Name

Designation

Sri. M. N. Vidyashankar, IAS

Chairman – Monitoring Committee, BTFS
Member Convener, Vision Group on Biotechnology
and
Principal Secretary,
Department of IT, BT and S&T,
and
Principal Secretary,
I&C,
Government of Karnataka.

Dr. G. Padmanabhan

Chairman – Selection Committee, BTFS
Professor Emeritus
Department of Biochemistry Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore-560 012

Dr. H. Sharat Chandra

Member - Selection Committee, BTFS
and
Member Vision Group on Biotechnology, Honorary Director,
Centre for Human Genetics
and
Prof. Emeritus, MCBL, Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore-560 012

Dr. Yathindra

Member - Selection Committee, BTFS
Director - IBAB, Biotech Tech Park
Electronic City, Bangalore.

Dr. K. K. Narayanan

Member - Selection Committee, BTFS
Member - Vision Group on Biotechnology
and
Managing Director, Metahelix Life Sciences P Ltd.
Bommasandra, Bangalore.

Dr. Vijay Chandru

Member - Selection Committee, BTFS
Member Vision Group on Biotechnology
CEO, Strand Life Sciences

Mrs. Nandita Chandavarkar

Director – Operations, ABLE India
Koramangala, Bangalore 560034

Sri. Jeetendra Singh

Member, Selection Committee - BTFS and
OSD, Dept of IT, BT and S&T,
M. S. Building, Bangalore

GM (BT)

Member Secretary,
Selection Committee - BTFS,
General Manager, KBITS

Dr. Maulishree A

Member – BTFS Steering Committee
Academic / Industry Biotech Coordinator

Karnataka Biotechnology & Information Technology Services
Department of IT & BT, Government of Karnataka

Dr. Sathyamoorthy

Member – BTFS Steering Committee
Director, Manipal Life science Centre
Planetarium Complex, Manipal.

Dr.P S Rao

Member – BTFS Steering Committee
Director – Biotechnology
Dayanandasagar Institution, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bangalore.

Dr. B S Gowrishankar

Member – BTFS Steering Committee
Professor & Head – Biotechnology
Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur.

Mr. Bhanu Prakash

Member – BTFS Steering Committee
Probiosys, Jayanagar, Bangalore.

Dr. T. Veerabasappa Gouda

Member – BTFS Steering Committee
Professor & Head – Biotechnology
JSS College of Arts, Commerce & Science, Mysore.

Dr. Shashikiran

Member – BTFS Steering Committee

Dr. Anuradha

Member – BTFS Steering Committee
Professor & Head – Biotechnology
Padmashree Institute of Management & Sciences, Kommaghatta, Kengeri, Bangalore.

Dr. Vedamurthy B A

Member – BTFS Steering Committee
Professor & Head – Biotechnology
The Oxford College of Science
HSR Layout, Bangalore.

Dr. Nagaveni

Member – BTFS Steering Committee
Professor & Head – Biotechnology
Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women, Malleswaram, Bangalore.

Dr. S. I. Bhat

Member – BTFS Steering Committee
Principal & Head - Biotechnology
MM Arts & Science College, Sirsi.

Dr. Sarvamangala

Member – BTFS Steering Committee
Principal & Head - Biotechnology
Vishweshwaraih College of Applied Sciences, Gulbarga – 585 102