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RS

Male PUNE
Total Experience: 26 Years
Hourly: 12-24 Hr/Week

All round support for syndicated distribution agencies and SMMEs for OD, Developing Product / Service portfolio, Sales and distribution; Value Chain assessment and sectoral assessments of the Indian retail industry for food to fork supply chain linkage. Emerging development finance instruments like Impact Investment Notes, Development Impact Bond


Skill profile

Broad Category Sub Category Industry Time Spent
Marketing Marketing strategy and business planning Renewable Energy - Producers 3 years
Sales Distribution/channel management Trading & Distribution 8 years
General Management/Leadership Large programme/project managers Healthcare Providers & Services (Hospitals, clinics, diagnostics) 10 years
Strategy and Business Development Business planning processes Renewable Energy - Producers 3 years
Sales Territory/regional sales management Supply Chain & Logistics 10 years
Information Technology Project/Program Management IT Services & Consulting 4 years
Strategy and Business Development Business planning processes Agri & Food Processing 2 years
Strategy and Business Development Fundraising Agri & Food Processing 1 years
General Management/Leadership Large programme/project managers Renewable Energy - Producers 2 years
General Management/Leadership Large programme/project managers Agri & Food Processing 10 years
General Management/Leadership Large programme/project managers Biotechnology & Medical Research 5 years
General Management/Leadership Large programme/project managers Development/Not-for-Profit 10 years
General Management/Leadership Chief executives Social Ventures 5 years
Marketing Marketing strategy and business planning Agri & Food Processing 5 years
Sales Sales forecasting/market planning Supply Chain & Logistics 10 years
Sales Business Development Ecommerce/Online Retail 5 years
Sales Key account management Development/Not-for-Profit 10 years
Strategy and Business Development Program Management Support (PMO) Healthcare Providers & Services (Hospitals, clinics, diagnostics) 10 years
General Management/Leadership Chief executives Government 2 years
Information Technology Technology Operations and Support Training, Skilling & Assessment 4 years

Profile overview

Consultant Palladium Consulting India Private Limited
2021-Till Date

Expert in Health, Skill Development, Social Impact Bonds and Emergency preparedness vertical supported programs and bids.

Team Leader - MSDP Palladium Consulting India Private Limited
2018-2021

Conceptualized along with a core group for an largescale agri skilling program for government of India (PMKVY-RPL-NSDC) & routed the proposal through state skills authority (MSSDS), sanctioned, executed the largest ever flagship skills program in certifying 2.81 lakhs at record time of 18 months

Consultant - Team Leader Various Clients (programs & start ups) through multiple engagements
2020-2021

Enabler & Catalyst (Multiple Engagements) Various Socio-Commercial business & initiatives Strategic support to start ups, cross-cutting programs / initiatives in fine-tuning business plan, distribution models. Functioned as go-to-market specialist, anchor for the social products / services companies & initiatives incubated in India & worldwide. Techno-commercial assistance for the market, setting up of the production, supply chain and establish feasibility roadmap with direct operational handholding support through various engagement formats. Specific assistance to start ups through mentoring validate product-market need, proof-of-concept, financing and improving access through SHGs & mF penetration product & services validation delivery models, pilot supply chain.

Consultant NRLM Cell NIRD& PR
2016-2018

National Resource Person in the themes of convergence of multiple schemes, capacity building of Vos / CLFs on value chain enhancement, organic agriculture, and climate resilient agriculture, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) at National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM, World Bank Funded) of Ministry of Rural Development through NRLM Cell, National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR). Convergence of national mission mode programs on health and nutrition though the SHGs, Village Organisations promoted at NRLM was one of the focus for MoRD and MoHFW. Enabler & Catalyst (Multiple Engagements) Various Socio-Commercial business & initiatives Strategic support to start ups, cross-cutting programs / initiatives in fine-tuning business plan, distribution models. Functioned as go-to-market specialist, anchor for the social products / services companies & initiatives incubated in India & worldwide. Techno-commercial assistance for the market, setting up of the production, supply chain and establish feasibility roadmap with direct operational handholding support through various engagement formats. Specific assistance to start ups through mentoring validate product-market need, proof-of-concept, financing and improving access through SHGs & mF penetration product & services validation delivery models, pilot supply chain.

India Business Lead BioLite LLC
2015-2016

India Business Lead (Pilot - Product to Market and Scale up), Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) awarded start-up of USAID in cookstoves for combating indoor air pollution and health benefit for BioLite scaled-up technology product company headquartered in US & dealing with Cook-Charge-Light range of thermo-electric and renewable energy products. Apart from strengthening operations, managed Global Alliance Clean Cookstoves - SPARK program grant.

Mentor Ag Tech Food Tech Climate Tech Environment Tech Net Zero TCFD CDP VER GOLD STANDARD
2012-2015

SEED is An NCIAA awardee Ag Tech start up Colorado State University incubated entity of fuel efficient, light weight diesel engine irrigation pump for agriculture and multi-purpose use was field tested, improved prototypes, manufacturability improvement at Pune, India. It was further improved for market friendly Proof-of-concept incubated in India through GSBI, Santa Clara India program with India & Bangladesh focus, tested for commercialization, raising of angel / seed investment. I strengthened the institutional structure and process, onboarded a new management team and remotely supported lunch in Kenya through start up ecosystem there.

Independent Director Small Engines for Economic Development SEED Enterprises
2012-2014

Evaluation of various small implements, tools in irrigation, soil fertility assessment, nutrition meters, electrostatic sprayer, paddy transplanter, multi-crop thresher, automatic seed drills, laser leveller, hiring services of mechanised equipments by entrepreneurs various social and commercial business and impact funds, other funds, agencies at various ends of mechanisation value chain

Technical Specialist / Director - Partnerships Abt Associates India Private Limited
2005-2012

Technical Services to private commercial sector (FMCG and Pharma) to develop BoP markets for USAID - India program on Market Based Partnerships for Health (MBPH) & Strengthening & Sustaining Health Outcomes through Private Sector (SHOPS)

Partnerships Director Abt Associates Inc.
2008-2012

Abt Associates Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, USA / India (Abt Associates India Private Limite I functioned as a key staff for the USAID Market Based Partnerships & SHOPs project. Provided operational & alliance support for the various MBP initiatives along with consortium member organisations for the Tuberculosis control & care, RMNCH and Indoor air pollution. Along with RNTCP, WHO, Family physicians' network of Uttar Pradesh & Karnataka state enrolled public- private interface agencies on performance-based contract to run the PPP pilot project to garner evidence of private sector role. Lead more than 50 different partnerships with market players including government & industry associations, disbursed small grants, recruited of key project team, consultants, research agencies, communication agencies, evaluation & knowledge dissemination supports for the project including setting up of an CoE at Bangalore to house best practices in market-based solutions. Fund raising for FP/ RH sector from CSR, evaluating hybrid financial instruments (Impact Bonds) for FP/RH with partner Future Group (now Palladium) were some cross- cutting works at MBPH and SHOPs / India project. Supported FARMs project of USAID - DC managed by Abt Associates US through in-house Indian experts. Consulted with Abt US office and Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) & PATH for Fertility Awareness Methods - FAM (ITAP, PSP One support)

General Manager Mission Biofuel & Agro Energy
2007-2008

Key initiator and enabler for multi-state bio-fuel feedstock project company promoted by private VC backing.

Technical Specialist / Director - Broiler Meat / Director - Emerging Initiatives ACDIVOCA, USA , India Project
2005-2007

Syndicated distribution, procurement platforms/agencies Sourcing and Supply chain for modern retails for Growth Oriented Microenterprise Development (GMED) an USAID - DC flagship program

International Project Manager Star Trading House
2007-2007

Tan Ivoire SRAL, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Singapore, India International project manager for procurement of raw cashew, timber, coca from sister companies of Tan Ivoire group, process, and supply finish products to European Market

Director - Special initiatives ACDIVOCA
2007-2007

(Agri Business System International now TANAGER) ------- Provide marketing specialist support to project stake holders of Growth Oriented Microenterprise Development (USAID-GMED project) in improving value chain of smallholder thereby enhancing their livelihood opportunities.

Project Manager Hindustan Latex Trust
2003-2005

MoHFW, Government of India special entity Lead the Integrated Rural Marketing Project in USAID-SIFPSA in Uttar Pradesh. This was a Performance based disbursement contract under Commercial Market Strategies (CMS project) / USAID program. Social marketing of RCH products [Contraceptives (Condoms and Contraceptive pills), IFA, ORS] at both traditional and non-traditional (non-Pharma) outlets through social behavior change communications.

Chief Executive Officer GIAN Government of Gujarat
2001-2003

Promoted special non-profit society to incubate grassroots enterprises in partnership with IIMA Leader at Grassroots innovation incubation support agency of Government of Gujarat housed at IIM, Ahmedabad for the triangular linking of intellectual property, investment and enterprise promotion.

Manager Indian MNCs
1994-2001

Various Agri-business Corporate Houses (Godrej, ITC, Zeneca, UK, Advanta)

Expertise tags

Consulting Impact Investing Business Planning Proposal development & management Disruptive Innovation B2B Marketing Balanced Scorecard Sustainable Development Feasibility Studies Go to Market Strategy Donor Landscaping Channel/distribution strategy B2C Marketing Channel Sales Impact Capital DCF Valuations Dealer Development & Retention Go to Market Strategy New Product Development Market Sizing

Education

PGDRM, IRMA
1992-1994
Post-Graduate Diploma, IRMA
1992-1994
Bsc, OUAT
1987-1991
Bachelors Degree, Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology (OUAT)
1987-1991