Experience

Centurion University of Technology and Management

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professor

  • Jul 2015 - Present

  Please see www.cutm.ac.in to see the journey of the first and only privately managed multisector state university in Odisha. I am responsible to progress the international partnerships that CUTM has signed up to (Deakin University, Australia and University of Plymouth, UK) and will also be involved in the Urban Micro Business Center (a PPP project with support from Govt of India, Govt of Odisha and Centurion University) set up to facilitate social entrepreneurship in urban slums. It has been adjudged as the most innovative projects and has been selected for replication across India by Govt of India. I will also be exploring undertaking more research and consultancy work, besides my regular responsibilities of teaching and training within the University. Show less


RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
• Adjunct Professor

  • Jul 2014 - Present


DFID

• Belgium
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• State Representative

  • Apr 2001 - Jun 2015

  As State Representative, Odisha DFIDI, my responsibility mainly involved relationship management with multiple stakeholders including Government, Non-Government, Private Sector, Academic Institutions and other Development Partners. I represented DFIDI in a variety of forums such as workshops, conferences, donor meetings, sectoral support programs, procurement, etc. The DFIDI programmes in the state of Odisha that I supported included the Public Sector Reform Program, Public Enterprise Reform Program, Support to the Poverty Task Force and Poverty Monitoring, The Odisha Civil Society and Poverty Program, Support to the Implementation of the Industrial Resolution Policy, R&R, Capacity Building of PRI’s, The Health Sector Program (including Nutrition and WASH), The Reconstruction of Schools Program, The Western Odisha Rural Livelihoods Program, The Odisha Tribal Empowerment and Livelihood Program and the Center for Modernizing Government Initiative. I also provided the lead to Govt of India’s “Call to Action-Child Survival” programme in Odisha; facilitated Development Partner’s coordination to support implementation in 10 high priority districts and liaised with GoO to develop a robust plan of implementation to address gaps in services. Show less