Kishor Kumar T. K, representing Uralunkal Labour Contract Co-operative Society (ULCCS), India, has been elected as the Vice-Chairperson of the International Cooperative Alliance Asia-Pacific Committee on Agriculture and Environment (ICAE) at the Annual Meeting of the ICAE held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Prof. Madya Dato’ Abdul Rahman Abdul Razak Shaik is the new Chairperson of the committee. Kishore Kumar is the Chief Project Coordinator of ULCCS and CEO of UL Cyberpark.
ICAE is a regional committee of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) that focuses on agricultural and environmental issues in the Asia-Pacific region. It operates under the International Cooperative Alliance Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP), the regional arm of the global ICA, which works to advance cooperative movements across the Asia-Pacific area. The committee’s activities include promoting sustainable agriculture, improving farmers’ incomes, developing agricultural cooperatives, and supporting climate-change management.
Kishore Kumar is a director of New Delhi-based National Labour Cooperative Federation of India (NLCF). He is the representative of Uralungal Society in NLCF, which is the apex body of about 47,000 cooperatives in the country. He is a member of various committees working at the national level to attract youth to the cooperative sector. He is also working as a representative of ULCCS in various national committees including the advisory committee formed by the Ministry of Cooperatives.
