DIRECTORATE OF CASHEWNUT AND COCOA DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

I National Steering Commmittee on Cashew – A national level Committee for taking holistic approach in cashew development involving  co ordination of various programmes of cashew inclusive of trade, import and export 


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Name / Designation 

Position

1

Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi

Chairman

2.

Additional Secretary(Hort.), Department of Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi

Member

3.

Deputy Director General(Hort.), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Pusa, New Delhi

Member

4.

Inspector General (Forest), Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Paryavaran Bhavan, Jor Bagh, New Delhi of his representative 

Member

5.

Joint Secretary, Department of Food Processing Industry, Panchasheel Bhavan, Khel Gaon Marg, New Delhi

Member

6.

Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi

Member

7.

Executive Director & Secretary, Cashew Export Promotion Council of India, Cashew Bhavan, Mundakkal, Kollam, Kerala

Member

8.

Director, Directorate of Cashew Research, ICAR, Puttur, Karnataka

Member

9.

Secretary (Agriculture), Government of Goa, Secretariat, Panjim, Goa or his representative

Member

10.

Agriculture Production Commissioner, Government of Kerala, Secretariat, Trivandrum or his representative

Member

11.

Principal Secretary (Agri. & Hort.), Government of Maharashtra or his representative 

Member

12.

Principal Secretary (Agri. & Hort.), Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar, Odisha or his representative

Member

13.

Commissioner of Horticulture and Ex-Officio Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Commissionerate of Horticulture, TTPC Building, Chuttugunta, Andhra Pradesh, Guntur or his representative

Member

14

Agriculture Production Commissioner / Principal Secretary (Hort.), Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai or his representative

Member

15.

Secretary (Hort.), Government of Karnataka, Bengaluru or his representative

Member

16.

Secretary (Agri, Animal Husbandry & Co-opn.), Government of Jharkhand, Nepal House, Ranch or his representative

Member

17

Secretary(Food Processing Industries & Hort.), Government of West Bengal, Writers Building, Kolkata or his representative

Member

18.

Principal Secretary (Agri.), Government of Tripura – Civil Secretariat, Agarthala or his representative

Member

19.

Shri Vikas Shamsundar Mhadgut, Maharashtra – Cashew grower representative

Member

20.

Shri Rajendra Sabat, OCMA, Odisha – Representative of Cashew processor and Exporter

Member

21

Horticulture Commissioner, Department of Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi

Member Secretary


DA & FW Order No.03-01/2017-MIDH Tech.I (P-44667), dated 4.9.2017



II National Steering Committee on Cocoa – A national level Committee for taking holistic approach in development of Cocoa 



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Name / Designation 

Position

1.

Horticulture Commissioner, Department of Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi

Chairman

2.

Dr.S.B.Dhandin, Co-ordinator, International Bio diversity (FAO), College of Horticulture, UHS, GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka

Member

3.

Dr.R.Manimekalai, Senior Scientist (Bio technology), Sugarcane Breeding Institute, ICAR, Coimbatore

Member

4.

Director, CPCRI, (ICAR), Kasaragode, Kerala

Member


5.

Heads of State Horticulture Missions, Cocoa growing States. 

Member

6.

Heads of ICAR Research Stations, Cocoa growing States.

Member

7.

Representative – Cocoa Processing Industry 


Member

8.

Representative – Cocoa Progressive Farmers


Member

9

Director, Directorate of Cashewnut & Cocoa Development, Kochi, Kerala

Member 


DA & FW Letter No.21-09/2015-MIDH, Tech.I, dated 20.5.2015.



III – Internal Complaint Committee – A Committee constituted as per Clause No.6 & 7 of final order of Hon’ble Supreme Court in WP(Cr.) No.666-70 of 1992 to look into the complaints of sexual harassment of women at work place. 



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Name / Designation 

Position

1

Smt V.S. Jayalakshmi

Statistical Investigator 

Mob No. 990948268199

E-mail – jayalakshmy_cashew.ker@nic.in 


Chairperson 

2.

Smt R.I. Resmi

Junior Translation Officer

Mob No. 9446535832

E-mail – resmi_cashew.ker@nic.in 


Member

3.

Shri Nikhil V.M.

Senior Technical Assistant

Mob No. 9447769792

E-mail – unninikhil85@gmail.com


Member

4.

Smt Gita Menon

President 

Ernakulam Women’s Association  

Diwan’s Road, Kochi – 16

Mob No. 9995520648

E-mail – ekmwa@yahoo.com



Member


DCCD Order No-ES-151/A04/0506, dated 25.09.2024