A Unique Initiative by the Government of Karnataka

Meet Our Team
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Dr. Raghavendra K. Mesta

Director

Education: Ph.D. in Plant Pathology

Area of Specialization: Agriculture/ Horticulture Plant Protection, Entrepreneurship Development, Project Planning, Technology Dissemination

Experience (Years): 26+ Years

E-mail: rkmesta@gmail.com / mesta.rk@uhsbagalkot.edu.in

Phone: +91-94848 640881



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Dr. Sadananda G. K.

Deputy Director

Education: Ph.D. in Postharvest Technology

Area of Specialization: Postharvest Management and Value Addition of Horticultural Crops, Food Quality, Safety & Certification, Entrepreneurship Development

Experience (Years): 10+

E-mail: sadananda.gk@uhsbagalkot.edu.in / gk.sadananda@gmail.com

Phone: +91-94811 81749



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Dr. Shashibhushana A. Ghatnatti

Senior Consultant-Integrative Technical Capacity

Education: Ph. D. in Horticulture

Area of Specialization: Horticulture, Farmer Institutions, Networking, Capacity Building, Remote sensing and GIS applications in natural and manmade resource management

Experience (Years): 20+

E-mail: sghatnatti@gmail.com

Phone: +91-99202 72456



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Dr. Kumar S

Consultant

Education: Ph. D. in Agribusiness Management

Area of Specialization: Agriculture Marketing, Agribusiness, Technology Commercialization, Agribusiness Incubation, Entrepreneurship Development, Business Plans, Detailed Project Reports, Banking and Agricultural Finance, Priority Sector Credit, Market Linkages.

Experience (Years): 12+

E-mail: kumaragribusin@gmail.com

Phone: +91-87922 92012



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Dr. Shanabhoga, M. B.

Consultant (Training & Certification)

Education: Ph.D. in Agriculture Extension

Area of Specialization: Impact Studies, Programme Evaluation, Behavioral Research, Policy Research

Experience (Years): 4+

E-mail: shanabhogamb@gmail.com / shanabhogacoefpo@gmail.com

Phone: +91-96633 40766



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Dr. Madhushree A.

Senior Fellow (Networking and Collaboration)

Education: Ph.D. in Agriculture Extension

Area of Specialization: Farm journalism, Readability of farm publications, Mass communication

Experience (Years): 4.5+

E-mail: madhushree819@gmail.com / madhushree coefpo@gmail.com

Phone: +91-81056 79226



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Dr. Vennila M.

Senior Fellow (Consulting and Policy Advisor)

Education: Ph.D. in Agribusiness Management

Area of Specialization: Agricultural Marketing, Value Chain Analysis, Data Analysis, Market Linkages, Agricultural Finance and Entrepreneurship Development

Experience (Years): 2+

E-mail: vennilamahalingam21@gmail.com / vennilacoefpo@gmail.com

Phone: +91-78457 52235