About Us

About the company

We at Piatrika Biosystems believe that a good amalgamation of technology and bioinformatics will help the world meet the sustainability targets.

About the company

Team

Vasudev Kumanduri

Co-Founder & CEO

20 years of experience as an academic researcher in computational biology and heading technology implementations in early stage bleeding edge startups in Oncology and AgriTech.

Phani Gopal Yarlagadda

Co-Founder & COO

Enterprise Tech & Farming enthusiast with over 15 years of experience in delivering technical expertise as an digital solutions architect for large organisations across Europe & America

Dr Raja Kota

Global Director, Strategic Partnerships

Dr. Raja Kota is an accomplished R&D leader with over 27 years of extensive experience in genetics, genomics, and digital agriculture. He recently served as a Collaborations Manager at Syngenta AG in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Dr. Kota specializes in molecular breeding, data analytics, project/program and collaboration management. His career is marked by a commitment to driving product innovation and securing funding for impactful solutions in both academia and industry. He successfully leads cross-functional global project teams, integrating novel methodologies in breeding to support pipeline development and enhance product innovation. His leadership is instrumental in managing complex projects involving multiple partners across public and private sectors.

Prasad Bajaj

Computational Biologist

Computational Biologist, with more than 10 yrs of experience in the field genomics and bioinformatics. Have worked with organisations like ICRISAT, Contract Research and private RnD

Consultants

Dr Sadananda Ajanahalli

lead, plant breeding Consultant

Expert in Seed systems, especially in agricultural research and technology management. He has over 44 years of experience in seed industry and international and national public research institutions across various countries

Dr Salvador Gezan


Statistical/Quantitative Geneticist

Salvador Gezan is a consultant statistician/quantitative geneticist with expertise on mixed models and its application to biological problems including the field testing, breeding, and medical studies. Salvador has worked supporting agricultural, forestry and aquaculture breeding programs on evaluating their phenotypic and genotypic data, defining optimal breeding and data strategies and performing molecular evaluations with emphasis on genomic selection and its implementation on operational breeding programs. Dr. Gezan has more than 140 peer review publications, and is often involved in research and training with universities, research organizations and companies.

Advisory Team

Dr. Michael Gerau

CTO, Saluna

Dr Andrea Cardinal

Plant Breeder & Geneticist

Dr Jose Crossa

Dr Jose Crossa

Distinguished Scientist,

CIMmyt mexico

Dr Ram Kaundinya

Ram Kaundinya

Director General, Federation of Seed Industry, India

Dr Subbarao Kolli

Former President, africa & middle-east, Corteva agriscience

Investors

Mr VC Nannapeneni
Chairman, Natco Pharma
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