2. / BACKGROUND / Management graduate, with basic training in Agriculture, and schooling from Viswa Bharati, Santiniketan and Doctoral dissertation on `Factors Affecting Performance of Village Level Organisations’ in the area of Economics, working in rural India for more than two decades.
3. / DATE OF BIRTH / : / 17 February, 1958
4. / NATIONALITY / : / Indian
5. / PERSONAL ADDRESS
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: / 507 Jamuna Tirth Apartments
7-1-40/1 Dharam Karan Road
Ameerpet, Hyderabad 500 016
Res : (040) 2374-3346 Off: (040) 3051-2500
(040) 5562-3554 (040) 3051-2501
+91 93475 13079
6. / EDUCATION / : / 1975: Higher School Certificate, Vishwa Bharati, Santiniketan
1979:B.Sc. (Ag.&A.H) with Honours, GB Pant University of Agril. & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttar Pradesh
1982: PG Diploma in Rural Management, Institute of Rural Management, Anand, Gujarat
1994 : Doctor of Philosophy (Economics), SardarPatelUniversity, Ballabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat
7. / OTHER TRAINING / : / 2003: Advanced Agri-Business Management Program, CornellUniversity, Ithaca, USA
2000: Agribusiness Management Initiatives: Accessing World Market in 2000, CornellUniversity, Ithaca, USA
1998: Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), XLRI, Jamshedpur
1998:Totally Aligned Organisation (TAO), Ma-Foi, Chennai
1997:Project Appraisal Methods and Techniques, ITCOT, Chennai
1996:Fundamentals of Leasing & Hire-Purchase, ALFS, Mumbai
1994:Interviewing and Selection Methods, IBPS, Mumbai for IRMA Faculty
1989:Case Writing Workshop, Rolph Lynton for PRADAN Staff, Delhi
1986:Mushroom Production Technology, ATI, Bangkok
1983:Visual Aids in Development, CDC, Hyderabad
8. / LANGUAGE & DEGREE OF PROFICIENCY / : / Bengali Read, Write, Speak Fluently
English Read, Write, Speak Fluently
Hindi Read, Write, Speak Fluently
Gujarati Read, Write, Speak Fluently
9. / MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES / :
10. / COUNTRIES OF WORK EXPERIENCE / : / India
11. / EMPLOYMENT RECORD
FROM 2004 / : / TO Present
EMPLOYER / Indian Grameen Services (BASIX)
POSITION HELD AND DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES / Managing Director
With additional charge of Dean, Indian School of Livelihood Promotion
Responsible for overall management of IGS, the research and development company of the BASIX Group and establishing the LivelihoodSchool, engaged in building and disseminating knowledge about livelihood promotion.
FROM 2001 / : / TO 2004
EMPLOYER / : / Indian Grameen Services (BASIX)
POSITION HELD AND DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES / : / Chief Operating Officer
Responsible for Sub-sector intervention for livelihood support, Institutional Development services for other livelihood promotion/ support agencies and HR for the BASIX Group of Companies
FROM 1996 / : / TO 2000
EMPLOYER / : / Bhartiya Samrudhi Finance Ltd (BASIX)
POSITION HELD AND DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES / : / Vice-President (Operations & HR) –1998-2000
Associate Vice-President (Resources) – 1996-1998
Responsible for the operations of all the BASIX group of Companies integrating technical and financial services and its Human Resources in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka till March 2000 and in Maharastra, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan.
FROM 1990 / : / TO 1996
EMPLOYER / : / Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA)
POSITION HELD AND DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES / : / Associate Professor – 1994-96
Assistant Professor – 1990-94
Teaching courses on management of village level organisations. Was responsible for launching the International Management Appreciation Programme for Voluntary Agencies (VOLAG-MAP).
Admissions Co-ordinator 1994-96
FROM 1989 / : / TO 1990
EMPLOYER / : / Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
POSITION HELD AND DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES / : / CEI Fellow
Research into management of innovative education programmes. Development of a computer-based management information system (MIS) for the Navodaya Vidyalayas
FROM 1984 / : / TO 1988
EMPLOYER / : / Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN)
POSITION HELD AND DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES / : / Programme Director – 1986-88
Design and implementation of a programme promoting rural livelihood opportunities in tribal blocks of Madhya Pradesh.
Action Consultant – 1984-86
Design and implementation of an afforestation programme in the tribal districts of Gujarat, with an Gandhian NGO: Anand Niketan Ashram
FROM 1982 / : / TO 1984
EMPLOYER / : / MP Oilfed
POSITION HELD AND DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES / : / Team Leader
Organising farmers into Oilseeds Growers’ Co-op Society. Promoting cultivation of soybean and marketing thereof through primary co-operatives in Madhya Pradesh
CONTRIBUTIONS /
- Has closely been associated with promotion of rural livelihoods
Was involved in a research project reviewing 25 past livelihood initiatives, leading to development of the Resource Book of Livelihood Promotion, with New Economic Foundation, London
Was in-charge of operations while setting up the BASIX group of Companies, a new generation livelihood support institution
Had initiated the first livelihood project of PRADAN, a major livelihood support NGO of India
Was Team-Leader of the Spearhead Team responsible for promotion of soybean in MP and organising the network of producer co-operatives, influencing livelihoods of millions.
- Has taken up various human resource development initiatives:
Was the Chair of the Capacity Building Task-Force of Sa-Dhan, the association of the community development finance institutions of India
Was responsible for setting up recruitment and induction system of the BASIX group of companies.
Has been extending institutional development support to SJS Kosh, a community owned NBFC, and NGOs such as NBJK, Gram
Designed and launched International Management Appreciation programme for Voluntary Agencies (VOLAG-MAP) offered by IRMA
Is a visiting faculty with various management institutions, including IRMA, XIMB, Manage
- Has been involved in Design and implementation of social and poverty assessment
Evaluation of the Oilseeds Development Programme in Madhya Pradesh, on completion of the project, by IRMA, sponsored by the World Bank, 1993
Feasibility of Expansion into Eastern Maharastra and Southern Orissa, CIDA
A Study of Micro-Diversification Patterns of Livelihoods in Andhra Pradesh, a research project in collaboration with ODI, London
Doctoral dissertation involved study of many socio-economic dimensions in rural areas for oilseed farmers in Madhya Pradesh
- Has worked with different types of organisations
Non-Government Organisations: PRADAN, Anand Niketan Ashram
Academic Institutions: IIM-A, IRMA
Micro-finance and BDS providing organisation: BASIX
9. Seminars/ Conferences/ Publications /
Publications
1986- Customary Rights of Tribals: A Case Study in Chhota Udepur Division of Vadodara District’, National Workshop on Landless and Wasteland Development, SPWD, New Delhi (Co-author: Neelima Khetan)1991-‘Training People for Development Action’ Workshop on Identification of Management Training Needs of NGOs, IIM-Ahmedabad
1992: `Performance of Village Level Co-operatives: Why does it vary from society to society?, Working Paper No 25, IRMA, Anand
1997: ‘Factors Affecting Performance of Village Level Organisations’, Finance India, Vol XI, No. 1, 79-81
1997: `Power, Politics and Village Level Organisations: Oilseeds Growers Co-operative Societies in MP, Economic & Political Weekly, XXXII:39:A-114-120
1999:`Savings and Credit Movement of Andhra Pradesh’ Lessons for the Rest of India, (Co-author : Vijay Mahajan)
2001: `A Resource Book of Livelihood Promotion, New Economic Foundation, London (Co-Author: Thomas Fisher, Mamata Krishnan with Gitali Thakur)
2003 : `Journey Through the Fields of Livelihoods Promotion’, NewsReach, PRADAN, May 2003