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