Board of Directors

Advisory Board

B2C Foundation has an advisory board, which is being headed by Dr.Manmohan Singh IAS, Retired Special Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh. He is the advisor and mentor for the organisation. He has been advising on developing the Strategy, networking, Policy advocacy and other areas of the foundation.

Board of Directors

The Directors of the organisation had work with the National and International development organisations like MV Foundation, KVK Jammikunta, BASIX, WASSAN, UNDP, ODI-UK, BLISS, Commitments Trust etc. After working in the development sector for more than 20 years, they have founded this organisation and started working with the communities. The details of the Directors are as follows:

Sateesh Kumar Botla

Managing Director

A Post graduate in Zoology and Geography has been working as Program Manager with KVK Jammikunta as Agriculture and fisheries expert. He has more than 14 years of experience in working with fisherfolk, farmers and entrepreneurs. He has been supporting various NGOs and Farmers producer organisations (FPOs) to strengthen the agriculture based livelihoods.

B. Ramachandrudu

Executive Director

A post graduate in Social Work, has been working in the development sector for the last 25 years. He had work with the organisations like MV Foundation on child labour and education, ODI-UK on Research on livelihoods, UNDP on women SHGs and poverty alleviation, WASSAN on NRM based livelihoods and with Commitments Trust on children and Persons with Disability. He had work as Chief Executive Officer for Commitments Trust for about 5 years and developed the strategies for CBR services and enhancing the livelihoods of children, girls and women with disabilities. He has received the “Best NGO award” from the Telangana State.

Smt. A.Prashanthi

Director

A Post graduate in Human Development and Family Studies, had work as a trainer for the Anganwadi teachers in Warangal. She also had work with Pratham as coordinator for Child labour and education project. She has been working with the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Jammikunta as an extension specialist. She has more than 10 years of experience in livelihoods,enterprises, extension and working with the children, women and other stakeholders in the rural Telangana.

Mr. A Prabhakar

Director

A Post graduate in Zoology and had work with WASSAN and KVK as fisheries expert for about 10 years. He has been working with the BASIX as Program Manager to facilitate the formation process of Farmers producer organisations (FPOs) to strengthen the value chain and marketing of their produce. He has more than 14 years of experience in working with fisherfolk, farmers, entrepreneurs and others. He has been supporting various NGOs and FPOs on the viable business models for the farmers in the State.

Mr. B Janakiram

Director

A Post graduate with social science and has been working as Program Manager with Balavikasa NGO. He had work with the organisations like WASSAN, Nehru Yuva Kendra, BLISS NGOs and Organo Company. He has expertise in working with the farmers, fisherfolk, women SHGs and their federations and contributed for the promotion of SRI paddy cultivation in the state. He has received best youth award for his outstanding work with the youth in Andhra Pradesh state and organised a national level youth integration camp and cycle rally to Delhi.