ICCOA [International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture]

Name	Position	Email
Mr. Manoj Kumar Menon	Execcutive Director	manoj.menon at iccoa.org
	Manoj Kumar Menon is the Executive Director of ICCOA. Previously he was head of its Market Development programs since August 2004. He was also the Coordinator of both editions of the “India Organic trade fairs (2005 & 2006), the flagship products of ICCOA. Manoj was State University topper in his degree in Agriculture from Gujarat Agri. University. He did his MBA from 'Faculty of Management Studies (FMS)', University of Delhi. He has over 12 years of experience in management of agricultural projects, estates, input marketing and market developments etc. He has also represented ICCOA internationally at the BioFach, IFOAM, FiBL and at various forum nationally.
Mr. Murali	Manager - Information	murali at iccoa.org
	Currently working as Manager - Information at International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture (ICCOA). Prior to joining ICCOA in 2006 spent 4 years as an Information Specialist with the Resource Centre, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information & Communication Technology (DAIICT), Gujarat.
Mr. Jaydip Roy	Manager - Projects	jaydip.roy at iccoa.org
	Jaydip Roy joined ICCOA as Manager - Projects in March 2008.He is Post Graduate in Agricultural Science majoring Plant Pathology from Assam Agricultural university, Jorhat campus in 1996. His thesis was on White button Mushroom - compost tech. and standardisation. He worked for a public Limited Company for more than 12 years in managing and developing big farms (approx.2000 acres) from land survey, demarcation, fencing, planting, nursery raising, marketing. He also worked for cardamom plantation in Idukki (Kerala), well versed with Plantation labour laws, EPF, Laisioning with Govt. officials, farm accounting, record maintenance and office administration. He has undertaken a training programming in advances in farm management from Pantnagar, attended Organic trade fair in Bangalore. He has provided consultancy services to many marginal farmers in respect of IPM, advances in food preservation, medicinal plants, dairy units.

Mrs. Swarnambigai	Manager - Projects	swarna at iccoa.org
	Mrs.Swarnambigai. R is a Manager - Projects at ICCOA since May 2007. Basic degree in agriculture along with master’s degree in agriculture. Her specialization in the field of plant biotechnology (transgenics). Has over 3 years of research experience in the field of cut flowers, medicinal and aromatic plants. Provided consultancy and conducted training programs in the field of tissue culture, organic crop production and protection measures, production techniques in biofertilizer, biopesticides, biocontrol agents and commercial cultivation of mushrooms. Published manuals on herbal, medicinal and aromatic, spices. Awarded Gold Medal for best M. Sc Thesis in TNAU, Coimbatore.
Mr. Vikas Kumar	Deputy Manager - Projects	vikas at iccoa.org
	Mr. Vikas Kumar did his B. Sc in Agriculture from Dr. BRA University, Agra. Persuaded PGDM in Organic Agriculture Management from MPUAT Udaipur, Rajasthan. More than 4.6 year of experience in organic farming projects, certification, ICS Management, project management & procurement of organic produce.
Mr. Deepak Chaturvedi	Assistant Manager - Projects	deepak at iccoa.org
	He did his graduation in Life Science and MBA in Organic Agriculture and Food Business from Amity University, Noida. Joined ICCOA in August 2008, working as Assistant Manager - Projects. Before joining to ICCOA, worked as 'Management Trainee' at SGS India Pvt. Ltd. His responsibilities include prepare project proposals and acquire new projects, implementing organic certification programme of projects across the country, marketing of BioFach India together with India Organic Trade Fair.
Mr. Manoj Kumar	Assistant Manager - Projects	manojkumar at iccoa.org
	Mr. Manoj Kumar is currently working as Assistant Manager (Projects). He is responsible for coordination of the BioFach India together with India Organic International trade fairs, International Seminars & Workshops, Food Festivals and implementation of various govt. projects. He is Post-graduated in Agribusiness Management from National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM) Jaipur. He did his graduation form G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttaranchal.
Mr. Ankit Nigam	Assistant Manager	ankit at iccoa.org

Mr. Mahadeva	Senior Executive	mahadeva at iccoa.org
	I am post graduate in Applied Geology from University of Mysore in 2000. I have 4 yrs experience in the field of Organic Agriculture expertise in Monitoring, ICS, Documentation and Data Base Management as well as in Base line survey and Report preparation. Currently I am working in ICCOA as a Senior Executive cadre since July 2009 till date.
Ms. Sentiyangla Pongener	Executive
Mr. Lanuakum	ICS Inspector	imchan_lanu@yahoo.com
Mr. M Murry	Junior Executive	mike_murry at rediffmail.com
Mr. S Kikatemjen Ozukum	Executive (Projects)
Ms. Hema	Accountant	hema at iccoa.org
	Hema is Accounts cum Executive Secretary working since Nov. 2008, with over five years of experience in the finance. She plays an active role in accounting of all the financial transactions of ICCOA and is responsible for all the routine administration of the office
Mrs. Manju K.P.	Secretary to ED	manju at iccoa.org
	Handling telephone calls, Assisting in Directory preparation, Letters Management, etc.
Mr. Suresh	Junior Executive
Mr. Srinivasa Sharma	Junior Executive
Mr. Harish Kumar	Junior Executive
Mr. Kishore	Junior Executive
Mr. G. Janardhanacharya	Field Assistent
Mr. Vinod Kumar	Field Assistant
Mr. Bhuvan	Executive (Projects)

Mr. Ponnuswamy	Office Assistant
	Ponnuswamy is working as Office Assistant since June 2008. He is responsible for carrying out the routine office work.
Mr. Anand	Driver cum Office Assistant
Mr. Atulya Kumar Das	Assistant