Co-convened with VillageNama

New Delhi, 29th August 2026

This one-day closed-door roundtable was possibly the first time the industry
(four associations: CCFI, CLI, ACFI & PMFAI) and civil society
(which finds pesticide use poisonous) engaged with each other.

Key Participants (In Alphabetical Order)

• Aishwarya Singh, Consultant, National Coalition for Natural Farming
• Alok Sinha, Former Chairperson & MD, Food Corporation of India
• Amit Khurana, Director, Sustainable Food Systems Programme, Centre for Science & Environment
• Archana Kumari Srivastav, Regional Director, Pesticides Manufacturers & Formulators Association of India
• Balwinder Sidhu, Former Commissioner Agriculture, Govt. of Punjab
• Bineet Sharma, Member, Agro Chem Federation of India
• Durgesh Chandra Sharma, Secretary General, CropLife India
• Harish Mehta, Senior Advisor, Crop Care Federation of India
• Kavitha Kuruganti, Convenor, ASHA Kisan Swaraj
• Narasimha Reddy Donthi, Independent Researcher
• Naresh Sirohi, Former Vice-President, BJP Kisan Morcha
• Nirmala Pathrawal, Executive Director, Crop Care Federation of India
• P K Singh, Commissioner, Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare
• Pranjib Chakrabarty, Former Member (Plant Sciences), Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board
• Ramesh Arora, Professor of Agriculture and Director IQAC at Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University
• Suroor Mander, Advocate, Supreme Court of India
• T. Sonai Rajan, Assistant Director (Entomology), Central Insecticide Board and Registration Committee
• V V Sadamate, Former Adviser Agriculture, Planning Commission, GoI