Dr. Santosh Tiwari is the Senior Principal Scientist with PepsiCo Inc., Global R&D.  He holds a PhD in Plant Breeding & Genetics.  Santosh has served as PepsiCo’s Senior Manager for Asia, the Middle East & Africa (AMESA) Variety & Seed Strategy. His career has spanned many years with PepsiCo and as International Research Scientist with CIP and has included facility management, potato variety development and allocation and  work in the introduction, registration and protection of proprietary varieties.  His work has also extended into cereals, oil seeds and cotton.