Japaridze Givi

• Date of birth: 06 January 1944
• Diploma specialty: Forestry Engineer, Georgian Agricultural Institute; Law specialist. Tbilisi Javakhishvili State University.
• Current possition: President of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GAAS).
• Scientific degree:  Doctor of Economics
• Title:  Professor, Academician 18.02.2000;
• Scientific papers: 249 scientific works, among 2 manuals.

Aleksidze Guram 

• Date of birth 30 July 1939
• Diploma specialty: Georgian Agricultural Institute, Agronomist;
• Current possition: Vice-President of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GAAS);
• Scientific degree: Doctor of Biological Sciences;
• Title: Professor, Academician 14.07.1992;
• Scientific papers: 264, including 12 books and 9 brochures;
• Awards, Medals and honorary titles "Excellent work" medal (1982). "Honor" award (1999). Two "large silver medals" (2005, 2008). Ewarded by the international organizations CGIAR, ICARDA; N.Vavilov Medal (2013).

Asatiani Revaz

• Date of birth 29 October 1951
• Diploma specialty engineer economist, Tbilisi State University;
• Current possition:  Scientific Secretary of GAAS economic Department;
• Scientific degree Doctor of economics;
• Title: Professor, Academician;
• Scientific papers 85, including 4 monographs, 4 manuals;
• The honorary award (1999)

 Akhalbedashvili Iveri

• Date of birth – 28. 08.1955
• Specialty according to diploma – Agricultural Economics and Organization, Georgian Agricultural Institute.
• Position   - Head of the Agrarian Issues Committee Staff, Parliament of Georgia
• Scientific degree - Doctor of Economic Sciences;
• Title - Academician of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (19.07.2025);
• Scientific papers - 15,  4 monographs, 1 textbook;

Baghaturia Nugzar

• Date of birth 22 May 1945
• Diploma specialty Engineer Technologist, Institute of subtropical agriculture;
• Current possition Director of Scientific Research institute of Food Industry
• Scientific degree Doctor of Technical Sciences;
• Title Academician 14.07.1992;
• Scientific papers 423, including 34 monographs;
• Number of inventions 34 invention;

Barvenashvili Marine

• Date of birth - 06.02.1963
• Diploma specialty – Zootechnician, Zootechnical and Veterinary Institute of Georgia;
• Current position– Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Head of Academic Department;
• Scientific degree – Doctor of Agriculture;
• Title – Academician of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (19.07.2025).
• Scientific papers  – 71, including 2 books;
• Direction of activity – animal husbandry, poultry.

• Date of birth 18 october 1957
• Diploma specialty:   forestry engineer
• Current position  Prefessor at the Georgian Technical University
• Scientific degreeDoctor of Agricultural Sciences;
• TitleAcademician 11.05.2019.
• Scientific papers149, including 2 monographs;

Giorgadze Anatoli

• Date of birth 14 July 1969
• Diploma  specialty - Technologist – Zooengineer of  Meat and Meat Products.
• The State Zootechnical-Veterinary Study and Research Institute of Georgia.
• Current positionDeputy President of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GAAS),      Coordinator of Scientific Divisions, Head of the Administration Department;
• Scientific degree  Doctor of Agricultural Sciences;
• Title - Academician 10.11.2021.
• Scientific papers - 100,  including 1 monograph, 5 books, 11 brochure/recommendations;

• Date of birth 14 April 1945
• Diploma specialty: Zootechnician. 
• Current position : GAAS academic department consultant    
•  Scientific degree Doctor of Agricultural Sciences
• Title   Academician 26.04.13.
• Sientific papers 208, including 2 monographs,  3 manuals, 23 recommendations, 1 brochure. 

Didebulidze Alexandre

• Date of birth:   30 September 1944
• Diploma specialty:  Electro-Mechanic Engineer, Polytechnical Institute;
• Current possition:   Academician - Secretary of the GAAS. Chairman of the Agrarian Innovation Commission; Invited lector at the Georgian Agricultural University. 
• Scientific degree Doctor of Technical Sciences;
• Title Academician 07.09.1995;
• Scientific papers 252, including 17 monographs,  10 manuals. 

Dolidze Lasha

• Date of birth  17 September 1965
• Diploma specialty   Forestry Engineer, Agricultural Institute of Georgia;
• Current position     Academician – Secretary of Scientific Division of Environmental Protection and Forestry
• Scientific degree Doctor of Agricultural Sciences;
• Title Academician 10.11.2021;
• Scientific papers 77, including 3 monographs, 5 recommendations;

  Katsitadze Jemal 

• Date of birth 26 May 1937
• Diploma specialty Mechanical Engineer, Georgian Institute of subtropical agriculture;
• Current possition Professor at Georgian Agricultural University;
• Scientific degree Doctor of Technical Sciences;
• Title Professor, Academician 07.09.1995;
• Scientific papers 271, including 6 monographs, 8 Manual;

Kvaliashvili Vazha 

• Date of birth 29 August 1936
• Diploma specialty Agronomist, Georgian Institute of Agriculture;
• Current possition -
• Scientific degree Doctor of Agricultural Sciences;
• Title Academician 26.04.2013
• Scientific papers 121, patents 3.

  Kvesitadze Giorgi

• Date of birth: 08 July 1962
• Diploma specialty - Engineer-Chemical Technologist, Moscow Institute of Fine Chemical Compounds Technology of Lomonosov.      
• Current position- Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Biosystems Engineering of the Georgian Technical University
• Scientific degree  Doctor of Biological Sciences;Title Academician 10.11.2021.
• Scientific papers 50. 

• Date of birth 15 march 1957
• Diploma specialty Agronomist of Subtropical crops. Georgian Institute of Subtropical Cultures.
• Current position - Deputy Rector of Akaki Tsereteli State University, Full Professor of the Department of Subtropical Crops;
• Scientific degree - Doctor of Agricultural Sciences;
• Title Academician of GAAS since 27.12.2017.       
• Scientific papers 161, 3 monographs, 8 text-books , and 2 recommendations. 

Margvelashvili Gogola 

• Date of birth 22 September 1939
• Diploma specialty Agronomist, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture;
• Current possition Academician Secretary of the Agronomy Department.
• Scientific degree Doctor of Agricultural Sciences;
• Title Academician 07.09.1995
• Scientific papers 130, including 2 monographs, 2 books, 8 manual;

• Date of birth 22 August 1936
• Diploma specialty Mechanical Engineer, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture;
• Current possition Professor at Georgian Agricultural University;
• Scientific degree Doctor of Technical Sciences;
• Title Academician 14.07.1992;
• Scientific papers 387, including 22 monographs;
• Number of inventions 71 inventions.

Papunidze Guram

• Date of birth 02 April 1944
• Diploma specialty engineer technologist, Georgian Agricultural Institute;
• Current possition Batumi state University, Agriculture technologies Scientific-research institute, Chief scientist.
• Scientific degree Doctor of Technical Sciences;
• Title Academician 26.04.2013.
• Scientific papers 165 including 10 monographs;
• Number of inventions 12 inventions;

Revishvili Temur

• Date of birth 02. 01. 1952 
• Diploma specialty Agronomist of Subtropical crops. Georgian Institute of Subtropical Cultures.
• Current position - Deputy Rector of Akaki Tsereteli State University, Full Professor of the Department of Subtropical Crops;
• Scientific degree - Doctor of Agricultural Sciences;
• Title Academician of GAAS since 27.12.2017.       
• Scientific papers 161, 3 monographs, 8 text-books , and 2 recommendations. 

Tkemaladze  Guram

Date of birth 25 April 1941

Diploma specialty - Chemist, I. Javakhishvili State University

Current position - Professor at the Georgian Technical  University.

            Scientific degree Doctor of Biological Sciences;

Title Academician 05.08.2014;

Scientific papers 164 scientific works,  among 3 monographs

Ujmajuridze Levan

• Date of birth - 25.07.1958; Ujmajuridze Levan
• Diploma specialty – Specialist of Fruit Growing, Viticulture, and Horticulture; Qualification - Agronomist, Georgian Agricultural Institute;
• Current position - Director of the Scientific-Research Center of Agriculture; Chairman of the Scientific Council; Professor of Agrarian, Technical and Caucasus International Universities of Georgia; National Coordinator of Plant Genetic Resources of Food and Agriculture; International Expert of the United Nations (FAO);
• Scientific degree - Doctor of Agriculture; 
• Title -  Academician  of GAAS
• Scientific papers – 92 including 12 text-books, 1 dictionary, 1 invention, and 2 patents. 

Putkaradze  Zaur

• Date of birth –20.03.1962;    
• Specialty according the Diploma – Mechanization of agriculture; Georgian  Institute of  Sub-tropical Cultures;
• Qualification: - Engineer- Mechanic/ Technologist; Position – Director of the Scientific- Consulting Center of Ajara ;
• Scientific Degree – Doctor of Philosophy in Agriculture
• Academic title – Academician of Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences ;
• Number of scientific works published – 56;  7 text-books;

Karkashadze Napoleon

• Date of birth 15 May 1935
• Diploma specialty Agronomist, economist, Georgian Agricultural Institute
• Current possition Chairman of the Scientific Board, GAAS, Georgia;
• Scientific degree Doctor of Economic Sciences;
• Title Professor, Academician _ 14.07.1992;
• Scientific papers 311, including 7 monographs; 5 books
• Number of inventions 12 inventions;

Keshelashvili Omar

• Date of birth 14 August 1941
• Diploma specialty Agronomist, Georgian Agricultural Institute
• Current possition Director of the Institute of Economic and Business;
• Scientific degree Doctor of Economics;
• Title Professor, Academician 07.09.1995.
• Scientific papers 1008 scientific works, among 40 monographs. 9 manuals;
• Number of inventions 15 inventions.

Kurashvili Tengiz

• Date of birth 23 March 1948
• Diploma specialty Veterinarian, Georgian Zootechnical Institute;
• Current possition Director of the Institute of Veterinary Medicine under the Georgian Agricultural University;
• Scientific degree Doctor of Veterinary;
• Title Professor, Academician 26.04.2013
• Scientific papers 264 scientific works, among 6 manuals;
• Number of inventions 15 inventions.

Chagelishvili Revaz

• Date of birth 28 August 1937
• Diploma specialty Engineer of forestry; Georgian Agricultural Institute;
• Current possition -
• Scientific degree Doctor of Agricultural Sciences
• Title Professor, Academician 07.09.1995;
• Scientific papers 153 scientific works, among 3 monographs, 11 manuals;.

Chankseliani Zaur

• Date of birth 15 December 1948
• Diploma specialty Agrochemist-Soil specialist; Georgian Agricultural Institute;
• Current possition Chief scientist at the Georgian Agricultural University;
• Scientific degree Doctor of Agricultural Sciences
• Title Academician 14.03.2003
• Scientific papers 144 scientific works, among 2 inventions.

Chkhartishvili Nodar

• Date of birth 17 September 1930
• Diploma specialty Agronomist; Georgian Agricultural Institute;
• Current possition Professor, I. Gogebashvili Telavi State University;
• Scientific degree Doctor of Agricultural Sciences
• Title Academician 07.09.1995;
• Scientific papers 231 scientific works;
• Number of inventions 15 inventions.

Tsanava Valerian

• Date of birth 25 February 1935
• Diploma specialty Agrochemist-Soil specialist; Georgian Agricultural Institute;
• Current possition Head of scientific-research laboratory of subtropical crops under the Georgian Agricultural University;
• Scientific degree Doctor of Agricultural Sciences
• Title Professor, Academician 07.09.1995;
• Scientific papers 210 scientific works, among 3 monographs;
• Number of inventions 6 inventions.

Tskitishvili Zurab

• Date of birth 01 January 1941
• Diploma specialty Engineer technologist, Georgian Politechnical Institute;
• Current possition:  GAAS Academic-secretary of  scientific department of food safity and technology;
• Scientific degree Doctor of Technical Sciences
• Title Academician 27.02.1997;
• Scientific papers 78 scientific works, among 2 books. 17 rationalization proposals.

Chitanava Nodar

• Date of birth 10 March 1936
• Diploma specialty Engineer, Georgian Politechnical Institute;
• Current possition Professor at Agmashenebeli University
• Scientific degree Doctor of Economics
• Title Professor, Academician 27.02.1997;
• Scientific papers 128 scientific works, among 14 monographs.

Corresponding Members of Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences

 Gogichaishvili Gizo

Date of birth – 17.03.1952

Diploma specialty – Soil Geographer, Tbilisi State University.

Qualification awarded – Geographer;

Current position – Head of the Agro-meteorology Division of the Hydrometeorology Department, Meteorology and Climatology Division of the National Environmental Agency of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

Scientific degree – Doctor of Agricultural Sciences

Title – Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences since 17.10.2025;

Number of scientific works – 111, including  1 book, 1 atlas.

Field of activity - soil science, soil protection

Date of birth – 07.08.1963

Diploma specialty – – Veterinary Doctor, Georgian Zootechnical-Veterinary Scientific Research Institute.

Current position – Deputy Chairman of the Veterinary Department, National Food Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia.

Scientific degree – Doctor of Veterinary Sciences;

Title – Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (17.10.2025);

 Dolidze  Malkhaz

Date of birth - 07.08.1949

Diploma specialty - Technology of bread baking, pasta and confectionery production;Qualification  - Engineer-technologist;

Current position - Head of the Department of Agroengineering of Georgian Technical University

Scientific degree - Doctor of Technology;

Scientific title – Professor of Technical University,  Corresponding Member of Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences since 17.10.2025.

Scientific works - 33;

Number of inventions - 2 patents;

State awards: "Order of Honor" (1997); Expert of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences in the field of food technology (2019).

Field of activity - technology of bread baking, confectionery production.

Date of birth - 17.12.1973

Diploma specialty - Economist, Georgian State Agrarian University;

Qualification awarded - Economist-Manager;

Current position - Head of the Primary Structural Unit of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Policy of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia;

Scientific degree - Doctor of Economics;

Scientific title - Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (17.10.2025).

Number of scientific works  - 20;

Field of activity - Agriculture economics.

Tedoradze Omar 

Date of birth – 14. 05.1948

Diploma specialty – Agricultural Mechanization, Qualification  – Mechanical Engineer;

Current position – Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia – Senior Specialist of the First Category of the Livestock Development Department, Georgian Technical University – Professor.

Scientific degree – Doctor of Technical Sciences;

Scientific title – Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences since 17.10.2025;

Number of scientific works – 87 including 25 recommendations, 2 monographs;

Number of inventions and rationalization proposals: 14 inventions (patents);

State awards  -"Order of Honor" (1998); Certificate of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences for the contribution to the development of agricultural science (2024);

Direction of activity - mechanization of agriculture

Date of birth – 20.08.1983

Specialization – Forestry, Georgian State Agrarian University 

Position - Acting director of the V. Gulisashvili Forestry Institute of the Georgian Agrarian University, senior researcher

Scientific degree – Doctor of Forestry

Title - associate professor of the Georgian Agrarian University, scholarship holder of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences since 17.10.2025;

Number of scientific works – 43, including 3 monographs, 2 brochures, 7 scientific projects

Field of activity – forestry

Benashvili Mamuka

Date of birth: 28.02.1979;

Specialization - mechanization of agriculture;

Position held: Georgian Agricultural University, head of engineering programs; Associate Professor of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology;

Scientific degree: Doctor of Technology;

Number of scientific papers: 19, including 3 textbooks, 4 scientific grants.

Number of inventions  – 2;

Field of activity: agroengineering - mechanization of agriculture;

 Jabnidze Nato

Date of birth – 30.02.1978.

Specialty according the Diploma – International Economic relations; Economist-Manager;

Position – Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University; Economic and business Faculty; Assistant Professor;        

Scientific Degree – Phd in Economics.

Number of scientific works published - 56, among 1 monograph.

Number of Inventions and rationalized suggestions, Awards:

– Georgian Presidential scholarship (14.05.2003 #II-p

Direction of activity: Economics.

Tiginashvili Zviadi

Date of birth – 04.10.1977.

Specialization –  Specialist of forest Studies;

Position held - Associate Professor of Georgian Technical University, Director of Mariamdjvari State Reserve of the "Agency of Protected Territories of Georgia";

Scientific degree - Candidate of Agricultural Sciences (PhD doctor), Specialty – Forest Studies.

Number of scientific works – 63 scientific works, of which:  4 monographs, and 2 dictionaries;

Field of activity – forest science and forestry; protected territories.

Dugashvili  Darejan

Date of birth - 02.08.1977;

Specialty according the Diploma – Environmental Chemistry and controlling.

Position – LEPL Scientific Research Center of the Ministry of Environment and Agriculture, Consultant; Academic Doctor of Chemistry;                                                             

Scientific Degree – PhD in Chemistry;

Number of scientific works published – 16.

Home address: Tbilisi, Gldani/A/, House 65. Tel: 599-23-45-69;                      

Direction of activity: Food Safity

Honorary members

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Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan bishop of Abkhazia and Bichvinta, His Holiness and Beatitude.

  Zurab Tkemaladze 

(born January 18, 1944, Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Georgian politician, a  member of the Parliament of Georgia of three convocations (1999, 2002, 2012).