Dr. Krishna Alluri
Education Specialist, Food Security and Environment
Commonwealth of Learning
1055 West Hastings Street, Suite 1200
Vancouver, BC V6E 2E9
CANADA
Tel: +1 604 775 8200 Fax: +1 604 775 8210 E-mail: kalluri
Dr. Krishna Alluri joined COL in January 1997 on an attachment as a Visiting Fellow and continued as a staff consultant and then in a staff position from July 1999. First working in India, he has been involved in agricultural research, training and development for almost 30 years. Later, he was associated with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), which is co-sponsored by the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). He was an employee of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI, Philippines) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA, Nigeria), two of the 16 international agricultural research centres supported by the CGIAR.
Before joining COL, he was the IRRI Liaison Scientist for Africa and Co-ordinator of the International Network for Genetic Evaluation of Rice (INGER) in Africa. His aim is to contribute towards poverty alleviation by empowering the rural poor through the extension of education and improved agricultural technologies. In collaboration with some developing countries and CGIAR centres, he is currently working on non-formal education projects involving training, research and extension.
As Education Specialist, Food Security and Environment, he is responsible for developing activities where distance education and open learning applications could be promoted and encouraged in the agricultural, forestry and fisheries sectors, including all ongoing work.
