i. Dr. Sharad Kumar Srivastava, Chief Scientist, Pharmacognosy and Pharmacology, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow
ii. Dr. Puneet Singh Chauhan, Senior Principal Scientist, Plant Microbe-Interactions, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow
iii. Dr. Soumit K. Behera, Senior Principal Scientist, Plant Ecology, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow
iv. Dr. Sandeep Kumar Behera, Senior Scientist, Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow
v. Dr. Manish Bhoyar, Senior Scientist, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow
vi. Dr. Gaurav K. Mishra, Senior Scientist, Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow