Hi, I’m
Y D Prakash
Coordinator - Regional Institutes and Module Development
Delhi,Delhi
Summary
Professional Objective:
Seeking a challenging career in the field of human re-engineering, enabling, and skills
promotion, and would want to contribute to the Organization with my enhanced aptitude and
24 years of expertise.
Overview
28
years of professional experience
Work History
GFATM-NACO Government of India
Consultant - Coordinator Regional
08.2024 - Current
Job overview
- Institutes & Module
- Development (PHFI-CNST-532) Under the "SR Activity Management HUB”
LEPRA-INDIA - APCPHyderabad
Consultant - Coordinator Regional, Director
07.2002 - 11.2003
Job overview
- Team Leader, - "SR Activity Management HUB”
- Job Responsibilities:
- Coordination with NACO, SACS, Sub Recipients and Regional and State level
- Training Institutes
- Consultation with Project Directors/APD, Coordinator, expedites the process for rolled out of CB activities at their respective state / Cluster / District level
- Development / updating/ customization of Modules for State /district /facilities level cadres
- Updating to NACO on the progress of training activities on a fortnightly, Monthly and quarterly basis
- Preparation of monthly cabinet report and article for NACO newsletter
- Support in developing capacity-building tools, learning resource packages, capacity- building plans, IEC/BCC materials etc
- Document best practices, case studies and lessons learnt to enhance knowledge and showcase program successes
- Conduct comprehensive landscaping by collecting and collating information and analyze available data of CB activities
- Facilitate communication between the program team and state-level teams to gather updates on project progress, challenges, and potential solutions
- Conduct a needs assessment to identify gaps and training requirements
- Review the existing literature, best practices, and program guidelines to ensure module content is evidence-based
- Pilot test the modules with selected Regional Institutes and incorporate feedback for finalization and Collaborate with the Module Development Team to adapt the training materials to regional contexts
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of training sessions and report feedback to the
- Module Development Team
- Demonstrate ability to plan projects, understand budgets, and implement time bound
- Activities of "SR Activity Management HUB”
- Support in timely collation, development and submission of project progress reports and any other donor reporting requirements
- Undertake other tasks which may be assigned from time to time by the NACO or any other tasks assigned by Director IIPH Delhi., Counsellor in Area Hospital
- Reporting to: Monitoring Officer
- Description: Andhra Pradesh Counsellors Project (APCP) is being implemented by LEPRA
- Society with the support from APSACS and UNICEF
- APCP focuses on building up the capacity of the counsellors in the Voluntary Confidential Counselling and Testing Centres (VCCTCs), Prevention of Parent-to-Child Transmission Centres (PPTCTC) and Integrated
- Counselling and Testing Centres (ICTCs) so as to enable them to provide quality counselling services and in the process help in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS
- Job Responsibilities
- Mobilizing people towards seeking good medical care
- Counselling people on positive living (Nutrition, ongoing counselling, disclosure issues and identification of safety network)
- Assisted in gaining social support and acceptance from family, partners and employers by diffusing irrational fears, blame, anger and emotional care (including individual, couple and family support)
- Facilitated discussion in marital and family relations about “shameful” sexual subjects
- Facilitated management of medical, practical and economic problems (including ARV therapy, treatment of OI’s prevention of OI’s and HIV associated infections)
- Encouraged disclosure within a support framework with enhanced counselling
- Made access to interventions to PPTCT (including infant feeding counselling ARV interventions and special antenatal care)
- Also mobilized about family planning services (including termination of pregnancy where legal and safely available)
NACO under Plan
Consultant Project Officer
05.2023 - 06.2024
Job overview
- India (GFATM-NACO Government of India, Reporting To: NACO Officials i.e
- (DDG-BSD, DD-BSD) and GFATM Project Director–
- Plan India
- Job Responsibilities:
- Work as part of NACO Basic Service Division towards facilitating the effective management and implementation of Sampoorna Suraksha strategy at the State/ District level
- Work as part of NACO towards facilitating the effective implementation of
- Comprehensive Preventive Services Package for “At Risk” Population identified at
- Sampoorna Suraksha Strategy (SSS) Centre
- Assist in conducting capacity building of staff engaged in Sampoorna Suraksha
- Kendra’s
- Wherever required, coordinate with the organized public sectors and private sector organizations/ departments to ensure quality service delivery through these
- Sampoorna Suraksha Kendra’s
- Conduct periodic review meetings with states/ departments to monitor the status of programme implementation, prepare and share the reports and Monitor the SSK budget
- Facilitate the supportive and supervisory mechanism for the SACS and SETU team to monitor the program performance at District and State level
- Work under the guidance and supervision of Programme Officer and Technical Expert to facilitate the implementation of the activities at Sampoorna Suraksha Kendra’s
- Assist in preparation of the annual, physical and financial report and plan for SSS for the whole country
- Ensuring training and capacity building of the SSK staff through SACS
- Ensure the timely reporting from each SSKs and SACS and do follow ups
- Analyse the program performance of the SSS and submit the recommendation and action point
- Assist in modifying the strategy to reach out to newer populations through SSKs and based on the mid-term reviews
- Develop documents pertaining to process documentation and best practices
- Track reporting from all reporting units and generate monthly status updates
- Conduct field visits to SSKs especially in weak performing states and districts
- Assist in conducting Stakeholder meetings, conferences/ consultations/workshops, field visits
- Any other work assigned by Reporting Officer/ Senior Officers of NACO.
RTL, Government of India, Jharkhand
Regional Team Leader
11.2022 - 04.2023
Job overview
- Bihar – FHI-360 (GFATM-NACO, : National Team Leader (SETU) – NACO Officials
- Job Responsibilities:
- Based in the Regional SETU headquarter (Bhubaneswar) and supporting to three states i.e
- Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar Reporting to the PD SACS and National Team Leader
- SETU
- Assist SACS within the cluster in evidence based strategic planning to implement HIV programs across the States, liaise with different stake holders in the States for transition of relevant components of HIV program into the general health systems
- Develop monthly/quarterly work plan of RTL along with quarter wise Deliverables
- Lead and facilitate monthly review meetings involving Project Director of State AIDS
- Control Society (& cluster), all the divisional heads within SACS and Regional SETU team
- Provide supportive supervision along with other team members of Regional SETU including Specialists and Field Officers with proper planning
- Provide onsite technical support to prevention program in three states to identify and develop linkages between prevention, testing and treatment to achieve 95 -95-95
- As member of the SETU Monitoring Committee, take lead in coordination and facilitation of quarterly SETU Monitoring Committee meeting
- Provide technical support to SACS on all aspects of planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of PPTCT, EID, STI/RTI services and HIV-TB collaborative activities
- Identifying key departments /PSUs to roll out the activities proposed under
- Memorandum of Understanding between National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) and respective Ministries
- Support in developing and implementation of strategies for reduction of Stigma and Discrimination
- Providing support to NACO and SACS in implementation of HIV/AIDS (Prevention and Control) ACT 2017
- Ensure documentation of all the activities such as MoM, reports, case studies, success stories etc
- Oversees financial and administrative aspects of Cluster Base including budget monitoring and full compliance with donor rules and regulations
- In addition, the RTL will be also performing the duties of the Prevention Specialist (PS) in the Head-Quarter State
- Undertake any other work assigned by the supervisor and represent SETU in meetings/forums at the regional and State level.
Andhra Pradesh State
Assistant Director
01.2008 - 10.2008
AIDS Control Society, Andhra PradeshHyderabad
Assistant Director
Job overview
- Responsibilities:
- Manage contracts with the lead agencies and support to the Support Units in formulating and managing the contracts with implementing agencies Such as (UNICEF/Child Fund India/Alliance/HLFPPT) Coordinating with other donor organizations and providing update information to NACO on Programmatic and
- Financial indicators
- Prepare and submit Annual and Quarterly Work Plans, Quarterly and Annual Progress
- Reports to NACO through the State Nodal Officer
- Conduct regular field visits to monitor the progress of the TI project’s and facilitate the technical inputs to the NGOs/CBOs and Implementation partners (SLPs) from time to time Supervise staff, coordinate activities of costing group, and oversee department training
- Perform difficult /complex analyses as needed
- Monitor progress of Targeted Interventions as per financial and physical indicators and analysing the indicators according to benchmark and variance analysis, cost tracking, project management, model development, compliance management, and budgeting
- Thoroughly familiar with traditional and activity-based costing systems and variables
- Assessing the policy environment and socio-economic background in the state and selected project districts, and select priorities for project support throughout the program
- Oversee functional and HR related aspects of TSU/STRCs/NGOs/CBOs and provide necessary assistance as per the requirement and ongoing support
- Prepare and submit TI division Annual Action Plan (AAP) for the state to the Steering
- Committee of NACO
- Identify the training needs of state and facilitate program with the help of technical support Unit and provide quality-based Trainings in ensuring the quality of work by
- STRC
- In consultation with M&EO, maintain, update and retrieve database of information generated from implementing partners and ensure the performance appraisal of
- Targeted Interventions project Staff through implementing NGOs along with annual review process and monitor and review project activities at the district level time to time.
CARE India
Training Coordinator
04.2006 - 01.2008
Job overview
- SAKSHAM (Strengthening Awareness Knowledge and Skills for
HIV/AIDS
Training Coordinator
Job overview
- Reporting To: Learning Site Manager
- Description: SAKSHAM, a CARE India project, works with vulnerable groups, such as the
- FSWs, IDUs and MSMs at Rajahmundry as a Demonstration Site, (Learning Site) to equip them with requisite skills for confronting unequal power relations in the society to lead a more equitable life
- As irreconcilable to targeted interventions, SAKSHAM uses the innovative approaches of Community Led Structural Intervention (CLSI) wherein the community itself is empowered to bring about sustainable change among HRGs
- Job Responsibilities
- Developing and maintaining connections between Government and NGO counterparts in the respective field areas and providing technical support and capacities on CLSI
- Conducting periodic assessment to understand the processes and expected outcomes on the basis of the set milestones of detailed Implementation Plan
- Providing capacity building programs on Structural interventions for Partner NGOs of
- AVAHAN – Implementation Partner Non-governmental organization (NGOs) and
- Community based organizations (CBOs) on Institutional Building
- Developed and maintained linkages with Govt, and NGO counterparts in the respective field areas and strengthened the CBOs on Community Led Initiatives to Undertook overall responsibility of ensuring high quality capacity building and implementation programs on CLSI (Community Led Structural Interventions)
- Demonstrated CLSI Concept through Immersion Programs for AVAHAN 6 state lead
- Partners in India and was Instrumental in coordination of the entire capacity building planning and implementation program
- Ensuring all Community based organizations (CBOs) are registered under applicable
- Acts and assisting them in getting permissions under FCRA Act
- Providing Technical and monitoring skills to the sub grantees of NGOs/CBOs on peer education program
- Conducted training for Partner APSACS-NGO’s, staff on Case Studies - methods of data collection and documentation of Case Studies and periodic assessment to understand the processes and expected outcomes, on the basis of the set milestones of detailed Implementation Plan when required by the project related to documentation activities.
LEPRA-INDIA – APCPHyderabad
Regional Monitoring Officer, Operations Manager
12.2003 - 04.2006
Job overview
- Reporting to: Program Coordinator &, : Andhra Pradesh Counsellors Project (APCP) is being implemented by LEPRA
- Society with the support from APSACS and UNICEF
- APCP focuses on building up the capacity of the counsellors in the Voluntary Confidential Counselling and Testing Centres (VCCTC), Prevention of Parent-to-Child Transmission Centres (PPTCTC) and Integrated
- Counselling and Testing Centres (ICTC) so as to enable them to provide quality counselling services and in the process help in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS
- Job Responsibilities
- Liaisons with Govt Counter parts such as APSACS/Medical officers/ District Leprosy
- Officers/DTST Members/Counsellors/ NGOs, and other resourceful people in the field area
- Coordinated with APSACS and UNICEF on timely submission of records and reports and monitoring the NGO partners of the program and forming as CBOs and provided technical support for Positive Networks and intuitional building activity
- Played a very important role in periodical planning, implementation, review & monitoring of counselling activities and networking and coordinating with NGOs in 8 districts and other stakeholders support for counselling centre activities
- Monitored the NGO partners of PPTCT+ program and forming as CBOs and provided technical support for Positive Networks
- Maintaining and capacity building of Staff, working in DHQ Hospitals, Area Hospitals, and community Health Centres at regional level
- Assisted Project coordinator in conducting research activities, content analysis of case studies received from counsellors for every quarterly and Documentation of Best practices and providing technical assistance for ART/VCCTC/PPTCT counselling centres in the region
- Was instrumental in recruitment, selection, placement and organizing induction training program for the selected counsellors as per NACO Guidelines
- Coordinated with APSACS and UNICEF on timely submission of records and reports
- Conducted a study on Stress and burn-out among ART/ VCCTCs/PPTCTs Counsellors
Prabhu Medical Health Association
Project Manager
12.2000 - 07.2002
Job overview
- For the Spastics- Partnerships for
- Sexual Health Project (PSH- DFID, Reporting to: Programme Officer (TRU- Technical Resource Unit, Job Responsibilities
- Planning, monitoring, internal training and evaluating the plans for Behaviour Change
- Communication and General Health Needs for Street children
- Handling case work (Individual counseling) using counseling theories solution-focused therapy, Reality therapy, Problem-Solving therapy for a lower socio-economic background specifically with vulnerable to “gang” membership, as well as street children with issues of adolescence (identity crisis, self-esteem, relationship problems)
- Planned and carried out: group work and casework in form of adventure-based counseling: through outdoor activities, we used counseling skills indirectly to address adolescence issues.
DNR CollegeBhimavaram
Project coordinator
09.2000 - 11.2000
Job overview
- Participatory
- Development and Peoples’ Initiatives’, Responsibilities: were to facilitate the empowerment of the people through individual and collective initiatives and Community mobilization for their sustainable development.
community Organizer
08.1996 - 10.1998
Job overview
- And caseworker for the Spastics Children in the Organization of PMHAS I was actively involved at the Individual level and Group Crisis Management
- Programs in the Community through field operations conducting health crises management programs closely with Government of Andhra Pradesh
- Project work: “Occupational Stress in the New Millennium – A Psychosocial Study”, In the year of 2000 as part of my curriculum
- As a professional of Human service Profession, I had developed interest in the issue of Stress as Stress hampers equilibrium within the individual, among the individuals and the groups in the society
- While the environmental factors in the wake of globalization are triggering stressful events, it is mostly the individual factors that are precipitating the Stress.
Industry Bakelite Hylam LTD
05.2000 - 06.2000
Job overview
- My job responsibilities are evolving practice models and alternative strategies of Social Work
- Intervention in an industrial setting for optimum productivity.
Delta Paper Mills LTD
Trainee Human Resource Manager
09.1999 - 03.2000
Job overview
- My duties were using groups as the medium of intervention to resolve individuals and groups problems and enabling worker community to identify and resolve problems with augmentation of the resources both from within and outside the community.
St’ Mary’s Leprosy Hospital
worker
01.1998 - 01.1999
Job overview
- During concurrent fieldwork as case
- Worked on average of 32 hours a week
- Duties included interviewing HIV and Leprosy patients, completing psychosocial assessments, discharge planning, enhancing patient’s education plan, recording progress notes family meetings; I endeavored at the level of
- Individuals to improve social functioning
- Voluntary Activities: During Orissa Super Cyclone Relief Camp I worked voluntarily to mitigate the post-disaster effects of the victims with the help of Caritas India, at Orissa
- Bhubaneswar, India
- Duties included serving food and making referrals to community resources for the homeless population
- Other responsibilities monitoring and evaluate the procedures through program management.
Education
Master’s Degree from Social Work
DNR College
MSW
Andhra
University
P.G Courses
Post Graduate Diploma from Epidemiology, Public Health Foundation
AG & SG College, Nagarjuna University
Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com)
APTECH Computer Education
Honours Diploma from Systems Management
Global Health University
of Washington
Policy Development and Advocacy for Global Health
University Overview
– E-learning Program
Global Health University of Washington, WHO Regional Office for Eastern, Pasteur institute of Iran, University of Medical Sciences
Leadership and Management in Health
University Overview
E-learning Program.
Facility Based Public Health Surveillance, Regional Knowledge Hub for Public Health
Department for Research Affairs Kerman
Tata Institute of Social
Sciences
Counselling and developing psychosocial interventions
University of Michigan, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Certifications on Public Health:
Human Resources for Health
University Overview
(HRH) and Healthy Businesses for Population, Health,
and Environment from, , School of Public Health, Effective Leadership for Healthy Communities: Concepts, Collaborations and Case
Studies, from University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Epidemiology for Non-Epidemiologists, Gender and Sexual and Reproductive Health
Skills
- Adaptability: ability to adapt to major changes in work tasks or in the work
- Environment
- Client service: ability to meet client (in-house and external) needs effectively
- Collaboration: ability to develop and use collaborative relationships to achieve work
- Goals
- Communication:
- Ability to convey information clearly to individuals and groups
- Initiative: ability to take prompt action to accomplish objectives, even beyond what is
- Required
- Integrity: ability to maintain social, ethical and organizational norms and adhere to
- Codes of conduct and ethical principles
- Knowledge management: ability to develop and update professional knowledge
- Continuously, and to assimilate and apply new job-related information in a timely
- Manner
- Sensitivity to diversity: ability to accommodate cultural and gender differences to
- Interact effectively with people of different cultures
- Personal skills:
- Ability to plan and organize work
- Good negotiating skills
- Ability to work with team spirit, within the Programme and with other Centre units
- Decision-making: analysis, judgment and problem solving
- Managing work: ability to manage one’s time and resources effectively to ensure that
- Work is completed efficiently
- Comprehensive understanding of rights-based development issues specifically related
- To women and children
- Possess excellent communication skills and can work under pressure
Strategic growth management
Reports and documentation
Reporting writing
Customer Relationship Management
Project Management
Team building
Organizational Development
Team Leadership
Budget Management
Supply Chain Management
Key Performance Indicators
Interests
Permanent Address: , 8-7-2/4, Behind RTC Depot, Narsayyaagaraharam, Bhimavaram
West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India – 534201
Signature of the applicant
(DURGA PRAKASH
YERRAMASETTI)
Professional Références :
P.V.Ramesh I
Timeline
Consultant - Coordinator Regional
GFATM-NACO Government of India
08.2024 - Current
Consultant Project Officer
NACO under Plan
05.2023 - 06.2024
Regional Team Leader
RTL, Government of India
11.2022 - 04.2023
Assistant Director
Andhra Pradesh State
01.2008 - 10.2008
Training Coordinator
CARE India
04.2006 - 01.2008
Regional Monitoring Officer, Operations Manager
LEPRA-INDIA – APCP
12.2003 - 04.2006
Consultant - Coordinator Regional, Director
LEPRA-INDIA - APCP
07.2002 - 11.2003
Project Manager
Prabhu Medical Health Association
12.2000 - 07.2002
Project coordinator
DNR College
09.2000 - 11.2000
Industry Bakelite Hylam LTD
05.2000 - 06.2000
Trainee Human Resource Manager
Delta Paper Mills LTD
09.1999 - 03.2000
worker
St’ Mary’s Leprosy Hospital
01.1998 - 01.1999
community Organizer
08.1996 - 10.1998
Assistant Director
AIDS Control Society, Andhra Pradesh
Training Coordinator
HIV/AIDS
Master’s Degree from Social Work
DNR College
MSW
Andhra University
P.G Courses
Post Graduate Diploma from Epidemiology, Public Health Foundation
AG & SG College, Nagarjuna University
Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com)
APTECH Computer Education
Honours Diploma from Systems Management
Global Health University of Washington
Policy Development and Advocacy for Global Health
Global Health University of Washington, WHO Regional Office for Eastern, Pasteur institute of Iran, University of Medical Sciences
Leadership and Management in Health
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Counselling and developing psychosocial interventions
University of Michigan, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Certifications on Public Health:
Human Resources for Health