National Seed Association of India (NSAI) on Friday said it had appointed the chairman and managing director of Hyderabad-based seed company Nuziveedu Seeds Limited M Prabhakar Rao as its new president. Rao will be heading NSAI's governing council for a period of two years starting 2013. The announcement came after NSAI's annual general meeting was held in New Delhi on July 31.
Commenting on the development, Rao said, "I am honoured to have been bestowed with such responsibility that gives me an opportunity to work towards regulatory issues faced by seed industry, creating conducive environment for the functioning of seed industry and for intellectual property rights for the seeds varieties so as to enhance research and development (R&D) investments for benefit of farmers".
The other members of NSAI's office bearers include MG Shembekar, vice president, (Ankur Seeds private limited), Bhupen Dubey, general secretary, (UPL Advanta limited) and KS Narayanaswamy, treasurer, (GEO Biotechnologies private limited) among other members.
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