Dean of the University of Kisangani
Dr. Maya Rajasekharan is a Program Officer at the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). She works with the Management Team and Program Leaders in the development, coordination and implementation of center research activities. She coordinates ongoing research planning process including planning and preparations for external reviews. Maya has a background in ecology and fisheries. She trained at the Kerala Agricultural University, Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) in India. She completed PhD at University College Dublin, Ireland.
Director of REFORCO Project funded by European Union and implemented by CIFOR and University of Kisangani. We aim at developing teaching and research capacity in University of Kisangani and developing partnerships worlwide and connect forestry, agriculture and people.
Dr. Bharat Kulkarni, in his career spanning over a decade, handled various assignments relating to different areas of Agricultural Markets. He has been a consultant to international developmental agencies and has held senior level positions with various organizations like United Nations Development Program and Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. He was a key person behind establishment of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange. Presently he is working on establishing a Commodity market Infrastructure, Including Market, Collateral Management systems and grading systems in Malawi
I am a self motivated person with acquired skills in environmental science and natural resources management, I have acquired knowledge in biodiversity conservation, land use planning, Human and basic ecology, conflict resolution, Integrated water resources management, wetland ecology and management, Natural resource economics and environmental impact assessment.
Dr Nick Austin is Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) in Canberra. ACIAR, part of Australia's Aid Program, aims to achieve more productive and sustainable agricultural systems, for the benefit of developing countries and Australia, through international agricultural research partnerships.
Dr Austin previously held senior executive positions in science and research, agriculture and biosecurity in the NSW Department of Primary Industries, and has held senior positions in the Victorian public sector.
A MASTERS DEGREE HOLDER
Senior librarian and manager in the library of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Deputy Director of the Board of Directors of the Chinese Agricultural Library Society. Coordinator of the China CIARD RING.
Senior Scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) based in Bogor, Indonesia. Leader of a Research Domain at CIFOR on managing the impacts of globalized trade and investment on forest and forest communities. Coordinator of Component 5 “Impacts of Trade and Investment on forest and people” of the CGIAR Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry.