Sri G. T. Devegowda | CoopPeople | CoopWiki

Life Period: Born November 17, 1951 – Present (Active Framework Leader)
Region: Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts
Role: Former Chairman of the Karnataka State Co-operative Federation and President of MCDCC Bank.
Core Contributions: A powerful force behind the modernization of the Mysuru District Central Co-operative Bank (MCDCC Bank). He focused on expanding the primary dairy sector by linking village-level milk producer cooperatives directly with modern chilling infrastructure. He modified rural credit programs to allow immediate crop loan sanctions for marginal farmers and successfully advocated for state interest-subvention schemes that dropped effective interest rates to 0% for smallholders.
Recognitions: Conferred the state-level Sahakara Ratna Award in 2007.