Professional Experience:
A Postgraduate in Agribusiness Management from IIM Ahmedabad, bringing nearly 18 years of experience across agriculture, rural development, livelihoods, and entrepreneurship promotion. Demonstrated track record of working with central and state government ministries, CSR programs, international NGOs, and agri-focused social enterprises. Highly skilled in policy design and analysis, strategy formulation, implementation planning, resource mobilization (including grant writing/funding for projects), day-to-day operations, risk management, and monitoring & evaluation.
Successfully led large-scale Project Management Units (PMUs) for flagship schemes and programs, overseeing, inter alia, institution building, business planning, skill development, infrastructure development, credit linkage, and market access.