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Last updated on 10-07-2019, 12:35

 

Board Members

Position Name Photo Contact number & E-mail ID Profile
Chairperson Adv. Sangeetha Viswanathan Adv. Sangeetha Viswanathan Tel : 0484-233605 Email : chairman.sb-ker@gov.in

Adv. Sangeetha Viswanathan has assumed charge as the Chairperson of the Spices Board on 2nd April 2025. She has been actively involved in various leadership roles, including serving as the Central Secretary of the SNDP Yogam Women's Wing, the State Vice President of BDJS, and the State General Secretary of BDMS.

A native of Koorkenchery, Thrissur, Sangeetha Viswanathan holds an LLB from Calicut University and an LLM from MG University. She is an accomplished advocate with expertise in family, labor, civil, and criminal law, practicing at the courts in Thrissur and the Kerala High Court.

b) i) Members of Lok Sabha
1. Shri. Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi Shri. Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi Tel: 011-23380635 Email: mpbijapur@gmail.com rameshj@sansad.nic.in

Shri. Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha representing Bijapur Parliament Constituency, Karnataka. Earlier, he served as Union Minister of State for Drinking Water & Sanitation during 2016 to 2019 Currently, he is the Member of parliamentary committee on Social Justice & Empowerment. He has also served as the Member in various Parliamentary Committees such as Consultative Committee of Ministry of Defence, Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers, Perliamentary Committee on Commerce, Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs and its Sub Committee on Personnel Policy of Central Para-Military Forces, etc.

2. Ms. S. Jothimani Ms. S. Jothimani Tel: 011- 23368330 Email: jothimani102@gmail.com mp.jothimani@sansad.nic.in

Ms. S. Jothimani is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha representing Karur Parliament Constituency, Tamil Nadu. Currently, she is the Member of parliamentary committee on Defence. Earlier, se has served as the Member in various Parliamentary Committees such as Consultative Committee, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Standing Committee on Industry, Committee on welfare of Other Backward Classes. She was Councillor of K. Paramathi panchayat Union for two terms. She was Member of Tamil Nadu Censor Board from 2006 to 2009.

ii) Member of Rajya Sabha

c) Representatives from the Ministries of the Central Government
i) Commerce Ms. P. Hemalatha IAS P Hemalatha IAS.jpg Tel: 0484-2333304 Email: secy.kochi-sb@gov.in

Ms. P. Hemalatha IAS is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Karnataka Cadre. She is currently serving as Development Commissioner, Cochin Special Economic Zone and holding additional charge as the Secretary of the Spices Board in Kochi, since October 2024.

ii) Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Vacant
iii) Finance Vacant
d) Members representing growers of spices
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e) Members representing exporters of spices
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f) Members representing major spices producing States
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g) Representatives from
i) Niti Aayog Vacant
ii) IIP, Mumbai Shri. Rajesh Kumar Mishra, IRS
Director, IIP & Additional DGFT
Shri. Rajesh Kumar Mishra, IRS Tel: 022-69192244
E-mail: director-iip@iip-in.com

Rajesh Kumar Mishra is a 1995 batch IRS-C&IT Officer and holds the post of Additional Director, Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in the rank of Joint Secretary since 2022.

iii) CFTRI, Mysore Vacant
iv) ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode Vacant
h) Representative from Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India
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