Name: Mr. Shaker Nagarajan

Father’s Name: Shri. W.P.A.R. Nagarajan

Date of Birth: 31 March 1957

Permanent Address: PILLAVALI COFFEE ESTATES, PO Box No. 2, Pattiveeranpatti – 624211, Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu

Educational Qualifications & Training:

• Graduated from Lawrence School, Lovedale – November 1972.
• Graduated from St. Joseph’s College, Trichy (B.Com, University of Madras) – April 1976.
• MBA (Business Management) from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore – April 1978 (Distinction).
• Professional Individual Member, All India Management Association, New Delhi.
• Completed basic course in Bio-Dynamic Agriculture (Bio-Dynamic Association of India & NZ/Australia BD Outreach).
• Received on-the-job training from renowned coffee breeders Shri R.L. Narasimhaswamy, Shri S. Vishweshwara, and Dr. M.S. Sreenivasan.

Present Occupation: Proprietary coffee planter and horticulturist.

In the coffee cultivation and processing business since 1978. Also cultivates spices (pepper, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, allspice), hill banana, citrus, paddy, coconut, and amla. Now diversified into floriculture, dairy farming, and nursery plant production.

Important Positions Held (Past & Present):

• Served on the Regional Research Council of the National Agricultural Research Project, ICAR.
• Member, Regional Advisory Committee of the Coffee Board, Govt. of India.
• President, Tamil Nadu Hill Banana Growers’ Federation – instrumental in GI registration for Virupakshi & Sirumalai bananas.
• President, Dindigul District Floriculture Association.
• Executive Committee Member, Planters’ Association of Tamil Nadu.
• Invitee to Coffee & Spices Sub-Committees of UPASI.
• Member, Management Committee, National Research Centre for Banana.

Membership in Associations:

• Member, United Planters’ Association of Southern India.
• Life Member, Society for Plantation Crops (CPCRI, Kasargode).
• Life Member, Society for Spices (NRC for Spices, Kozhikode).
• Life Member, Association for Improvement in Production & Utilisation of Banana, Trichy.
• Member, Planters’ Association of Tamil Nadu.

Directorships in Companies:

• Director, Madura Orchards Limited.
• Director, Pandyan and Company Pvt. Ltd.

Membership in Clubs & Sports Bodies:

• Life Member, Kodaikanal Golf Club – Captain (1990–91).
• Life Member, Golf Addicts Society of Southern India.
• Life Member, UPASI Sports Club.
• Life Member, Kodaikanal Club – President (2002–03).
• Member, Union Club, Madurai.

Other Relevant Information:

• Travelled extensively to Latin American and South American countries to study the plantation industry.
• Given radio talks and appeared on television programmes on agriculture-related topics.
• Closely associated with Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and Coffee Board Research Departments.