ASUTOSH PANIGRAHI
Flat 209 Sai Gourang apartment, Udaygiri vihar,Patrapada, Bhubaneswar
Summary
An agriculture economist enthusiast willing to work in an environment that supports my professional development and allows me to make the best use of my abilities with a strong drive to take on new tasks, strong work ethics, flexibility, and exceptional interpersonal skills and adept at functioning efficiently without supervision and picking up new skills rapidly.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Guest Lecturer
Odisha University Of Agriculture And Technology
09.2023 - Current
- Evaluated student performance through exams and assignments, providing constructive feedback for improvement.
- Prevented information overload by limiting content and emphasizing key points.
- Delivered engaging presentations on various subjects, resulting in positive feedback and high attendance rates.
- Collaborated with fellow faculty members to develop interdisciplinary courses, enriching academic experience for students.
- Collaborated with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
- Sharpened students' learning by focusing on selected core concepts and skills.
- Created excitement and enthusiasm in the classroom by delivering engaging subject matter.
- Presented complex concepts in a clear and relatable manner, simplifying difficult material for better comprehension by diverse audiences.
- Maintained open lines of communication with students, addressing concerns and offering support as needed.
Senior Research Fellow
ICAR-CIFA
05.2022 - 08.2023
- Conducting in-depth research utilizing various techniques, including qualitative and quantitative methods.
- Produced accurate supporting documentation and materials for research activities, including presentations and reports.
- Had acquired skills in conducting survey, collection of data, handling of data, writing reports and research manuscript.
- Competent in carrying out statistical analysis utilizing modern software.
- Skillful in carrying out transfer of technology activities in rural areas & conducting other extension programmes and implementation of agriculture and allied sector interventions towards improving socio-economic condition of the farmers and farm women.
- Conducted studies, recorded research and analyzed findings.
- Conducted tours of farm and facilities to provide information and promote public relations.
- Collaborated with senior staff to prepare budgets and financial reports.
- Adhered to budget requirements in order to maximize effectiveness of available funds.
- Monitored fields to drive proper irrigation, weed control and pest control.
- Implemented action plans to meet farm-specific and company-set goals.
State Consultant
CARE INDIA SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, Agriculture
01.2022 - 05.2022
- Worked in a Govt-based project called as School Nutrition Garden (SNG) spread across 26 districts covering 300 plus Govt SSD schools.
- Providing daily direction and support to the HMs, CCAs, DGFs, and school officials in order to run the project successfully.
- To discuss the field progress of the designated district, a meeting with DWOs/ADWOs and District Nodal officers have been conducted.
- Preparing tour reports after visiting two to three districts in a month regarding this project, submitting them to supervisors and higher authorities to track the advancement of the project made by the designated district.
- Explored and created new ways to resolve problems with processes, technology, or team members to improve overall efficiency.
- Identified issues, analyzed information, and provide solutions to problems.
- Picked up additional tasks to aid team success.
- Developed team communications and information for meetings.
- Entered client information and files into databases for further review and tracking.
Agriculture Coordinator
INTEGRATED SOCIETY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
08.2016 - 03.2020
- Delegated tasks to seasonal workers and supervised completion of duties and responsibilities.
- Oversaw the agriculture assistance and training component of the project
- Supported group formation of SHGs and motivated them to open bank accounts
- Assisted the achievement of objectives advancing agriculture advisory serving the poor and vulnerable farmers
- Conducted regular needs assessments and gap analyses of projects to ensure they get the support needed for continuous improvement
- Analyzed the most strategic agricultural opportunities for individual families.
- Developed and organized capacity-building agriculture training programmes.
Thesis/Desertation
Economics of Paddy Cultivation in Coastal zone
12.2015 - 07.2016
- The project aimed at estimating the cost and returns of paddy, examining the resource use efficiency and technical efficiency of paddy and finding out production constraints and suggesting necessary remedial measures.
RAWE Program
College campus
09.2013 - 03.2014
- Participated in various kinds of activities like collecting primary data about farming practices adopted in that village, helping farmers in their field activities, developing good rapport between the farmers to understand their problem and providing quick solutions and analyzing all the data collected from the sample village and presenting them in a pie chart, histogram as well as tabular format.
- Enhanced working relationships by participating in team-building activities.
Education
Masters - Agricultural Economics
College of Agriculture
Bhubaneswar2016
Bachelor of Science - Agriculture(Honours)
College of Agriculture, OUAT
Bhawanipatna, OR2014
Skills
- Agriculture
- Subject matter expertise
- Data Collection and Documentation
- Capacity Building
- Technical Coordination
- Decision Making
- Teamwork
- MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Analytical thinking
- Customer-focused
- Data Entry
- Publication Development
- Data Collection
- Report Writing
- Reporting Requirements
- Effective Multitasking
- Time Management
- Self-Driven and Motivated
- Written and Verbal Communication
- Internet Research
- Project Coordination
Languages
English
Upper Intermediate
B2
Hindi
Upper Intermediate
B2
Oriya
Upper Intermediate
B2
Oriya
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Oriya
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Oriya
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Affiliations
- Awarded third prize in discuss throw competition during second year of graduation.
- Awarded second prize in discuss throw competition during last year of graduation.
- Awarded third prize in putting the shot during last year of graduation.
- Awarded first prize in discuss throw competition during second year of Master's.
- Awarded second prize in putting the shot during second year of Master's.
- Participated and donated Blood in Blood Donation camp drive of Red cross campaign organized in college during Master's period.
Timeline
Guest Lecturer
Odisha University Of Agriculture And Technology
09.2023 - Current
Senior Research Fellow
ICAR-CIFA
05.2022 - 08.2023
State Consultant
CARE INDIA SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, Agriculture
01.2022 - 05.2022
Agriculture Coordinator
INTEGRATED SOCIETY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
08.2016 - 03.2020
Thesis/Desertation
Economics of Paddy Cultivation in Coastal zone
12.2015 - 07.2016
RAWE Program
College campus
09.2013 - 03.2014
Masters - Agricultural Economics
College of Agriculture
Bachelor of Science - Agriculture(Honours)
College of Agriculture, OUAT
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