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