Skilled professional with around 15 years of experience in Livelihoods, Entrepreneurship Development, Skill Development, Administration, Gender, Life skills, Education, convergence, Business Development, Rural Development, Social Mobilization, Training & Capacity-Building .
Around 12 years’ experience in Skill development programs - DDU-GKY, RESTI, Sagarmala, Pro-life, Unnati, special projects under SGSY and proficient in handholding of unprivileged & unemployed rural youth 18 -45 years age group by facilitating the skill based training, counseling & mentoring and placements opportunities in the private sector, provided to them. An implementer with recognized proficiency in spearheading operations / business with an aim to accomplish organization plans and goals successfully.
· Overall management and Implementation of RSETIs, Project Unnati, SAGY for Maharashtra state.
· Closure of SGSY –II (SP) projects.
· Day to day administration, Funds proposal and allocation.
· Managing team of 351 block coordinators, 34 District managers.
· Partnership with more than 150 projects implementing agencies under DDUGKY.
· Organization of exposure visits, training programs, workshops, CXO meets and seminars.
· Coordination with the line departments i.e. MSSDS, NCVT, SCVT,SSC etc.
· Coordination with state government, NACER, NAR and Ministry of Rural Development.
· Managing 35 Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) running by 7 nationalize banks
· Designing & developing Annual Work Plans and State Perspective Plans.
Undertaking partnership & convergence with similar agencies at State level.
· Ensuring that the city adhere to the EST&P guidelines prescribed by DAY-NULM.
· Preparing Annual Action Plan for EST&P agenda for the city.
· Responsible for the EST&P targets of the city.
· Strategic planning & implementation of the mission.
· Monitoring & evaluation of the project.
· Partnership management.
· Working closely with women SHGs.
· Facilitating to the youth and women for getting self-employed.
· Ensuring identification of skill training providers (STPs) at city level and monitoring the performance quality of the STPs and other agencies involved.
· Providing need base technical support to COs.
· Ensuring linkages with Industry associations, skill development mission, sector skill councils, line departments, resource institutes and other relevant agencies.
· Establishment of city livelihood centres.
Non- Farm livelihoods opportunities creation for the self-help groups
· Implementation of DDU-GKY and RSETI for Nandurbar District.
· Designing & developing Annual Work Plans and District Perspective Plans
· Management of skill-based training programs to match the demand–supply
· Undertaking partnership & convergence with similar agencies at District level
· Knowledge Management
· Database Management & MIS
· Conducting psychometric tests and assessments
Organization of exposure trips, training programs, workshops, Job Melas and seminars
· Working with Self Help Groups and Farmer producer groups.
Convergence with the line departments like agriculture department, animal husbandry department for creating the opportunities for the sustainable livelihoods from farm, non-farm sectors.
· Implementation of Aajiveeka, a special Project by MoRD for Skill Development & Employability of Rural BPL youth.
· Worked as a Sr. Project officer for Maharashtra state, at Pune.
· Managed team of 10 trainers and 10 RPs (Resource Partner NGOs).
· Trained 1664 rural BPL youth among which 1428 got placed.
· Strategic planning and implementation of the project
· Monitoring and evaluation.
· Partnership Management.
· Coordination with Employer for effective and attractive placements.
· Coordination with GOVT officials like DRDA, NABARD etc.
In charge of BARTI project( Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Research & Training Institute)
· Sourcing of the Entrepreneurs & counseling
· Site verification & technical evaluation of the projects proposals.
· Coordination & follow ups with BOB Officials (Bank of Baroda) for timely loan disbursement.
· Organized of various skills up gradation training programs for the Entrepreneurs.
· Sourcing & Induction of the Mentors.
· Planning & preparation for Monthly chapter meetings.
· Mentor-mentee pairing.
· Preparation for Awards nominations- CII, CITI GROUP, YBI
· Organizing and participation in the exhibitions.
· Monthly monitoring & recovery visits.
· Managed team of 34 Development Activists & 3 Cluster Coordinators.
· Liaisoning with GOVT officials like BEO, BDO, EO, CEO, Child welfare board etc.
· Conducted training workshops of AWWs, Teachers, Village Education Committees, CCs & DAs regarding child protection and Child Education based issues.
· Preparation of improvement plans for ZP schools & anganwadis.
· Conducted ICT campaigns for Inclusive Education, MGNREGA, Birth Certificate distribution, health checkup campaigns, street plays and other Social development Schemes.
· Capacity building of VECs, SMCs.
· Convergence of various government schemes.
· Advocacy about RTE act among parents as well as schools, teachers.
· Organized vocational training programs for Adolescents to enhance their skills.
· Counselling to the adolescents.
Awareness among farmers producers group for sustainable livelihoods in farm, non-farm sectors.
· Worked as a Counselor cum Hostel Warden.
· Observations & counseling.
· Organized vocational training programs to get them self-employment.
· Identification of student’s needs and organizing campaigns or program according to that.
· Counseling to their parents, home visits to get their child involve in to the school.
· Making case studies and maintaining record.
· Organizing Health checkup camps.
Making weekly report.
Managerial skills