OUR ADVISORY BOARD

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Ajit Mantagani

Was a CEO at nsl textiles and apparel,Director at RPG groups school called imi kolkata, CEO at avind mills,parryware,asian paints,bertun paints He has BE from Suratkal and is an alumnus of IIM(A). Accredited CXO coach and mentor International Business, Founder gameplan Consultancy. Mentor advisor at Entersoftinformation Systems and Security Pvt Ltd.

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Mr. Anjani Kumar Agarwal

Anjani Agarwal for the last 20 years has led the DRS transportation and logistics business in various capacities. He has given a new new dimension to logisitics Industry. He was instrumental in creating DRS Agarwal packers and movers, DRS Dilip roadlines and the DRS International School. He has promoted DRS warehousing corporation, DRS labs, MDN Edify Pvt Ltd, he is motivitor behind several ventures of the group. He was awarded with

  • 1. Bharath Udyog glod star award.
  • 2. Parivahan Shreshtha award.
  • 3. Shiksha Ratan award.
  • 4. Logistics promoter award. .

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Dr A .Jagdeesh

Dr Jagdeesh is a psychaitrist at the Abaya Hospital and rehabilitation center. He is the founder of Abaya di alcoholic center and the abaya Institutes. He was until 2001 a Professor and HOD of dept of psychaitry at K.I.M.S. He has authored several journals on psychiatry in medical journals.

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Jude Felix Sebestian

Jude Sebastian is an international hockey player and played for India from 1983 to 1995. He started playing hockey at the age of 9 and went to play for the Indian Hockey team at the Olympics, World Cup, Asian Games and other international tournaments. Jude is an Arjuna Awardee and was rated as one of the seven best players of the world in 1995 by FIH. He has been a part of hockey in Singapore, teaching and playing for the best clubs. He now runs the Jude Felix Hockey Academy.

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Jennifer Martindale

Was a CEO at nsl textiles and apparel,Director at RPG groups school called imi kolkata, CEO at avind mills,parryware,asian paints,bertun paints He has BE from Suratkal and is an alumnus of IIM(A). Accredited CXO coach and mentor International Business, Founder gameplan Consultancy. Mentor advisor at Entersoftinformation Systems and Security Pvt Ltd.

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Mr. Kaiser Dopaishi

Kaiser Dopaishi in his capacity as the President of South Asia IB Schools Association has mentored many national and international schools. He served as Vice Principal – Kodaikanal International School for 10 years and as Principal of the Singapore International School.

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Major General B.S Nealakantappa.

Born in Mandya district in Karnataka, Major General B.S Nealakantappa completed his primary education in Mandya and later his B.E , F.I.E and Chartered Engineering. He served in various positions in the Indian Army for over 35 years. He was a part of the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak war and instrumental in protecting the Indian borders of Kutar and Poonaw. He also served in corporations such as Runto Projects and Lemon Cements Ltd. He has in his honor commendatior cards of Chief of Army Staff and general commanding in Chief Eastern Command

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Dr. Malathi K Holla

Well, it is my honour to introduce the most inspiring person I have met in the recent past. Malathi Holla is an International Para Athlete and a Padmashri and Arjun Awardee. As a child she was affected with virula fever and with treatment only her upper body regained strength. Bed ridden for 15 years and after 32 surgeries, she worked around sports to motivate herself and win more than 300 awards in international competitions. She is a Chief Manager at the Syndicate Bank and runs her NGO Mathru which looks after children with disabilities. She is a regular motivational speaker at many corporations.

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Pawan Kumar

Pawan Kumar is well-known as one the most creative directors in the Kannada film industry. He has directed several short films and acted in many. He directed Lifeu ishtene and Lucia, written the screenplay for pancharangi and manasare, two iconic kannada movies. He is instrumental in forming the English theater called Act or Productions. He has produced and played 70 public shows and conducted theatre work shops for corporations, colleges and schools . He was awarded the young creative entreapreuner award,Young performing arts entrepreneur award by British council.

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Prof Rajeev Gowda

Rajeev Gowda is a Professor at IIM(B) and now is also spokesperson for the Indian National Congress. He also serves as Director at RBI and GIC of India. He is also consultant for GoK and PriceWaterCoopers. He is a Gold medallist from the Bangalore University, he is fellowship from fordham and Pennsylvanian Universities. He earned his PhD from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in Public policy and Management. He has been teaching in several schools across the world such as the Oklahoma Business school, Centre for Jurisprudence and social policy. He authored and edited several books on Public policy and Democracy. He is a regular columnist in many news papers.

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Sanjay Gubbi

Sanjay Gubbi servers as a panther’s and tiger’s coordinator in………….. He holds Masters Degree in conservation biology from the University of Kent. He has saved over a 100 tigers in the indian terrain. Sanjay chairs the State Wildlife advisory board, State Tiger Conservation Steering Committee and Governing Council of Tiger Foundation of Karnataka State.

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Saswathi Belliyappa

Saswathi Belliyappa is an urban and requirement planner. She completed her Post Graduation from CEPT, Ahmedabad and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. She has over 20 years experience in the development and planning sector. She is a consultant on policy analysis and urban infrastructure with the U.N Habitat, World Bank and Asian Development Bank on projects across South Asia. She is a trustee of the Samvad Foundation which works in the fields of spectrum and hearing disorders and stroke rehabilitation.

KME TRUST

The Bangalore-based KME Trust is a registered educational trust. The trustees are driven by the shared vision of providing the youth of India with quality education options that are accessible and socially inclusive. The Edify School Electronic City is the first in a series of initiatives envisaged. The KM Trust plans to establish an additional 10 schools catering to different socio-economic groups in near Future.

T Muniyappa : T Muniyappa is the Founder Trustee of the KM Trust. He achieved excellence in the professional sphere during his years in the Revenue Department of the BBMP. He was instrumental in implementing two key tax reforms of the BBMP - Self Assessment Scheme (SAS) and Capital Value System (CVS). He believes in taking challenges head-on and excelling in them. He is the inspiration behind the phenomenal growth of the Group.

Ashok Gowda : Ashok Gowda is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and chief architect of the KM Trust. An architect by profession, Ashok is an alumnus of RV College of Engineering, Bangalore and CEPT, Ahmedabad. He has over ten years’ of experience in construction and project management and in 2010, founded GK Infra to develop premium residential layouts in Bangalore. Ashok is also a Visiting Faculty at BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore Institute of Technology, UV College of Engineering and Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering.

Punya Gopal : Punya Gopal is a Trustee of the KM Trust. She received her Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication from the Bangalore Institute of Technology and holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA. Punya’s professional experience comes from working in leading MNCs. She is currently the COO and Head of Procurement and Planning at GK Infra. She also provides guidance on all activities of the Trust and works towards the promotion of the KM Trust.