Board Members

Trustees who were with Commitments Trust

1. Late Sri S R Shankaran IAS ( Retd), Founder Trustee & Ex-Chairman
   A distinguished public servant, whose contributions to the socio-economic development of disadvantaged persons especially SCs/STs in the country are well known. Since his rretirement from Government of India, as Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development is active on issues relating to social discrimination, especially among Scheduled Castes and on Human Rights issues.
2. Sri B N Yugandhar IAS ( Retd), Ex-Managing Trustee
   Served in several capacities in Government of Andhra Pradesh and Government of India as    Director, LBS National Academy of Administration, Mussorie; Secretary Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India; Secretary to Prime Minister, Government of India and Member Planning Commission, Government of India etc. After retirement from Indian Administrative Service has been active in Projects for Poverty Reduction, Capabilities development for Participation and Empowerment and Training of Development Administrators.
3. Mr. K. Raju IAS (Retd), Trustee
   A retired civil servant, he did pioneering work as the National Project Coordinator of South Asia Poverty Alleviation Project (SAPAP) and as Chief Executive Officer of Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP), Government of AP, Hyderabad. He is a recognized expert on participatory and sustainable development among the rural poor and the disadvantaged.
4. Sudhakara Reddy, Trustee
   He is a Mechanical Engineer with BHEL and served as Director PwD strategy with SERP for several years and continues supporting the PwD strategy in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States.
5. Mr. Raghupathi Cavle, Trustee
   He is an Engineering Graduate presently working as Vice President of Infosys, Bangalore