Purnima Menon is a Senior Director for Food and Nutrition Policy at International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Uttam Kumar Bhattarai is the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture of Nepal. He has attended various training programs on food safety and quality, food and nutrition security, food processing, management and public administration-related subjects. Bhattarai holds a Master of Technology (FTBE) degree from the Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India, major in Food Technology, and Master in Public Administration from Tribhuvan University in Nepal, wherein he also obtained his Bachelor of Technology in Food Technology.