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Prof. S. Venku Reddy, Executive Director, PRDIS is an agricultural extension and rural development expert with over three decades of experience in teaching, research, training and extension. He has hands-on experience in agricultural extension management, evolution studies, project preparation and planning, agriculture biotechnology and capacity building programmes. Before founding PRDIS, Dr. Reddy served as Professor of Agricultural Extension and Head, Extension Education Institute, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural Extension Services Advisor, Government of Uganda, and Consultant, World Bank.

Dr. M. Suryamani, Consultant, PRDIS is Associate Professor (on deputation), Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. She is a specialist in participatory methodologies in agriculture and rural development. She has one and half decades of experience in teaching, training, research, publications and management of programmes connected with Agricultural Extension. She is also associated with series of workshops organized on Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture supported by APNLBP.

Mr. K.L. Srivastava, Consultant, PRDIS is a specialist in natural resources management. He is a former Senior Scientist of ICRISAT, Hyderabad. He also worked as Consultant in Indo-Dutch APWELL Project, Hyderabad. He is associated with Public Awareness Programmes on Biotechnology and Environmental Issues.

Dr. T. Goverdhan Reddy, Prsidenrt, PRDIS is specialist in Agricultural Economics, Earlier he worked as Professor of Agricultural Economics, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. He has worked in crop economic, and environmental research programmes.