Experience

EQMS Global Private Limited
• India
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Principal Advisor/Lead Development Consultant

  • Jan 2019 - Present


UNDP in India

• India
• International Affairs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• • Apr 2008 - Jul 2014

  Successfully led Project Management Teams, provided technical and implementation support to large and multi-donor; multi-sector, multi-partners complex programmes across India at the Centre and States and sub-state levels (PRIs and ULBs), districts, blocks and villages - GOI-UNDP Disaster Risk Management Programme (2002-2009):US$ 43 million (multi-donor) coverimg 17 states/174 districts/40 cities; Tsunami Reconstruction Programme (2005-2008): World Bank funded National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Programme; Kosi Flood Recovery and Reconstruction Project (2009-2011) US$ 1 million (BCPR-UNDP funded); UNDP-funded Urban Risk Reduction Project (2009-2012): US$ 1 million; UNDP-funded Disaster Risk Reduction Programme (2009-2012); US$ 6.3 million; Water Resources Management for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction (2011-2014): US$ 3 million (AusAid-funded); UNDP-funded Institutional and Community Resilience for Disasters and Climate Change Risk Reduction (2012-2017): US$ 6.1 million. Conceptualized, formulated and successfully implemented strategy and initiated "Development Support Services" (DSS) for the first time in India as a pilot project leveraging government resources and providing technical assistance to the state governments in fast-track utilization of government funds under DSS Framework (Development Support Services). Show less

• • Apr 2002 - Apr 2008

  Core responsibility to provide programme implementation, technical and oversight support to the Project Management Unit responsible for managing Trade & Employment, Agro and Rural Industries, Sustainable Livelihoods, Urban Poverty, Skills Development and Entrepreneurship Development programmes and projects including direct support to national programmes: NSUP and NSDP. These include following successfully implemented which led to upscaling of UNDP-funded projects to National Programmes.

• • Oct 1991 - Apr 2002

  Core programme and project management responsibility to provide technical and implementation support to project teams in strengthen capacity development under the Department of Science & Technology in Geospatial technologies, oceanography, scientific and industrial research institutions of CSIR, Departments of Telecommunication, Industry, Commerce, Civil Aviation and Tourism, Ministry of Urban and Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Power, Department of Personnel, Administrative Reforms, Central Board of Direct Taxes and Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice; and liaisoning. coordination and technical backstopping with and from Commonwealth Secretariat; UN/DESA, WTO, WIPO, ITU, ITC. Show less



Project Management Unit for IKEA funded Women Empowerment Project

• Head

  • Mar 2013 - Jun 2013

  Short term special assignment: Headed the Project Implementation Unit team and provided implementation and technical support in capacity building activities of IKEA funded women empowerment project targeting 50,000 women entrepreneurs in 4 districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Short term special assignment: Headed the Project Implementation Unit team and provided implementation and technical support in capacity building activities of IKEA funded women empowerment project targeting 50,000 women entrepreneurs in 4 districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh.



UNDP Pacific Centre

• Early Recovery Specialist

  • Oct 2011 - Apr 2012

  Short term special assignment: Strengthened capacity of the UNDP Pacific Centre in the area of Disaster Management/Early Recovery covering implementation and technical support to Regional Disaster Risk Management and Mainstreaming Programmes; Regional Early Recovery Programme and to strengthen capacity for Early Recovery; partnering with UNDP Fiji Multi-Country Office (covering 10 Pacific countries) and UNOCHA/Pacific Humanitarian Team; and Co-Chair Working Group on Mainstreaming Meetings with UN International Secretariat (SOPAC) for Disaster Reduction. Key Achievements: • Capacity building of SOPAC to develop Joint National Action Plans; and sectoral departments in mainstreaming of DRM • Capacity building of UNDP PNG Country office in development of DRM provincial action plan for Bouganville; and • Knowledge management of Disaster and climate change - Discussion Note on Early Recovery in the Pacific context and finalized Policy Guidance Note co-authored by self and PC Team members Show less



United Nations Peacekeeping

• United States
• International Affairs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Economic Development Officer

  • Apr 2000 - Nov 2000

  Special assignment: Served the Department of Local Administration (DLA) under UNMIK, Pristina, Kosovo as Economic Development Officer to provide support and launch and manage development project for capacity building in local administration programmes for selected Municipalities and administrative personnel and to liaise and coordinate with international development agencies in Kosovo to plan and manage development activities, resource mobilisation and deployment of resources towards development programmes and projects across 30 Municipalities in Kosovo, coordinate and provide inputs for the agenda of scheduled meetings of the Cabinet, Regional Administrators and Municipal Administrators, and representing the DLA in visioning and problem solving meetings, providing development related inputs for DLA scheduled reporting. Show less



Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

• Assistant Programme Officer/Assistant Administrative Officer

  • Apr 1981 - Sep 1991

  - Coordinated and provided support in execution of UNDP, World Bank, IFAD and other bilateral-agencies and FAO’s own regular funded projects in India and Bhutan. - Successfully provided and executed projects: support to the UNDP and World Bank funded National Dairy Development Board, Forest Fire Fighting, Agriculture research and Education, setting up of centres of excellence in 11 agriculture universities in India, plant genetic resources, saline water in Haryana and many others - Administered Bhutan desk and worked in FAO sub-office in Bhutan as Officer-in-charge in the absence of Programme officer. - For two years as Asstt. Administrative officer, administered and provided logistics support related to travel, hotels, protocols, customs, procurement of equipment and services, registers/diplomatic pouches, transport, vehicle control, and supervision of all the personnel under these sub-units both to support FAO’s programmes and projects both in India and Bhutan Show less