Pawan Kumar

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Senior Manager – CSR and Sustainability @ Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd.
Bengaluru, KA, IN
Pawan Kumar's Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, India
About Pawan Kumar

With over a decade of experience in the social sector, I am a development professional who designs and executes high-impact projects for social sustainability. I craft innovative solutions to address pressing challenges in South and Southeast Asia, such as the green skills gap, the grantmaking process, and the livelihoods of the ultra-poor.My core competencies include strategic CSR and sustainability, project and program management, stakeholder engagement, and capacity building. I have successfully managed a $35 million grant portfolio, negotiated $2 million worth of contracts, and led livelihood projects impacting over 375,000 households. I am passionate about empowering communities, driving eco-innovation, and building strong relationships. I am excited to leverage my skills and experience to contribute to a leading organization's social sustainability vision. #Sustainability #SocialImpact #CSR #ProjectManagement #ProgramManagement #SocialImpact #CommunityDevelopment #SustainableDevelopment #Empowerment #Livelihoods #GreenJobs #Grantmaking #FinancialInclusion #GenderEquality #RuralDevelopment

Pawan Kumar's Current Company Details
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd.

Aditya Birla Fashion And Retail Ltd.

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Senior Manager – CSR and Sustainability
Bengaluru, KA, IN
Website:
abfrl.com
Employees:
179
Pawan Kumar Work Experience Details
  • Aditya Birla Fashion And Retail Ltd.
    Senior Manager – Csr And Sustainability
    Aditya Birla Fashion And Retail Ltd.
    Bengaluru, Ka, In
  • Aditya Birla Fashion And Retail Ltd.
    Senior Manager - Corporation Sustainability
    Aditya Birla Fashion And Retail Ltd. Jun 2024 - Present
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
    Implementation of the projects related to Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Asia Society For Social Improvement And Sustainable Transformation (Assist)
    Lead - Special Initiatives
    Asia Society For Social Improvement And Sustainable Transformation (Assist) Jan 2024 - Mar 2024
    Manila, Philippines
    Crafted high-impact initiatives for Assist Asia:🌿 Green Skills Institute: Pioneering efforts to bridge the green skills gap and drive eco-innovation across South Asia. Committed to cultivating a workforce equipped with the essential skills to champion sustainability.💡 GrantNav: Crafting a Grantmaking and Management platform with a focus on eliminating information gaps and streamlining processes in the South East and global landscape.Strategic Planning and Execution: Developing… Show more Crafted high-impact initiatives for Assist Asia:🌿 Green Skills Institute: Pioneering efforts to bridge the green skills gap and drive eco-innovation across South Asia. Committed to cultivating a workforce equipped with the essential skills to champion sustainability.💡 GrantNav: Crafting a Grantmaking and Management platform with a focus on eliminating information gaps and streamlining processes in the South East and global landscape.Strategic Planning and Execution: Developing and executing strategic plans, ensuring the successful implementation of grand management systems and diverse initiatives for multiple organizations. Project Management: Managed the project life cycle from concept design through delivery to completion, ensuring timely and cost-effective completion of key tasks. Stakeholder Engagement: Developd strong relationships with donors, NGOs and institutional partners, ensuring joint efforts and successful delivery of projects. Technology Integration: Incorporating cutting-edge technologies into management systems, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness in meeting organizational and donor requirements. Innovative problem solving: Develop innovative solutions creatively solved challenges and , ensuring that tasks are executed efficiently within a specific timeframe. Team Leadership and Collaboration: Leading cross-functional teams, promoting a collaborative work environment, and collaborative efforts toward successful accomplishment of organizational goals. Show less
  • Give
    Manager- Impact Delivery & Livelihood
    Give Dec 2021 - Dec 2023
    Banglore
    Global Grant Management: Successfully managed a $35 million grant portfolio(CSR and FCRA), ensuring strict policy adherence and accuracy in grant administration.Vendor Negotiations: Negotiated $2 million worth of contracts, identifying $100,000 in cost savings opportunities through vendor management.Leadership & Client Management:Managed 3 largest clients for Give India, UK and USA with professionalism, innovation, and patience.Delivered results for clients… Show more Global Grant Management: Successfully managed a $35 million grant portfolio(CSR and FCRA), ensuring strict policy adherence and accuracy in grant administration.Vendor Negotiations: Negotiated $2 million worth of contracts, identifying $100,000 in cost savings opportunities through vendor management.Leadership & Client Management:Managed 3 largest clients for Give India, UK and USA with professionalism, innovation, and patience.Delivered results for clients across diverse sectors, including government officials and senior leadership teams.Successfully navigated stakeholder relationships at all levels, ensuring client satisfaction and project success.Strategic Planning & Execution:Developed meticulous plans with contingencies for projects, ensuring on-time delivery and budget adherence.Demonstrated strong teamwork, collaborating effectively with vendors, partners, and internal teams to achieve shared goals.Overcame challenges related to budget and timeline constraints, maximizing impact on stakeholders. Show less
  • Bandhan Konnagar
    Sector Specialist-Non Farm & Micro Enterprise
    Bandhan Konnagar Nov 2019 - Dec 2021
    Patna Area, India
    Designed a Sustainable Livelihood project utilizing a graduation approach, impacting 125,000 women and extremely poor households for Bandhan in partnership with Bihar Rural Livelihood Promotion Society (JEEVIKA-Bihar), Co-Impact and community level institutions.Led innovative, inclusive livelihood cluster models for marginalized communities, enhancing income, and promoting climate resilience through sustainable forest-based products like bamboo and traditional produce.… Show more Designed a Sustainable Livelihood project utilizing a graduation approach, impacting 125,000 women and extremely poor households for Bandhan in partnership with Bihar Rural Livelihood Promotion Society (JEEVIKA-Bihar), Co-Impact and community level institutions.Led innovative, inclusive livelihood cluster models for marginalized communities, enhancing income, and promoting climate resilience through sustainable forest-based products like bamboo and traditional produce. Empowerment: Led the implementation of small non-farm enterprises, empowered over 60,000 very poor women beneficiaries and created sustainable livelihood opportunities.Sustainability Initiatives The project designed initiatives to increase productivity and reduce project risks and community complaints.Capacity Building: Developed training programs on project management, gender-sensitive programming, and community engagement, and built the capacity of the 14-member team.Leader for gender equality: Advocated for gender equality, creating 15 productive women-led organizations for the poorest of the poor and 35,000 jobs in the community Show less
  • Microsave - Financial Inclusion Consulting | Niti Aayog
    District Financial Inclusion Co-Ordinator
    Microsave - Financial Inclusion Consulting | Niti Aayog Sep 2018 - Nov 2019
    Bihar, India
    Worked as "District Financial inclusion coordinator" at Microsave in Aspirational district program of NITI Ayog. I have been instrumental in driving financial inclusion and related activities in the assigned aspirational districts by liaising with all relevant stakeholders with respect to improving the six identified financial inclusion indicators in the district. My role is not limited to :-• Driving financial inclusion (F.I) and related activities in the assigned aspirational… Show more Worked as "District Financial inclusion coordinator" at Microsave in Aspirational district program of NITI Ayog. I have been instrumental in driving financial inclusion and related activities in the assigned aspirational districts by liaising with all relevant stakeholders with respect to improving the six identified financial inclusion indicators in the district. My role is not limited to :-• Driving financial inclusion (F.I) and related activities in the assigned aspirational districts.• Monitoring activities related to FI and providing periodic updates on progress in key financial inclusion indicators to the district administration and Central Team at Delhi as per specified templates. Analyzing data to provide advice to district level officials.• Working closely with the Central Team at Delhi to implement new strategies for FI as decided at the central government level. • Implementing field level activities in conjunction with the district level agencies. • Managing relationship with government and financial service providers at multiple levels.• Liaison and co-ordination with various stakeholders to fast track activities. Show less
  • Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society | World Bank
    Young Professional- Non-Farm
    Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society | World Bank Oct 2016 - Sep 2018
    Muzaffarpur Area, India
    Key Responsibilities as YP- jobs &Non Farm –• Rollout of the Start-up Village Enterprise Program (SVEP) program across all the pilot blocks, including completion of the baseline and market potential study and preparation of the Detail Project Report.• To identify entrepreneurs and opportunity for entrepreneurship to help the CBOs members set-up enterprise and their marketing • Value addition & organizing "General Orientation… Show more Key Responsibilities as YP- jobs &Non Farm –• Rollout of the Start-up Village Enterprise Program (SVEP) program across all the pilot blocks, including completion of the baseline and market potential study and preparation of the Detail Project Report.• To identify entrepreneurs and opportunity for entrepreneurship to help the CBOs members set-up enterprise and their marketing • Value addition & organizing "General Orientation program","Entrepreneurship development program",soft skill training for village entrepreneurs. • To help operationalize the MIS for SVEP, monitor progress of the SVEP and share the same with all the stakeholders – SRLM/PIA/NRO/ NRLM.• Create and operationalize a course correction mechanism of entrepreneur training and a process for documenting and sharing.• CBO Member Livelihoods Mapping intervention with exiting livelihoods activity• Entrepreneurship opportunity mapping and setup social enterprise intervention.• Financial Inclusion of village entrepreneurs by funding directly through the project and liaising with banks for sanctioning MUDRA loans. • Development of policy of CRP-EP, Community Enterprise Fund, Book Keeping at CBOs level and Block Resource Centre policy.• Started community led “Apna Jeevika Haat” which give a market platform to rural people to sell their produces and purchase goods for daily needs. Show less
  • Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society |World Bank
    Young Professional- Block Project Manager (Yp-Bpm)
    Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society |World Bank May 2014 - Sep 2016
    Samastipur Area, India
    Key Responsibilities and achievement as YP-BPM :-• Responsible to lead the Program at the Block level, management and administration of staff. Planning, execution and monitoring of all program activities, Preparation of Annual Action Plan for the block and guide the block units within the block to deliver quality results.• Portfolio management: SHG-Bank linkage, Interest Subvention scheme for SHGs, Credit Appraisals, Disbursements & Repayments… Show more Key Responsibilities and achievement as YP-BPM :-• Responsible to lead the Program at the Block level, management and administration of staff. Planning, execution and monitoring of all program activities, Preparation of Annual Action Plan for the block and guide the block units within the block to deliver quality results.• Portfolio management: SHG-Bank linkage, Interest Subvention scheme for SHGs, Credit Appraisals, Disbursements & Repayments, Account Opening etc.• Policy Advocacy: Bank visioning at block and district level, streamlining BLBC & DLBC forums, capacity building for bankers, training content management, policy formulation, reporting & visioning with regulators. • Provided VO/SHG different Micro-finance loan products i.e. CIF, HRF &FSF etc. • Lead the block in four Mega Credit Camp organised by Bihar Gramin Bank (MBGB) Samastipur. • Facilitated to start 120 micro-enterprises in the block with ICF fund.• Coordinated with companies like Cafe-coffee day etc to get unemployed youth developed their skills and finally placed in the job.• Ensured that SHGs members get insured under Aam Aadmi Bima Yojna (AABY).• Organized VHSND and Annaprashan day with convergence of ICDS and Heath Department. Show less
  • Tata Institute Of Social Sciences
    Program Officer-National University Students’ Skill Development Program
    Tata Institute Of Social Sciences May 2012 - Feb 2014
    Mumbai Area, India
    • Organised skill development courses for the migrated people living in M-ward Mumbai under corporate social responsibility project.• Piloting National university students’ skill development program in U.P and Bihar. Overseeing the implementation of the NUSSD programme both at the university and colleges level.• Designing and preparing strategy notes and Action plan to transform National Service Scheme into National Service and Skill… Show more • Organised skill development courses for the migrated people living in M-ward Mumbai under corporate social responsibility project.• Piloting National university students’ skill development program in U.P and Bihar. Overseeing the implementation of the NUSSD programme both at the university and colleges level.• Designing and preparing strategy notes and Action plan to transform National Service Scheme into National Service and Skill Development Scheme.• Recruitment, training and supervision of interns from TISS, conducting stakeholder demand study and student aspiration surveys in U.P and Bihar.• Liaison with government officials including with state special secretary of education, General Secretaries of different departments, NGOs and local industries.• Establishing training centers.• Identifying and recruiting teachers and trainer for the training centers.• Organizing and Conducting training and workshops for trainers and stakeholders.• Ensuring smooth running of courses on skill development• Project Management: Team management, planning, business development, liaison and coordination support for the projects. Show less
  • Samarth Bharat
    Co-Founder
    Samarth Bharat Mar 2007 - Feb 2010
    North Bihar, India
    Empowered 1200+ underprivileged children to enter formal education and achieved a high passing rate through 16 remedial coaching centers run by volunteers cum co-founders of this initiative.

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Pawan Kumar's current role is Senior Manager – CSR and Sustainability.

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Pawan Kumar attended Tata Institute Of Social Sciences.

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