Chairs

Ms Alka Upadhayaya

Secretary
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India

Mr Piercristiano Brazzale

President
International Dairy Federation

Dr Meenesh Shah

Chairman
National Dairy Development Board

Ms Varsha Joshi

Additional Secretary
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India

Dr Satish Marathe

Director
Reserve Bank of India

Mr Brian Lindsay

Director
Dairy Sustainability Framework & Sustainability Lead, Global Dairy Platform

Dr Kumar Venkitanarayanan

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
University of Connecticut, USA

Mr Sangram R Chaudhary

Managing Director
Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd, Gujarat

Mr. Laurent Damiens

Board Member
International Dairy Federation

Speakers

Dr Javzandulam Ch

Executive Director
Mongol Bactrian Association

Dr Alfred deVries

Senior Program Officer for Animal Production
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Dr Ram Pratim Deka

Regional Representative-ILRI
International Livestock Research Institute, New Delhi

Mr Dominique Wisser

Livestock Policy Officer (Systems Analysis)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Mr Batbaatar Bayarmagnai

CEO & Coordinator
Dairy Asia Secretariat, Mongolia

Ms Kimberly Crewther

Executive Director
Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand

Ms Chiyo Shibata

Entrepreneur
Fromage Sen, Japan

Dr Jeerasak Chobtang

Senior Animal Husbandry Officer
Department of Livestock Development, Thailand

Dr Paul Edwards

Senior Scientist
DairyNZ, New Zealand

Mr Vishvas Chitale

Director
Chitale Dairy Industries

Mr Balachandran M K

Head of Growth, Heat Stress Product
Representative from Inclusive Blockchain Insurance using Space Assets (IBISA)

Ms Donna Cram

Fonterra Woman of the Year
Dairy Farmer, New Zealand

Dr Benjamin D Anderson

Assistant Professor & MHS One Health Director
Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida

Mr Mohd Abul Kalam Azad

Livestock/Dairy Expert
Services and Solutions International Ltd, Bangladesh

Dr Dhananjay Apparao

Principal Advisor
Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand

Ms S Sreedevi

Chairperson
Shreeja Mahila Milk Producer Company, Andhra Pradesh

Ms Shija Jacob

Livestock and Animal Health Officer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Dr Artabandhu Sahoo

Director
ICAR- National Research Centre on Camel, Rajasthan

Dr Ilse Koehler Rollefson

Coordinator
League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development

Dr John Henry Neizen

Dairy Consultant
Centre for Dairy Excellence, New Zealand

Mr Enkhbileg Gonchig

Chair
Mongolian National Dairy Board

Dr Abhijit Mitra

Animal Husbandry Commissioner
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India

Ms Sarita Chauhan

Joint Secretary (Livestock Health)
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India

Dr Scott Newman

Secretary
Animal Production and Health Commission in Asia and Pacific (APHCA), FAO, Bangkok

Ms Laurence Rycken

Director General
International Dairy Federation

Dr Bambang Pontjo Priosoeryanto

Professor
School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, IPB University, Indonesia

Ms Aakriti Srivastava

Founder and CEO
Bahula Naturals

Dr Matt Wells

Technical Services Manager
Commercial Department,Virbac New Zealand

Mr Richard S Hidalgo

General Manager
Baclay Multi-Purpose Cooperative

Dr Parag Nigam

Scientist
Wildlife Institute of India,Dehradun

Dr Wathig Hashim

Secretary General
International Camel Organization

Ms Gayatri Patel

Chairperson
Ajarpura Dairy Cooperative Society, Gujarat

Mr Parmod Kandwal

Processing Director
Tetra Pak

Dr Abhijit Gurjar

Director
Global Commercial Development, Zoetis

Dr H A Patel

President
US Dairy and Food Consulting LLC USA

Dr Vibha Dhawan

Director General
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi.

Mr Rahul Kumar

COO
Parag Dairy

Dr Kaushik Khamrui

Principal Scientist
National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal

Mr Saranga Wijesundara

Managing Director- Dairy Sector
Cargills (Cargills Dairies Pvt Ltd and Kotmale Holdings PLC), Sri Lanka

Mr Niraj Garg

Advisor
Prompt Equipments Private Limited,Ahmedabad.

Mr Prakash Maheshwari

Managing Director
IDMC Ltd

Ms Rachana Deodhar Goel

Head- Business Development
NDDB Dairy Services

Mr Srinivas Sajja

Managing Director
National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India

Prof C Shambu Prasad

Professor
Institute of Rural Management, Anand

Mr Prashanth Bharadwaj

Project Manager
Selco Foundation

Mr Sandeep Bharti

Managing Director
NDDB Mrida Limited

Dr Bhushan Tyagi

Joint Commissioner
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India

Mr Kishore M Jhala

Advisor
National Dairy Development Board

Dr R S Sodhi

President
Indian Dairy Association

Dr S Vineeth

Managing Director
Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (AAVIN)

Dr Amit Vyas

Managing Director
Kaira Milk Union

Dr Anand Kumar

Managing Director
Indian Immunologicals Ltd

Dr C P Devanand

Managing Director
NDDB Dairy Services

Mr S Regupathi

Executive Director
National Dairy Development Board

Dr Jayen Mehta

Managing Director
Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation

Mr Manish Bandlish

Managing Director
Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd.

Mr Asif K Yusuf

Managing Director
Kerala Milk Marketing Federation (MILMA)

Mr Jagadish M K

Managing Director
Karnataka Milk Marketing Federation (NANDINI)

Ms Caroline Emond

Ex-Director General
International Dairy Federation

Mr Niranjan Karade

Team Leader
Innovation & Project Management Cell, National Dairy Development Board

Mr S Rajeev

Executive Director
National Dairy Development Board

Mr Takayuki Hagiwara

FAO Representative in India
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Mr Christian Tolleback

Global Key Account Manager
FOSS

Dr Milo Bystricky

Regional AMR Private Sector Food Safety Specialist
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok, Thailand

Ms Burra Dhana Sri

Chairperson
Mulukanoor Women Milk Producer Company Limited, Telangana

Prof Punniamurthy Natesan

Translational Scientist
Glohmsiwa Research Labs Pvt Ltd

Dr Ashok Pande

Senior Advisor
Scientific Research & Livestock Development Bharat Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF) Pune

Dr Sudhindra R Tatti

CEO
Prompt Innovations Pvt. Ltd Ahmedabad

Mr Padam Bdr Gurung

Head
National Cattle Breeding Centre Bumthan Bhutan

Mr Michiel Van Erkel

Agricultural Counsellor for India and Sri Lanka
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Dr A Kowsigan

Director
Animal Husbandry Department, Kerala

Dr Umesh Dahal

Director General
Department of Livestock Services, Nepal

Mr Rajeev Agarwal

Head
Compressed Biogas Plant, Maruti Suzuki India Limited

Mr Abdulrahman Alieedan

Secretary General
International Camel Organization , Saudi Arabia