Office Bearers - NEDAC - Network for the Development of Agricultural Cooperatives in Asia and the Pacific

Office Bearers

NEDAC Executive Committee 2025-26

Chairman NEDAC
Mr. Pankaj Kumar Bansal, IAS
Additional Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation, (Govt of India)
& MD, National Cooperative Development Corporation,
INDIA

Co-Chairman
Yet to nominate
KENYA

Vice-Chairman
Mr. Badri Guragain
CEO,
National Co-operative Bank Ltd.
NEPAL

Vice-Chairman
Mr. Virgilio Lazaga
Assistant Secretary,
Cooperative Development Authority
PHILIPPINES

General Secretary
Mr. P. S. Gahlaut
Managing Director,
Indian Potash Limited,
INDIA

Executive Members

Indian Farmers Fertilizer
Cooperative Limited
(IFFCO)
Mr. Dileep Bhai Sanghani
Chairman

National Cooperative
Union of India
(NCUI)
Dr. Sudhir Mahajan (Retd. IAS)
Chief Executive

National Federation of
State Cooperative Banks
(NAFSCOB)
Mr. Subrahmanyam Bhima
Managing Director/CEO

The Haryana State Co-operative Supply
and Marketing Federation Limited
(HAFED)
Mr. Mukul Kumar (IAS)
Managing Director

Mulkanoor Coop Credit
and Marketing Society
Mr. Praveen Reddy
President

Unati Cooperative
Marketing-cum-Processing Society Ltd
Mr. Jyoti Saroop
Director

National Fisheries
Development Board
Dr. Bijay Kumar Behera (ARS)
Chief Executive

Central Union of Rural
Agricultural Coops of Iran
Ms. Tahmineh Kashani
Foreign Commerce Manager

Special Invitees

Centre on Integrated Rural Development
for Asia and the Pacific
(CIRDAP)
Dr. P. Chandra Shekara
Director General

Cooperative University of Kenya
(CUK)
Prof. Issac K. Nyamongo
Dy. Vice Chancellor

Permanent Member

International Cooperative Alliance Asia Pacific
Mr. Balasubramanian Ganpathy Iyer
Regional Director