Dr. Ravishankar Manickam has been appointed as Scientist – Vegetable Grafting at WorldVeg headquarters beginning 1 November 2017. Ravi previously worked as a Research Site Coordinator at the WorldVeg South Asia office for eight years, focusing on grafting training and participatory technology development. Ravi also served as an Assistant Professor at Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India from 2006-2008. He holds a PhD in Nematology from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute.