Organisation

K-DISC will have a three layer organisation consisting of
1. The Board of Governors
2. Advisory Council
3. Strategy Consultants

The Board of governors

NO.	NAME	DISTINCTION	FIELD	IMAGE
1	Dr. K. M. Abraham CFA	CHAIRMAN, K-DISC Former Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala and former Whole Time Member, Securities Exchange Board of India Currently also Chief Executive Officer, Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board	Administration, Finance
2	Dr. V. K. Ramachandran	VICE CHAIRMAN State Planning Board	ECONOMICS Agrarian and Labour Economics
3	Dr. Pulickel Ajayan Professor in Engineering Rice University	EMINENT SCIENTIST Helmoltz-Humboldt prize Swadeshi Shastra Puraskaram Selected Nano50TM Innovator by Nanotech Briefs (2007) Selected by Scientific American Magazine as one of 2006 Scientific American 50	SCIENCE (Nano technology)
4	S. D. Shibulal Co-Founder, Infosys and Axilor Ventures	Former Chief Executive Officer, INFOSYS Board member Boston University Globethics.net Seoul International Business Advisory Council (SIBAC)	BUSINESS - IT / Management
5	Shyam Srinivasan Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Bank	Exemplary Leadership Award from the Rotary Club Rashtriya Udyog Ratna Award instituted by the NEHRDO The Greatest Corporate Leaders Of India Award given away by the World HRD Congress MBA, IIM Calcutta	FINANCE - BANKING
6	Dr. K. M. Abraham Kuzhikalail, Ranni, Pathanamthitta Needham, Massachusetts USA 02492	Eminent inventor - Pioneer in the research and development of rechargeable lithium and lithium-ion batteries Most Outstanding Achievement and Services Alumni Award - Tuft University Post-doctoral research at Vanderbilt University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Science - Chemistry

ORGANIZATIONAL FEATURES

The Board of Governors

1.There shall be not more than nine Governors on the Board
2. The Vice chairman, State Planning Board shall be a governor on the Board
3. There shall be note more than seven nominated Governors. These shall be persons of national/international eminence nominated by Government.
4. In identifying persons of national/international eminence the following yardsticks, though not exclusive may be used:

National/International Award winner for eminence in the field of science, engineering, technology, medicine, education, finance or business
Head of any premier Academic or R&D Institution at the National/International level.
CEO/Coo/CTO/CIO/CFO of a company which has been one of the NIFTY group of companies at least once in the past five years OR an International Company with significant global presence.
Have made outstanding and documented contributions to development or innovation at the national or international level.

5. The tenure of the nominated Governors shall be for a period of ONE year, subject to renomination for additional terms by government.

6. The Board of Governors shall have a Chairman who shall be in the rank and status of a Chief Secretary to Government.

7. The Chairman shall be nominated by government and shall be:

1. a person of eminence well versed in administration and who should have served as the Secretary to the Government of India or an equivalent post in the State Government.

2. a distinguished scientist, engineer or technocrat with not less than 20 years of experience heading an academic, administrative or R&D institution the national/international level.

8. The term of the Chairman shall be for a period of three years from the data of his appointment.

9. The Board of Governors may meet in a place designated by the Chairman or through video-conferencing where any Governor in the Board is unable to join the meetings.

10. The Board shall meet at least once in a quarter.

11. The quorum for a meeting shall be four.

12. Decision making shall be by majority Vote.

The Advisory Council

a) Ex officio member

The following shall be ex-officio members of the Advisory Council:

Chief secretary
Secretary – Planning & Economic Affafirs
Secretary – Industry
Secretary – Science and Technology
Secretary – Information Technology
Secretary – Higher Education
Chairman, CII, Kerala Chapter

b) Government Nominee

Government may nominate as many experts, recognised in a relevant field, as it deems fit to the Council on a voluntary basis. The members so chosen shall be persons recognised nationally or internationally for their excellence in their at field / profession.

Sri. G. Vijay Raghavan, Founder, Technopark and former Member State Planning Board
Sri. Sanjay Vijayakumar, CEO, Mobile Wireless Solutions, Kochi
Sri. T.K. Jose IAS, Additional Chief Secretary (LSG) and formerly Chairman, Coconut Development Board, Kochi
Dr. P.P. Chandrachoodan, Chief Adviser & Expert (CA&E), SAATTRaM, Mumbai
The Chairman, TIE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), Kochi, Kerala
Dr. Thomas Joseph, Associate Professor, Business Policy & Strategy, IIM, Udaipur
Nominee of the Naitonal Innovation Council, Planning Commission, New Delhi
Dr. Anil K. Gupta, National Innovation Foundation, Ahmedabad
Dr. C.V. Muraleedharan, Scientist, SreeChithraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology
Sri. V.K. Mathews, M.D., IBS Group
Dr.Radhakrishna Pillai, Director, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology

c) Nominee of Board of Governors

In addition any two Governors on the Board can also nominate an expert on voluntary basis to the Advisory Council.

The members of the Advisory Council hold office on Voluntary basis.
The Chairman may seek the advice of a member of the Advisory Council and request such help from a member of the Advisory Council to formulate a strategy in his or her area of expertise.
The Chairman may request the services of a member of the Advisory Council to participate in our conduct any Workshop or Seminar.

Strategy Consultants

1. The Chairman may hire Consultants to assist in the design or implementation of any strategy paper approved by the Board of Governors.

2. These Strategy Consultants shall be positioned in any department to assist the department in the implementation of any strategy on development innovation duly recommended by the Board and approved by Government as laid down above.