T Nand Kumar takes over as IRMA chairman, replaces Deep Joshi

Anand (Gujarat)

Mr. T. Nanda Kumar has taken over as Chairman of the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), a press communique issued by the institute today said.

He has replaced well-known social worker and Magsaysay award winner Padma Shri Deep Joshi, who was IRMA’s Chairman between November 2012 and November 2015.

Mr. Nanda Kumar, who is also Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), served as member of the National Disaster Management Authority and Chairman of Spices Board in Cochin (under the Government of India) during the time of changeover to the WTO regime. He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1972 and was allotted the Bihar Cadre.

His work with Spices Board had led to a significant augmentation in exports. He was also on an assignment with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Bangladesh for three years. He was appointed the Union Food Secretary of Government of India in 2006 and later as Agriculture Secretary in 2008.

IRMA is expected to gain immensely from Mr. Nanda Kumar’s leadership as he brings in his vast and varied experience and deep understanding of the challenges and issues facing rural India, both at the level of policy design and at the grassroots, the release said.

DeshGujarat