Executive Council

Prof. M. S. Reddy
Founder and ChairmanAuburn University Auburn,
Alabama - USA
334-559-1971
munagrs@auburn.edu; prof.m.s.reddy@gmail.com
www.drmsreddy.com
www.auburnventures.com
Publications

Dr. Y. R. Sarma
PresidentFAO Consultant,
Director (Retd.), Indian Institute of Spices Research
Calicut (Kozhikode) - India
495-237-3302
944-754-2300
yammanoor@gmail.com

Dr. K.V.S.S. Sairam
Vice President (Industry)Prathista Industries Ltd.
Hyderabad, Telangana
India
+91-40-27974989
ram@prathista.com
www.prathista.com

Dr. K. R. K. Reddy
Vice President (Industry)Sri Biotech Laboratories India Pvt. Ltd
Hyderabad - India
91-40-32580685
91-9848042508
krksribio@sribio.com
www.sribio.com

Prof. A. R. Podile
Vice President (Academic)University of Hyderabad
Hyderabad - India
+91 94907 49922
arpsl@uohyd.ernet.in

Prof. H. B. Singh
Vice President (Academic)Institute of Agricultural Sciences
Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi - India
+91542-2307116
+91542-2368993
hbs1@rediffmail.com

Dr. Hari Kishan Sudini
Secretary GeneralICRISAT, Patancheru,
Telangana - India
+91-40-30713696
+91-9490635921
H.Sudini@cgiar.org

Dr. K. Vijay Krishna Kumar
TreasurerAcharya NG Ranga Agricultural University
Hyderabad
India
+91 8125834235
kotamvk@gmail.com

Dr. S. Gopalakrishnan
Joint SecretaryICRISAT, Patancheru,
Hyderabad, Telangana
India
+91-40-30713610
s.gopalakrishnan@cgiar.org

Dr. V. Krishna Rao
Joint SecretaryAcharya NG Ranga Agricultural University
Hyderabad, Telangana State
India
krsnaraov@rediffmail.com

Dr. Suseelendra Desai
Scientific Advisor - ConferencesCentral Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture
Santoshnagar, Hyderabad 500059
India
+91-40-24530161
desai@crida.in; desai1959@yahoo.com

Dr Riyaz Z Sayyed
Technical Program Coordinator - ConferencesPSGVPM'SASC College,
SHAHADA (MS) 425409,
India
+91 96735 78286
riyaz829@yahoo.co.in
Publications
Patrons

Prof. Joseph W. Kloepper
Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama - USA
334-559-1971

Dr. David Bergvinson
Director General
ICRISAT
Patancheru, Hyderabad
Telangana State - India

Dr. William D. Batchelor
Dean, College of Agriculture
Director, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
107 Comer Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849-5401
(O) 334-844-3209
(F) 334-844-2937

Prof. Ahmad I. Al-Turki
Director of BCARC
Promising Research Center in Biological Control and Agricultural Information (BCARC),
Qassim University, P.O. Box: 6622, Buraydah 51452
Saudi Arabia
Executive Members

Dr. E.C.Surendranatha Reddy
Assistant Professor and Head of Genetics & Genomics Department
Yogi Vemana University
YSR Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India
+91-9703898882

Dr. G. Archana
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology Center
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vadodara -390002, Gujarat
India
0265-2794396(O),265-6581935(R)
9898722768

Dr. D. L. N. Rao
Project Coordinator
All India Network Project on Soil Biodiversity-Biofertilizers (ICAR)
Indian Institute of Soil Science
Bhopal, MP
India
91-755-2625547 (Home);91-755-2736846 (Work);
91-9303129740 (Cell)
fax no: 91-755-2733310

Dr. P. Ponmurugan
Professor and Head
Dept. of Biotechnology
K.S.R. College of Technology
Tiruchengode, Namakkal Dist, Tamil Nadu
India.

Dr. Naveen Kumar Arora
Head
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Coordinator, Industrial Microbiology
School of Environmental Science
Co- Coordinator, CIIPP
BBA University (A Central University)
Lucknow - 226025, UP, INDIA
+919935383663

Dr. Alok Kumar Srivastava
Senior Scientist
National Bureau of Agricuturally Important Microorganisms NBAIM
Mau Nath Bhanjan
Uttar Pradesh, 275 101
India
09415358200

DR. RAJENDRA SINGH
Assistant Professor, Principal Investigator (UGC Major Project)
Plant Nematology Research Lab. P.G. Department of Zoology
Bareilly College, Bareilly, MJP Rohilkhand University, UP, India
+91 9759523078

Dr. Aundy Kumar
Principal Scientist, Division of Plant Pathology
ICAR, Indian Agricultural Research Institute
New Delhi, India
0091-9540829009

Dr. Pranab Behari Mazumder
Associate Professor and Head
Department of Biotechnology,
Assam University (A Central University), Silchar-788011, Assam
India

Dr. Shilpi Sharma
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
+91 9759523078
Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, INDIA
Honorary International Advisors

Dr. C. L. Laxmipathi Gowda
Former Deputy Director General
ICRISAT
Patancheru, Telangana State
India

Prof. Dr. Rainer Borriss
Director for Research ABiTEP GmbH (Glienicker Weg 185 D-12489 Berlin)
Germany
Assam University (A Central University), Silchar-788011, Assam
India

Dr. Yoav Bashan
Adjunct Professor of Auburn University
Auburn, AL, USA
&
Group Leader
Environmental Microbiology
Northwestern Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR)
Mexico

Dr. Luz E. de-Bashan
Research Associate Professor
Environmental Microbiology Group
Northwestern Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR)
Mexico

Dr. Dilantha Fernando
Professor
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
Canada

Dr. Cargele Masso
Project Leader | COMPRO
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA, www.iita.org
Central Africa Hub
IITA-Nairobi, c/o ICIPE, Kasarani, P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi,
Kenya
International Mailing Address: IITA, Carolyn House, 26 Dingwall Road, Croydon, CR9
3EE, UK
+254 20 863 2927 | +254 708 090 089
Skype: cargele.masso

Dr. Henry Fadamiro
Alumni Professor
Assistant Dean & Director Global Programs
Ag Administration faculty
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Coordinator for Alabama &Associate Director, Southern
Region IPM Center
Auburn University, Auburn, AL
USA
Dr. Ajit Varma
Distinguished Scientist & Professor of Eminence, Amity Institute of Microbial Technology
Vice Chairman, Amity Science, Technology & Innovation Foundation (ASTIF)
Amity University Uttar Pradesh
E-3 Block, Fourth Floor, Sector 125, Noida, UP 201303
India

Dr. Choong-Min Ryu
Principal Research Scientist
Molecular Phytobacteriology Laboratory
KRIBB, Daejeon 305-806
S. Korea
82-42-879-8229
Fax: 82-42-860-4488

Dr. Dilfuza Egamberdieva
Senior Scientist
Institute of Microbiology
Uzbek Academy of Sciences
Uzbekistan

Dr. Tsedeke Abate
Leader, DTMA (Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa) Project
CIMMYT-Kenya
ICRAF House, UN Avenue, Gigiri
PO Box 1041-00621, Nairobi
Kenya
Telephone: +254 (20) 722-4640
Mobile: +254-719-802-743

Dr. Anton Alexandru Ciucu
Professor
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry,
Department of Analytical Chemistry,
90-92 Panduri Avenue, 050663, Bucharest
Romania
+40722470324
Fax: +40214102279

Dr. Kyungseok Park
Senior Scientist and group leader
Microbial Plant Activation Lab, Division of Agricultural Microbiology, National
Academy of
Agricultural Science, RDA,Suwon, Republic of South Korea

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Gabriele Berg
Institute of Environmental Biotechnology (Head)
Graz University of Technology
Petersgasse 12, A-8010 Graz
AUSTRIA
phone +43 (0) 316 873 8310; fax +43 (0) 316 873 8819
Please visit:

Dr, B. Venkateswarlu, FNAAS
Vice-Chancellor
Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth
Parbhani 431 402 (Maharashtra), India
Tel (O): 02452-223002
Res (R): 02452-223003
Fax: 02452-223582

Dr Peter A.H.M. Bakker
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Department of Biology | Faculty of Science | Utrecht University | Kruyt-building
| Room W307|
Padualaan 8 | 3584 CH Utrecht |
The Netherlands
T +31 30 253 6861 | F +31 30 253 2837

Prof. Hani Antoun
Horticultural Research Center & Department of Soil and Agri-food Engineering
Faculty of Agriculture and Food sciences, Laval University
Quebec City Qc Canada G1V 0A6

Dr. Mariangela Hungria
Soil Microbiologist
Researcher at Embrapa Soja
Member of the Brazilian Academy of Science
Researcher 1A of CNPq
Cx. Postal 231, 86001-970, Londrina, Paraná
Brazil
Phone: (+55)4333716206
Fax: (+55)4333716100

Professor Dr. Kornelia Smalla
Julius Kühn-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen
Institut für Epidemiologie und Pathogendiagnostik
Messeweg 11-12
D-38104 Braunschweig
Germany
Phone: +49-531-2993814
FAX:+49-531-2993013

Dr. Narendra Tuteja, Ph.D., D.Sc.
(FNA, FNASc., FASc., FNESA, FNAAS, FTWAS)
Group Leader & Senior Scientist
International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg,
New
Delhi – 110 067
India
Tel.: +91-11-26742357, +91-9811233350

Dr. J. Kumar
Professor & Dean
College of Agriculture
G.B.Pant University of Agriculture & Technology
Tel +91-5944 - 233632; 233813 (R)
Fax:+ 91-5944 - 233257; 233473

Dr. Zhiyuan Tan
Professor of Microbiology at College of Agriculture
South China Agricultural University
China

Dr. Irina E. Smirnova
Head of the Laboratory of Microbial Ecology
Institute of Microbiology and Virology
Ministry of Education and Science
Almaty
Kazakhstan
Phone: +7 727 2918497
Fax: +7 727 2918496

Dr. Ali Ariapour
Natural Resource Management Department
Islamic Azad University
Boroujerd Branch (IAUB)
Academic Member
Iran

Dr. K. Annapurna
Principal Scientist
Division of Microbiology
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
New Delhi 110 012
India
Ph (O) 91-11-25847649
Fax 91-11-25846420

Prof. T. Marimuthu, Ph.D., FNABS
Secretary
National Academy of Biological Sciences [NABS]
C/o World Noni Research Foundation
12, Rajiv Gandhi Road, Perungudi
Chennai - 600 096, Tamil Nadu, India
Mobile: 94436 73155

Dr. Esmat M.Hegazi
Prof.of Economic Entomology
Faculty of Agriculture,
Alexandria University
El-Shatby,Alexandria, Egypt
Fax:00203/5922780
Mobile 01222425977
Email: esmat hegazi eshegazi@hotmail.com

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Al-Deghairi
Department of Crop Production & Protection
College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Qassim University, P.O. Box: 6622, Bureidah 51452, Saudi Arabia
607967053

Prof. T. Marimuthu, Ph.D., FNABS
Secretary
National Academy of Biological Sciences [NABS]
C/o World Noni Research Foundation
12, Rajiv Gandhi Road, Perungudi
Chennai - 600 096, Tamil Nadu, India
Mobile: 94436 73155

Dr. Esmat M.Hegazi
Prof.of Economic Entomology
Faculty of Agriculture,
Alexandria University
El-Shatby,Alexandria, Egypt
Fax:00203/5922780
Mobile 01222425977
Email: esmat hegazi eshegazi@hotmail.com

Dr. A.K. Saxena
Head
Division of Microbiology
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
New Delhi-110012, India
+ 91-11-25847649
+ 91-9650377776

Prof. Dr. Christian Staehelin
School of Life Sciences
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol
Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University, East Campus
Guangzhou , China
8620 39332976

Dr. Mohamed A. El Meleigi
Professor of Plant Pathology
College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Qassim University
Saudi Arabia

Dr. Yun-Yue Wang
Professor and Director General
Chinese Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Agrobiodiversity and Plant Disease
Management
Yunnan Agricultural University
China

Dr. K.S. Jagadeesh
Professor, Dept, of Agril Microbiology
University of Agricultural Sciences
Dharwad. Karnataka. India

Dr Sushil K. Sharma
Principal Scientist (Agricultural Microbiology) & Curator, National Agriculturally
Important Microbial Collection (NAIMCC)
National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms (NBAIM), ICAR Kushmaur,
Mau Nath Bhanjan-275 103
Uttar Pradesh, India
91-547-2530080
09473725811
Fax 91-547-2530381

Dr. Le Nhu Kieu
Deputy Director of Soils and Fertilizers Research Institute
Vietnam
84.438385221
84.0903203767

Dr. Shamarao Jahagirdar
Professor of Plant Pathoogy
Department of Plant Pathology,AICRP on Soybean
University of Agricultural Sciences
Dharwad, India

Prof. M. K. Naik
Dean (Post Graduate Studies) and Professor of Plant Pathology
University of Agricultural Sciences
Raichur, India
www.mkn-uasr.com
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Prof. (Dr.) D.K.Maheshwari
Former-Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences
Department of Botany and Microbiology
Gurukul Kangri University
Hardwar-249 404
Uttarakhand - India
01334-246767 (O), 265469(R), +919837308897(mob)

Rodolfo O. Ilao
Director of ARMRD of PCAARRD
Philippines

Dr. Alok Kumar Srivastava
Senior Scientist
National Bureau of Agricuturally Important Microorganisms NBAIM
Mau Nath Bhanjan
Uttar Pradesh, 275 101
India
09415358200

Prof. Suresh Deka
Environmental Biotechnology Lab
Life Sciences Division
Institute of Advanced Study in Sci & Tech (IASST)
(An Autonomous Institute under DST, Govt. of India)
Garchuk, Vigyan Path, Guwahati -781035,India
Ph. +91 9508464445, 0361 2740679

Dr. S. Sriram
Principal Scientist (PLANT PATHOLOGY)
Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR)
Hessaraghatta Lake Post
Bangalore 560089, Karnataka, India

Dr. M. Sudhakara Reddy
Professor
Dept Biotechnology
Thapar University
Patiala 147004, India

Dr. K. K. Pal
Principal Scientist, Microbiology, Directorate of Groundnut Research
Ivnagar Road, PB No. 5, Junagadh-362001, Gujarat, India
Fax:02852672550
Tel:0285-2673041/2672461 ext 138/139
Res. 0285-2673274
Mob:09426476749
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Dr. M. S. Rao (Mahendrakar Srinivasa Rao)
Principal Scientist’ ICAR
Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru, India
Contact details : 09480697571/ 09482603614

Dr. Nguyen Tri Ngoc
Vice President and Secretary General
Vietnam Federation of Agriculture and Rural Development Associations
Hanoi, Vietnam
126 Trung Kinh, Yen Hoe, CG, HN
Tel: 84-4-37824681, 0913 289018

Dr. R. C. Mishra
Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Swami Vivekanand University, Sagar, MP, India

Dr. V. R. Prabavathy
Principal Scientist, Microbiology division, Biotechnology Programme
M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India

Dr. Anita Patil
Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Sant Gadge Baba
Amravati University, Amravati (M.S), India
Telephone (O) 91-721-2662208
ext 267, Mobile- 091- 9881735354
Fax no. 91- 0721 – 2662135; 2660949

Dr. B.K. Mishra
Associate Professor
Department of Plant Pathology
Swami Vivekanand University, Sagar, M.P., India
+919452932451

Dr. Rohit K. Mishra
Research Scientist at Biological Product Laboratory
Dept. of Botany, Central University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India

Dr. NGUYEN THI THU NGA
Lecturer, Vice head of Department of Plant Protection
College of Agriculture and Applied Biology- Cantho University – Vietnam

Dr. Shripad Kulkarni
Professor of Plant Pathology
Institute of Organic Farming
University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India

Prof. Pramod W. Ramteke
Dean, Post Graduate Studies & Head, Department of Biological Sciences
Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHIATS)
(formerly Allahabad Agricultural Institute- Deemed University)
Allahabad 211 007, Uttar Pradesh, India
Phone: +9415124985 (Mob)