Prateek Uniyal

Program Lead- India , International Food Policy Research Institute

Bhopal, India

Strategic Partnership and Program Development expert with a highly accomplished career, with over 13 year’s track record of innovation and success. I am a result oriented professional with a demonstrated success in strategic leadership, facilitating multi-actor, multi-level Fair Economic Development programs and organization building.

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Area of Expertise:
  • Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural, Urban
  • Director, CEO, COP, President
  • Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
  • Fundraising, Business Development, Grants Writer
  • Private Sector, Corporate Social Responsibility
Professional Experience:

1) Lead project for Intellecap in partnership with PRADAN and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia (DFAT) to establish/incubate a Processing unit of Fresh Chilled Chicken in Madhya Pradesh
2) Worked on various Value Chains like Maize, Wheat, Turmeric, Chilli, Tamarind, Custard Apple, Ginger, Piggery, Livestock etc. for both backward and forward linkages not only in India but countries like Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia and the Netherlands.
3) Established Value Chain Linkages for commodities like Lac, Chilli and Tamarind (Jharkhand), Custard Apple (Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh), Ginger (Sikkim)
4) Lead an action-research projects on Farmer Producer Organisation Incubator (ICCO and CIIE) and Rural Individual Enterprise Development (APPI and Government of Andhra Pradesh) etc.
5) Played key role in designing and executing India’s first and largest Natural Farming program called Zero Budget Natural Farming program inpartnership with Andhra Pradesh Government reaching out to 60,00,000 farmers across Andhra Pradesh while at APPI
6) Deft at giving trainings for professional at national and international platforms for capacity building majorly on Value Chain Development and Market Development leading to creation & sustainment of a dynamic environment that fosters development opportunities & motivates high performance
6) Abilities in building community based programs and promoting economic & social awareness for equitable distribution of benefits among different sectors in the society

Education:

By qualification I am a Software Engineer. I did my Engineering from College of Technology in the Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology.

Affiliations and Achievements:

? Management Development Program on Value Chain Development: IRMA
? Innovative Business Models for Better Impact: World Bank
? Making Markets Work for Poor: MDF Consultancy Services of Netherland
? Result Measurement for Sustainable Private Sector Development: MDF Consultancy Services of Netherlands
? Report Writing: British Council
? Making Effective Presentations: British Council
? Handling Partner and Stakeholder Meetings: British Council
? SCOPEinsight-IFC Online Training for Assessors for Producer Organizations: SCOPEinsight
? Human Centred Design: Ideo.org

? Participatory Rural Appraisal and Participatory Livelihood Appraisal
? Case Study & Report Writing Training: ICCO Cooperation
? Visioning of Livelihood Enhancement of Poor, Strategic Planning and Implementation
? 7 days training on Good Governance and Good Local Administration under Panchayati Raj Act in Kerala by Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) organized by Government of Kerala and SRIJAN

Available for:

  • Job opportunities
  • Being headhunted – make me an offer

Years of Experience:

10-15 years

Highest Qualification:

Bachelors

Languages:

English, Hindi, Punjabi

Nationality:

Indian