Fwd: Invitation to register for webinar to 'Understand gene-edited rice and its implications', July 10th (Thursday) - 4:30pm

[Rohit Parakh]

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From: indiagmfree <Unknown>
Date: Friday, 4 July 2025 at 11:43:01 UTC+5:30
Subject: Invitation to register for webinar to 'Understand gene-edited rice and its implications', July 10th (Thursday) - 4:30pm
To: asha-kis...@googlegroups.com <Unknown>, rra-...@googlegroups.com <Unknown>, mem...@nfcoalition.in <Unknown>

Event Abstract - Union Govt has recently announced gene-edited rice varieties. This webinar will help us understand gene editing in context of agriculture, and focus on gene-edited rice varieties and its implications.

The webinar will be on 10th July (Thursday) at 4:30 pm.

To register - please go to https://tinyurl.com/Gene-Edited-Rice-Webinar

The speakers for the webinar are - 

Dr Krithika Yegna (earlier Gokulnath) is a biotechnologist - having studied Botany and Plant Biotechnology in B.Sc at Women's Christian College. She worked as a post doctoral researcher at Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai and served as visiting faculty there. She received Women Scientist Fellowship (WOS-A) from Dept of Science & Technology, Govt of India. She had a brief stint as a scientist at the Institute for Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB), Bangalore.

Soumik Banerjee -  He is an independent Researcher and Practitioner of Agro-ecology & Heirloom Seed Conservation. He is currently engaged in conservation research of Indigenous varieties & Landraces of field crops through Field Conservation with farmer groups in eastern & central India.

Hindi translation will be available as well.

Kavitha Kuruganti, National Convener at ASHA-Kisan Swaraj will be moderating the session

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