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Vetriventhan Mani is a Senior Scientist at ICRISAT since November 2013, focusing on the conservation, characterization, regeneration, evaluation, and research of genetic resources for sorghum and various small millets. Previously, Vetriventhan served as a Scientist in Plant Breeding at the Directorate of Seed Research from May 2012 to November 2013 and completed a PhD as a research scholar at the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, where studies centered on foxtail millet core collection. Earlier experience includes working as a Senior Research Fellow at the Paddy Breeding Station (TNAU) in 2007-2008, specializing in rice. Vetriventhan holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Breeding and Genetics from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, along with a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the same institution and Adhiparasakthi Agriculture College, respectively.
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The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi-arid or dryland tropics has over 2 billion people, and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these poor people to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agriculture.