Dr Ashish Batra

Ashish Batra is currently the Global Leader for Actives and Product Technology (APT) R&D and also the lead for Sustainability for Corteva R&D. In his role as the Sustainability Lead for Corteva R&D, he is responsible for driving sustainability into R&D functions, aligning R&D and corporate sustainability goals and objectives, and partnering with External Affairs on sustainability programs and communications. In his APT R&D role, Ashish is accountable for the end-to-end discovery, technology development, deployment and support for crop protection products from discovery to manufacturing for the Crop Protection Business Platform. Ashish began his career with The Dow Chemical Company in 2005 and was named to his current role in 2021. Ashish received a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, and a doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University. Ashish has submitted 30 patent applications and has 24 granted US patents and 18 external publications.