Dr Manjusha Kadam
National Head - Learning and Development || Kasturi
Pune
Summary
Enthusiastic Learning and Development professional eager to contribute to team success through smart work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of rural and farming community and training in leadership, entrepreneurship. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in CSR and Sustainability
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
10
10
National and International Publication
Work History
National Head || Kasturi - Learning & Development
Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development
Mumbai
07.2017 - 03.2022
- Achieved highest numbers of 34 Entrepreneurship Development Programs and record breaking numbers of 3800 rural online participants during COVID pandemic year
- Collaborated with 25 different institutional partners from Government, NGOs and agriculture sector with excellent L&D activities records.
- Managed and executed calendar year activities with point of contacts of institutions.
- Offered Help-desk for efficient service to beneficiaries, handled challenging situations with ease.
- Effectively implemented digitized solutions during pandemic for learning.
- Worked with farmer groups to understand needs and provide excellent solutions through collaborations.
- Developed and implemented business process improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement in MSME sector with special focus on SHG, Women Entrepreneurs and Farmer Producer Organizations.
- Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service.
- Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
- Exceeded goals through effective task prioritization and great work ethic.
- Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents.
- Collaborated with team members to achieve target results.
- Networked with more than 10000 women aspirants across Maharashtra State
- Created spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel for daily, weekly and monthly reporting.
Program Director
Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management, (Under Ministry of Agriculture)
Pune
05.2012 - 06.2016
- Developed Flagship programs on Leadership Development from ground up, laying out framework and defining roles.
- Improved success of program by making proactive adjustments to operations.
- Interacted with 25 institutional partners and clients to identify business needs and requirements.
- Maintained and updated project related documents with participants and activities details
- Pitched and built new programming strategies and one-off feature shows to boost audience interests and diversify offerings.
- Collaborated with various teams to uncover issues, identify applicable solutions and offer guidance.
- Developed and organized routine and special programming by factoring in slot timing, demographics and other important parameters.
- Provided ongoing direction and leadership for program operations.
- Monitored programming schedules, conformance to guidelines and quality.
- Developed new program and feature ideas for advanced women entrepreneurship based on Large Scale integrated programs(LSIP)
- Developed proposals and operational plans within assigned area for sustainable farming practices.
- Facilitated programming by coordinating resources and deliverables between departments.
- Developed and recommended policies and procedures for evaluating programs.
- Orchestrated smooth and efficient program development by collaborating cross-functionally across departments.
Head of Department - MBA
MIT Group of Institution
Pune
04.2011 - 05.2014
- Introduced new methods, practices and systems to execute academic calendar activities with 100% placement results
- Implemented process improvement to shape organizational culture, optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help academics evolve and grow.
- Developed empowering student culture focused on knowledge creation
- Prepared annual budgets with controls to prevent overages
- Kept academic workloads fair and balanced to achieve objectives while maintaining high job satisfaction.
Education
Ph.D. - Organization Management
University of Pune
Pune01.2016
FDPM - Marketing Management
Indian Institute of Management
Indore06.2012
MBA - Marketing
University of Pune
Pune06.2006
MCM - IT
University of Pune
Pune06.2002
Skills
- Entrepreneurship and MSME development Expert
- Strategic learning solutions
- Virtual learning system proficiency
- Head Start program expertise
Accomplishments
- Collaboration, planning and execution of activities with more than 25 institutions across Maharashtra state reaching to 10000 women aspirants in entrepreneurship development, market connect and networking
- Used Shared Microsoft Excel to develop monitoring system for L&D with multiple institutional partners
- Collaborated with multistate teams in the developmental activities of national networking of farmer, women and NGO federations
Affiliations
- Certified Master trainer on Change management and e-governance by Government of India
- Specialized trainer for Entrepreneurship Development with Govt of Maharashtra
- Life Member of esteemed Indian Society for Studies in Cooperatives under Ministry of Agriculture, GoI.
- Invitee and speaker at Rural Market and Service Excellence Forum by MarcusEvan, UK
- Invitee for 7th edition of The Economic Times Rural Strategy Summit.
- Subject expert for Climate Safe Agriculture and Water Management (CSAWM) for PG Programme under MPKV, State University of Agriculture, Rahuri, Maharashtra
Awards & Recognition
- Awarded "Jijau - Savitri Puruskar" for contribution to the work of women empowerment and farmer development
- Awarded "Tejaswini Puruskar" for handholding women SHGs and Farmer groups for achieving business process development.
- Awarded “Accredited Management Teacher” by All India Management Association, New Delhi
- Awarded research grants at Pune University for studies on Sustainable Development
- Awarded by UBS for knowledge contribution to the field of Academics and Management education
Additional Information
Institutions Associated with: (Multiple Government and Non Government organizations in Development Sector)
· VAMNICOM, Pune Under Ministry of Agriculture and cooperative development, Government of India
· UMED-MSRLM, Maharashtra State Rural Livelihood Department, Govt of Maharashtra
· TISS Mumbai
· Maharashtra State Innovation Society, Govt of Maharashtra
· MANAGE, Hyderabad
· YASHADA, Yashwantrao Chavan Academy Of Development Administration, Govt of Maharashtra
· Rural Relations
· D2K Technologies, Mumbai
· Jagriti Yatra, Mumbai
Hobbies
- Writer and Editor of Books, Chapters, Articles and Research Papers
Timeline
National Head || Kasturi - Learning & Development
Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development
07.2017 - 03.2022
Program Director
Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management, (Under Ministry of Agriculture)
05.2012 - 06.2016
Head of Department - MBA
MIT Group of Institution
04.2011 - 05.2014
Ph.D. - Organization Management
University of Pune
FDPM - Marketing Management
Indian Institute of Management
MBA - Marketing
University of Pune
MCM - IT
University of Pune