Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Limited

CONSTITUTION:
Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Limited (KNNL) has been registered as a wholly owned Government of Karnataka Company as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 with effect from 9th December 1998.

MANAGEMENT:
The Company is managed by the Board of Directors.Sri. B.S.Yeddiyurappa , Honourable Chief Minister of Karnataka , is the Chairman of the Board . The Managing Director of the Company SRI D. Satya Murty , IAS, looks after the day-to-day affairs of the company. A team of professionally qualified and experienced personnel in various fields like Civil & Structural Engineering, Design, Finance, General Administration and Law assist the Managing Director.

ADMINISTRATION, PLANNING & TECHNICAL SUPPORT:
The Nigam aims at reviewing the planning and design aspects and monitoring the progress of the work and tracking field periodically by involving dedicated professional administrators, subject specialist and experienced engineers and other specialists in the field in order to clear bottle necks and ensure time bound progress of work.

QUALITY ASSURANCE:
All projects are required to meet the highest quality standards. The Nigam aims at initiating package contacts to ensure unit wise completion of projects. A comprehensive approach is being followed by integration and synchronisation of all the components of the projects so that the main aim of providing water upto the field level can be achieved and the goal of utilisation of irrigation potential is realised.

A NEW PROSPECTIVE:
The Nigam intends to give more thrust to new areas of development such as participatory irrigation management, encouragement to modern irrigation practices with more duty of water, exploration of new possibility of conjunctive use of water, advocating a holistic approach towards agricultural farming practices for economic security to the farmer and using modern technologies in survey and design of canal systems.

DIRECTORS ON THE BOARD OF
KARNATAKA NEERAVARI NIGAM LIMITED

List of Directors nominated by the Government on the Board of KNNL as on 25-03-2010

Sl. No.	Name	*Designation*	Address	With effect from
01.	Sri.B.S.Yeddyurappa	Chairman	Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of Karnataka, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore- 560 001.	27.06.2008
02.	Sri.Basavraj Bommai	Vice-Chairman	Hon’ble Minister for Water Resources Government of Karnataka, Vidhana Soudha,Bangalore- 560 001.	27.06.2008
03.	Sri. S.V.Ranganath, IAS	Director	Chief secretary to G o K Government of Karnataka, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore- 560 001.	09.10.2009
04.	Sri L.V.Nagarajan, IAS	Director	Principal Secretary ,Finance Department, Government of Karnataka, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore- 560 001.	25.03.2010
05.	Sri.M.R.Kamble, IAS	Director	Secretary to Govt., Water Resources Department, M.S.Building, Bangalore- 560 001.	18.9.2007
06.	Sri. D.Satya Murty, IAS	Managing Director	Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd., No.1, 4th Floor, Coffee Board Building, Dr. Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore 560 001.	12.05.2006
07.	Sri.I.S.N.Prasad, IAS	Director	Secretary to Hon’ble Chief Minister GOK, Vidhana Soudha ,Bangalore-1	18.11.2009
08	Sri. D.N.Desai	Director	Secretary to Govt, PWD, (Retd) H.I.G. No.1, 1st A Main Road, K.H.B. Colony, 1st Stage, Basaveshwara Nagar, Bangalore -560 079	13.03.2006
09	Sri J.R.K.Karadi	Director	Retd Engineer in Chief 1st Main, 1st Cross, Near LAD Hospital, Sadashivanagar ,Belgaum-590001	27.08.2008
10	Sri.R.Basavangouda	Director	Retd. Chief Engineer, No.32, Taralabalu, Enclave(SBT Layout), Bellary Road, Near Police Station,Yelahanka, Bangalore-64.	27.08.2008
11	Sri S.M.Chabbi,	Director	Retd. Chief Engineer, No.28, Sanmatinagar, Kelageri Road, Dharwad:580008	27.08.2008

Regd office:
Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Limited
4th Floor, Coffeee Board Building,
No. 1, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore - 560 001.
Ph: 91-80-2228 3074 - 78. Fax: 91-80-2226 7314.