MAHESH KUMAR

A development professional with 20+ years of experience in various development issues such as health awareness, education, livelihood, resettlement and rehabilitation, supervision, administration, monitoring, evaluation of projects.

1)    Presently working with Don Bosco Development Society , a leading NGO in Mumbai and monitoring projects on livelihood, skill development, financial planning literacy, governance, health, education, rural biogas energy, youth empowerment etc in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

Period: Jun 2011 till date

Position: Senior Programme Manager

Chief Responsibilities:

• Planning and Monitoring of the projects of partner organization
• Annual Planning and Budget allocation
• Resource Mobilization
• Capacity building of staff
• Documentation and Project reports writing 
• Public relations
• Concurrent Evaluations
• Conducting workshops on Savings, investments and Financial Planning for NGOs staff, SHG members, community men and women, Youth etc.

2)    Employer: Rangoonwala Foundation(India)Trust, Mumbai (RFIT)

Period: Jan 2009 to April 2010

Position: Sr.Programme Officer in Partner Support Programme

Chief Responsibilities:

• Due diligence of new projects
• Appraisal of project proposals, desk review, site visit, discussion with programme team, negotiation, preparing agreement
• Assisting in Budgeting and annual planning
• Monitoring and Evaluation of partner support programmes
• Documentation and ensuring compliance (programme and regulatory) by the projects
• Capacity building of the partner organizations
• Co-ordination and Communication with partners
• Participation in partner’s programme
• Impact assessment of partner programme

3)    Employer: Environmental Management Centre, Mumbai (EMC)

Period: Jan 08 to Dec08

Position: Co-ordinator

Chief Responsibility:

• Planning and Co-ordination of activities with the team
• Capacity building of team in rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R)
• Designing methodology of the social survey and designing tools for the social survey
• Conducting Census and Socio-economic Survey
• Conducting PRAs for preparing income restoration plans
• Data analysis and report writing
• Preparation of Resettlement and Rehabilitation Action Plan for the Project affected families.
• National and International Policy analysis
• Developing Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy for CHDCL
• Conducting Social Impact Assessment of the project
• Preparing progress report and co-ordinating with the Client and state implementing agency.
• Participation in monthly meeting and holding discussion on the progress made and negotiating targets
• Liaison  with  other State government departments involved in R&R activities

4)    Employer: Bharaiya Yuva Shaki Trust,Pune (BYST)

Period: From Aug 2006 to Jan 2008

Position: Sr.Field Officer/Team Leader

Chief Responsibilities:

Lead a team of professionals in developing entrepreneurship and mentoring.

• Conducting site verification visit
• Coordinating Technical Evaluation
• Coordinating ESP meeting for loan approval
• Loan disbursement and verification of assets purchased
• Coordinating Mentor- Mentee meeting
• Monitoring visits to entrepreneurs
• Co-ordinating training programes for entrepreneurs
• Co-ordinating online training for mentors
• Outreach activities in Rotary Club, Lions club, Merchants clubs, community settings, colleges etc
• Organizing and Co-ordinating Mentor chapter meeting
• Recruiting mentors and assisting them in evaluation and accreditation by City and Guild,UK
• Looking after day to day admin matters
• Consultations with funding agencies

5)    Employer: The OASES Society, New Delhi

Period: 2001-2006

Position: Project Officer

    Chief Responsibilities in Resettlement and Rehabilitation, M&E projects:

• Monitoring and Evaluation of development programmes.
• Documentation, preparing monthly, quarterly progress report, annual report and project completion reports
• Mobilizing resources required to implement programmes
• Co-ordinating with different departments/agencies
• Organizing people’s participation and consultation meetings with PAPs
• Preparing microplans for title holder and non title holder families
• Organizing capacity building training programmes for project affected people
• Educating the project affected families about their rights, entitlements and obligations under the RAP
• Assisting PAPs in redressel of grievances through the system implemented as part of the RAP
• Preparing income restoration plans

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1.     Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), Govt College, University of Jammu

2.     Master of Social Work (MSW), Karve Institute of Social Service

3.     Diploma in Human Resource Management, IMDR, Pune

4.     Certificate in Microfinance, IIBF, Mumbai

1. Associate-Insurance Institute of India, AIII
2. Chartered Financial Planner (CFP), FPSB India

7.     Following courses completed from Duke University:

1. Bayesian Statistics
2. Linear Regression and Modeling
3. Inferential Statistics
4. Introduction to Probability and Data with R