Chief Functionary of RUC
Mr. A. Maria James
Address: Deepam, Thumpaly, Irenipuram-629197, Tamil Nadu, India
Email: majames22@yahoo.com
Mobile: 9443177824
Date of Birth: April 6, 1959
Formal Educational Qualifications
- ✔ Post Graduate in Sociology
- ✔ Graduate in Law
Present Positions
- ✔ Founder and Director of Rural Uplift Centre (Since 1981)
- ✔ Member – DISHA Committee, Kanyakumari District
- ✔ Member – GNDR
- ✔ State Executive Committee Member – Inter Agency Group
- ✔ State Convenor – Social Action Movement TN & Pondy
- ✔ Founder – Kanyakumari Organic Farmers Association
Areas of Expertise
- ✔ Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction
- ✔ Climate Change Adaptation
- ✔ Human Rights Protection
- ✔ NGO Management
- ✔ Capacity Building for NGOs
International Participation
- ✔ Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction – Geneva
- ✔ International Organic Farming Conference – Czech Republic
- ✔ World Social Forum Seminars
- ✔ Bio-safety Conference – Hyderabad
- ✔ Human Rights & Flood Victims Conferences