A Unique Initiative by the Government of Karnataka

Meet Our Team
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Dr. Seetharamu G.K.

Director

Education: Ph.D. in Horticulture

Area of Specialization: Horticulture, Floriculture & Landscape Architecture, Precision Farming, Value Addition, Entrepreneurship Development, Project Planning, Technology Dissemination

E-mail: seetharamgk2020@gmail.com

Phone: +91-94820 47765



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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

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

E-mail: sghatnatti@gmail.com

Phone: +91-99202 72456



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Mr. Y.R. Jayanna

Senior Consultant - Training & Certification

Education: MSW (Master of Social Work)

Area of Specialization: Farmer Institutions, Capacity Building, Training program development and execution, Skilled in forming producer companies, SHGs, and farmer groups, Stakeholder coordination and community engagement.

E-mail: jayanna.fpc@gmail.com



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Dr. Prasanna H. S.

Consultant - Tribal FPOs & VDVK Project

Education: Ph. D. in Horticulture

Area of Specialization: Horticulture (Plantation, Spices, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops), Farmer Institutions, Capacity Building, Rural development, Sustainable Crop production & Crop protection practices, Marketing Management

E-mail: hsprasanna11@gmail.com



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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

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



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Rithesh G. K.

Consultant

Education: PGD-ABM

Area of Specialization: Agribusiness consulting, Agri Value Chain, Certification, Sustainability, Project Management

E-mail: ritheshgk.coefpo@gmail.com