Shri Abdul Nazir Sab Panchayat Raj Chair

CMDR has been accorded a chair in the name of Abdul Nazir Sab who was the crusader of rural development and worked hard to provide drinking water to villagesin Karnataka. Government of Karnataka has provided financial assistance to CMDR for establishing a Chair in the name of Shri Abdul Nazir Sab at the Centre (Financial year 2010-11). The activities of the Chair began in 2012 under the guidance of an Advisory Committee constituted by CMDR for the purpose of guiding and monitoring the activities of the unit. Since the available resources under the endowment created under the Chair are insufficient to meet the establishment costs, administrative costs, research and maintenance expenses, CMDR has been striving hard to complete the tasks promised under the Chair to fulfill its research and academic objectives. The main objective of the Chair is to undertake studies on Panchayat Raj system and to create awareness about decentralization process and guide the Panchayats in planning and monitoring the implementation of development programmes at grass root level on a regular basis.
Following are the members of the ANS Chair Advisory Committee and the research team constituted as per the proposal submitted to Government of Karnataka.


ANS Chair Advisory Committee
1. Honorable Minister
For Panchayat Raj & Rural Development
Government of Karnataka, Bangalore
Chairman
2. Principal Secretary
Panchayat Raj and Rural Development
Government of Karnataka, Bangalore
Member
3. Prof. P. R. Panchamukhi
Chairman, CMDR
Dharwad
Member
4. Chief Executive Officer
Zilla Panchayat
Dharwad District
Dharwad
Member
5. Chief Executive Officer
Zilla Panchayat
Raichur District
Raichur
Member
6. Director
Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research (CMDR)
Dharwad
Member


Subject Experts
1. Prof. Abdul Aziz
328, Teachers’ Colony,
Nagarabhavi PO
Bangalore.
Member
2. Prof. N. Sivanna
Adjunct Professor, R.K.Hegde Chair,
Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC),
Bangalore.
Member
3. Shri D R Patil
Vice President
Karnataka Panchayatraj Parishat Bangalore and Ex MLA
Gadag
Member
4. Dr. Prakash Bhat
Director, Jnan Vikas Rayapur
Dharwad
Member
5. Chair Professor Member
6. D. Rajsekhar
Professor, ISEC
ISEC-Bangalore
Visiting Professor (2014-2016)
7. N. Sivanna
Professor, ISEC
ISEC-Bangalore
Visiting Professor (2017-2020)

Research Team & Core Supporting Staffr

1. Prof. Nayanatara S. Nayak
I/c Chair Professor, ANS Chair,
CMDR, Dharwad

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2. Dr. Narayana Billava
Assistant Professor, ANS Chair,
CMDR, Dharwad


Area of Specialisation: Water Supply and Sanitation,
Decentralization, Rural Development, Agriculture,
Education, Rural and Urban Governance and Public Finance

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Vidwan ID : 263295
3. V. T. Hungund
Co-ordinator
ANS Chair,
CMDR, Dharwad