Lion Dr. Shashidhar Ganjigatti, pmjf
Lion Dr. Shashidhar Ganjigatti, pmjf, son of late Shri. B.M. Ganjigatti, who was Deputy Commissioner in Mysore State and Late Smt. Sulochanadevi. After his initial education in various parts of Karnataka, he graduated in Engineering from the Prestigious NITK, Surathkal. Later during his service he has obtained: M.E. (Environmental Engineering) from Anna University, Madras M.A. (Public Administration) from S.V .University, Tirupathi M.B.A from IGNOU, New Delhi, Ph.D (Management) from Bangalore University Project Management from Bradford University, UK Environmental Law from National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
He has worked in Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board and retired as Chief Engineer. He was in the first batch of Engineers who brought Cauvery Water to Bangalore in 1974. Considering his Qualification & experience, Govt. of Karnataka had appointed him as Member Secretary of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board for 3 years. At that time he was responsible for establishing office buildings and laboratories at various parts of Karnataka for proper control of pollution. At that time KSPCB was rated No.1 in India. After his retirement from BWSSB, he was appointed as Chairman, State Level Expert Appraisal Committee - Karnataka by Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India. At that time his Committee had cleared all projects, after proper scrutiny, without any pendency.
He has also worked as Team Leader for World Bank, Asian Development Bank and Japan Bank for Infrastructure Development of 40 towns in Karnataka. Later he has worked as Chairman, Technical Committee of BWSSB. He has also worked as Secretary, The Institution of Engineers (India), Karnataka State Centre.
He is an “Eminent Engineer” Awardee from The Institute of Engineers (India). He joined Lionism in 1996 in Lions Club of Bangalore Host, which is the first Lions Club of South India, Chartered in 1957. He rejoined the same Club again in 2014. He has worked in District 317A as Zone Chairman, Region Chairman, GAT Co-ordinator & Additional District Cabinet Secretary apart from working as Chairman, Region Meet; Co-Chairman District Convention. He has been awarded International President's Certificates. He is RLLI and ALLI Graduate from Lions International.
He was elected as 2nd Vice District Governor of District 317A during the 49th District Convention held in April 2025. He is married to Lion Jayashree and has two sons, elder Ravindra, having completed MS in USA and worked for Deloitte Consulting, now owns Hygiea Informatics (P) Ltd, which is 100% export oriented company. Another son Sachin is an Engineer and has his own business. Ganjigatti's have 3 grandchildren.