Governing Council

Shri Punati Shridhar
Chairman
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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A batch of IFS 1984 (retd), Former PCCF (HoFF) Karnataka (2018-2020). He has been involved in the promotion of Bamboo for its social, ecological industrial, and economic benefits during his career and is an expert in the management of bamboo forests, raising bamboo plantations, bamboo Agro-Forestry, marketing, and utilization.

Dr. K.N. Murthy
Executive Director
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Dr. K. N. Murthy IFS (Rtd), former PCCF from Karnataka. He holds a Ph.D. from IIM Bangalore in Public Policy. Currently reviving a dormant company founded by late N. S. Adukoli, founder of BSI last year, and turned it around into a profit-making company.

Shri. Parmeswaran Krishna Iyer
Secretary
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Parameswaran Krishna Iyer, Director Bamboopecker Lifestyle Crafts Pvt Ltd, Bangalore. His venture Bamboopecker® is a well-known brand in the furniture segment. Also, Bamboopecker® is doing Bamboo based construction projects at the Pan India level.

Sri. Paramashivaiah
Treasurer
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Shri. Ranganath Krishnan
GC Member
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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An agripreneur with a strong ambition to lead India's Bamboo cause, pursue contract farming and develop bamboo-based industries. Especially in the field of bamboo biomass-based biofuels.

Ar. Prof Neelam Manjunath
GC Member
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
+91 9945466204
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Promoting bamboo for the construction and related sectors since 1999 through design, execution, advocacy, skilling, advisory, and more.

Dr. K.K. Seethalakshmi
GC Member
Kerala, India
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Dr. K. K. Seethalakshmi, Chief Scientist (Rtd), and Former Coordinator, Bamboo Technical Support Group, and Programme Coordinator, SFM Division, KFRI, Peechi. Kerala. Nearly 40 years of research and extension experience in bamboo.

Shri. KP Murthy
GC Member
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
+91 9880495302
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KP Murthy, with 44 years of experience in Senior positions at TATA Gp & Bosch, is a passionate bamboo activist. Mobilizing students to propagate bamboo, conducting projects, and setting up bamboo research centers in engineering colleges.

Ar. Udai Gadkari
GC Member
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
+91 9766782223
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A teacher-architect- Town Planner with about four decades of Teaching, Professional and Administrative Experience. Past President, Council of Architecture (2011-14), (A Statutory Body of Govt. of India, MHRD, New Delhi).

An ardent Bamboo enthusiast contributing wholeheartedly in Bamboo Awareness and Promotion aspects through Pedagogy, online/offline Seminars, conferences, and hands-on workshops for all these years, introducing, especially students, to the Funtastic World of Bamboo.