ATPBR is bringing eminent plant breeders who have achieved laurels in not just science of plant breeding, but have excelled in other related areas like policy, administration, etc., to meet practicing and potential plant breeders on a platform called ATPBR Webinar series regularly every month. These Web-based Conferences (WebCon) have been hugely successful as seen by the numbers of participants from India and outside of India. The Webcon series captures the presentations in a published format which includes key messages delivered by the speakers. These are available on the ATPBR website.

N.K. Krishna Kumar, Former Deputy Director General (Hort. Sci.) ICAR, New Delhi, Former Regional Representative (Bioversity International),South & Central Asia, Former Director, NBAIR, Bangalore

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