Dr. Ashok Sangappa Alur — CEO
Received PhD in Agriculture from UAS-Dharwad, India. Posess over 25 years of experience in Agriculture, Higher Education, International Cooperation, Natural Resources Management, farmers Institutions , institutional building etc. Held different positions in Swiss Agency for Development-Cooperation, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics & University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot (Karnataka, India ) & also served as Founder Vice Chancellor (at Anantapur-Andhra Pradesh-India).Currently serves as Founder Vice Chancellor of Kodagu University established by the Government of Karnataka. He also served as Founder Director-Centre of Excellence for Farmer Producer Organizations. Received many prestigious awards including, Honors from ICRISAT for his contributions to reduce poverty, malnutrition, environmental-degradation; Honorary Recognition(FCRI-Thailand); Honorary-Credential(China); Honors from Government of Mozambique&Swaziland;SarvottamSeva-Award,ScienceCommunicators-Award and Independence Day Honors from Government of Karnataka. He has served as Honorary Expert for the Food Security Programs of Mozambique & Swaziland, member on Regional-Committee of UNDP-GEF; Israel Technology Committee and many other committees.
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Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 26 yrs 10 mos
Career Highlights
- Over 25 years of experience in agriculture and education.
- Founder Vice Chancellor of multiple universities.
- Recipient of numerous prestigious awards for contributions to agriculture.
Work Experience
Kodagu University
Vice Chancellor (3 yrs 2 mos)
Centre of Excellence for Farmer Producer Organizations
Director (6 yrs 2 mos)
Bharatiya Engineering, Science and Technology Innovation University Anantapur,Andhra Pradesh India
Vice Chancellor (9 mos)
University of Horticultural Sciences
Special Officer-Planning and Monitoring (8 yrs 5 mos)
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
Project Coordinator (5 yrs 5 mos)
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Embassy of Switzerland
Program Coordinator-Natural Resource Management (4 yrs 6 mos)
Agriculture -Man-Ecology of ETC Netherlands
Team Member-Technical (1 yr 7 mos)
Education
Ph.D at University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad