SOURAV MAITY

Development Professional- Executive , Civil Society Organization

Howrah, West Bengal

Senior development professional with 14+ years of experience on rural livelihoods and entrepreneurship, multiple projects (including high-impact govt. programs and stakeholder management, liaison and partnerships, extensive experience on regenerative and organic farming at grassroots and stakeholder levels, with experience in building and managing teams and human resource in PRADAN, a leading CSO.

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Area of Expertise:
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research
Professional Experience:

• Grounded new livelihood prototypes and rural entrepreneurship models.
• Demonstrated large-scale community and stakeholder capacity building & mobilization.
• Handled projects with private and government stakeholders.
• Monitored operations to keep processes aligned with targets and matching forecasts.
• Developed successful strategies and policies, meeting organizational needs and implementing improvements.
• Kept organization in compliance with regulations and internal requirements.
• Championed sustainability initiatives, reducing environmental impact and achieving compliance with regulatory standards.
• Expertise in human resource building capacity to guide new apprentices to develop outlook and become a professional or graduate in their
interested fields.
• Expertise over intensive engagement developing contextual model, establish systems & processes to ground Natural & Regenerative farming,
anywhere in the world.
• Discovering, inventing, formulating & designing different bio products to sustain & promote Natural/Regenerative farming.

Education:

1) Completed 10+2 under C.I.S.C.E with science as background with computer application & biology as elective subjects in school
2) Completed Bachelors in Technology (B.Tech) in Food Technology, with elective subjects-
a) Entrepreneurship Development for Food Technologists
b) Plant Maintenance Safety & Hygiene
c) Quality Control & Management

Affiliations and Achievements:

• Publication of developmental work as co-author in the book "Changemakers of Bharat" by Niraj Kumar.
• Completed "Field Guide Development Program" in PRADAN.
• Trained on "Participatory Groundwater Management" organized by BRLF.
• Completed training and certification on "Multi-Actor Engagement for Systems Leadership" organized by FES and CoRe.
• Trained on "Partnership Brokering" facilitated by Partnership Brokers Association.
• Completed 2-year course of Professional Development Program on Regenerative Farming by PRADAN Centre of Excellence (CoE), and promoted
demonstration of Natural farming clusters in Araria.
• Trained on National Water Policy by Hindustan Unilever Foundation and developed expertise as a practitioner to ground as per local context.
• Trained during implementation of watershed management programe “Usharmukti” from Department of Panchayat & Rural Development, Govt of
West Bengal, by Sri Dibyendu Sarkar, IAS, Commissioner & Sri Sudipta Porel, WBCS(Exe), Deputy Secretary.
• Trained on Traditional Organic farming & Agro Biodiversity Conservation- Approaches to Integrated Tribal Development at IBRAD Campus, Kolkata
in collaboration with West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology

Available for:

  • Consulting assignments
  • Job opportunities
  • Being headhunted – make me an offer

Years of Experience:

10-15 years

Highest Qualification:

Bachelors

Languages:

English, Hindi, Bengali, Thethi

Nationality:

Indian

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