Seminar on
Innovations for Regen Agriculture – Indian and Global experiences
&
Launch of collaboration between AgVayā LLP, India and BioSTL, USA
to promote innovation in agriculture across borders.
Knowledge Partner: ICRIER

Date: 15th October 2025
Venue: Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

AGENDA
9:30 am – 10 am: Registration and Networking

10:00 am – 10:15 am: Introduction to BioSTL by Donn Rubin, CEO & President, BioSTL and AgVayā by Ram Kaundinya, Partner, AgVayā

10:15 am – 10:45 am: Conversation with Farmers: Pain Points of Farmers that need solutions
Moderated by: SG Anil Kumar (Samunnati)
Featured Farmers: V. Ravichandran, Anil Ghanwat and Sekhar Bhadsavle

10:45 am – 11.15 am: Transfer of Technology & Science based Innovation in agriculture
Moderated by Sanjiv Rangrass (Bayer, AgriCollaboratory)

Key Note

• Pramod Bhasin, Chair of the Board of Governors, ICRIER
• Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Chairman, PPV&FRA

11.15 am – 11:.30 pm: Tea Break  (Visit to Innovation Gallery in adjacent room ‘Willow’)

11.30 am – 12:.30 pm: Panel Session

Members:

Dr Praveen Malik (ICAR) Ajai Rana (Savannah Seeds)
Vibha Ahuja (Ex-BCIL) Komal Shah Bhukhanwala (SML)
Bhupen Dubey (Advanta) Tarun Sawhney (Triveni Group)
Ankur Aggarwal (Crystal Crop) Simon Wiebusch (Bayer)

Ajai Rana (Savannah Seeds)
Komal Shah Bhukhanwala (SML)
Tarun Sawhney (Triveni Group)
Simon Wiebusch (Bayer)

12:30 pm – 1:00 pm: Presentations on Use Cases of Regen Agri
Project by Bayer – Anand Pratap Shahi , Bayer
Project by IRRI- Dr Sudhanshu Singh, IRRI
Regen Agri using Cover Cress – Vijay Chauhan, BioSTL

1.00 pm – 1.15 pm:  Launch of Global AgXelerate
By Vijay Chauhan, BioSTL and D. Narain, AgVayā

1.15 pm – 1:30 pm Address by Chief Guest: Dr RS Paroda, Chair, TAAS

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm: Networking Lunch (Visit to Innovation Gallery in adjacent room ‘Willow’)

2:30 pm – 3.15 pm: Incubator Dialogue: Improving the Quality of Innovation in Agriculture
Moderated by: Dr Purvi Mehta (Global Centre for Adaptation)

Panel Members:
1. Dr Tamaswati Ghosh , IIT Madras Incubation Cell
2. Dr Sonali Roy, RISE Foundation IISER – Kolkata Incubation Centre:
3. Dr Venkatram Vasantavada, Seed Works
4. Dr. Akriti Sharma, IARI
5. Dr Kavya Dashora, IIT, Delhi

3.15 pm – 5:00 pm: Showcase: Innovations for Regenerative Agriculture
Moderated by: Sannidhi Srinivasan

1. Capsber Agriscience, India (Manoj Kumar Rupa)
2. GreenGrahi, India (Siddharth Sharma)
3. Piatrika Biosystems, India (Vasudev Kumanduri)
4. Mitti Labs, India (Devdut Dalal)
5. Elytron, Argentina (Tadeo Fernandez Göbel)
6. PES technologies, UK (Andrej Porovic)
7. Tierra Spec, Israel (Avital Levy-Lior)
8. Climate Crop, Israel (Vivekanand Tiwari)
9. Agragene, USA (Bryan Witherbee) – Recorded

5.00 pm – 5.15 pm: Call to Action
By Vijay Chauhan, BioSTL & D. Narain, AgVayā & Ashok Gulati, ICRIER

5.15 pm: High Tea & Close