International Year of Millets : 2023
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Government of India

IYoM-2023: Task Force

Task Force on Enhancing Production and Productivity of Millets

Sl. No	Name & Designation	#
1	Dr. S.K. Malhotra, Agriculture Commissioner Department Agriculture & Farmers Welfare	Chairman
2	Dr. T.R. Sharma, Dy. Director General (Crop Sciences) ICAR	Co-Chairman
3	Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Vice Chancellor University of Agricultural Sciences	Member
4	Dr. D.K. Yadava, ADG (Seeds) ICAR	Member
5	Dr. Vinod Gour, Chairman-cum-Managing Director National Seeds Corporation	Member
6	Dr. Vilas A. Tonapi, Director ICAR-IIMR	Member
7	Dr. Tara Satyavathi, Project Coordinator All India Coordinated Pearl Millet Improvement Project (AICPMIP)	Member
8	Dr. Binu Cherian, Harvest Plus India	Member
9	Dr. Balu Athani, Future Greens, Bagalkot	Member
10	Shri R.P.Singh, Director Directorate of Millets Development, Jaipur	Member
11	Mr. Prabhakar Rao, President National Seed Association of India (NSAI)	Member
12	Dr. Satish, IFS Former Commissioner, Govt. of Karnataka	Member
13	Dr. Anil Pratap Singh, ADC (Crops) Department Agriculture & Farmers Welfare	Member

Sl. No	Name & Designation	#
1	Dr. Hemalatha, Director ICMR-NIN	Chairman
2	Ms. Pallavi Aggarwal,IAS, Joint Secretary Poshan Abhiyan, Ministry of Women & Child Development	Co-Chairman
3	Dr. Raj Bhandari, Member National Technical Board on Nutrition (NTBN)	Member
4	Shri Arun Singhal, IAS, Chief Executive Officer FSSAI	Member
5	Dr. Jagmeet Madan, President Indian Dietetic Association (IDA)	Member
6	Dr. Usha Dharmaraj, CFTRI	Member
7	Dr. B. Dayakar Rao, CEO, Nutrihub ICAR-IIMR	Member
8	Dr. Chidambara Murthy, MS Ramiah Medical Institute	Member
9	Dr. Jaya Benjamin, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi	Member
10	Dr. K Bhaskarachary, Former Dy. Director National Institution of Nutrition (NIN)	Member
11	Chef Manjit Gill, President IFCA	Member
12	Nominee of APC , Govt. of Madhya Pradesh	Member
13	Shri Bipul Srivastava, DC (Oilseeds) Department Agriculture & Farmers Welfare	Member

Sl. No	Name & Designation	#
1	Dr. Sridevi A. Singh, Director CFTRI (CSIR)	Chairman
2	Dr. B. Dayakar Rao, CEO, Nutrihub ICAR-IIMR	Co-Chairman
3	Dr. Shelly Praveen, Principal Scientist IARI	Member
4	Dr. Padmaja PG, Principal Scientist ICAR-IIMR	Member
5	Dr. Tanveer Alam, Director IIP	Member
6	Dr. Jaganmohan, Principal Scientist Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT), MoFPI	Member
7	Dr. Arunachalam, CGM FCI	Member
8	Dr. K.V. Reddy, ITC foods	Member
9	Dr. Rekha Singhal, Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai	Member
10	Shri Atish Chandra, IAS, Chairman CWC or his nominee	Member
11	Dr. K. N. Vijaya Prakash, MD SWC, Karnataka	Member
12	Ms. Nilkamal Darbari, Chairman SWC, Rajasthan or her nominee	Member
13	Dr. R. S. Dhillion, MD SWC, Haryana	Member
14	Dr. C.V.Ratnavati, Principal Scientist IIMR	Member
15	Dr. Somanath Agasimani, Asstt. Commissioner (Crops) Department Agriculture & Farmers Welfare	Member

Sl. No	Name & Designation	#
1	Dr. B. Dayakar Rao, CEO, Nutrihub ICAR-IIMR	Chairman
2	Chef Manjit S Gill, President IFCA	Co-Chairman
3	Dr. S. K. Verma, Director R &D, PLI Scheme, MoFPI	Member
4	Ms. Inoshi Sharma, Director FSSAI	Member
5	Dr. Meenakshi Singh, SeMI CSIR	Member
6	Dr. Usha Dharmaraj, CFTRI	Member
7	Dr. Sarojini J Karakannavar, Head FSN UAS Dharwad	Member
8	Dr. Dhruthi Bal, Britannia Industries	Member
9	Dr. Lakshmi, FSN AGRAU	Member
10	Prof. Anupama Singh, Head Food Engineering NIFTEM MoFPI	Member
11	Mr. Thomas Zacharias, Bombay Canteen	Member
12	Dr. K Suresh Kumar, Prof. IIFPT (MoFPI)	Member
13	Dr. B.K. Yadav, ADC(Crops) Department Agriculture & Farmers Welfare	Member
14	Dr. N.G. Malleshi, Former Head GST, CFTRI, Mysore	Member

Sl. No	Name & Designation	#
1	Dr. Abhilaksh Likhi, IAS, Additional Secretary Department Agriculture & Farmers Welfare	Chairman
2	Dr. A. K. Singh, DDG (Extension) ICAR	Co-Chairman
3	Md. Noor Rahaman Shaik, Joint Secretary Econ. Diplomacy, MEA (International)	Co-Chairman
4	Dr. B. Rajender, IAS, Minister(Agriculture) Embassy of India, Rome (Italy)	Member
5	Dr. Arvind Kumar, DDG (Research) ICRISAT	Member
6	Dr. Arvinda Kumar Padhee, IAS, Director ICRISAT, New Delhi	Member
7	Dr. S.K. Malhotra, Agriculture Commissioner Department Agriculture & Farmers Welfare	Member
8	Shri Arindam Bagchi, JS External Publicity MEA	Member
9	Sh. Dheeraj Kumar, IAS, Commissioner of Agriculture Project Director, SMART, Govt. of Maharashtra	Member
10	Dr. Anuradha, Commissionerate of Agriculture Govt. of Karnataka	Member
11	Dr. Vilas A. Tonapi, Director ICAR-IIMR	Member
12	Dr. S. K. Verma, Director R &D , PLI Scheme, MoFPI	Member
13	Dr. B Dayakar Rao, CEO Nutrihub ICAR-IIMR	Member
14	Mr. Sanjay Shukla, MD CGMFP, Chhattisgarh	Member
15	Mr. Raghunanadan Rao, Agriculture Commissioner Govt. of Telangana	Member
16	Mr. Rajshekhar Seelam, Founder MD, 24 Mantra	Member
17	Mr. Raju Bhupathy, Founder MD for Millets	Member
18	Mr. Vikas Gupta, Global Head Tata Sampann	Member
19	Sh. Mahendra Choriya, President Bagar Mills Assn	Member
20	Mr. K. Ramulu, MD TS Agros, Govt. of Telangana	Member

Sl. No	Name & Designation	#
1	Sh. Vivek Aggarwal, IAS, Additional Secretary Department Agriculture & Farmers Welfare	Chairman
2	Sh. P.K. Swain, IAS, Additional Secretary Department Agriculture & Farmers Welfare	Co-Chairman
3	Dr. Vilas Tonapi, Director ICAR-IIMR	Member
4	Dr. Ganesh Sundaraman, SBU CEO ITC Foods	Member
5	Dr. Sudheer Nema, CD & QO Britannia Industries Ltd	Member
6	Dr. Gopal Naik, IIM, Bengaluru	Member
7	Dr. Muthukumar, Director A&FD, Govt. of Odisha	Member
8	Dr. Rakesh Serwal, Additional Secretary WCD, NITI Ayog	Member
9	Dr. Vinita Sudhanshu, DGM APEDA	Member
10	Dr. B. Dayakar Rao, CEO, Nutrihub ICAR-IIMR	Member
11	Mr. Rajshekar Seelam, CEO 24 Mantra Organics	Member
12	Dr. Jagmeet Madan, President IDA	Member
13	Chef Manjit Singh Gill, President IFCA	Member
14	Dr. A. Laxmaiah, Scientist, ‘G’ & Head Public Health, NIN	Member
15	Dr. Uday S. Annapure, President AFSTI	Member
16	Mr. C S Jadhav, Inner Being Wellness	Member
17	Mr. Sai Krishna Poppuri, Health sutra	Member
18	Dr. B.K. Yadav, ADC (Crops) Department Agriculture & Farmers Welfare	Member
19	Dr. Tarun Bajaj, Director APEDA	Member
20	Dr S.S. Nayyar, GM APEDA	Member