::APMAS::

The Board of Directors of APMAS has a total strength of 21 members representing the government, financial institutions, NGOs and SHG Federations. APMAS became fully operational on July 1st 2001, under the chairmanship of Dr. P. Kotaiah, former Chairman of NABARD, and Mr. C.S. Reddy as the founding CEO.
Members of the APMAS Board: Mr. Kaki Madhava Rao, IAS (Retd.), Chairman-APMAS Mr. K. Madhava Rao took steps as sub-Collector, Narsipatnam, Vishakapatnam District during 1964 to 1966 later he executed many esteemed positions as Settlement Officer, Secretary to GOI (Ministry of Home Affairs), Deputy Director of Census Operations, Collector & District Magistrate – Warangal Dist., D.G., Public Enterprises Management Board – Industries Department, M.D., AP State SCs & STs Coop. Housing Societies Federation – Social Welfare Department, Secretary – General Administration Department, Special Officer & Commissioner-Vijayawada Municipality, Secretary – Agriculture Department, Principal Secretary – Irrigation Department, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Special Chief Secretary & Development Commissioner-AP-Finance Department, Chief Secretary to Government, Advisor to Governor – Bihar State during President’s Rule, Director – NALSAR, Chairman – High Power Committee for Urban Cooperative Banks – Reserve Bank of India, He accomplished as State Election Commissioner during 1999 to 2004. Ms. Nandita Ray, Chairperson Outreach, Vice Chairperson-APMAS Mr. Koppula Raju, IAS., Principal Secretary, Dept. of Rural Development Mr. Akella Laxmi Nageswara Rao, Audit Committee Chairman- APMAS Mr. A.L. Nageswara Rao is General Manager, Corporate Communications, Priority Sector & Planning and Marketing Depts at Andhra Bank, Head Office, Hyderabad. Before joining Andhra Bank, he was lecturer in Nizam College at Hyderabad. He has received an Award from 'His Excellency Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of India' for rendering laudable services to the SHG Movement in the Sate. He has been awarded "Rajiv Ratna National Award - 2005 (Best Executive Gold Award) by the national Magazine. He is called by Government of Andhra Pradesh to interact with Hon'ble Prime Minister of India with select SHGs. Mr. B.B Naik, Chief General Manager NABARD Mr.C.V. Rao, DGM SIDBI Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Das, Executive Director, FWWB Ms. Rama Kanderpa, Vice President-BASIX Mr. Jyothi Neelaiah Mr. Jyothi Neelaiah is Chief Executive Officer of Ankuram-Sangamam-Poram based in Hyderabad. After working in various gross root level organisations, he and his wife Ms. Grace collectively began their career with Jogins/ Devadasis in Mahabubnagar Dist. Neelaiah co-founded Aashray 1994, Dappu in 1996 and Ankuram-Sangamam-Poram(A Dalitbahujan Women's Cooperative Movement)in 2000. Ms. Peta Usha Rani, SPM (IB)-SERP Mr. P V A Rama Rao, Former MD - NABARD Dr. Sheela Prasad, Ph.D., Dr. Sheela Prasad is Professor and head, Centre for Regional Studies, University of Hyderabad. She was earlier Faculty in the Centre for Area Studies, Osmania University from 1984 to 1996. She was invited as an Interport Lecturer on the Semester at Sea Programme of the University of Pittsburgh and University of Virginia. She has completed three research projects. She is the author of a book "Urban Health Care : A Study of Public and Corporate Hospitals in Hyderabad". Dr. Sheela Prasad has a number of publications to her credit in leading journals in the area of Health, Population Control Policies and Urban Environment. She is associated with Anveshi Research Centre for Women's Studies, Hyderabad. Prof. K.V. Raju, Professor - IRMA Mr. Jayesh Ranjan, IAS Mr. Jayesh Ranjan is presently working as the Managing Director of the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation. His previous assignments have been in Hyderabad Urban Development Authority as Vice Chairman for 3 years, and various rural assignmnts in different parts of the state for over 12 years, working in diverse sectors like Tribal Development, Natural Resources Management, Poverty Alleviation and other related Social Sector Development. Mr. T. Vijay Kumar IAS, CEO SERP Dr. Sudha Kotari, Ph.D., Dr. Sudha Kothari Iniated,and currently the Hororary Managing Trustee, of Chaitanya: An NGO working with Women Youth and Children. Dr. Kothari along with others also promoted "Chalana" - a network of NGOs and individuals working in SHG sector. Editor of Batwa - a wall paper focused on SHG process. Received John Dalvi Award, Cosmos Award, Yuva Gaurav Award, Kusumatai Choudhari award and many more awards for her outstanding social Work. Ms. Vidya Ramachandran, Independent Consultant Ms. K. Lalitha Kumari, President, Zilla Samakhya, Srikakulam Ms. Susheelamma, President, Zilla Samakhya, Ananthapur Ms. Jyothi, President, Zilla Samakhya, Ranga Reddy
	Mr. CS. Reddy Chief Executive Officer Mr. Reddy prior to his role in founding APMAS, acted as State Director of CARE International in Andhra Pradesh for a period of six years, where he played a lead role in the conceptualization and design of large scale programs like Sustainable Tribal Empowerment Program (STEP) and Credit and Savings for Household Enterprise (CASHE). He has a Master of Philosophy (M. Phil) in Statistics and Operations Research, from the University of Hyderabad and a Master of Science in Statistics and Operations Research, from the Sri Venkateswara University. Email : creddy@apmas.org