Committees

CHIEF PATRON
Name Designation
Prof. V Palanimuthu Director
NIFTEM, Thanjavur
PATRONS
Name Designation
Dr. Giridhar Parvatam Director
CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru
Dr. Bhaskar Narayan Director
CSIR-IITR, Lucknow
Dr. R Kumar Centre Head
DRDO-DIBT, Mysuru
Dr. C Anandharamakrishnan Director, CSIR-NIIST
Thiruvananthapuram
ADVISORS
Name Designation
Dr. KD Yadav Sr. Vice President (Technical)
AAK Kamani Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
Dr. Prabodh S Halde Head, Technical Regulatory
Marico Ltd., Mumbai
Prof. Anil Kumar Chauhan Head, Dept. of DSFT
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Mr. Shashikumar Thimmaiah MD & CEO
Rice Processing Technology Expert
APIT Machinery Pvt Ltd
ORGANIZING CHAIRPERSON
Name Designation
Dr. Aashitosh A Inamdar President, AFST(I), Mysuru
ORGANIZING CO-CHAIRPERSON
Name Designation
Dr. Parmjit S Panesar President Designate, AFST(I)
Dr. Nandini P Shetty Vice-President, AFST(I)-HQ
ORGANIZING SECRETARIES
Name Designation
Mr. Basavaraja Mundalamani Hon. Secretary, AFST(I)-HQ
Dr. V. R. Sinija President, Thanjavur Chapter, AFST(I)
ORGANIZING CONVENERS
Name Designation
Dr. D V Chidanand "Secretary, Thanjavur Chapter
AFST(I)
Mrs. Sudha M L Hon. Treasurer, AFST(I)-HQ
Dr. Tanaji G Kudre Hon. Joint Secretary, AFST(I)-HQ
Dr. Moses Jeyan Arthur Treasurer, Thanjavur Chapter AFST(I),
ORGANIZING MEMBERS
Name Designation
Ms. Subhaprada Nishtala Vice President, AFST(I)
Dr. R Mahendran Vice President, AFST(I)
Dr. Brijesh Srivastava Vice President, AFST(I)
Dr. Vijayendra SVN Vice President, AFST(I)
Dr. Varadaraj M C Chief Editor, IFI Mag, AFST(I)
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Name Designation
Mr. Umesh Munjaj Kamble Chairman
Dr. R. Jagan Mohan Co-Chairman
Dr. Parmjit S Panesar Co-Chairman
Dr. Sanu Jacob Co-Chairman
Dr. S. Shanmugasundaram Co-Chairman
Ms. Sudha M L Convener
Dr. Jeyan Arthur Moses Co-Convener
Dr. Suresha K B Member
Dr. Chinmayee Deulgaonkar Member
Dr. N. Venkatachalapathy Member
Dr. R. Meenatchi Member
Dr. Manivannan Member
Dr. Shalini S Arya Member
Dr. RBN Prasad Member
Dr. M Murali Krishna Member
Mr. Srinivasan B Member
Mr. Anil Kumar Member
Ms. Mary Suneetha William Member
Dr. Joseph Kingston Member
Dr. G Phani Kumar Member
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
Name Designation
Dr. Alok Kumar Srivastava Chairman
Dr. Nandini P Shetty Co-Chairman
Ms. Subhaprada Nishtala Co-Chairman
Dr. V.R. Sinija Co-Chairman
Mr. Basavaraja Mundalamani Convener
Dr. R. Mahendran Co-Convener
Dr. M. C. Varadaraj Member
Dr. Jeyan Arthur Moses Member
Dr. Brijesh Srivastava Member
Dr. Sreedhar R V Member
Dr. Crassina Kasar Member
Dr. (Mrs.) R Shylaja Member
Sri. Ayub Khan Member
Sri. N Madhukar Member
Sri. C Mahesh Member
REGISTRATION COMMITTEE
Name Designation
Dr. M. Loganathan Chairman
Dr. R. Mahendran Co-Chairman
Dr. Abdul Rasheed K K Co-Chairman
Dr. V. Chandrasekar Convener
Mr. Hrishikesh Deshpande Member
Dr. Rajesh B Kshirsagar Member
Dr. Katke Shailendra Dilipkumar Member
Mr. Ravi Kumar K Member
Dr. Sridhar Rachakonda Member
Mr. Umapati H Member
Mrs. N Roopa Member
Mrs. Aisha Tabassum Member
Sri. J H Lakshmana Member
POSTER COMMITTEE
Name Designation
Dr. SVN Vijayendra Chairman
Dr. Suresh D Sakhare Co-Chairman
Dr. S. Anandakumar Co-Chairman
Dr. Pattekhan H H Convener
Mr. Dayananda Kumar R Member
Dr. Ashish Rawson Member
Dr. V. Chandrasekar Member
Dr. Anbarasu K Member
Dr. Sachin M Eligar Member
Dr. Madan Kumar Member
Sri. P Anjaneya  Member
Sri. S T Babusha Member
Sri. Vasudish C R Member
Dr Sunooj K V Member
SOUVENIR COMMITTEE
Name Designation
Dr. Prakash Halami Chairman
Dr. M. C. Varadaraj Co-Chairman
Dr. R. Vidyalakshmi Co-Chairman
Dr. Tanaji Kudre Convener
Dr. Sunil C K Member
Dr. K V Harish Prashanth Member
Dr. Mohan Kumari Member
Ms. Jyothi K Member
Dr. Shivakumar L Member
Dr. Indira Dey Paul Member
Sri. Dongzagin Singhsit Member
Sri. P T Harilal Member
Mrs. Shylaja S Member
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
Name Designation
Dr. A. Amudhasurabi Chairman
Dr. T. Anand Co-Chairman
Dr. Brijesh Srivastava Co-Chairman
Dr. Parigi Ramesh Kumar Convener
Dr. S. Praveena Co-Convener
Ms. Dhanupriya Member
Dr. Sridhar Rachakonda Member
Dr. Thara C.M Member
Dr. Geevarghese P.I. Member
Dr. Dinkar Kamble Member
Dr. K. Srinivasan Member
Dr. Anil Kumar K Member
Dr. PSN Suresh Member
Dr. Joseph G S Member
Dr. Satish Kumar H T Member
Sri. Dhananjay Kumar  Member
Sri. Atul Kumar Member
ACCOMMODATION AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE
Name Designation
Dr. Chidanand. D. V Chairman
Dr. N Baskaran Co-Chairman
Dr. P Krishnakumar Convener
Dr. R Paranthaman Co-Convener
Dr. P Sureshkumar Member
Dr. K Srinivasan Member
Dr. S Praveena Member
Dr. R Vaitheeswaran Member
Smt. K Kalaimani Member
Dr. V Uma Member
Dr. Mahendran Member
Dr. Ashwath Kumar K Member
Sri. K Rajeshwara Reddy Member
Sri. B N Ramesh Member
VENUE AND HALL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE
Name Designation
Dr. R Mahendran Chairman
Dr. M Tito Anand Convener
Sri. S Balamurugan Member
Sri. A Natraj Member
Sri. K Saminathan Member
Dr. S Chittibabu Member
Dr. E Arunkumar Member
Sri. R Chandramohan Member
Dr. Tanaji G Kudre Member
FOOD AND LOCAL HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE
Name Designation
Dr. K Sureshkumar Chairman
Dr. V Chandrasekar Convener
Dr. S Vignesh Member
Dr. K A Athmaselvi Member
Dr. Arunkumar Anandharaj Member
Dr. R Karthikeyan Member
Dr. P Rajendran Member
Sri. U Nagarajan Member
Sri. V N M Ismail Member
Sri. P Vinodhkumar Member
Sri. P Muniyandi Member
Dr. Aashitosh A Inamdar Member
FOOD EXPO COMMITTEE
Name Designation
Dr. V Eyarkai Nambi Chairman
Dr. V Hema Convener
Smt. S Gnanambika Member
Sri. A Rajkumar Member
Sri. R Senthilraj Member
Smt. B Gomathy Member
Sri. V N M Ismail Member
Shri. T. Varadharajan Member
Shri. S. Sivanandam Member
Dr. Nandini P Shetty Member
CULTURAL COMMITTEE
Name Designation
Dr. S Akalya Chairman
Dr. S Bhuvana Convener
Dr. M Tito Anand Member
Dr. K Sangeetha Member
STUDENT COMMITTEE
Name Designation
Dr. Sunil C K Chairman
Dr. Jeyan A Moses Convener
Dr. M R Bivin Member
Dr. C Sukumari Member
Ms. Subhaprada Nishtala Member
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Name Designation
Dr. R Jaganmohan Chairman
Dr. R Paranthaman Convener
Dr. R Meenatchi Member
Dr. Parmjit S Panesar Member
IT AND VIRTUAL PLATFORM COMMITTEE
Name Designation
Dr. S Shanmugasundaram Chairman
Dr. Pratibha Singh Convener
Dr. Kamatchi Devi S Member
Smt. S Yogeswari Member
Dr. SVN Vijayendra Member
Mr. Manohar MSR Member
Mr. Narayanan K Member