| Prof. M. S. Swaminathan, Founder Chairman, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. Kirti Singh, Formerly Chairman, ASRB, ICAR & Vice Chancellor (NDUAT, HPKV & IGKV) & President, International Society for Noni Science, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. Himanshu Pathak, Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education & Director General, ICAR, New Delhi. |
| Dr. R. R. Hanchinal, Former Chairperson, Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers' Rights Authority, Government of India and Vice Chancellor, UAS Dharwad, Karnataka. |
| Dr. Anil Kumar Srivastava, U.P. Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Ansundhan Sansthan, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. |
| Dr. K. P. Viswanatha, Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Maharastra. |
| Dr. D. J. Bagyaraj, Chairman Centre for Natural Biological Resources and Community Development (CNBRCD), Bengaluru, Karnataka. |
| Dr. R. Chandrababu, Former Vice Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala. |
| Dr. K. Ramasamy, Former Vice Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. K. Muthuchelian, Former Vice Chancellor, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. P. Gunasekaran, Former Vice Chancellor, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. K. Murugan, Former Vice Chancellor, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. M. Krishnan, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. V. Geethalakshmi, Vice Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. RM. Kathiresan, Vice Chancellor, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. A. Arunachalam, Director, ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Rajasthan. |
| Dr. K.R.S. Sambasiva Rao, Vice Chancellor, Mizoram University, Mizoram. |
| Dr. D.V.R. Sai Gopal, Vice Chancellor, Cluster University, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. |
| Dr. T. Balasubramanian, Former Vice Chancellor, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. R. C. Dubey, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, Uttarakhand. |
| Dr. M.N.V. Prasad, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Telengana. |
| Dr. M. Subramanian, Formerly Director of Research, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. S. Thyagarajan, Formerly Professor & Head, Department of Biotechnology, SRM University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. P. Lakhsmanaperumalsamy, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. K. Kadirvelu, Director i/c, DRDO-Industry-Academia Centre of Excellence (DIA CoE), Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. K. Kathiresan, Centre for Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. S. Nakkeeran, Dean, Agricultural College & Research Institute (TNAU), Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. N. Mathivanan, Director and Head in the Department of Centre for Advanced Study in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. N. Thajuddin, Department of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. Krishna Gopal Mandal, Principal Scientist, Agronomy, ICAR – Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. |
| Dr. A. Kumar, Principal Scientist, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. |
| Dr. Renu Agrawal, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, Karnataka. |
| Dr. P. Shanmugam, Chief Scientist, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. Madhoolika Agrawal, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. |
| Dr. Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Department of Ecological Studies, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal. |
| Dr. N. Umashankar, Molecular Biology Department, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka. |
| Dr. Bernard F. Rodrigues, Department of Botany, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa. |
| Dr. L. Rajanna, Department of Botany, Bangalore University, Karnataka. |
| Dr. M. Ramesh, Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. M. Muthukumar, Dean, School of Earth Science Systems, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, Kerala. |
| Dr. K. Arunkumar, Dean, School of Biological Sciences, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, Kerala. |
| Dr. A. Mohamed Hatha, Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala. |
| Dr. K. Padmakumar, Centre for Marine Biodiversity, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. |
| Dr. E. Pushpalatha, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Malappuram, Kerala. |
| Dr. B. Anjan Kumar Prusty, Department of Environment Studies, Berhampur University, Odisha. |
| Dr. Naser A. Anjum, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. |
| Dr. P.C. Abhilash, Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. |
| Dr. P. V. Shivaprasad, National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, Karnataka. |
| Dr. R. Thirumurugan, Department of Animal Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. A. Palavesam, Department of Animal Science, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. S.M. Sundarapandian, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry. |
| Dr. S. Senthil-Nathan, Department of Environmental Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. M. Radhakrishnan, Centre for Drug Discovery and Development, Sathyabama University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. |
| Dr. Sabayasachi Dasgupta, Department of Ecology and Biodiversity, Tripura University, Tripura. |
