CII Agtech 2020

Global Dialogue on Next Gen Agri-Technologies

17 September 2020 - Day 1

Opening Session

Technology led resilience for Aatmanirbhar Krishi
1230-1400 hrs

Mr Sanjiv Puri
Chairman
CII National Council on Agriculture &
Chairman & Managing Director
ITC Limited

Mr Vivek Aggarwal
Joint Secretary & CEO (PM-KISAN/FWS), COOP & IT
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare
Government of India

Dr Ramesh Chand
Member
NITI Aayog
Government of India

Mr Anil Nair
Managing Director
Country Digital Acceleration
Cisco APJC

Mr Parthsarathi Trivedi
CEO & Co-Founder
Skylo Technologies
Inc., USA

Session 1

Robotics in Agriculture: Building Autonomous Farms of Future
1430-1600 hrs

Mr Rohtash Mal
Chairman & Managing Director
EM3 AgriServices Pvt Ltd

Prof Salah Sukkarieh
Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems
The University of Sydney
Australia

Mr Ofer Gol
Business Development Manager
Kidum, R&D Applications
Tech Transfer of ARO Agricultural Research Organization
Ministry of Agriculture
Israel

Prof Kavi Arya
Principal Investigator, e-Yantra
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering Dept.
Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay

Mr Damion Schwarzkachel
Consulting Sales
Engineer / Architect
Certhon Greenhouse Solutions
Netherlands

Mr Sergio Soares
Innovation Systems & Agronomic Design Leader
CNH Industrial
Brazil

Dr Jayalakshmi Surendran
Head
Advanced Technology Group
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd

Session 2

Biological Innovations: Harnessing the Potential of Genes
and Microbes for Improving Agri Efficiencies
1630-1800 hrs

Dr Rahul Mirchandani
Chairman & Managing Director
Aries Agro Limited

Dr Alok Adholeya
Director
TERI Deakin Nanobiotechnology Centre
Senior Director
Sustainable Agriculture
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

Dr Moshe Reuveni
Head
Plant Sciences
Agriculture Research Organization (ARO)
The Volcani Centre
Israel

Dr Ramanathan Vairamani
Chief - Technology & Innovation
Seeds Division Rallis
India Limited

Dr Venkatesh Devanur
Director
Koppert Sustainable Solutions
India Limited

18 September 2020 - Day 2

Session 3

Nanotech Advancements in the Industry and
their role in Reshaping Agriculture
1230-1400 hrs

Dr Raman Ramachandran
Managing Director & CEO
PI Industries

Dr Rajani Sarojam
Principal Investigator
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory
& Co-Principal Investigator, DiSTAP,
Singapore-MIT Alliance for
Research & Technology

Dr A Lakshmanan
Professor and Head
Department of Nano Science
and Technology
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

Dr Sachin Parashar
Senior Scientist -
Emerging Materials
Tata Chemicals Limited

Dr Ramesh Raliya
Joint General Manager and
Head of R&D
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO)

Session 4

Digital Agriculture: Data Driven Solutions for
Optimizing Value Chains
1430-1600 hrs

Mr Sanjeev Asthana
Founder & Director
Ifarms Venture Advisors
Private Ltd

Dr Rob Bramley
Senior Principal Research Scientist - Precision Agriculture
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Australia