Founder Director
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The Buddha Institute
Jan 2022 - Present
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Ved Arya is listed as Founder Director at Rapid Rural Community Response (RCRC) To COVID-19 In India, based in Delhi, India. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Ved Arya.
Ved Arya previously worked as Founder Director at The Buddha Institute and National Convenor at Rapid Rural Community Response (Rcrc) To Covid-19 In India. Ved Arya holds Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Production And Quantitative Management from Indian Institute Of Management Ahmedabad.
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About Ved Arya
Ved is a Social Development Entrepreneur & Author who has founded and developed multiple social development organisations which has been successfully working to transform rural livelihood opportunities and poverty alleviation among the poorest of the poor in India’s villages.An aeronautics engineer from IIT – Kanpur and a management graduate from IIM-Ahmedabad, Ved left behind lucrative jobs from the corporate world in pursuit of solutions for eradicating poverty and providing livelihood opportunities for the rural poor of India.Ved is the Founder and Former CEO of SRIJAN (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action) which features among the top non-profit organisations in India in the sustainable Rural Livelihood Management space and empowerment rural women. In 2016 he founded the Buddha Fellowship Program, a unique platform offering a complete eco-system for young emerging leaders from India’s premier educational institutions such as IITs and IIMs an opportunity to build development enterprises. Ved is also the Founder and Managing Director of Srijan Infratech & Development Services (SIDS), which offers HR solutions and strategies to implement rural development programs of the Government of India.Ved is the member of numerous International and national academic and Government selection bodies and is often invited to speak at such forums.Ved co-authored the book Human Resource Strategies to Build Pro-Poor Institutions (published by McGraw Hill Education), which has been very well received and circulated among the various Indian Ministries and Government bodies. Ved has also contributed articles and papers to the National Advisory Committee (NAC), The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington and The Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London.
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National Convenor
Founder
Buddha Fellowship Program
The Buddha Fellowship Program (BFP) is a unique program offering young emerging leaders from India’s premier educational institutions such as IITs and IIMs an opportunity to become development entrepreneurs. Through the 2 year program, the Buddha fellows are encouraged to deep dive into the various problems limiting the chances of the rural poor in order to find unique solutions for them. Buddha fellows are working on solutions for health care, horticulture, agriculture, capacity building, dairy development, supply chain management etc. in backward districts of rural India.
Founder & Managing Director
Srijan Infratech & Development Services P. Ltd (Sids)
Recognising the need to for skilled and motivated resources to implement rural development projects and opportunities in the rural livelihood management space, Ved founded SRIJAN Infratech and Development Services Pvt. Ltd (SIDS). SIDS has since designed and implemented human resource management strategies for several large scale rural development programs initiated by the national and state governments of India and South Asia.
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Self-Reliant Initiatives Through Joint Action (Srijan)
In 1997 Ved founded Self Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action (SRIJAN) with the mission to raise livelihood opportunities amongst the poor in rural India and to mobilise them, especially the rural women, into self-reliant groups.SRIJAN is a grassroots organization working in the rural livelihood management space. With presence in 15 backward districts and 5 states in India, SRIJAN has helped increase the rural incomes of 45,000 rural families, especially for women and helped mobilise women to form over Self Help Groups (SHG). Working closely with the Indian Government and other International funding agencies such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Tata Trust, World Bank and the Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiative, Srijan has positively impacted the livelihood opportunities for farmer families in 5 states of India.Srijan received the Emerging Non Profit (Livelihoods) award from the ICICI-CNBC Inclusive India Awards 2013. Srijan is also the recipient of the Vodafone Mobile for Good Awards in 2014
Program Director & Member - Core Management Committee
Pradan
Pradhan is among the foremost non-profit organisations in India working with over 7000+ remote Indian villages to build sustainable development programs and self-perpetuating skills to rural communities in India to change their lives.During his tenure with Pradhan spread over 13+ years, Ved played a pivotal role in designing and implementing poverty alleviation projects, funded by agencies like Swiss Development Corporation, The World Bank, Swedish SIDA, Department for International Development UK and ActionAid.
Dec 1985 - Mar 1997
Systems Analyst / Programmer
Jun 1981 - Sep 1983
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Ved Arya education
Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Production And Quantitative Management
Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Aerospace, Aeronautical Engineering
Pgdm, Management
United Nations Environment Program (Unep) Fellow
Tufts University
Hubert H Humphrey North-South Fellow
Science & Maths
Government Secondary School, Hindaun, Rajasthan
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Ved Arya works for Rapid Rural Community Response (RCRC) To COVID-19 In India.
What is Ved Arya's role at Rapid Rural Community Response (RCRC) To COVID-19 In India?
Ved Arya is listed as Founder Director at Rapid Rural Community Response (RCRC) To COVID-19 In India.
Where is Ved Arya based?
Ved Arya is based in Delhi, India while working with Rapid Rural Community Response (RCRC) To COVID-19 In India.
What companies has Ved Arya worked for?
Ved Arya has worked for The Buddha Institute, Rapid Rural Community Response (Rcrc) To Covid-19 In India, Buddha Fellowship Program, Srijan Infratech & Development Services P. Ltd (Sids), and Self-Reliant Initiatives Through Joint Action (Srijan).
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Ved Arya holds Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Production And Quantitative Management from Indian Institute Of Management Ahmedabad.
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