i. Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Khan, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi (Organizing Secretary)

ii. Dr. Pankaj Kumar Srivastava, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow (Organizing Secretary)

iii. Prof. R.P. Singh, Department of Environmental Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow

iv. Prof. Paulraj Rajamani, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

v. Dr. Nandita Singh, Former Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-NBRI & Joint Secretary, ISEB, Lucknow

vi. Dr. Sanjeeva Nayaka, Chief Scientist, Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow

vii. Dr. Sharad Kumar Srivastava, Chief Scientist, Pharmacognosy and Pharmacology, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow

viii. Dr. Puneet Singh Chauhan, Senior Principal Scientist, Plant Microbe-Interactions, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow

ix. Prof. Vipin Vyas, Professor, Life Sciences, Barkatullah University, Bhopal

x. Dr. Sandeep Kumar, Scientist, Division of Environment Science, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

xi. Dr. Gaurav Saxena, Assistant Prof., School of Biotechnology, Shoolini University, Solan

xii. Dr. Ram Sewak Singh Tomar, Treasurer, NESA & Asstt. Registrar, RLB-CAU, Jhansi

xiii. Mr. R.K. Sinha, Executive Secretary, NESA, New Delhi