FUNCTIONAL BODIES

Governing Body

1. Shri. Santosh Sarangi, IAS, Chairman, Tea Board, (ex-officio President, NTRF)

2. Mr. M. V. Ashok, CGM (DEAR) NABARD, HO, Mumbai

3. Mr. C. S. R Murthy, DGM, FSPD, NABARD, Mumbai

4. Mr. Azam Monem, Chairman, (CCPA)

5. Mr. Prabhat Bezboruah, Chairman, TRA

6. Mr. D. Vinod Sivappa, President UPASI

7. Mr. A. K. Ray Barman, CGM, NABARD, Kolkata.

Research Advisory Committee

1. Shri. Santosh Sarangi, IAS, Tea Board, (ex-officio President, NTRF)

2. Prof. Chittaranjan Kole, Former Vice Chancellor, BCKV

3. Mr. M. V. Ashok, CGM (DEAR) NABARD, HO, Mumbai

4. Prof. (Dr) B. C. Bhowmick, Director, Extension Education, Assam Agril. University

5. Prof. Sanjib K. Panda, Department of Life Science, Assam University, Silchar

6. Dr. A. K. Barooah, Director, Tocklai Experimental Station, TRA, Tocklai

7. Dr. B. radhakrishnan, Director, UPASI-TRF, VALPARAI, Tamil Nadu

8. Prof. Ananda Mukhopadhyay, Entomology, North Bengal University

9. Prof. Saroj Kr. Sanyal, Former Vice Chancellor, BCKV

10. Dr. Tilak Raj Sharma, Executive Director, NABI, Mohali

11. Prof. Ranjit Kumar Sarkar, Ex-Professor, University of Calcutta

12. Prof. Prasanta Kumar Mishra, Director, CSWCRTI, Dehradun

13. Prof. Anup Majumder, Ex-Professor & Head of Radiotherapy, IPGMER

14. Prof. Debasish Bhattacharya, Principal, NRS Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata

15. Dr. Vandana D. Pradhan, Scientist B, National Institute of Immunohaematology, Mumbai

16. Dr. B. Bera, Secretary, National Tea Research Foundation

       The NTRF Secretariat housed at Tea Board is fully computerized with online facilities. The Secretariat is manned by

President:                              Shri Santosh Sarangi, IAS, Chairman, Tea Board
Secretary:                             Dr. B. Bera
Advisor:                                 Dr. P. Mohan Kumar
Research Officer:               Dr. Gargi Saha
Research Officer:               Mr. Utpal Bakshi
Secretariat Assistant:       Mr. Shib Nath Sinha
Addl. Secretariat Asst.:     Mr. Sanjiw Kumar Kurmi
MTS Staff:                              Mr. Goutam Mondal

EPILOGUE

NTRF interacts with Tea Board to identify the transient or complex problems of producing tea in India, to encourage national research bodies to take up topical issues in search of long term solutions. NTRF has undoubtedly made significant contributions during this period of its activities to supplement and complement research on tea in progress both globally and nationally.

ADDRESS FOR COMMUNICATION

National Tea Research Foundation
Tea Board
14. B.T.M.Sarani, 9th Floor
Kolkata - 700001

Tele Fax: 91 33 2234 1687
Email: ntrf.india@gmail.com