MANISH KUMAR SINGH

Development professional and legal expert with over 15 years of dedicated experience in promoting social justice, governance reform, and community empowerment across India. Proficient in designing and implementing large-scale development projects, conducting policy analysis, mid-term evaluation of various programs and delivering strategic advocacy on key issues such as Panchayati Raj, MGNREGA, education, health, and SDGs. With three years of legal practice at the Allahabad High Court, I offer a distinct combination of legal and grassroots governance expertise. Recognized as a resource person and trainer by major institutions and development partners throughout India.

• Panchayati Raj & Governance: Strengthened grassroots democracy by facilitating decentralized planning, building institutional capacity, and empowering PRIs.
• Livelihoods (MGNREGA): Conducted social audits, trained field staff, and advocated for the transparent implementation of rural employment schemes.
• Education & RTE: Delivered training on the RTE Act, supported SMCs, and authored awareness materials on educational rights.
• Healthcare & SDGs: Created and translated SDG modules and led training sessions on universal health and COVID-19 responses.
• Food Security & PDS: Collaborated with marginalized communities on public distribution reforms, implementing GR, and enhancing nutrition outreach.
• Sustainable Agriculture: Advocated for soil health, water conservation, and sustainable farming practices ensuring the value chain process in sugarcane within the Ganga Basin and other rural initiatives, Supported the formation and strengthening of sugarcane-focused FPOs for collective action.
• Women Empowerment & Social Equity: Led advocacy for the rights of marginalized women and facilitated grassroots legal literacy.

• Conducted over 250 training sessions on MGNREGA, social audits, PRI systems, and governance reforms, GPDP, OSR, Sustainable Agriculture, Various Portals of Panchayats, PESA Act for MP and Jharkhand's.
• Trained over 2,000 executive officers on RTI and JNNURM.
• Delivered workshops on the SHW Act 2013, SBM, GPDP, and SDGs.
• Facilitated trainings and institutional workshops across more than 10 states.
• Regular trainer at institutions like SIRD, RIRD, DIRD, NIPSEED, and PRIT.
• Trained to the DPRO, ADO Panchayat, Secretary GPs Panchayat Sahayak, Pradhan/Sarpanch/Ward members Executive officers of the Urban Local Bodies of UP, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and representative of NGOs/CSRs/Bank Representative on Various issues.

• Date of Birth: 10/31/72
• Nationality: Indian
• Marital Status: Married

• Policy Research and Advocacy
• Capacity Building and Training Programs
• Network and Alliance Building
• Documentation and IEC Material Development
• Campaign Design and Coordination
• Legal Frameworks and Rights-Based Advocacy
• Participatory Governance and Social Accountability
• SDG Localization and Gram Panchayat Development Planning (GPDP)