Core Team
Dr. Sankar Datta (Dean)
A Graduate in Agriculture , Postgraduate Diploma in Rural Management (MBA) from Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), and PhD in Agricultural Economics.He has over 26 years of Experience in Development Sector( both in practice and academic).He worked with the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), and later was a member faculty of the Institute of Rural Management , Anand (IRMA) between 1989-1996 and had launched the international management appreciation programme specially designed to cater to the needs of NGOs. He was a founding member of PRADAN and then BASIX.He also headed the operations in BASIX in its initial years.
Nabarun Sengupta (Senior Faculty)
A Postgraduate in Social Sciences, from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, (TISS) Mumbai. He has over 16 years of experience in Development sector. He worked as a Faculty at Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad , managing Post Graduate programme in NGO management.
Dr. S. Srinivas ( Senior Faculty)
A Doctorate in Social work. He has over 15 years of experience in Livelihood Promotion through Microfinance ,Natural Resource Management and Skill Building of youth with his engagement with government and APMAS. His expertise lies in the area of capacity building and research. He is a Senior Faculty based at Hyderabad. Currently he is heading the Program Management function in the School which includes Curriculum development and Knowledge dissemination.
Dhruv J. Sengupta (Faculty Coordinator)
A Postgraduate Diploma in Rural management from XISS, Ranchi, M.Phil in Natural Resource Management from Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal. He has over 17 years of experience in NRM and Microfinance.
Pradeep Kumar Mishra (Regional Faculty Coordinator)
Pradeep Kumar Mishra is a Fellow of Institute of Rural Management Anand. He has over 13 years of experience in the development sector dealing with project management, capacity building, policy analysis, and research. He earlier woked in ARAVALI, Jaipur, IIFM, Bhopal, and Soil Conservation Department, Government of Orissa. He has published several papers in national and international journals and as book chapters. He is leading the team in Eastern India Regional Centre (EIRC) of the School at Kolkata.
Srinu Babu M (Regional Faculty Coordinator)
A Postgraduate in anthropology from Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur. He has an over experience of 11 years in Panchayati Raj Institutions, PRA, training and capacity building in Livelihoods.He is leading the team in Central India Regional Centre (CIRC) of the School at Bhopal..
Barna Baibhaba Panda (Senior Faculty Associate)
An MBA from Sambalpur University, Orissa. He has over 14 years of experience in Natural Resource Management, Livelihood and Rural Self Governance. He is presently in the team of EIRC and based at Kolkata.
S Nirmala (Regional Faculty Coordinator)
A Postgraduate in Social Work from Madurai Kamaraj University . She has over 12 years of experience in community based Microfinance and Livelihood. She has expertise in Community Organisation , managing SHG federation, proposal writing, training etc. She is leading the team in southern India Regional Centre (SIRC) of the School at Bangalore.
Mahua Roy Choudhury (Senior Faculty Associate)
A Post Graduate in Rural Development from Xavier Institute for Social Service, Ranchi, and has over 11 years of experience in development sector. She has been associated with the Watershed Development Department of CAPART from 1998-2000, she then joined PRADAN and continued there till 2007. She joined the School in Feb,2009 as Senior Faculty Associate and is responsible for expansion of the School’s activities in Bihar.
B.N. Dhananjaya (Senior Faculty Associate)
A Postgraduate in Agriculture Economics from UAS, Banglore. He has over 12 years of experience in water supply, training, watershed development. He has worked in research, project implementation and training. He is presently in the team of SIRC.
G.A.Swamy (Senior Faculty Associate
A postgraduate in Social work discipline from Andhra University and having 11 years of developmental experience. He worked with NGOs like APMAS, LAYA, SARDS and INGOs like Aide et Action and PSI. He worked with multiple sectors like tribal development, micro finance, Institution building and prevention of HIV. He has expertise in liveilhood promotion and capacity building. He is presently associated with SIRC team based at Hyderabad.
An MBA in Rural Management from XIDAS, Jabalpur, She has over 5 years of experience in the Development Sector . She is presently working in the team of CIRC.
Dr. Rajendra S. Gautam (Faculty Associate)
An M.Phil in Environmental Politics and Doctorate in Participatory Watershed Development and Management He has over 5 years of experience in Development Sector. He is presently in the team of CIRC.
Anindya Bhatacharya (Research Assistant)
Post Graduate in Economics from University of Calcutta and three years of research experience in Indian Institute of Managment, Lucknow in the field of International Economics.He is presently in the team of EIRC.