Dr. Suri Sehgal holds a PhD in plant genetics from Harvard University, and a diploma in business management from Harvard Business School. He is founder and chairman of Maize Technologies International, Austria, and Misr Hytech Seed International, Egypt. He is founder and former chairman of the Proagro Group of Companies, India.

Mrs. Edda Sehgal is a co-founder and trustee of the Sehgal Family Foundation, USA, and S.M. Sehgal Foundation, India. Mrs. Sehgal was born in Breslau, Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1962 to pursue liberal art studies. Mrs. Sehgal served on the Board of the Proagro Group and of Global Technologies Incorporated, USA, from 1990 to 1998.