Saurabh Srivastava

Senior Program Lead (Implementation Lead) , Sehgal Foundation

Gurugram, Haryana

Senior Program Lead (Implementation Lead) with 11+ years of experience in the Development Sector; responsible for implementing and monitoring of integrated development projects supported by corporates under CSR. My strengths are community mobilization, training, implementation, project development, and people management.

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Area of Expertise:
  • Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
Professional Experience:

Guiding the team for the projects in Seven states (Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra) as follows
•Capacity building of the village-level institutions such as Panchayat (Village Council), School Management Committee (SMC), and Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Committee (VHSNC) for good governance
•Providing support and guidance to the team for externally funded projects in the area of Integrated village development, Life Skill Education (LSE), Vocational Skill Training, Digital Literacy, Sanitation, Waste Management, Water Management, Agriculture Development, and Governance funded by Sehgal Foundation (US), Sri Ratan Tata Trust, Times of Money, CEB India Private Ltd, Oracle, Maruti Suzuki India Limited, Coca Cola Foundation (US), Charity Aid Foundation (CAF), Nourish International, Fluor Daniel India Pvt Ltd., United Breweries Limited, Pernod Ricard India Foundation, Greenlam Pvt Ltd, Leady Bemfort Charitable Trust(a CSR initiative of JCB India), Bapuna Breweries Limited, Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., BCB Bank, E & Y, Coforge and Mosaic India
•Community Mobilization for the sustainability of the project
•Micro-planning of the villages for better development of the villages
•Participatory training methodology for providing training to village level institution
•Mahila Sangthan (Women Collective) and Purush Sangthan (Male Collective) formation and facilitating these collective for action

Education:

PGDM (IB-Sustainable Development Practices) from Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) in 2012

Affiliations and Achievements:

*Completed a one-week certificate course on "Result Based Project Management" from Sehbhagi Shikshan Kendra, Lucknow, India, in 2015
*Youngest Program Leader in S M Sehgal Foundation
*Paper titled "Effectiveness of Village Level Institution: A Case of Advocacy of Governance for Sustainable Village Development, India" selected for presentation and publication in 20th Annual International Sustainable Research Conference (20th ISDRC), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 2014, Norway
*Article titled "Mahila Gram Sabha: The Mewat Experience" published in magazine "Geography and You" Vol.14, Issue 82 2014 in 2014, India
*Completed a two-month certificate course on "Participatory Integrated District Planning in Local Government" from PRIA International Academy, New Delhi, India, in 2014
*Completed a one-week certificate course on "Participatory Training Methodology" from Sehbhagi Shikshan Kendra, Lucknow, India, in 2013
*Paper titled "Effectiveness of Institutional Inclusive Policy Making: A Case of Sustainable Economic Development in India" selected for presentation at 18th Annual International Sustainable Research Conference (18th ISDRC), Hull University, 2012, UK
*Got a pre-placement offer of the job through the S M Sehgal Foundation based on internship performance
*Appreciated by United Nations Development Programs (UNDP) under the United Nations Online Volunteer Program for the volunteering work in 2011
*Presented paper titled "Linkage of Interdisciplinary Body to Way Forward for Sustainability: A Case Study of Emerging Pharmaceutical Sector in India" Published in international sustainability conference "People, Planet and Prosperity" at IIM Shillong, 2011, India
*Presented Paper titled "Policy Integration towards Achieving Inclusive Growth: A Case Study of Gujarat" " published in an international conference "Sustainability Management and Beyond" at IIM Shillong,2010, India
*Presented Paper titled "Policy Circle" at national conference "Confluence" at IIM Ahmedabad,2010, India

Available for:

  • Job opportunities

Years of Experience:

10-15 years

Highest Qualification:

Masters

Languages:

English, Hindi

Nationality:

Indian