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Mr MAHANTHESH H K
Project Director , Reliance Foundation
Bangalore, Karnataka
I have 17 years of experience in various capacities and roles in operations with DHAN Foundation, Faculty and coordinator of ASKMI, Tata Dhan Academy, Madurai to my current assignment as Program Integrator (South India) at Reliance Foundation, I have acquired skills in grassroots institution promotion, rural transformation,Resource mobilization, NGO management, CSR, MFI and project management.
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Area of Expertise:
  • Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural, Urban
  • Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
  • Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
  • Private Sector, Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Social, Gender, Education, Youth, Child
Professional Experience:
Mid-career professional with 17 years of illustrious experience in Agriculture, Academic, NGO, CSR, water, Health and sanitation sectors.
Result oriented and competent administrator.
Experienced in trisector collaborations to build strategic partnerships for program implementation and promotion of policy ideas and Project outputs.
Worked extensively at grassroots in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
Fluent in English, Kannada, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.
Social mobilization for Natural Resource Management and integrated Community development
Grooming young professionals involved in rural development works
Development Education and course development: Having over 3 years of experience in teaching and designing courses for development management students.
Gender and sanitation: Having 3 years of experience in Sanitation and waste management with a special focus on gender.
Fund raising: Having over 10 years of working experience in fund raising. Possess rich experience & skills in raising resources from various funding sources- Government agencies, Banks, International & National donor agencies, CSR, Philanthropic support groups and individuals.
Project management: Extensive Working experience in project planning, implementation, appraisals and monitoring of development projects aided by various National & International donor agencies, Government and CSR.
Documentation: Handful experience in taking up various development studies and research projects for various NGOs, community institutions and Tata-Dhan Academy. Possess skills in developing various project manuals, guidelines, brochures, handbooks, newsletters, media relation in the area of Microfinance, Education, Agriculture, Sanitation and tank based watersheds. Produced IEC materials and documentaries also.
Training: Possess experience and skills in training needs assessment, designing and organizing training programs, national and international campaigns, workshops and seminars for Self Help Group (SHG) members, NGOs, Bankers and other stakeholders in the field of governance building, leadership development, fund raising, networking, institution building, business promotion & sustainability.
Microfinance: Possess rich experience in the areas of microfinance, bank linkages, and financial management, product development, institution building, and livelihoods promotion, micro-insurance & micro enterprises.
Health: Worked on Community health care, Indoor air pollution
Networking:Assessing and addressing development issues at grassroots level.
Computer skills: Working knowledge and skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, and Power Point), Internet applications & multimedia, etc.
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Agricultural Sciences (scholar) from University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India. I have secured a total grade of 91% aggregate and passed out in the year 2003.
Post Graduation in Agricultural Sciences from University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India. I have secured a aggregate grade of 91.6% and passed out in the year 2000.
Degree in Agricultural Sciences from University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India. I got an aggregate of 84% and passed out in the year 1998.
Completed my education up to 12th standard in Hassan District of Karnataka.
Affiliations and Achievements:
Guidance, on-job training to the team members on planning, implementation, innovations to address the development issues through community banking program
Liasoning with Banks, District Government Agencies to mobilize resource for the livelihood development of poor organized in the SHGs
Conducting training courses and workshops on Tank based watersheds, Self Help Movement, Participatory methods for development intervention, Micro Credit and Micro Enterprise development to the NGOs, Bankers, and Government officials at state and national level.
As in-charge of Training I have organized more than 150 training program (on Microfinance-Principles, Perspectives and Practices, Gender) for more than 500 participants from groups promoted in Pavagada.
Mobilized resources for the microfinance groups to the tune of 15 million from Banks.
Mobilized resources to the tune of 35 million for 35 tank associations in Pavagada.
Wrote proposals for starting tank fed agriculture program in 4 new locations and got them sanctioned.
Prepared inception (development) document for Pavagada location.
Worked on mainstreaming gender into tank program
Successfully motivated women members to take up and complete tank physical works.
Mobilized revolving funds for women groups.
Introduced systems for office administration, tank rehabilitation works and Federation works.
Conducted management development programs for project managers working with JSYS project of Karnataka about promotion of people institutions.
Presented a paper on Community based tank rehabilitation in Madurai symposium on 24 Sep 2007.
Successfully mobilized and enrolled people for Life, Animal, Health and crop Insurance in Pavagada.
Served as Executive Director and board member of Pavagada Taluk keregala Jalasamvardhane okkuta (Tank farmer’s federation) in Pavagada taluk of Tumkur district, Karnataka.

DHAN Foundation
I am in the field of community development from more than a decade. After completing my PhD colloquium, I was fortunate to work in gross root organizations/NGOs like DHAN Foundation, Grameen Koota (GFSPL) and Reliance Foundation. Both of these organizations gave me an ample opportunity to learn and contribute for the rural sector. I worked on some of the basic community needs like transforming rural livelihoods, renovation of irrigation tanks, watershed treatment, drinking water and sanitation, health care program and education. Before working in these areas, I realized the importance of understanding the community and building a rapport with them. I nearly spend two years time with the community (Three states) just to understand them and the issues what they are facing. This gave me a wonderful opportunity to comprehend the rural situation and to realize the products/activities what one should give for the people and how it should serve the needs of the community. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) was the best tool for me to assess the needs of the community. Though there was unwillingness in the beginning for a change, my rapport with the people helped me to bring the changes among the community.

Tata-Dhan Academy
By recognizing my field experience, DHAN Foundation gave me an opportunity (2007) to train development professionals to equip them to take up gross root roles. I was successful in mentoring around 50 young professionals and I am glad to inform, right now, all of them are working with the poor communities by associating themselves with local NGOs across India. During my mentoring role, I exposed the students to different kinds of issues what the rural community/Urban slums are facing through case studies, discussion with the live cases, screening the documentaries and by staying in a few downtrodden villages across India. Along with this I also made them recognize the available mitigating measures practiced by various institutions like NGOs/MFIs/Cooperatives/and the local authorities.

Available for:
  • Job opportunities

    Years of Experience:
    15-20 years
    Highest Qualification:
    Doctorate
    Languages:
    English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, kannada, telugu, tamil and Hindi
    Nationality:
    Indian
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