Sivaraj is the Managing Director of Uravu Eco Links Ltd. He oversees all the company’s activities – construction, bamboo trading, training, workshops, field research, community tourism and consultancies. He has 30 years of experience in the bamboo sector and is one of the founding members of the charitable trust Uravu Indigenous Science and Technology Study Centre (Uravu). He also played a vital role in the formation of the Uravu-Kabani Homestay Project of Thrikkaipetta, which has been operating successfully since 2008. He coordinated a baseline socio-economic study to develop the bamboo sector in Meghalaya, which was conducted by Uravu Eco Links for the Soil and Water Conservation Department, Government of Meghalaya from 2021 to 2023.
Sivaraj Thekkayil
