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Claire Robinson: /* Shanthu Shantharam's background */

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Shanthu Shantharam's background

Claire Robinson: /* Shanthu Shantharam's background */

2009-12-03T19:03:11Z

Shanthu Shantharam's background

Claire Robinson at 19:00, 3 December 2009

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Claire Robinson at 18:57, 3 December 2009

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Claire Robinson: /* Shanthu Shantharam's background */

2009-11-27T20:19:32Z

Shanthu Shantharam's background

Claire Robinson: /* Shanthu Shantharam's background */

2009-11-27T20:15:06Z

Shanthu Shantharam's background

Claire Robinson: /* Shanthu Shantharam's background */

2009-11-27T20:00:11Z

Shanthu Shantharam's background

Claire Robinson: /* Kameswara Rao's background */

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Kameswara Rao's background

Claire Robinson: /* Kameswara Rao's background */

2009-11-27T14:16:16Z

Kameswara Rao's background

Claire Robinson: /* Kameswara Rao's background */

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Kameswara Rao's background

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 At the Inaugural Workshop of the FBAE, held on January 18 2001 in Bangalore, India,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030424060250/fbae.org/News/inauguration.htm INAUGURATION OF THE FBAE AND THE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP], Foundation for Biotechnology Awareness and Education website, version placed in web archive Jan 22, 2003, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref> Dr Shantharam became a member of the FBAE Steering Committee established 'to guide the Foundation through the further course of action'.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030109142436/http://www.fbae.org/News/inauguration.htm INAUGURATION OF THE FBAE AND THE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP], FBAE website, version placed in web archive 9 Jan 2003, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref> In FBAE's 2001 press release announcing the inauguration of FBAE he is listed as: 'Dr S Shantharam, Basel, Switzerland'.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030109142436/http://www.fbae.org/News/inauguration.htm INAUGURATION OF THE FBAE AND THE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP], FBAE press release, undated, version placed in web archive 9 Jan 2003, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref> Basel is where [[Syngenta]] International has its headquarters, but until as late as 2006 the FBAE website did not appear to have anywhere identified Dr Shantharam as an employee of Syngenta.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.fbae.org/ archive version of FBAE website], version placed in web archive 1 Jan 2006, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref>
-As well as being one of the two people who announced the formation of the FBAE at the press conference, Dr Shantharam also gave the 'presidential address' at the FBAE’s inaugural workshop.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030109142436/http://www.fbae.org/News/inauguration.htm INAUGURATION OF THE FBAE AND THE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP], FBAE press release, undated, version placed in web archive 9 Jan 2003, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref> The FBAE has also undertaken contractual work for [[Syngenta]], according to its first annual report.
+As well as being one of the two people who announced the formation of the FBAE at the press conference, Dr Shantharam also gave the 'presidential address' at the FBAE’s inaugural workshop.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030109142436/http://www.fbae.org/News/inauguration.htm INAUGURATION OF THE FBAE AND THE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP], FBAE press release, undated, version placed in web archive 9 Jan 2003, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref> The FBAE has also undertaken contractual work for [[Syngenta]], according to its first annual report.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060707220757/http://www.fbae.org/News/first_annual_report.htm First Annual Report], FBAE website, version placed in web archive 7 Jul 2006, accessed in web archive 3 Dec 2009</ref>
-While employed by Syngenta (March 2001 - June 2003), Dr Shantharam was head of Stakeholder Relations and Technology Communications. He also served as their Biotechnology Regulatory Compliance Manager, and led Syngenta’s communications efforts for its Golden Rice and Rice Genome projects.
+While employed by Syngenta (March 2001-June 2003), Dr Shantharam was head of Stakeholder Relations and Technology Communications. He also served as their Biotechnology Regulatory Compliance Manager, and led Syngenta’s communications efforts for its Golden Rice and Rice Genome projects.
 Dr Shantharam has also, since July 1 2003, been a senior advisor to the Sehgal Family Foundation . The Founder and Chairman of the Foundation is Dr. Suri Sehgal, the Founder and Chairman of Proagro Seed Company Ltd., India - the company that first sought to commercialise GM mustard in India.

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 At the Inaugural Workshop of the FBAE, held on January 18 2001 in Bangalore, India,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030424060250/fbae.org/News/inauguration.htm INAUGURATION OF THE FBAE AND THE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP], Foundation for Biotechnology Awareness and Education website, version placed in web archive Jan 22, 2003, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref> Dr Shantharam became a member of the FBAE Steering Committee established 'to guide the Foundation through the further course of action'.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030109142436/http://www.fbae.org/News/inauguration.htm INAUGURATION OF THE FBAE AND THE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP], FBAE website, version placed in web archive 9 Jan 2003, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref> In FBAE's 2001 press release announcing the inauguration of FBAE he is listed as: 'Dr S Shantharam, Basel, Switzerland'.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030109142436/http://www.fbae.org/News/inauguration.htm INAUGURATION OF THE FBAE AND THE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP], FBAE press release, undated, version placed in web archive 9 Jan 2003, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref> Basel is where [[Syngenta]] International has its headquarters, but until as late as 2006 the FBAE website did not appear to have anywhere identified Dr Shantharam as an employee of Syngenta.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.fbae.org/ archive version of FBAE website], version placed in web archive 1 Jan 2006, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref>
-As well as being one of the two people who announced the formation of the FBAE at the press conference, Dr Shantharam also gave the 'presidential address' at the FBAE’s inaugural workshop two days later. The FBAE has also undertaken contractual work for Syngenta, according to its first annual report .
+As well as being one of the two people who announced the formation of the FBAE at the press conference, Dr Shantharam also gave the 'presidential address' at the FBAE’s inaugural workshop.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030109142436/http://www.fbae.org/News/inauguration.htm INAUGURATION OF THE FBAE AND THE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP], FBAE press release, undated, version placed in web archive 9 Jan 2003, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref> The FBAE has also undertaken contractual work for [[Syngenta]], according to its first annual report.
 While employed by Syngenta (March 2001 - June 2003), Dr Shantharam was head of Stakeholder Relations and Technology Communications. He also served as their Biotechnology Regulatory Compliance Manager, and led Syngenta’s communications efforts for its Golden Rice and Rice Genome projects.

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 FBAE's self-description as "grass-root"<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080208184852/http://www.fbae.org/Goals_Objectives/goals_and_objectives.htm Goals And Objectives], FBAE website, version placed in web archive 8 Feb 2008, accessed in web archive 26 Nov 2009</ref> is, however, at odds with its close links with major biotechnology business interests.
-According to information on its website, the formation of the Foundation for Biotechnology Awareness and Education (FBAE) was founded in Bangalore, India on January 18, 2001.<ref>[http://fbae.org/2009/FBAE/website/ Home page], FBAE website, accessed 26 Nov 2009</ref> The press conference was addressed by Dr [[Shanthu Shantharam]], [[International Food Policy Research Institute]] (IFPRI), Washington, and Dr C. [[Kameswara Rao]], Executive Secretary of the FBAE.
+According to information on its website, the formation of the Foundation for Biotechnology Awareness and Education (FBAE) was founded in Bangalore, India on January 18, 2001.<ref>[http://fbae.org/2009/FBAE/website/ Home page], FBAE website, accessed 26 Nov 2009</ref> The press conference was addressed by Dr [[Shanthu Shantharam]], [[International Food Policy Research Institute]] (IFPRI), Washington, and Dr C. [[Kameswara Rao]], Executive Secretary of the FBAE.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030109142436/http://www.fbae.org/News/inauguration.htm INAUGURATION OF THE FBAE AND THE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP], press release, FBAE, undated, version placed in web archive 9 Jan 2003, accessed in web archive 3 Dec 2009</ref>
 ==Kameswara Rao's background==

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 FBAE's self-description as "grass-root"<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080208184852/http://www.fbae.org/Goals_Objectives/goals_and_objectives.htm Goals And Objectives], FBAE website, version placed in web archive 8 Feb 2008, accessed in web archive 26 Nov 2009</ref> is, however, at odds with its close links with major biotechnology business interests.
-According to information on its website, the formation of the Foundation for Biotechnology Awareness and Education (FBAE) was announced at a Press Conference in Bangalore on January 18, 2001.<ref>[http://fbae.org/2009/FBAE/website/ Home page], FBAE website, accessed 26 Nov 2009</ref> The press conference was addressed by Dr [[Shanthu Shantharam]], [[International Food Policy Research Institute]] (IFPRI), Washington, and Dr C. [[Kameswara Rao]], Executive Secretary of the FBAE.
+According to information on its website, the formation of the Foundation for Biotechnology Awareness and Education (FBAE) was founded in Bangalore, India on January 18, 2001.<ref>[http://fbae.org/2009/FBAE/website/ Home page], FBAE website, accessed 26 Nov 2009</ref> The press conference was addressed by Dr [[Shanthu Shantharam]], [[International Food Policy Research Institute]] (IFPRI), Washington, and Dr C. [[Kameswara Rao]], Executive Secretary of the FBAE.
 ==Kameswara Rao's background==

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 Dr Shantharam  served as a Branch Chief of the USDA office of Biotechnology Regulatory Services in Washington DC for over 14 years, and worked as a visiting biotechnology advisor to the [[World Bank]] in the mid 1990s. He was a visiting research fellow at the [[International Food Policy Research Institute]] (IFPRI) in Washington DC from 2001 to 2002.<ref>[http://www.agrifoodconsulting.com/staff%20profiles.htm Staff Profiles], Agrifood Consulting International website, accessed 27 Nov 2009</ref><ref>[http://bch.cbd.int/database/attachedfile.aspx?id=1593 Resource Persons], Modern Biotechnology Management Courses 2008, AIT Extension, accessed 27 Nov 2009</ref> He took up employment with [[Syngenta]] - the world's largest agricultural biotechnology corporation - in March 2001, within just weeks of the launch of the FBAE. And by June of that year he was representing Syngenta at the Biotechnology Industry Organisation's annual convention in the USA (Biotechnology on Parade: BIO 2001 San Diego, CA June 24–27, 2001).<ref>[http://jcb.rupress.org/cgi/content/full/154/3/482 Meeting Report: Biotechnology on Parade: BIO 2001 San Diego, CA June 24–27, 2001], The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 154, Number 3, August 6, 2001 482-484</ref>
-At the Inaugural Workshop of the FBAE, held on January 18 2001 in Bangalore, India,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030424060250/fbae.org/News/inauguration.htm INAUGURATION OF THE FBAE AND THE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP], Foundation for Biotechnology Awareness and Education website, version placed in web archive Jan 22, 2003, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref> Dr Shantharam became a member of the FBAE Steering Committee established 'to guide the Foundation through the further course of action'.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030109142436/http://www.fbae.org/News/inauguration.htm INAUGURATION OF THE FBAE AND THE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP], FBAE website, version placed in web archive 9 Jan 2003, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref> In FBAE's 2001 press release announcing the inauguration of FBAE he is listed as: 'Dr S Shantharam, Basel, Switzerland'.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030109142436/http://www.fbae.org/News/inauguration.htm INAUGURATION OF THE FBAE AND THE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP], FBAE press release, undated, version placed in web archive 9 Jan 2003, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref> Basel is where [[Syngenta]] International has its headquarters, but until as late as 2003 the FBAE website did not appear to have anywhere identified Dr Shantharam as an employee of Syngenta.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030109142436/http://www.fbae.org/News/inauguration.htm INAUGURATION OF THE FBAE AND THE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP], FBAE press release, undated, version placed in web archive 9 Jan 2003, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref>
+At the Inaugural Workshop of the FBAE, held on January 18 2001 in Bangalore, India,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030424060250/fbae.org/News/inauguration.htm INAUGURATION OF THE FBAE AND THE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP], Foundation for Biotechnology Awareness and Education website, version placed in web archive Jan 22, 2003, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref> Dr Shantharam became a member of the FBAE Steering Committee established 'to guide the Foundation through the further course of action'.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030109142436/http://www.fbae.org/News/inauguration.htm INAUGURATION OF THE FBAE AND THE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP], FBAE website, version placed in web archive 9 Jan 2003, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref> In FBAE's 2001 press release announcing the inauguration of FBAE he is listed as: 'Dr S Shantharam, Basel, Switzerland'.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030109142436/http://www.fbae.org/News/inauguration.htm INAUGURATION OF THE FBAE AND THE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP], FBAE press release, undated, version placed in web archive 9 Jan 2003, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref> Basel is where [[Syngenta]] International has its headquarters, but until as late as 2006 the FBAE website did not appear to have anywhere identified Dr Shantharam as an employee of Syngenta.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.fbae.org/ archive version of FBAE website], version placed in web archive 1 Jan 2006, accessed in web archive 27 Nov 2009</ref>
 As well as being one of the two people who announced the formation of the FBAE at the press conference, Dr Shantharam also gave the 'presidential address' at the FBAE’s inaugural workshop two days later. The FBAE has also undertaken contractual work for Syngenta, according to its first annual report .

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 ==Kameswara Rao's background==
-Dr Kameswara Rao is the former head of the Botany Department at Bangalore University and a "Consultant, Biotechnology & Medicinal Plants".<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060901163929/http://www.manipal.edu/kmcmnglore/announcements/college_day.htm College Day], Kasturba Medical College, Bangalore website, accessed 27 Nov 2009</ref> On a Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship and a Royal Society and Nuffield Foundation bursary, Rao worked on the computer applications in plant systematics at the Natural History Museum, London and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.<ref>See screengrab of Author Profile page Kameswara Rao's website, at http://www.medicinalplants-kr.org/AUTHOR_PROFILE.HTM: [[Image:Rao.pdf|250px|right|thumb|Kameswara Rao biography]]</ref>
+Dr Kameswara Rao is the former head of the Botany Department at Bangalore University and a "Consultant, Biotechnology & Medicinal Plants".<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060901163929/http://www.manipal.edu/kmcmnglore/announcements/college_day.htm College Day], Kasturba Medical College, Bangalore website, accessed 27 Nov 2009</ref> On a Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship and a [[Royal Society]] and [[Nuffield Foundation]] bursary, Rao worked on the computer applications in plant systematics at the Natural History Museum, London and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.<ref>See screengrab of Author Profile page Kameswara Rao's website, at http://www.medicinalplants-kr.org/AUTHOR_PROFILE.HTM: [[Image:Rao.pdf|250px|right|thumb|Kameswara Rao biography]]</ref>
 ==Shanthu Shantharam's background==