Prabhat Kumar Jha
Rural Development Professional
Dombivli (E)
Summary
Team Leader experienced in directing activities of workgroups. Develops strategies, provides training, sets goals and obtains team feedback. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Big picture focus with excellence in communicating goals and vision to succeed. Problem solver, networker, and consensus builder.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Team Lead- Climate Resilience for Sustainable Development (CR4SD)
Reliance Foundation
08.2023 - Current
- Spearheaded climate resilience initiatives across 8 states with 45 NGO partners, providing strategic direction and technical support to field implementation teams
- Conducted training needs assessments and delivered training to RF teams and partners with expert agencies
- Implemented landscape approaches for ecosystem sustainability and advanced water efficiency
- Enhanced soil fertility and introduced resilient seed varieties
- Promoted biofortified crops to improve nutritional security and community health.
- Promoted a positive work environment by fostering teamwork, open communication, and employee recognition initiatives.
Team Coordinator -National Resource Centre for Livelihoods (NRCL)
Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN)
06.2018 - 08.2023
- Led partnership activities with a system change approach
- Capacity building of BRLPS staff in farm-based livelihoods
- Led the FPO initiative with partners
- Support the co-creation and adoption of prototypes
- Collation of Progress Data, analysis and Reporting to the donor agency
- Representing PRADAN in different state and National level Forum
- Providing strategic guidance for institutions that lead sustainable livelihoods.
Project Coordinator-Irrigation
Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS)
06.2017 - 06.2018
- Implementation of the Irrigation component of World bank project JOHAR in Jharkhand
- Developed comprehensive project plans, outlining scopes, timelines, deliverables, and milestones.
- Empanelment of TSA for DPR preparation and hand holding for irrigation schemes
- Preparation of irrigation guidelines
- Developed a course curriculum for para irrigation engineers
- Coordination among state team members and extending support to districts
- Organising workshops for effective planning and rollout.
Team Coordinator
Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN)
11.2014 - 06.2017
- Led a team of 6 professionals working for improving human conditions in the operational area
- Developed a perspective for the area and involving different stakeholders for its development
- Annual Planning and budgeting for the team
- Developing strategies with team members to achieve targets
- Monthly, quarterly, half yearly and annual review against physical and financial targets
- Half yearly and annual narrative reports to the organization or according to donors' needs
- Internal and external audit
- Assessment of areas of staff development for their optimal contribution and organizing events for the same
- Team management
- Anchoring different projects.
Executive (Projects)
Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN)
07.2007 - 11.2014
- Initiated and led community nursery projects for vegetable production
- Spearheaded district-level initiatives in natural resource management, horticulture, and agriculture
- Contributed to various projects and built strong linkages with government agencies, research institutions, and banks
- Created and implemented innovative programs to attract funding
- Organized small groups and ensured effective implementation of income-generating activities and watershed projects.
Education
B. Tech in Agricultural Engineering -
NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh
Diploma in Agricultural Engineering - undefined
NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh
Certificate in Food Processing - undefined
NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh
Matriculation - undefined
BSEB, Bihar
Skills
Operations Management
Performance monitoring
Coaching and Mentoring
Quality Control
Partnership
Problem solving
Personal Information
- Father's Name: Sri Vinay Kumar Jha
- Mother's Name: Smt. Kalpana Devi
- Date of Birth: 09/05/84
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: INDIAN
- Marital Status: Married
Languages
Hindi
English
Maithili
Awards
- C and B certificate of NCC
- Best NCC cadet of NERIST Unit in the year 2003.
Publications
P.Jha et.al , Hydraulic Performance of Drip Emitters under Laboratory Condition J. Soil Water Conservation India, 4(3&4):184-188,2005
Training
- Field Guide Development Programme (FGDP)
- Process Awareness and Sensitivity (PAS)
- Trained as a state resource person of the State for TOT of NRLM
- Perspective Development on gender by Jagori
- Livelihood training 3 phase by Proff. Sanjeev Phansalkar and Avinash Paranjape
- Certificate in Development and Change a critical and constructive perspective of India- by APU
- Regenerative Agriculture: By T Vijay Kumar, S.M Vijyanand and PRADAN
- Climate Change: Perspective and Practices: 10 Days by PRADAN in association with APU, AEF, FES and SPS
Timeline
Team Lead- Climate Resilience for Sustainable Development (CR4SD)
Reliance Foundation
08.2023 - Current
Team Coordinator -National Resource Centre for Livelihoods (NRCL)
Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN)
06.2018 - 08.2023
Project Coordinator-Irrigation
Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS)
06.2017 - 06.2018
Team Coordinator
Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN)
11.2014 - 06.2017
Executive (Projects)
Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN)
07.2007 - 11.2014
B. Tech in Agricultural Engineering -
NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh
Diploma in Agricultural Engineering - undefined
NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh
Certificate in Food Processing - undefined
NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh
Matriculation - undefined
BSEB, Bihar
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