Avaremadanda K Monnappa

Retiring on 31st December 2015 , as Managing Director, The Hutti Gold Mines Company Limited and in additional charge as Managing Director, Karnataka Public Lands Corporation and Managing Director, Karnataka State Bio Fuel Development Board. Avaremadanda K Monnappa is a Proud Kodava I A S officer Selected to the Indian Forest Service during 1979 and then Selected to the Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) (Topper of the list) during 1980.

Family

Father

Avaremadanda Kuttappa

Mother

Mandeda Kamavva

Spouse

Ajjamada  Vidya

Children

Avaremadanda Ganapathy

Sitara Monnappa

 

Education

B.Sc., M.A. (English Literature), University of Mysore, 1980

Achivements

Selected to the Indian Forest Service during 1979.

Selected to the Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) (Topper of the list) during 1980.

Trainings & Postings

Joined the KAS as Assistant Commissioner (Probationer) in January, 1980 and worked in the following positions until now :

• Probation / Training : Tumkur District
• Special Assistant, Commissioner (Land Reforsm), Kundapur, D K District
• Deputy Director, Food & Civil Supplies, Kolar District
• Assistant Commissioner, Shimoga Sub-Division
• Head Quarters Assistant to the Deputy Commissioner, Bellary District
• Managing Director, Hassan District Central Co-operative Bank, Hassan,
• Project Director, Watershed Development Programme, Mysore District
• Registrar (Evaluation), Mysore University
• Registrar, Mysore University
• Joint Director (Administration), Administrative Training Institute, Mysore
• Private Secretary to the Revenue Minister, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore
• Chief Personnel Manager, Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, Bangalore
• Secretary, Karnataka Public Service Commission, Bangalore

Special Assignments

• Worked as General Observer, in the Assembly Elections to the States of West Bengal (2008 & 2011) , Rajasthan, Maharashtra & Uttar Pradesh (2012)
• Worked as General Observer during bye elections to the Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh (2005, 2012) and Assam (1996)
• Appointed as General Observer during the Lok Sabha Elections 2009 in Uttar Pradesh
• Appointed as Special Electrol Roll Observer in connection with work relating to revision of Electrol Rolls for the Bareilly division at Uttar Pradesh during 2011.

After Conferring of IAS during 1998 worked as

• Private Secretary to the Chief Minister of Karnataka
• Director of Survey, Settlement and Land Records, Bangalore
• Deputy Commissioner, Dakshina Kannada District, Mangalore
• Director, Special Economic Programme, RDPR, GoK, Bangalore
• Managing Director, Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company, Gulbarga
• Commissioner of Backward Classes Welfare, Bangalore
• Director, Women and Child Welfare Development, Bangalore
• Commissioner, Public Instructions, Dharwad
• Joint Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, Bangalore
• Commissioner for Cane Development and Director of Sugar in Karnataka, Bangalore
• Currently working as Managing Director, The Hutti Gold Mines Company Limited and in additional charge as Managing Director, Karnataka Public Lands Corporation and Managing Director, Karnataka State Bio Fuel Development Board.

Foreign assignments/visits

• As a trainer in a workshop on “Participatory Rural Appraisal” at the Kingdom of Lesotho, Africa through the southern African Association for Development and Co-operation (SAADC) – January – February, 1992
• As a participant in the Higher Education Management Programme conducted jointly by the Universities of Oxford and Workwick, U.K. and sponsored by the Association of Commonwealth Universities, London – July, 1994
• Visited the Universities of Moscow, Russia and the Universities of York and Birmingham, U.K. and the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, U.K. – August 1994
• Presented a paper on “Land Reforms in Karnataka” at the 16^th European Conference on South Asian studies held at Edingburgh, Scotland at the University of Edinburgh from 1^st Sept – 5^th Sept, 2000.
• Visited Seoul, South Korea on an Exposure visit organized by Government of India during April – May, 2010.
• Visited Canada and USA between 26^th November, 2011 to 8^th December, 2011 to participate in the “2011 Canadian Rt enewable Fuels Summit” as part of the Indian biofuel delegation..
• Participated in Association of Kannada Kutas of America (AKKA) Samellana Akka World Kannada Conference (AWKC), business forum held at Atlanta, GA, USA from 31^st August, 2012 to 2^nd September, 2012
• Visited Australia and New Zealand between 13^th January, 2013 to 22^nd January, 2013 as part of the Technical-cum-business visit.