Professional Experience:
Seasoned HR and Community Development professional with 18 years of experience, including 13 years as Project/Lead Manager at state level under DAY-NRLM, Jharkhand. Provided strategic leadership for state-wide implementation across 24 districts and 265 blocks, strengthening more than 2.75 lakh SHGs and federated institutions. Spearheaded the promotion of Producer Groups, FPOs and FPCs, enabling scalable enterprise development and structured market linkages for rural producers.
Successfully managed annual program budgets exceeding ?1,500 crore, ensuring high utilization, financial discipline, and full compliance with government norms. Led large-scale skill development initiatives impacting over 30,000 rural youth, significantly improving placement and self-employment outcomes.
Instrumental in designing and operationalizing comprehensive HR and Cadre Policy frameworks for state-wide adoption. Established and strengthened the Project Management Unit (PMU), led end-to-end recruitment across state, district, and block levels, and institutionalized SOPs and capacity-building systems that enhanced organizational efficiency and accountability.
Strengthened Monitoring & Evaluation systems, resulting in improved data quality, reporting timelines, and evidence-based decision-making. Regularly coordinated Governing Body and Board processes, preparing policy notes and proposals that received formal approvals at the highest level.
Led intensive institution-building through the CRP strategy, ensuring strong adherence to Panch Sutra principles and sustainable community governance. Facilitated financial inclusion through effective deployment of RF, CIF, VRF, and bank credit linkages, enabling large-scale livelihood expansion.
In LWE-affected Chatra district, prepared the District Action Plan under NITI Aayog guidance, focusing on institution building, financial inclusion, and demand-driven livelihoods across farm, non-farm, and youth skilling sectors. Conceptualized and operationalized the first women-led “Didi Kitchen” in the Collectorate campus, creating a sustainable community enterprise model.
Mobilized women from highly Naxal-affected blocks to produce approximately 25,000 school uniforms, generating an average monthly income of ?10,000 for 100 SHG members. Overall, recognized for building scalable systems, strengthening community institutions, and driving measurable livelihood and HR transformation at scale.