10th Agrochemicals Conference

Theme: “India@75: Expediting the Sustainable Growth of Agrochemicals Industry for Self-
Reliant India”
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Thursday, 23 September 2021, 1000Hrs. – 1730Hrs. IST

DRAFT AGENDA
1000 - 1140 Hrs. INAUGURAL SESSION
1000-1002 Hrs. Lightning of the Lamp
1002-1005 Hrs. Felicitation of the Dignitaries
1005 - 1010 Hrs. Welcome Remarks by Mr. Dilip Chenoy, Secretary General, FICCI
1010 - 1020 Hrs. Presentation by Mr. R G Agarwal, Chairman, FICCI Crop Protection Committee & Group
Chairman, Dhanuka Agritech Ltd.
1020 - 1030 Hrs. Indian Industry Perspective by Mr. Vikram Shroff, Director, UPL
1030 - 1040 Hrs. Global Perspective by Mr. Peter Ford, President Asia Pacific, Corteva Agriscience
1040 - 1050 Hrs. Special Address by Shri Yogendra Tripathi, Secretary (Chemicals & Petrochemicals),
Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Government of India

1050 - 1105 Hrs. Keynote Address by Prof. Ramesh Chand, Member, NITI Aayog, Government of India
1105- 1115Hrs. Guest of Honor Address by Shri Bhagwanth Khuba, Hon’ble Minister of State, Ministry of
Chemicals & fertilizers and Minister of State, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy,
Government of India.
1115 -1130 Hrs. Address by Chief Guest Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India
1130 - 1135 Hrs. Release of Knowledge Paper prepared by PwC and FICCI

1135- 1140 Hrs. Concluding Remarks and Vote of Thanks by Dr. S P Mohanty, Co-Chairman -FICCI Sub
Committee on Crop Protection Chemicals, CMD, HIL (INDIA) Ltd.
1140 - 1145 Hrs. BREAK

1145 - 1300 Hrs. Panel Discussion I: Leading lights, Global Outlook & driving innovation in the
Agrochemicals Industry

Chairperson: Shri Samir Kumar Biswas, Additional Secretary (Chemicals), Department of

Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Government of India
Panellists:
 Presentation and Moderation by Mr. Ajay Kakra, Executive Director, PWC on the
knowledge report
 Talk by Mr. Gavin Kerr, Country Manager, Nufarm, New Zealand on the “Value of the

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 crop protection market to New Zealand”
 Talk by Mr. Sanjiv Lal, CEO, Rallis India on “Role of Agrochemicals in country’s
economic growth by becoming a global manufacturing and export hub for achieving
the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat”
 Presentation by Mr. Ikko Watanabe, First Secretary (Food and Agriculture), Embassy
of Japan on “Japan’s innovation strategy for carbon neutral”
 Talk by Ms. Yifat Lascar- Head of Marketing, Development and Registration India,
Middle East & Africa, Adama Ltd.
 Talk by Mr. Raju Kapoor, Director – Public & Industry Affairs, FMC India Pvt Ltd.

1300 - 1415 Hrs. Technical Session II: Resilience in Paradigm Shift: Making Indian Agrochemicals Industry
Globally Competitive (Self-Reliant)

Chairperson: Smt. Neel Kamal Darbari, Managing Director, Small Farmers’ Agri-Business
Consortium, Government of India

Moderation by Ms. Aashish Kasad, Partner, EY India, National Leader – Chemicals and
Agriculture sector; and Diversity and Inclusion Business Sponsor

 Presentation by Mr. Mark Ross, Chief Executive, Agcarm on “Responsible use of crop
protection products to provide a safe and abundant food supply and citing a case
study”
 Presentation by Mr. Rajvir Singh Rathi, Head- Public Affairs, Science & Sustainability
Bayer Crop Science Limited on “Farm Profitability through Value Chain Models –
Better Life Farming & Bayer Food Chain Partnerships”
 Presentation by Mr. Lokesh Lohiya, Director, Digital Transformation Office (DTO),
Cisco India & SAARC
 Presentation by Dr. Vishal Choudhary, Dy. Industrial Adviser from Department of
Chemicals & Petrochemicals, GOI on "Green Chemistry and Sustainable Development
for Agrochemicals"
1415 - 1445 Hrs. BREAK

1445 - 1600 Hrs. Technical Session III: ‘Mitigating the Upheavals and embracing green shoots’

Chairperson: Dr. M. Angamuthu, Chairman, APEDA

Moderation by Mr. Manas Majumdar, Partner|Lead Oil & Gas and Chemicals, KPMG

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  Presentation by Mr. Rene Haensel, Technical Director Agro, Evonik EMEA Region on
“Novel benign and sustainable adjuvant delivery systems for agrochemicals and
biosolutions”
 Presentation by Mr. Gustavo Palerosi Carneiro, Senior Vice President BASF
Agricultural Solutions Asia Pacific, Singapore will share views on “Responsible industry
to meet the growing challenges along the value chain for a sound environment”
 Talk by Mr. Ashish Soparkar, MD, Meghmani Organics Ltd.
 Presentation by Mr. Deepak Bhardwaj, Director, IoTech World Avigation Pvt. Ltd. on
“Importance of Drone technology in making Agriculture sector Advanced”

1600 - 1610 Hrs. BREAK

1610 - 1725 Hrs. Technical Session IV: Making India Future Ready

Chairperson: Mr. Salil Singhal, Chairman Emeritus, PI Industries Ltd.

 Presentation and Moderation by Dr. Jonathan Shoham, Senior Consultant Analyst,

IHS Markit on “Global crop protection market and India’s place within it”
 Presentation by Prof. Kadambot Siddique, Hackett Professor of Agriculture, Chair and
Director, The University of Western Australia on “Grower Group Emerging Role in
Farmer Learning and Future Challenges”
 Presentation by Dr Christoph Neumann, Director Regulatory Policy & Stewardship,
CropLife on “India to be the next global crop protection hub”
 Presentation by Dr Ritu Ahuja, Regional Technical Manager, Agro APAC, Solvay on
“Drive for Innovation with focus on Sustainability”
 Chief Guest Address by Shri Kailash Choudhary, Hon’ble Minister of State, Ministry of
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India

1725 - 1730 Hrs. Concluding Remarks & Vote of Thanks by Mr Simon-Thorsten Wiebusch, Co- Chairman, FICCI
Crop Protection Committee & Chief Operating Officer, Crop Science Division of Bayer for
India, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka

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