Shubham Jain
Summary
Development professional with 5+ years of experience in programme implementation, stakeholder engagement, and capacity building across development sectors. Proven track record in managing multi-stakeholder projects, facilitating knowledge partnerships, conducting impact assessments, and supporting community-based initiatives. Strong background in monitoring & evaluation, regenerative agriculture, and cross-sectoral collaboration with government, NGOs, and community institutions.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Productive Biodiversity and Green Transformation Pathways Project | Project Officer
MetaMeta Research
07.2022 - Current
- Worked with PRADAN, FES, and District Administration to implement Productive biodiversity and nature-based solutions, to develop prototypes for Hedges, EBRM, and PWMW to build evidences to scale up and replicate
- Also worked on the Green Transformation Pathways project across 8 tribal districts of Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand
- Led the design and implementation of key interventions and prototype building on Natural Resource Management and Regenerative Agriculture, ensuring sustainable and scalable solutions for over 100 farmers
- Conducted feasibility and impact assessments to evaluate prototype viability and scalability
- Additionally, contributed to the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Framework for projects led by rural women's collectives
- Facilitated collaboration among NGOs, government departments, and community groups to strengthen project implementation and impact
- Documented case studies and best practices to build evidence and support knowledge-sharing initiatives
- Developed comprehensive modules, handbook and training videos to standardize and enhance the effectiveness for women farmers, community resource person and other stakeholders
- Led multiple development programs, including GRAW, GTP, IFC, and CCD, supported by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), IKEA foundation, and state Government
- Developed and deepened relationships with key stakeholders.
- Facilitated successful project outcomes by maintaining open lines of communication among team members, stakeholders, and senior management.
- Developed and monitored project schedules, budgets and objectives for successful completion.
Associate – Research and Training
Haqdarshak Empowerment Solution Pvt Ltd
05.2019 - 07.2020
- Worked closely with Departments SRLM, Agriculture, social welfare, and rural development, to maximize the benefits for citizens with welfare schemes reaching the ground and creating livelihood opportunities for women federations
- Conducted training for over 2,500 women in collaboration with the Chhattisgarh State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLM) as part of a livelihood and digital initiative by IWWAGE, funded by the Gates Foundation
- Designed training modules and videos for technical sessions, helped over 1,000 women navigate and use a mobile application with ease, and get information for different schemes and services
- Partnering with departments like social welfare, agriculture, and labor by conducting camps in villages for easy access to schemes and services
Rural Development Fellow
State Bank of India Foundation
08.2017 - 09.2018
- Conducted surveys, interviews, and workshops to gather insights, perspectives, and knowledge with local communities, stakeholders, and experts on making organic compost out of crop residue and agriculture waste
- Conducted training sessions, plot demonstration, and testing of compost to promote it as a replacement for chemical inputs
- Tie up with ICAR- Department of Microbiology to enrich the compost and improve the microbial compost culture, which will reduce the effort of the farmers and reduce the number of days for composting
Education
PGPDM - Development Management
S.P Jain Institute of Management and Research
01.2025
PGDSRD - Sustainable Rural Development
National Institute of Rural Development
04.2021
B.Com - Banking and Financial Services
Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce
03.2017
Skills
- Project Management: Project life cycle management, Theory of Change Framework, Google Workspace, Gantt Charts, Stakeholder management (Government stakeholders, CSOs, Funding agencies, Community), proposal writing
- Capacity Building: PRA, Community cadre development
- Data Analysis: Data Collection (primary and secondary data), Advanced Excel
- GIS: Basic analysis through symbology, QGIS
- Impact Assessment and Evaluation Frameworks: Social Return on Investment, Result-based monitoring, and Evaluation, Randomized control trials, Livelihood impact assessment
Timeline
Productive Biodiversity and Green Transformation Pathways Project | Project Officer
MetaMeta Research
07.2022 - Current
Associate – Research and Training
Haqdarshak Empowerment Solution Pvt Ltd
05.2019 - 07.2020
Rural Development Fellow
State Bank of India Foundation
08.2017 - 09.2018
PGDSRD - Sustainable Rural Development
National Institute of Rural Development
B.Com - Banking and Financial Services
Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce
PGPDM - Development Management
S.P Jain Institute of Management and Research
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