Sharma will oversee the organisation’s strategy, outreach to various stakeholders and be an interface for public policy intervention
CropLife India, the leading association of domestic and multinational R&D driven crop science companies has announced the appointment of Durgesh C Sharma as the new Secretary General, of the association. Sharma will oversee the organisation’s strategy, outreach to various stakeholders and be an interface for public policy intervention.
Durgesh C Sharma has over 26 years of experience in the areas like Public policy and social sector advisory; managing large scale multi stakeholder participatory programs; innovative Public Private Partnership initiatives and judicial procedures and interventions. His expertise is focused around Agribusiness and Food.
In his last assignment, Durgesh was the Director General with an industry association. He has been instrumental in various interventions with various Ministries of Government of India, including Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers.
Speaking on the appointment, Dr K C Ravi, Chairman, CropLife India said, “The board of directors is unanimous in its enthusiasm for having Durgesh lead CropLife India. Durgesh has consistently demonstrated professionalism, integrity and a commitment to doing what is best for Indian agriculture and is well respected by stakeholders across India and other countries. CropLife India would scale newer heights under the strong and focussed leadership.”
