CABD
CENTER FOR AGRI BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
IRDG FOCUSING ON COMMERCIALISATION OF ORGANIC AND PROTECTED CULTIVATION
Team Members
Director Operations
Naga Narendran Business Consultant
International Consultants
Jana Jananayagam Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University of Ceylon, 1970, Diploma in Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Manuka Institute of Technology, 1998 and Masters in International Trade and Commerce Law, Macquarie University, 2007
Param Paramanathan BSc Eng, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, MSc Water Resources Technology, UK. Chartered Engineer & Member, Institution of Civil Engineers, UK
Janaki Kuhanendran Economist / NGO Program Management. M.Phil Economics with Development Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, PgCert Research Methods for Social Science and Health King’s College London, University of London
Gunaratnam Kandakumar- Electrical Engineer /Project Manager Electrical Engineer University of East London (Qualified in 1981)
Local Executives
Project Executive IRDG, Jeromias Chendooran BSc Agriculture (Hons), MBA
Project Director (Commercial Organic cultivation) Mahesan Pathmashankar B.Sc. Agriculture (SP)(Hons), MBA
Engineering support services Jeevanathan Derone Niles. HND in civil engineering
Live stock and on-field implementation Kaneshapillai Kirekaran Diploma in agriculture
Field Supervisor KHC Ltd Annvinothiney Selvanagakam Filexbala
Project Director Mullai Commercial Peanut Farmers Ltd Sothilingam Piratheeban
International Volunteer Partners
Saru Sivapalan. Corporate and Commercial law from Australia
Sujan Selven. Telecommunications technician from Australia
Tamilini Narendran BSc Business IT from Australia (Project Director IRDG Virtual Office).
Collaboration Partners
MOU with the University of Jaffna for community outreach and Agribusiness Development
Otthulaippu A UK Charity Personal development and capacity building of individuals and teams
Comdu.it is a growing global network of diaspora change makers committed to the sustainable development of the North and East of Sri Lanka. We currently operate in Canada and Germany.
Visions Global Empowerment Partners for human capacity building
Palmera Creating a world where no one is left out by supporting farmers and rural entrepreneurs
Vetri Holdings LLC Stepping Stone to make Jaffna the next Silicon Valley
Yarl IT Hub a community to create an eco system which nurtures startup mindset, innovation, creativity, technological and business skills in the community. It also encourages knowledge sharing and fostering a spirit of entrepreneurship with IT start ups from Jaffna.
Senzmate Offers best of breed solutions and framework enables IoT communication like no one else does. Giving you ability to harness power of "Internet of Things" and achieve multi fold improvement in effectiveness of your business processes. Overtime we have identified existing problems across multiple sectors which could have been solved by new IoT technologies and offering most innovative systems solutions.