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India

Highlighted assignments – - Carbon finance and Digital Innovations for Clean Cooking in Africa- Partnership development and country scoping for Climate Change adaptation upcoming programme in Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Indonesia. - Baseline survey for Mozambique National Financial Literacy Strategy. - Capacitate Ethiopian financial institutions, associations and policy makers towards strengthening the financial inclusion sector in the country. - Capacity building… Show more Highlighted assignments – - Carbon finance and Digital Innovations for Clean Cooking in Africa- Partnership development and country scoping for Climate Change adaptation upcoming programme in Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Indonesia. - Baseline survey for Mozambique National Financial Literacy Strategy. - Capacitate Ethiopian financial institutions, associations and policy makers towards strengthening the financial inclusion sector in the country. - Capacity building module development, training implementation and hand-holding of women enterprises on financial access and digitalisation services in Myanmar Show less

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

As Deputy Programme Manager - SHIFT ASEAN Programme, and MAP Regional Coordinator - South Asia and South-East Asia, working on policy advocacy to accelerate financial inclusion; co-financing mechanisms to incentivize private sector to innovate and upscale for meeting customers financial needs; use of big data and research to influence decision making and market transformation; capacity building of financial sector professionals and women enterprises to make them investible; and having country… Show more As Deputy Programme Manager - SHIFT ASEAN Programme, and MAP Regional Coordinator - South Asia and South-East Asia, working on policy advocacy to accelerate financial inclusion; co-financing mechanisms to incentivize private sector to innovate and upscale for meeting customers financial needs; use of big data and research to influence decision making and market transformation; capacity building of financial sector professionals and women enterprises to make them investible; and having country financial inclusion strategies developed and implemented. Show less

Bangkok

Shaping Inclusive Finance Transformations (SHIFT) in the ASEAN region is a programme to contribute to facilitating the transition, by the year 2020, of at least 6 million low-income people and MSEs in the ASEAN region, from using informal financial mechanisms to formally regulated higher-value financial services.

India, Nepal

Worked in Nepal for UNCDF, on developing project plans, operational systems and procedures, and setting up of the inception phase for the UNNATI-A2F project. The Access to Finance (A2F) project focuses on benefiting additional 250,000 agriculture (tea, ginger and dairy) value chain actors in seven districts of Eastern Development Region, through provision of customized agriculture financial services, including mobile/branchless banking and renewable energy financing.Prior to Nepal… Show more Worked in Nepal for UNCDF, on developing project plans, operational systems and procedures, and setting up of the inception phase for the UNNATI-A2F project. The Access to Finance (A2F) project focuses on benefiting additional 250,000 agriculture (tea, ginger and dairy) value chain actors in seven districts of Eastern Development Region, through provision of customized agriculture financial services, including mobile/branchless banking and renewable energy financing.Prior to Nepal assignment, provided advisory services to one of the leading business correspondent organisation in India. Show less

New Delhi

Head - Institutional Development and Livelihood Promotion Strategic Business Unit. Responsible for expanding work on Agriculture Value Chains, Inclusive Business, Micro and Small Enterprise Promotion, and TVET related thematic areas. Involved in national and international technical and advisory consulting assignments, related to inclusive financial services and integrated livelihood promotion models.

- Responsible for International Consulting Business of the Company. - Strategic Initiatives, Business Development, Project Management and Knowledge Management- Leading and managing the International Consulting Team- Country and Institutions based feasibility studies/assessments and developing strategic partnerships- Resource Person on Institutional Development of MFIs, Coops, NGOs, Govt departments and Producer Groups.

Project Director - Rajasthan Mission on LivelihoodsProject Steering Committee Member - for implementing Financial Inclusion Initiative in RajasthanRegional Head - Microfinance operations, Rajasthan

- Project Director - Rajasthan Mission on Livelihoods- Working on Community-NGO-Public-Private Partnership model for promoting livelihoods in Rajasthan which included working with government departments and other stakeholders in the area of Skill and Vocational Education, Rural Employment Exchanges, Rural Tourism, Migration, Livestock, Business Development Services in Agriculture and allied sectors, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Services etc.

- on Microfinance operations in Madhya Pradesh- on building capacities of MFIs and Community Based Microfinance and SHG promoting Institutions

- Multiple states Handicraft cluster related studies and assessments- Promotion of Leather, wool and minor minerals sub-sector in the districts of Jaipur, Dausa, Ajmer in Rajasthan- Microfinance related services to artisans

Post Graduate Diploma (Masters) In Forest Management, Forestry And Management

Bsc(Hons), Chemistry

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