Honorary Patron
- Dr. Raj S. Paroda, Chairman Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS)
Honorary Chairs
- Dr. Tusar Kanti Behera, Director, ICAR-IIHR & President, SPH, Bengaluru
- Dr. S.V. Suresha, Vice-Chancellor, UAS, Bengaluru
- Dr. Basheerhamad Shadrach Director, CEMCA, New Delhi
- Dr. Anuradha Agrawal, Project Director, ICAR-DKMA, New Delhi
- Dr. Geetha Vani Rayasam, Director, CSIR-NIScPR, New Delhi
- Prof. Devika P Madalli, Director, INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar
- Prof. Nirmala Menon, Professor, SHSS, IIT Indore
- Dr. Nishant Chakravorty, Chairperson, INYAS, New Delhi
International Overseeing Committee
- Prof. Dr. Arianna Becerril-García, Executive Director, Redalyc/Co-founder, AmeliCA, México
- Dr. Dominique Babini, Open Science Advisor, CLACSO, Argentina
- Dr. Lidia Borrell-Damián, Secretary General, Science Europe, Belgium – Co-Chair
- Dr. Zeynep Varoglu, Programme Specialist, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO, Paris, France
- Dr. Zoe Ancion, Head of International Affairs, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), France
- Dr. Eurico Wongo Gungula, Vice-Rector for Scientific Affairs, University Óscar Ribas, Angola
- Dr. Mylène Deschênes, Director of Ethics and Legal Affairs, Fonds de recherche du Quebec, Canada
- Dr. Johan Rooryck, Coordinator, European Diamond OA Capacity Hub, Belgium
- Dr. Joanna Ball, Managing Director, DOAJ, Denmark
- Dr. Ashley Farley Senior Officer of Knowledge & Research Services, Gates Foundation, USA
- Dr. Madhan Muthu, Director, Library, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India
- Dr. Arbain Arbain, Universitas Widya Gama Mahakam, Samarinda, Indonesia
- Ms. Monica Sharma, Programme Coordinator, CEMCA, New Delhi
- Dr. Sridhar Gutam, Principal Scientist, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru, India – Co-Chair
Organising Secretaries
- Dr. G. Karunkaran, Principal Scientist, ICAR-IIHR; General Secretary, SPH
- Dr. T. K. Nagarathna, Coordinator, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru
- Dr. Anjani Kumar Jha, Principal Scientist, ICAR-DKMA; Zonal Councillor (North), SPH
- Dr. E. Sreenivasa Rao, Principal Scientist, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru
- Dr. P. Naveen Kumar, Head, Division of Flower Crops, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru
- Dr. Kasturi Mandal, Principal Scientist CSIR-NIScPR, New Delhi
- Dr. Siuli Mitra, Director, IndiaBioscience, Bengaluru
- Dr. Sridhar Gutam, Principal Scientist, ICAR-IIHR; Joint Secretary, SPH; Convenor, Open Access India
Co-Organising Secretaries
- Dr. Madhan Muthu, Director, Global Library, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat
- Dr. Moumita Koley, Research Analyst, DST-CPR, IISc, Bengaluru
- Dr. Veda Krishnan, Senior Scientist, ICAR-IARI; Former Secretary, INYAS, New Delhi
- Dr. Kutubuddin Molla, Senior Scientist, ICAR-CRRI; INSA-Associate Fellow, INYAS-Member
- Dr. Pragya Chaube, Assistant Professor, UPES, Dehradun
- Dr. Sriparna Chatterjee, Researcher, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, INYAS-Member
- Dr. Sreshtha Mondal, Program Manager, IndiaBioscience, Bengaluru
Organising Institutions
- Society for Promotion of Horticulture (SPH), Bengaluru
- ICAR–Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (ICAR-IIHR)
- University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru (UASB)
- ICAR–Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture (ICAR-DKMA)
- JPN National Centre of Excellence in the Humanities, IIT Indore
- CSIR–National Institute Of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR–NIScPR)
- Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre
- Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA)
- Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS)
Collaborating and Supporting Institutions
National
- DST-CPR, IISc
- IndiaBioscience
- Open Access India
- UPES University
- O.P. Jindal Global University
International
- Science Europe
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), France
- AmeliCA/Redalyc
- Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA)
- CLACSO-Latin American Council of Social Sciences
- cOAlition S
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- OPERAS – European Diamond Capacity Hub
- Centre Franco-Indien pour la Promotion de la Recherche Avancée (CEFIPRA)
- Gates Foundation
- German Centre for Research and Innovation- DWIH New Delhi
- Universidade Óscar Ribas (UOR), Angola
