group debate and group discussion, 6 times ICAR NET qualified, selection in ASRB, UPSC, MPSC. He contributed nearly 65 research articles to national and international peer reviewed journals besides 50 popular articles in various newspapers and Magazines. He has guided 18 PG Students. He is honoured with several awards like Young scientist award, best oral presentation and poster presentation award etc for his commendable achievements in allied areas of agronomy.

He has 3 patents in his name. He guides students for Competative and entrance examination and under his guidance many students has got good ranks in MH PG CET and JRF exam.

Dr. M. Vignesh works as a Senior Scientist (Genetics and Plant Breeding) at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He has completed 13 years of service at IARI and contributes to teaching, research, and extension activities. He published >100 research papers in journals of international repute and has participated and presented papers in several national and international seminars. He has also contributed to 16 book chapters. In addition, he has participated in several training programs. Served as course teacher for several undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the discipline of Genetics and Plant Breeding at IARI. As a major advisor, he has also guided six MSc and three PhD students in the discipline of Genetics and Plant Breeding. As a maize breeder, he has actively contributed to 27 maize hybrids with different nutritional quality and specialty traits. He has also served as a resource person in several trainings for faculty, students, extension functionaries, and farmers.

Dr. T. Selvakumar is an Associate Professor (Agronomy) and Head of the Maize Research Station, at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Vagarai. He joined as an Assistant Professor in 2009 and has completed 14 years of service at TNAU, contributing to teaching, research, and extension activities. He has published 46 research papers in NAAS-rated journals and several abstracts in international and national seminars, wrote one book, edited four books, and wrote eight book chapters. In addition, he has participated in several training programmes and seminars at both international and national levels. Served as course teacher for UG, PG, PhD, and ODL programmes at TNAU, Coimbatore. As a major advisor, he has also guided five postgraduate students of Agronomy. As an AICRP Agronomist at the Department of Oilseeds, TNAU, Coimbatore and at MRS, Vagarai carried out several agronomic research experiments under AICRP-Sunflower and Maize schemes. Actively involved in the development of agronomic technologies and developed two technologies for oilseed crops, are included in CPG 2020. Also, he served as a resource person, delivering lectures to scientists, extension functionaries and farmers in various training programmes, and was involved in diagnostic field visits. As a Course Coordinator, conducted one ICAR-winter school and one CAFTA training programme.

Dr. R. Karthikeyan completed his Under graduate, Post graduate in Agronomy and Doctoral degree at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. He had joined the post of Assistant Professor (Agronomy) during the year 2010 and completed more than 14 years of his service contribution towards teaching, research and extension. He served as Agronomist in the ICAR sponsored AICRP schemes of Maize and Pearl millet at Assistant Professor level and at present working as Associate Professor (Agronomy) at the Directorate of Crop Management, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. He is specialised in the areas of Agronomy and Agrometeorology of maize and millet crops. He has guided seven PG students and one Ph.D. scholar so far.