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The Organizing
Committee

Meet the distinguished global experts shaping the future of agriculture through research, innovation, and digital transformation.

Honourable

Patrons

Prof. Rajeev Ahuja

Prof. Rajeev Ahuja

Director, IIT Ropar

Leadership

General Chairs

Dr. Tomas Norton

Dr. Tomas Norton

Associate Professor, KU Leuven

Dr. Mukesh Kumar Saini

Dr. Mukesh Kumar Saini

Associate Professor, IIT Ropar

Technical Program

Program Committee Chairs

Dr. Neeraj Goel

Dr. Neeraj Goel

IIT Ropar

Dr. Mukesh Kumar Saini

Dr. Mukesh Kumar Saini

IIT Ropar

Dr. Dhananjay Singh

Dr. Dhananjay Singh

Penn State College of IST, USA

Global Network

Advisory Board

Dr. Mohan Kankanhalli

Dr. Mohan Kankanhalli

NUS Singapore

Dr. Ramesh Jain

Dr. Ramesh Jain

UC Irvine

Dr. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik

Dr. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik

University of Ottawa

Dr. Dwarikanath Mahapatra

Dr. Dwarikanath Mahapatra

Khalifa University

Dr. Athula Ginige

Dr. Athula Ginige

University of Western Sydney

Organising/Program

Committee

Workshop Chairs

Dr. Hanumant Singh Shekhawat

Dr. Hanumant Singh Shekhawat

IIT Guwahati

Dr. Stephen Paine

Dr. Stephen Paine

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Publicity Chairs

Dr. Kavya Dasora

Dr. Kavya Dasora

IIT Delhi

Dr. Sudarshan Iyengar

Dr. Sudarshan Iyengar

IIT Ropar

Sponsorship Chairs

Dr. Suman Kumar

Dr. Suman Kumar

IIT Ropar

Dr. Reet Kamal

Dr. Reet Kamal

IIT Ropar

Industry Connect Chair

Dr. Radhika Trikha

Dr. Radhika Trikha

Award Chairs

Dr. Mudasir Ahmad Ganaie

Dr. Mudasir Ahmad Ganaie

IIT Ropar

Dr. Gyanendro Loitongbam

Dr. Gyanendro Loitongbam

IIT Ropar

Local Arrangement Chairs

Dr. Simrandeep Singh

Dr. Simrandeep Singh

Chandigarh University

Ms. Parry Sood

Ms. Parry Sood

IIT Ropar

Registration Chairs

Dr. Kalyan TV

Dr. Kalyan TV

IIT Ropar

Dr. Sana Afreen

Dr. Sana Afreen

IIT Ropar

Website Chair

Dr. Manish Kumar

Dr. Manish Kumar

IIT Ropar

Tutorial Chairs

Dr. Shashank Tamaskar

Dr. Shashank Tamaskar

Plaksha University

Dr. Rajiv Ratn Shah

Dr. Rajiv Ratn Shah

IIIT Delhi

Dr. Jan Pidanic

Dr. Jan Pidanic

University of Pardubice, Czech Republic

Agriculture/Farmer Connect

Dr. Rakesh Sharda

Dr. Rakesh Sharda

Punjab Agriculture University

Dr. Rohitashw Kumar

Dr. Rohitashw Kumar

SKUAST

Technical Team

Deepak Meena

Deepak Meena

Technical Lead

IIT Ropar

Vedant Agnihotri

Vedant Agnihotri

Technical Coordinator

IIT Ropar

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