Members of the commission are M K Sridhar of Bangalore University - Canara Bank Institute of Management; former vice chancellor of Gulbarga University Dr Kutinho; Dr Naryana Tara of Bangalore Institute of Management; Dr Nagarathna of Bangalore Vivekananda Yuva Kendra and Dr Ramachandrabhat Kotemane of Janaseva Trust.
Ex-officio members: Additional Secretary to State Government and Development Commissioner; Principal Secretaries of Planning Department, IT, BT and Science and Technology and Primary and Secondary Education; IISc Director, Director of IIBM; ISEC Director; VCs of BU, Karnataka University, Gulbarga University, Mysore University, Bijapur Women University and Belgaum Visvesvaraya Technical University, University of Agriculture Sciences Bangalore.
Principal Secretary of Higher Education Department is coordinator of the commission.
