I am a Geologist by education and subsequently trained as a Landscape Ecologist. I pursued higher education - M.Phil in ‘Natural Resource Management’ from the Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, India after working for World Wide Fund for Nature-India in Central India. My field of specialization and special interests are: `Ecology and Ecosystem Studies, Natural Resource Management, Traditional Knowledge Systems, Landscape Ecology and Approach to Conservation for Forest Planning and… Show more I am a Geologist by education and subsequently trained as a Landscape Ecologist. I pursued higher education - M.Phil in ‘Natural Resource Management’ from the Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, India after working for World Wide Fund for Nature-India in Central India. My field of specialization and special interests are: `Ecology and Ecosystem Studies, Natural Resource Management, Traditional Knowledge Systems, Landscape Ecology and Approach to Conservation for Forest Planning and Management, Rural Livelihoods and Micro Enterprise Development. A Forestry and Natural Resource Management specialist with more than 18 years of experience across the central highland states (M.P. & Chattisgarh), north eastern region, Maharashtra, Odisha, West Bengal etc. I have experience of action-research, results based program management, program development (including financial), and monitoring & evaluation frameworks and have carried out such tasks for international agencies like WWF-India, UN, DFID, World Bank etc. During the past decade, I mainly provided resource inputs on Forest Management Planning for large landscapes with the MP Forest Department. I was responsible for coordinating initiatives like policy change advocacy, co-financing, funding, inter-sectoral coordination etc. for Government of Madhya Pradesh, Forest Department and UNDP Country Office for Development Support Services in the state. Since January 2017, self-employed and a free-lance consultant. Show less

State Consultant for Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh for the Poorest Area Civil Society Program, aided by DFID U.K. and National Management Consultant Development Alternativs, New Delhi. Being a state resource group member was looking ater new proposal approvals for the PACS, exisitn project monitoring, evaluation and feedback on project systems, handholing support to the existing project, training (expertise specific), building strategy and innvoativeness to the project implementation and… Show more State Consultant for Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh for the Poorest Area Civil Society Program, aided by DFID U.K. and National Management Consultant Development Alternativs, New Delhi. Being a state resource group member was looking ater new proposal approvals for the PACS, exisitn project monitoring, evaluation and feedback on project systems, handholing support to the existing project, training (expertise specific), building strategy and innvoativeness to the project implementation and planning Show less

2003-05. As a project associate to manage the action research based initiatives of the International Centre for Community Forestry in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Sikkim. Documentation of activities, research based planning and implementation, linking community livelihoods with forest resource based enterprises. Networking with civil societies for partnering for the objective implementation of various natural resource based projects in the remote areas of the… Show more 2003-05. As a project associate to manage the action research based initiatives of the International Centre for Community Forestry in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Sikkim. Documentation of activities, research based planning and implementation, linking community livelihoods with forest resource based enterprises. Networking with civil societies for partnering for the objective implementation of various natural resource based projects in the remote areas of the country. Show less