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Charioteers of CDB


Chairman	Chief Coconut Dev. Officer	Secretary
Sri. T.K. Jose, IAS	Sri. Sugata Ghose	Dr.Anup Kumar Nandi
Coconut Development Board, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Kera Bhavan, Kochi - 682 011

Board Members

	1.	Shri.T.K. Jose, IAS Chairman, Coconut Development Board, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Kera Bhavan, Kochi - 682 011
	2.	Shri Vasant Vishnu Limaye Vice Chairman, Coconut Development Board, A-8, Lokamanya Apartment, Tilak Lane, Ratnagiri-415 612, Maharashtra
	3.	Dr. Gorakh Singh Horticulture Commissioner Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture Department of Agriculture & Cooperation Krishi Bhavan New Delhi-110 114
	4.	Dr. George V. Thomas Director, Central Plantation Crops Research Institute Kasargod-671 124, Kerala
	5.	Prof. G. Balachandran Chairman, Coir Board M.G. Road, Ernakulam Kochi-682 016.
	6.	Shri A.A. Jinnah Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) No.2, J-Block, 2nd Street Anna Nagar East Chennai-600 102
	7.	Shri G.S. Basavaraj Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) Gandhi Nagar, Opposite Park, Tumkur-572 101 Karnataka
	8.	Dr. Charles Dias Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) ‘Tinaar Dale’, Major Road, Vyttila, Kochi-682 019
	9.	Shri. Jagdish Singh, Commissioner Central Excise, Customs & Service Tax Central Revenue Building I.S. Press Road Kochi-682 018
	10.	Dr. A.K. Misra Director (Cooperation) Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Government of India (Department of Consumer Affairs) Room No.7, 12-A, Jam Nagar House New Delhi-110 014
	11.	Shri.Subrato Biswas IAS, Agriculture Production Commissioner, Government of Kerala, Agriculture Department, Government Secretariat, Thiruvananthapuram - 695001
	12.	Shri.Sandeep Saxena IAS, Agriculture Production Commissioner, & Secretary to Government, Agriculture Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai-600009
	13.	Shri.M.K. Shankarlinge Gowda IAS, Principal Secretary to the Government (Horticulture), Government of Karnataka, Agriculture and Horticulture Department, M.S. Building, Dr.Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore-560001
	14	Dr.D.G. Bakwad Director of Horticulture, Commissionerate of Agriculture (Horticulture) Government of Maharashtra, Shivajinagar Pune-411 005
	15	Shri.V.P. Rao IAS, Secretary to the Government (Agriculture), Government of Goa, Secretariat, Porvorim - 403501, Goa
	16	Shri.R.L. Jamuda IAS, Principal Secretary to the Government, Agriculture Department, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar - 751 001
	17	The Director, Directorate of Agriculture, Govt. of Poducherry, New Light House Road, Vambakeerapalayam, Puducherry - 605001
	18	The Director of Agriculture, Directorate of Agriculture, UT of Lakshadweep, Kavaratti - 682 555
	19	Shri K. Dharmarajan ‘Poornima’, Panangad, Punaloor, Kollam-691 305
	20	Adv. Varkala B. Ravikumar Balakrishna Building, Malloor Road, Vanchiyoor, Thiruvananthapuram-695 035
	21	Smt. K.R. Nethravati Sree Renuka Devi Office, H.M. Road, Davangere, Karnataka-577 001
	22	Shri R. Kalaiselvan 24, Kunjammal Colony, Nadimuthunagar-614 602, Pattukkottai, Tamil Nadu
	23	Shri.Manayath Chandran, Chairman, KERAFED Aristo Junction, Thiruvananthapuram-695 014
	24	Shri Mani C. Kappan Kappil House, Palai-686 575, Kottayam District, Kerala

Functional Committee Members of CDB

List of Co-opted Members of the Functional Committees of the Board

Executive Committee

1.	Shri T.K. Jose IAS
 	Chairman
	Coconut Development Board
	Kochi-682 011

2.	Shri Mani C. Kappan
 	Vice Chairman, Coconut Development Board
 	Kappil House
 	Palai-686 575
 	Kottayam District

3.	The Agriculture Production Commissioner
 	Government of Kerala
	Agriculture Department
	Government Secretariat
 	Thiruvananthapuram-695 001
 
4.	The Agricultural Production Commissioner and 
	Secretary to the Government
	Government of Tamil Nadu
	Agriculture Department
	Secretariat, Fort St. George
	Chennai-600 009

5.	The Secretary to the Government (Horticulture)
	Government of Karnataka
	Agriculture and Horticulture Department
	M.S. Building
 	Dr. Ambedkar Veedhi
	Bangalore-560 001

6.	The Financial Advisor to the Government of India  
	Ministry of Agriculture 
	Department of Agriculture & Cooperation
	Krishi Bhavan
	New Delhi-110 114 
	
7.	Shri K. Dharmarajan
 	‘Poornima’
 	Panangad, Punaloor
 	Kollam-691 305
	
8.	Smt. K.R. Nethravathi
 	Sree Renuka Devi Office
 	H.M. Road, Davangere
 	Karnataka-577 001

Research and Development Committee

1.	Shri T.K. Jose IAS
 	Chairman
	Coconut Development Board
	Kochi-682 011

2.	Shri Mani C. Kappan
 	Vice Chairman
 	Coconut Development Board
 	Kappil House
 	Palai-686 575
 	Kottayam District

3.	Shri K. Dharmarajan
 	‘Poornima’
 	Panangad, Punaloor
 	Kollam-691 305

4.	Adv. Varkala B. Ravikumar
 	Balakrishna Building
 	Malloor Road, Vanchiyoor
 	Thiruvananthapuram-695 035

5.	Smt. K.R. Nethravathi
 	Sree Renuka Devi Office
 	H.M. Road, Davangere
 	Karnataka-577 001

6.	Shri R. Kalaiselvan
 	24, Kunjammal Colony
 	Nadimuthunagar-614 602
 	Pattukkottai
 	Tamil Nadu

7.	The Horticulture Commissioner
 	Government of India
 	Ministry of Agriculture
 	Department of Agriculture & Cooperation
 	Krishi Bhavan
 	New Delhi-110 114

8.	Dr. George V. Thomas
 	Director
 	Central Plantation Crops Research Institute
 	Kasargod-671 124

Co-opted Members

1.	Dr. K.M. Indiresh
 	Professor of Horticulture
 	Department of Horticulture
 	University of Horticultural Sciences
  	GKVK
  	Bangalore-560 065

2.	Dr. I. Henry Louis
	Professor (Retd.), TNAU
	48/2, Gnana Muthagam
	Ramanputhoor
	Nagercoil - 629 002
	Tamil Nadu

3.	Shri Adoor Narendran
	Chempakasseril Veedu
	Adoor
	Pathanamthitta-691 523

4.	Shri K. Chellamuthu
 	Kappalpatty Post
 	Chatrapatti (Via)
 	Ottanchathiram Taluk
 	Dindigul District-624 614
 	Tamil Nadu

Processing and Marketing Committee

1.	Shri T.K. Jose IAS
 	Chairman
	Coconut Development Board
	Kochi-682 011

 2.	Shri Mani C. Kappan
 	Vice Chairman
 	Coconut Development Board
 	Kappil House
 	Palai-686 575
 	Kottayam District
 		
3.	The Chairman
	KERAFED
	Aristo Junction
	Thiruvananthapuram-695 014

4.	The Chairman
	Coir Board
	M.G. Road
 	Ernakulam
	Kochi-682 016

5.	Shri K. Dharmarajan
 	‘Poornima’
 	Panangad, Punaloor
 	Kollam-691 305

 6.	Adv. Varkala B. Ravikumar
	Balakrishna Building
	Malloor Road
 	Vanchiyoor
	Thiruvananthapuram-695 035

7. 	Smt. K.R. Nethravathi
 	Sree Renuka Devi Office
 	H.M. Road, Davangere
 	Karnataka-577 001

8.	Shri Vasant Vishnu Limaye
	A-8, Lokamanya Apartment
	Tilak Lane
	Ratnagiri-415 612
	Maharashtra

Co-opted Members

1.	Shri Om Prakash
 	Additional Commissioner
	Ministry of Agriculture
	Department of Agriculture and Cooperation
	Government of India
	Krishi Bhavan
	New Delhi-110 114

2.	Shri D.K. Chatterjee
 	Chief Director (Processing)
 	National Co-operative Development Corporation
	4 - Siri Institutional Area
	Hauz Khas
	New Delhi-110 016
 	
3.	Shri M.M. Jose
 	Senior Marketing Development Officer
 	Directorate of Marketing & Inspection
 	Regional Office
 	Willington Island
 	Kochi-682 003

4.	Shri Mathew M. Parayil
 	Parayil House
 	Nariyanganam P.O.
 	Kottayam District-686 579

Publicity Committee

1.	Shri T.K. Jose IAS
	 Chairman
	 Coconut Development Board
	 Kochi-682 011


2.	Shri Mani C. Kappan
 	Vice Chairman, Coconut Development Board
	Kappil House
 	 Palai-686 575
 	 Kottayam District
	
 3.	The Agriculture Production Commissioner
 	 Government of Kerala
	 Agriculture Department
	 Government Secretariat
 	 Thiruvananthapuram-695 001
 
4.	The Agricultural Production Commissioner and 
	Secretary to the Government
	Government of Tamil Nadu
	Agriculture Department
	Secretariat, Fort St. George
	Chennai-600 009

5.	The Secretary to the Government (Horticulture)
	 Government of Karnataka
	 Agriculture and Horticulture Department
	 M.S. Building
 	 Dr. Ambedkar Veedhi
	 Bangalore-560 001

6.	Adv. Varkala B. Ravikumar
	Balakrishna Building
	Malloor Road
 	Vanchiyoor
	Thiruvananthapuram-695 035

7.	Shri R. Kalaiselvan
 	 24, Kunjammal Colony
 	 Nadimuthu Nagar
 	 Pattukkottai-614 602
 	 Tamil Nadu

8.	Shri Vasant Vishnu Limaye
	A-8, Lokmanya Apartment
	Tilak Lane
	Ratnagiri-415 612
	Maharashtra

Co-opted Members

1.	Shri Om Prakash
 	Additional Commissioner
	Ministry of Agriculture
	Department of Agriculture and Cooperation
	Government of India
	Krishi Bhavan
	New Delhi-110 114

2. 	Shri Robert D’Almedia
 	Rudensa Enclave
 	Popular Road
 	Vaduthala
 	Kochi-682 023

3.	Dr. V. Murugappan
 	Former Director, TNAU
 	27, Tauta Nagar
 	Coimbatore-641 041

4.	Smt. Shantha Sudhir
 	S-3, Mulberry Lane Apartments
 	Rajaram Mohanroy Road
 	Richmound Circle
 	Bangalore-560 025