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.

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. G. Mohanraj is a Assistant Professor in Agronomy at the Don Bosco College of Agriculture, Arakkonam. He has over 5 years of research and 3 years of Teaching experience, guiding numerous students and publishing extensively in national and international journals Dr. Mohanraj has also received multiple awards including the Young Researcher Award.

Er. Nidhi Kumari is a highly accomplished academic and researcher in the field of agricultural engineering, holding M.Tech. in Land and Water Resources Engineering from IIT Kharagpur.

Presently, she is working as Subject Matter specialist (Soil & Water Engineering) at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Jale, Darbhanga under Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Bihar. She joined RPCAU, Pusa as Subject Matter specialist at KVK, Turki, on 1st Oct, 2018. Before that, Er. Nidhi spent 7 months as an Assistant Professor at Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM), Odisha, India. During her tenure at CUTM, she provided mentorship to over ten graduate students in their research projects, highlighting his dedication to academic excellence and student development. After completion of her degree in 2013, she joined RGUKT Basar, Govt. of Telangana, India as an Assistant Professor in the department of Civil Engineering (3rd July, 2013 to 6th Feb, 2018). During her tenure at RGUKT Basar, she guided 80 B.Tech. students, served as member of Board of Studies, carrier guidance cell, convocation committee etc. and also developed an advanced hydraulic engineering laboratory. Er. Nidhi completed his B.Tech.. in Agricultural Engineering with distinction from Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, W.B., through ICAR-AIEEA-UG and then pursued her M.Tech. in Land and Water Resources Engineering through GATE at IIT Kharagpur, W.B., India. Her scholarly contributions include the publication of more than 55 research papers, proceeding papers, annual reports, book chapters, technical bulletins, leaflets, folders, brochures, and popular articles. She has actively participated in an array of professional gatherings comprising about 35 national and international seminars, symposiums, conferences workshops and training program. She has handled Climate Resilient Agriculture Project as Co-PI from 2020 funded by Govt. of Bihar, India. Er. Nidhi was honored with three Young Scientist awards, 4 Best poster awards, 4 Best Oral presentation awards etc. Additionally, she holds memberships in various distinguished professional societies and serves as both an editorial board member and esteemed reviewer for several reputed journals. Er. Nidhi current research focuses on climate-resilient agriculture, particularly demonstrating already developed suitable climate-resilient and futuristic cropping system (Crop cycle) modules in Bihar, India and assured irrigation system. Her work aims to enhance agricultural productivity while mitigating the impacts of climate change.