i. Dr. Praveen C. Verma, Senior Principal Scientist, Plant Molecular Biology, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow

ii. Dr. Suchi Srivastava, Principal Scientist, Plant Microbe-Interactions, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow

iii. Dr. Poonam C. Singh, Principal Scientist, Plant Microbe-Interactions, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow

iv. Dr. Sumit Kumar Bag, Principal Scientist, Plant Molecular Biology, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow

v. Dr. Ajit Pratap Singh, Principal Scientist, Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow

vi. Dr. Anju Patel, Scientist, Environmental Technologies, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow

vii. Dr. Richa Rai, Senior Scientist, Plant Ecology and Climate Change, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow

viii. Dr. Aditi Gupta, Senior Scientist, Plant Molecular Biology, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow

ix. Dr. Sachitra Ratha, Principal Scientist, Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow

x. Dr. K.M. Prabhukumar, Senior Scientist, Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow

xi. Prof. Dinesh Rangappa, JS-NESA & Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka

xii. Dr. Syed Shabih Hassan, JS-NESA & College of Fisheries, GAD-VASU, Punjab

xiii. Dr. Prabhakar Ranjan, JS-NESA