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An experienced professional in biotech regulatory, resistance management and research, with 16 yrs corporate experience

Profile Summary

An ag professional with a strong foundation in agriculture pest management. Have contributed to development of insect-tolerant biotech varieties and registrations in India, ASEAN and China. Worked for 16+ years in the industry for Syngenta, Monsanto, Dow AgroSciences and DuPont Pioneer in India and Singapore. With a passion to solve real problems in food production and sustainability, have co-founded a agritech startup. Experiences and skills 1. Agriculture pest management: Insect Resistance Management (IRM), Developing IRM strategies for Bt corn and Bt cotton, research and development of novel plant varieties. 2. Biotech Regulatory, Regulatory Scientific Affairs: Food, environmental safety assessment, stakeholder management, dealing with government regulatory agencies for permitting and approvals. Technical writing, advocating for policy changes that could potentially shape regulations. Worked with regulators and members of Review Committee on Genetic Manipulations (RCGM,DBT), Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) in India; Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), Philippines; and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), Vietnam 3. Entrepreneurial - company founding, design thinking, business planning, fund raising, results oriented, trouble shooting 4. Analysing large datasets from field efficacy trials, data visualisation and report preparation 5. GHG Protocols (Scope 1 & 2), Accounting & verification. Carbon farming. Interests: small farm sustainability, food and environmental safety

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Agricultural Technology
• ☆ Agribusiness
• ☆ Agronomy & Crop Science
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Data Visualization

Services

• Writing

Writing Technical Writing

Work Experience

R&D Consultant

ADAMA

November 2023 - Present

Product Development and Regulatory Consultant

Teora

September 2022 - November 2023

Drone Consultant

GrowAsia

April 2022 - June 2022

Insect Resistance Management Lead, APAC

Syngenta APAC

April 2017 - May 2019

Education

Ph D (Agricultural Entomology)

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

1999 - 2003

M Sc (Agricultural Entomology)

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

1996 - 1998

B Sc (Agriculture)

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

1991 - 1995

Certifications

• ISO 14064 -1 & ISO 14064-2 Greenhouse Gas Accounting (GHG) Lead Verifier Course

  SGS

  https://learning.sgs.com/lmt/!clmscertificate.prVerify?site=sgsssc&in_region=in&in_token=Q0Y3MDE5QTg1MjQ3M0QwNDExQTZGNEE2MkRDOTJDMUFEQ0VEMThCOTdEMUVFQzVDMEM0NDM1RkU3MkYwNzZFRjY4QkM4NUNBNTExREI4MEY=

  August 2022 - Present

• Certificate in Carbon Farming Principles

  Indigo

  https://www.credential.net/91076b39-b422-45c2-8c20-0f98313f040d#gs.92h4ng

  August 2022 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Comparative toxicity of Cry1Ac and Cry2Aa -endotoxins of Bacillus thuringiensis against Helicoverpa armigera (H.) .

Transgenics in agriculture .

Lightning bugs .