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Antony Gnanamuthu is a Versatile leader with international experience managing multi-country operations while working in volatile and --secure countries across the humanitarian field in Asia, Africa and in Europe for about 20 years. He is an expert in Humanitarian aid operations, CEA, CVA, Livelihood intervention, Environmentalist, M & E |
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Area of Expertise: |
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Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
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Director, CEO, COP, President
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Disaster, Aid, Emergencies, Relief
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Professional Experience: |
Expertise as
? Versatile leader with international experience managing multi-country operations while working in volatile and --secure countries across the humanitarian field in Asia, Africa and in Europe for about 20 years with RC/RC movement
? Professional experience inside Humanitarian Aid operations and Development Co-operation - Expert in DRR, CCA through CEA, CVA
? DREF, Surge operations – IRFC / GRC
? Consultant /Advisory role for Indian government, World Bank and some International NGOs
? Advocacy, networking and development of policies related to disaster management
Severed as
? MEMBER – Expert Appraisal Committee (Industries), Ministry of Environment, forest and Climate Change, Government of India- New Delhi
? MEMBER - International Board members. I was actively involved in child/ youth
Achievements
? Senior Management role - international missions with German Red Cross for Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies
? Authored “Village Disaster Management Plan - Guideline” published by NIDM – Ministry of Home affairs, Government of India, New Delhi. https://nidm.gov.in/PDF/modules/village.pdf
? Trained over 500 decision makers, elected representatives on “Disaster Risk Management” at NIDM, Ministry of Home affairs, Government of India.
? Represented German Red Cross, IFRC at various International forum – seminar, workshop as key speaker on “Disaster Risk Management” in DIHAD, Dubai, ADPC in Bangkok, AMCDRR in Ulaanbaatar and World Conference - Disaster Management in Toronto, Canada.
? Visiting faculty to XIM - Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, University of Khartoum, Sudan, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh and Lugano University, Switzerland in the areas of Disaster Risk Management, Social SafetyNet, “WARD Contingency Plan”, Humanitarian Logistics, Risk informed programming etc., resilience building https://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/1795
? Drafted “Zero Hunger” 2017 -2030 document along with WFP, FAO along with other UN Agencies released in Khartoum, Sudan with World Bank approval.
? Wide contacts with IFRC, ICRC and few donor PNSs (Partner National Societies) https://www.indianredcross.org/newsstories1.htm
? Worked with several global donors in the field of Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation, such as GCF (Global Climate Fund), UNEP, US-AID, EU-AID, ECHO, ADB, World bank, Google, KfW, German Government funding MoFA, BMZ, ADPC funding’s etc.
? Expert in “Organizational Change Management” at University of Potsdam, Berlin, Germany
? Ensured food security by establishing forward and backward linkages among the most vulnerable communities in Sudan through Cooperative societies
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Education: |
1. Master’s in Public Management, University of Potsdam, Berlin, Germany. (InWent Scholarship)
2. Master in Cooperative Management, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India
3. Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology, Manipal university
4. Bachelor in Technology – National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Other Notable Achievements include
1. My role as an instructor, lecturer or guest lecturer covers courses to Post Graduate students in the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka – on “a Contingency Plan for Factories” for one semester; it included setting of question papers at the end of the session.
2. Disaster Management lectures in XIM – B, “Xavier’s Institute of Management- Bhubaneswar, India was mainly on Relief and Preparedness.
3. As Guest Lecture on Climate Change Adaptation, Global Warming and its Social impact on Orissa, India post the floods and measures promulgated on relief, dissemination and tractability. My role as Trainer for Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction was for Senior Government Officials of NDMA and NIDM New Delhi http://www.adrc.asia/events/Chennai/Presentation/Final%20Report%20Tentative.pdf,
4. I was a facilitator in lesson-learning workshops and presentations on Community Based Disaster Management-Orissa in various forums including IGNOU, New Delhi, DIHAD, Dubai, and Center for Disaster Preparedness in Toronto, Canada. These gave me the required grounding in my field of research.
5. IFRC Advocacy document http://drrinsouthasia.net/downloads/Publications_Case_Studies/IFRC/Advocacy%20for%20DRR%20Trg.%20Kit/Facilitators%20Guide%20Advocacy%20Trg.%20Kit.pdf
6. http://indiagovernance.gov.in/thinkpiece/?thinkpiece=9
7. http://www.indianredcross.org/newsstories1.htm
8. I presented an article on the 10th anniversary of SPHERE initiative – which was published by UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/india/ConferenceCommunitybasedDisasterRiskReductionreport.pdf
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Available for: |
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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Years of Experience:
15-20 years |
Highest Qualification:
Masters |
Languages:
English, French and Arabic (Basic), Tamil, Telegu, Oriya and Hindi |
Nationality:
India
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