Suhas P. Wani, Former Director – Asia and Founding Director, IDC at ICRISAT, India. Also served as Visiting Professor at UoA, Edmonton, Canada, and served as a Member of the Sustainable Agriculture Advisory Board (SAAB), Unilever, U.K. as Board member for the JSW Foundation, Currently, he serves as intl. Consultant, ADB Manila, FAO, IFAD, Advisory Board member for the S.M. Sehgal Foundation, Jyosh Ltd. Pune, and Heirloon Plants and Seedlings. He Has contributed six Strategy papers for the PMO including for DFI, Soil Health Mapping, DBT, Weather-based crop insurance, Pulses self-sufficiency, and Digital Agriculture and published 600+ research papers. He is awarded several awards by GoI, China, and Vietnam as well as recognised as the 50 Most Impactful Leaders in Water & Water Management.