Sireesha Patnaik

Consultant , Friends of Women's World Banking, Development Alternatives

Delhi, Delhi

Development Consultant with 4+ years of experience. I am an Architect and Environmental Planner with professional experience in Microfinance-especially Habitat Finance, Capacity Building,Partner Rating, Operational Standards, Project planning and budgeting,Communication and coordination, organizational management, Internal Audit of systems and processes,Design development and Conceptual planning

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Area of Expertise:
  • Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural, Urban
  • Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
  • Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
  • Fundraising, Business Development, Grants Writer
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research
Professional Experience:

Very recently, worked with Development Alternatives in Researching and fundraising for Habitat activity.

Worked for FWWB since 2009-2013

Process Audit Consultant (2012-13)
As a Consultant my role was: Creating Systems and Processes by assigning roles and responsibilities to the core teams, and doing a one time Audit of the same.
Program Officer-2009-2012 March
As a Program Officer with FWWB my role involved:Capacity Building of (microfinance institutions)MFIs for implementation of Water and Sanitation Program. Provide Loan and Grant support to MFIs and help in product development. Funder reporting, prepare budget for fund utilization. Cash Flow analysis for preparing business plan

Education:

1. Masters in Environmental Planning from CEPT University, Ahmedabad with dissertation on "Frame work to calculate Carbon sequestration of Mangroves-a case of Katchchh".
2. Bachelor degree in Architecture from Utkal University with thesis on "Digital Library in Auroville".
3. Basic Financial Management & Accounting Systems for MFI’s Training” organized by Friends of WWB in 2009

Affiliations and Achievements:

Recently won Environmental Documentary -Short Film Contest organised by CREESS-IJENAS.
Registered online to many forums related to Water and Sanitation, Planning and Micro-finance.

Available for:

  • Consulting assignments
  • Job opportunities
  • Being headhunted – make me an offer

Years of Experience:

2-5 years

Highest Qualification:

Masters

Languages:

English, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Telugu

Nationality:

Indian