KJA Secretariat
KJA Secretariat, coordinated under Member Secretary, will implement all actions and undertake any background and secretarial work for KJA. KJA Secretariat will create and organise the technical and administrative/financial procedures for all its activities to support KJA and hire people on annual or time-bound contract basis, reporting to Member-Secretary, KJA. Within KJA Secretariat, specific Focal points are identified for each such team/group.
Presently, the following are supporting the KJA Secretariat:
Dr. Padmavathi B.S
Senior Research Associate
Dr. Padmavathi B.S is a post-graduate in Political Science from Bangalore University. She holds M. Phil and doctoral degrees with specialisation in foreign Policies from the Department of Political Science, Bangalore University. She has worked for Department of Political Science, Bangalore University; Centre for Studies of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi; International Academy for Creative Teaching (IACT). She has served as a member of the Textbook Committee (XII-World Politics) constituted by the National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE), New Delhi. She has contributed to the Karnataka State Youth Policy as a Member of the Drafting Committee. As Project Coordinator, she facilitated implementation of Madiwala Biodiversity Park Project through KLCDA. Her work profile includes teaching, teacher education and training, research and advocacy.
Dr. Jayashri
Senior Research Associate
Ms. Jayashri holds a doctoral degree from
Department of Economics and Co-operation, University of Mysore. She is also a
Post graduate student of Data Analytics from IIIT-B and specialized in
Econometrics. She also has an M. Phil degree for her thesis on 'Impact of
Financial Liberalisation on Financial Sectors in India'. She has published many
books and articles and has presented several research papers as well. Besides,
she has also worked as a Research Associate in Institute of Social and Economic
Change (ISEC), Bangalore. She has 10+ years of working experience in the
research field for providing technical as well as research inputs. Having
proficient knowledge in statistics, SQL, Python, XLSTAT and Tableau, she is
having an experience in executing data-driven solutions to increase efficiency,
accuracy, and utility of internal data processing.
Mr. K.S. Ashok Kumar
Admin & Finance Executive
Is a B.Com graduate from Bangalore University. He has over 35 years of experience working
with various Departments of Karnataka Government Secretariat. He retired from
the service as an Under Secretary to Government, DPAR (Accounts-1) ( Drawing
and Disbursing Officer) in 2012. He is currently working with the Commission as Admin & Finance Executive.
Mr. Ravi B
Data Entry Operator
Has completed B.A. from Bangalore University and has obtained Post Graduation in Sociology from KSOU. Has been working with the Commission since 2009.
Ms. N. V. Vinutha
Office Assistant
Is a B.Com. Graduate from Bangalore University. She has 4 years of work experience as an Admin Assistant in ISRO, HQ. She is currently working with the Commission as Office Assistant.
