About

Bayer CropScience is a global agricultural input provider with a range of environmental solutions to the farming and agricultural demands drawing on the scientific prowess of the Bayer global company. Based in Mumbai, Rajiv Wani, country group head – law patents and compliance (South Asia) administers the company’s guidance on its compliance and legal matters specialising in the IP of its products and processes. Last year, Bayer CropScience announced a new variety of chilli, called the “Indus” in Andhra Pradesh and Telagana contributing a new variety to this region’s large domestic and export market in hot chilli peppers. In addition to the IP protection of products such as Indus, Wani also contributes to the company’s partnerships across different elements of the food chain – farming, manufacturing, commercialising and consuming – and operates programs to help food security with partnerships in the industry and government entities to help world food security.