Key Expertise

  1. Extensive knowledge of Project/Programme Management cycle including formulation, appraisal, guiding implementation, supervision, monitoring, reviews, evaluation, etc.
  2. Experience of Project/Programme Implementation specially in development cooperation in partnership with Government agencies, NGOs and other civil society actors
  3. Experience includes around Fifteen years as a Programme Coordinator at national level with an international development agency and a bilateral donor agency.
  4. Intensive involvement in land and water sector programmes in India, including water resources assessment, water resources management, sustainable agriculture, farmers participation, scientific knowledge empowerment and institutional capacity building.
  5. Particular professional competence in:
    1. Modernization of Irrigation Management with Service Oriented Approach
    2. Water resources planning and management studies and related activities
    3. Capacity building of engineers, farmers, policy makers and managers
    4. Groundwater management with end users in the drivers seat
    5. Soil moisture management with special focus on dryland /rainfed agricuture
    6. Development of water policy statements and steering the policy level procceses
    7. Development of Food and Nutrition security strategies at household level, basin level
    8. Agriculture water use efficiency with special focus on salinity and drainage
    9. Strengthening network of NGOs for effective partnership with government programs and enhancing transparency and accountability in development investments
    10. Facilitating interface between the international fora and the local successful initaitive