11th Agrochemicals Conference 2022

Theme: “Policy Landscape for a Flourishing Agrochemicals Industry”

Thursday, 23rd June 2022, 1100Hrs. – 1815Hrs. IST
Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi

Program
0930 - 1030 Hrs Registration
1100 - 1200 Hrs. INAUGURAL SESSION
1100 - 1105 Hrs. Lightning of the Lamp
1105 - 1110 Hrs. Felicitation of the Dignitaries
1110 – 1120 Hrs. Welcome Address and Opening Presentation by Mr R. G. Agarwal, Chairman FICCI Crop
Protection Committee & Chairman, Dhanuka Group “Policy Landscape for a Flourishing
Agrochemicals Industry”
1120 - 1130 Hrs. Presentation by Dr Sowmya Mitra, APAC Regional Marketing Director, Corteva
Agrisciences “Agrochemicals - A Global Perspective”
1130 - 1150 Hrs. Chief Guest Address by Shri Vijay Sampla, Hon’ble Chairman, National Commission for
Scheduled Castes, Government of India
1150 – 1155 Hrs. Release of Knowledge Paper prepared by PwC and FICCI
1155 - 1200 Hrs. Concluding Remarks and Vote of Thanks by Mr Manab Majumdar, Deputy Secretary General,
FICCI
1200 - 1230 Hrs. TEA-BREAK
1230 - 1315 Hrs. Panel Discussion I: Policy Landscape for a Flourishing Agrochemicals Industry

Opening Presentation by Mr Ashok Varma, Partner, PwC India

1. Mr Rafael Del Rio, Chairman, Syngenta India Private Limited
2. Mr Shubra Jyoti Roy, Senior Vice President, Jubilant Ingrevia Limited
3. Mr Puneet Singh Thind, Director, Northern Farmers Mega FPO
4. Mr Angelo de Queiroz Mauricio, Agricultural Attaché, Embassy of Brazil
1315 - 1415 Hrs. Business Networking lunch

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1415 - 1515 Hrs. Technical Session II: Measures to strengthen the ambit of Agricultural Ecosystem and
Debunkingmyths about pesticides
Chief Guest Address by Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry
of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India
Special Address by Shri Bhagwanth Khuba, Hon’ble Minister of State, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers and
Ministry of New &Renewable Energy, Government of India
1. Presentation by Ms Mihaela Claudia PAUN, Programme Management Officer, United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) “Insights on Ways to Minimize Environmental and Health Impacts of
Pesticides and Fertilizers”
2. Presentation by Mr Mukund Dusad, Regional Market Director - APAC/Novecare, Agro, Solvay
“Solvay'sInnovative & Sustainable Solutions for Agriculture”
3. Dr Suresh Misra, Professor, Public Administration and Chair Professor & Coordinator, Indian
Institute of Public Administration (IIPA)
1515 - 1600 Hrs. Technical Session III: Enhancing the judicious use of agrochemicals and augmenting
trade opportunities for Indian agrochemical industry
1. Talk by Mr Shashank Chaturvedi, CGM, HIL on “Disruptions in agrochemicals usage: Making the case for
transformation through regulatory reforms and Judicious use of Agrochemicals”
2. Presentation by Dr Vishal Choudhary, Dy. Industrial Advisor, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals,
Government of India “Sustainable development for agrochemicals and green chemistry”
3. Presentation by Dr A. Kuppusamy, Head - Registration and Regulatory Affairs, NACL Industries Limited
“Indian Crop Protection Regulatory process - the way forward and challenge for future growth”
4. Presentation by Mr Jonathan Soham, Senior Consultant Analyst, Agribusiness, S&P Global on “Crop
protection market: A global perspective”
5. Presentation by Mr Harish Mehta, Senior Advisor, Crop Care Federation of India “Demystifying the Myths
about pesticides use in India”
6. Presentation by Dr. Rajiv Paul, Senior Scientific Officer- Ecotoxicology and Endocrine Disruptor, Auxilife
Scientific Services Pvt. Ltd “Importance of Pesticides Regulatory Framework and Judicious use of Pesticides
for Sustainable Agriculture”
1600 - 1700 Hrs. Panel Discussion II (Vice Chancellors): Role of Agrochemicals in increasing the food
production
Anchor: Dr CD Mayee, Former Agriculture Commissioner, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare,
Government of India
1. Dr Vilas Bhale, VC, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth
2. Dr Samar Singh, VC, Maharana Pratap Horticultural University
3. Dr Ajeet Kumar Karnatak, VC, V.C.S.G Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry
4. Mr R. D. Kapoor, Head-Agri Support & Alliance, PI Industry Ltd.
5. Dr. S K Chakrabarti, VC, UbKV, Cooch Behar

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1700 - 1815 Hrs. Technical Session IV: Positioning agrochemicals sector for the future growth
Special Address: Shri Amber Dubey, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India
Address by Shri Jai Prakash Dalal, Hon’ble Minister Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Animal Husbandry &
Dairying, Fisheries and Law & Legislative, Government of Haryana
Address by Shri Susanta Kumar Purohit, Joint Secretary (Chemicals), Department of Chemicals &
Petrochemicals, Government of India
1. Talk by Mr Rajvir Rathi, Director - Public Affairs, Science & Sustainability IBSL, Bayer on “International
CP Regulatory regime and whatbest practices India can adopt to improve the existing system”
2. Presentation by Mr C S Liew, MD, Pacific Agriscience “Leveraging mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to
optimize portfolio and extend geographical presence”
3. Talk by Mr Siraj A. Chaudhry, Non-Executive Director, NCML
4. Presentation by Mr Deepak Bhardwaj, Director & Co-Founder, Io Teachworld Avigation Pvt. Ltd.
“Agricultural Drones”
Summing Up Remarks: Mr R. G. Agarwal, Chairman FICCI Crop Protection Committee & Chairman,
Dhanuka Group
1900 - 2200 Hrs. Networking Dinner

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