KITE Organising Committee Members

MONITORING COMMITTEE:  

  1. Chairman: Hon. Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs & Legislation & Tourism, GOK
  2. Vice Chairman:  Chairman, KSTDC Ltd.,
  3. Vice Chairman:  Chairman, Jungle Lodges & Resorts Ltd.,
  4. Secretary, Department of Tourism, GOK
  5. Member Secretary: Director, Department of Tourism, GOK
  6. Managing Director, Jungle Lodges & Resorts Ltd.,
  7. Managing Director, KSTDC Ltd.,
  8. Regional Director, MOT, GOI, Chennai
  9. Director, MOT, GOI , Bangalore
  10. President, Karnataka Tourism Society
  11.  Chairman, IATO Karnataka Chapter
  12. Chairman – TAAI, Karnataka Chapter
  13. Chairman – TAFI, Karnataka Chapter
  14. President  – SKAL – Karnataka Chapter
  15. President – KTF, Bangalore
  16. Chairman- ETAA, Karnataka Chapter
  17. President, FKCCI
  18. President – BCIC, Bangalore
  19. President – SIHRA 
  20. President – KSHA
  21. President – BHRA, Bangalore
  22. President – KSTOA, Bangalore
  23. Mr. Ayappa Somaiah, EC Member, KTS
  24. Vice President – Marketing  – KIAL
  25. Dr. Issac Mathai,  Chairman- Soukya, Member- KTS

ORGANISING COMMITTEE:

  1. Chairman:  Secretary, Department of Tourism, GOK
  2. Director, Department of Tourism, GOK
  3. Managing Director, Jungle Lodges & Resorts Ltd.,
  4. Managing Director, KSTDC Ltd.,
  5. Regional Director, MOT, GOI, Chennai
  6. Mr. K Syama Raju, President – KTS
  7. Mr. Vineet Verma, Vice President – KTS
  8. Mr. S. Mahalingaiah, Secretary – KTS
  9. Mr. Ayappa Somaiah, EC Member – KTS
  10. Mr. G. K. Shetty, Treasurer, KTS
  11. Mr. H. T. Ratnakar, KSTDC Ltd.,
  12. Mr. H. P. Janardhan, Joint Director, P&P, DOT, GOK

REGISTRATION, RECEPTION & PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:  

  1. Chairman: Director, DOT, GOK.
  2. Director, MOT,GOI,  Bangalore
  3. Joint Commissioner, DOT, GOK, Bangalore
  4. General Manager (Admin), KSTDC, Bangalore
  5. Executive Director, Jungle Lodges & Resorts Ltd.,
  6. Joint Director (P&P), DOT, GOK, Bangalore
  7. Principal, Institute of Hotel Management, Bangalore
  8. Mr. P.C. Rao – EC Member KTS 
  9. General Manager (Corporate Affairs), KIAL, Bangalore
  10. Mr. H.T. Ratnakar, KSTDC Ltd.

ACCOMODATION COMMITTEE:   

  1. Chairman:  MD, KSTDC
  2. Ms. Chaitra B. V., Joint Director (Planning), DOT, GOK
  3. Mr. Vineet Verma  – Vice President, KTS
  4. Mr. P. C Rao, Member KTS
  5. Mr. Manoj Mathew, Joint Secretary – KTS
  6. Mr. Mr. G.K. Shetty, Treasurer – KTS
  7. General Manager – Finance, KSTDC
  8. Mr. H.T. Ratnakar, KSTDC Ltd.,

 INTERNATIONAL BUYERS’ SELECTION COMMITTEE:

  1. Chairman:  S. Mahalingaiah, Secretary – KTS
  2. Joint Director (P&P), DOT, GOK
  3. Mr. Ayappa Somaiah,  EC Member – KTS
  4. Mr. Thomas Cherian, Member – KTS
  5. Ms. Mani Megalai, President – SKAL
  6. Mr. Tarun Giri, Member – KTS
  7. Mr. Prasad, Orchid Tours & Travels, Bangalore

DOMESTIC BUYERS’ SELECTION COMMITTEE:

  1. Chairman: Mr. Prashanth B. S., Member – KTS
  2. Mr. Thomas Cherian, Member – KTS
  3. Mr. B. Lokesh, TAAI, Bangalore
  4. Mr. Niranjan, President – TAAI, Karnataka Chapter
  5. Mr. H. Jagadeesh, EC Member – KTS
  6. Joint Director (P&P), DOT, GOK
  7. Mr. Rohit Hangal, Member, KTS
  8. Executive Director, Jungles Lodges
  9. Mr. Roshan Pinto, Member – KTS, Mangaluru
  10. Mr. B. Ramesh, Member – KTS, Chamarajanagara
  11. Mr. Sharanappa, Manager – KSTDC
  12. Mr. N Joyson, President – ETAA, Bangalore

FAM TOUR COMMITTEE: 

  1. Chairman:  Mr. H. Jagadeesh, EC Member – KTS
  2. Mr. Manoj Mathew, Joint Secretary – KTS
  3. Mr. Yuvraj, General Manager, Jungle Lodges & Resorts Ltd.,
  4. Mr. Patrick George, President – KTF
  5. Mr. Arun Pai, Bangalore Walks
  6. Mr. Sandeep Dumale, Member – KTS
  7. Mr. Chetan, Silver Sky Resort, Member – KTS, Chickmagaluru
  8. Mr. Sripada, Member – KTS, Hospet
  9. Mr. Gururaj ,  Member – KTS, Shivamogga
  10. Mr. Nagendra Prasad, President, Hotel Association, Kodagu
  11. Ms. Poonam Shetty, Member – KTS, Udupi
  12. Mr. Praveen Kumar, Member- KTS, Mysuru
  13. Mr. Vedanana Murthy, Member – KTS, Sakleshpur
  14. Mr. Narayan Gowda, President, Hotel Association, Mysuru
  15. Mr. S.N.K. Chidambara,   Member – KTS & IATO
  16. Mr. Devraju, AGM – KSTDC Ltd.

SELLERS SELECTION COMMITTEE:   

  1. Chairman: Mr. Vineet Verma, Vice President
  2. Mr. Amish Desai,  EC Member – KTS 
  3. Joint Director (P&P), DOT, GOK
  4. Chairman, Tourism Committee – FKCCI
  5. President, Home Stay Association, Kodagu
  6. President, Home Stay Association, Chickmagaluru
  7. President, Tourism Association, Udupi
  8. Dr. Mruthunjaya Swamy, Member – KTS
  9. Mr. Srinivas, PRO – KSTDC Ltd.,

TRANSPORT COMMITTEE: 

  1. Chairman:  Mr. R. Radhakrishna Holla, EC Member – KTS
  2. Ms. Anupama K, Joint Director (Planning Division), DOT, GOK
  3. General Manager, Transport, KSTDC Ltd.,
  4. Mr. H. Jagadeesh, EC Member – KTS
  5. Mr. Harish Upadya, Member – KTS
  6. Mr. S.N.K. Chidambaram, Member – KTS & IATO
  7. Mr. Gangadhar, Safeway Travels, Bangalore
  8. Mr. Naveen, MD, Sam Tours, Bangalore
  9. Mr. Ramesh, MD, Ramesh Tours & Travels, Bangalore
  10. Mr. Irfan, MD, Quality Holidays, Mysuru

CULTURAL, PR & EMERGENCY SERVICES (Security, Fire, Medical) : 

  1. Chairman:  MD, Jungle Lodges & Resorts Ltd.,
  2. General Manager (Admin), KSTDC Ltd.,
  3. Ms. Y. Roopa, Deputy Director (Admin), DOT, GOK
  4. Nominee from Police Department
  5. Nominee from Fire Department
  6. Nominee from  Health Department
  7. Nominee from Information Department
  8. Nominee from Kannada & Cultural Department
  9. Nominee from BBMP
  10. Mr. P. C. Rao, EC Member – KTS
  11. Chief Administrative Officer, Jungle Lodges & Resorts Ltd.

FINANCE, BUDGET & SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE:   

  1. Chairman: Secretary, Department of Tourism, GOK
  2. Director, DOT, GOK
  3. MD, Jungles Lodges & Resorts Ltd.,
  4. MD, KSTDC Ltd.,
  5. Regional Director, South – MOT, GOI, Chennai
  6. Mr.K. Shama Raju, President, KTS
  7. Mr. Vineet Verma, Vice President – KTS
  8. Mr. G.K. Shetty, Treasurer – KTS
  9. General Manager (Finance), KSTDC Ltd.,

B2B APPOINTMENT COMMITTEE:  

  1. Chairman – Mr. Amish Desai, EC Member – KTS  
  2. Mr. Rohit Hangal –   Member – KTS
  3. Mr. S. Mahalingaiah,  Secretary – KTS
  4. Mr. Ayappa Somaiah, EC Member – KTS
  5. Sandeep Hegde, Member – KTS, Karwar
  6. Mr. R. Abhinandan, Deputy Director, DOT
  7. Mr. Srinivas, System Manager, Jungle Lodges & Resorts Ltd.,
  8. System Manager – IT, KSTDC Ltd.,