RAKESH KAPUR

Mr. Rakesh Kapur, President of International Fertilizer Association (IFA), is the Joint Managing Director, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd. (IFFCO), which is the largest fertilizer Cooperative in the World with a turnover of USD 4 Billion (2018-19). Mr. Kapur has been associated with the fertilizer sector for the past 25 years. Mr. Kapur held various senior positions in Government of India in the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Ministry of Finance (Income Tax Department) prior to his joining IFFCO in the year 2000 as Finance Director. Mr. Kapur serves on the Board of Directors of several Indian and Foreign Companies apart from being the Managing Director of two Indian Companies, Vice-Chairman of one Joint Venture Company and Chairman of another Joint Venture Company. He was the Chairman, Fertilizer Association of India (FAI) during 2015-17 and Oman India Fertilizer Company S.A.O.C. during 2009-10 and 2014-15. He has traveled widely and participated in various national and international Seminars / Conferences, and presented papers on different subjects. Mr. Kapur is a former Indian Revenue Service Officer who holds B. Tech Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi with a Post-Graduation in Management.

Fusuo Zhang

Dr Fusuo Zhang is professor of Plant Nutrition at China Agricultural University in Beijing, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Dean of the School of Agriculture Green Development. His group has developed a series of integrated crop and nutrient management technologies to increase crop yield and improve nutrient use efficiency, while reduce environmental pollution. Through the vast network and governmental action the great changes have been made for transformation of agriculture in China. He has published over 400 peer-reviewed papers, including the prestige Science, Nature and PNAS, and received many national awards and international prizes. In 2018, he received honorary doctorate from Wageningen University and Lancaster University.