Research Team

Directors



Dr. Girija B. Nanda: 
He has more than 18 years experience in the field of social and market research. He has expertise in the large scale survey & evaluation studies, an expert in quantitative research and assessment of different type of programs, schemes & trainings. He is Ph.D. in International Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is also the general secretary of Manavadhikar Samajik Manch and editor of Human Touch magazine which is monthly published by Manavadhikar Samajik Manch. He has prepared many research reports at National & International level.

Ms. Nilima Mishra: She has more than 12 years experience in the area of social research and health. She is post graduate in home science. Her expertise is in the area of health & nutrition, community mobilization, training programs etc.

Mr. Manoj Kar: He has more than 23 years experience in the field of market research and business development. Human Resource Development:Training, Performance Management, Organization Development, Organization Research, Human Resource Management: Labour relations and weIfare, Legal matters relating to service conditions, Industrial Relations, Employee Compensation, Establishment, Recruitment, Administration, Liaison & Coordination, Human Resource Policy Development, Corporate Communication & Public Relations: Design and Release of advertisements, brochures, journals, organizing press conferences, Press release and briefing etc. He is post graduate in Personnel Management & Labour Welfare, Utkal University, Odisha & LLB from Delhi University. He is the Director of Affinity Business School, Odisha. He has expertise in research policies, programs and implementation, training programs, research reports and presentation. He is the member of National Institute of Personnel Management, Indian Institute of Public Administration and National HRD Network.


Deputy Director
Mr. Swarup Panigrahi: He has more than 10 years of experience of Public Health & Sanitation, Family Welfare & Reproductive Health, Poverty Alleviation, Integrated Rural Development & Tribal Welfare, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Resettlement and Rehabilitation, Agriculture & Animal Husbandry, Environment & Forestry, Education & Literacy, Beneficiary Needs Assessment, Training Needs Assessment & Performance Monitoring, Tourism etc. He is also responsible for report writing, field coordination, presentation and project monitoring. He is Post Graduate in Mass Communication from Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi.


Senior operation Manager
Dr. Ashish Srivastava: He has more than 5 years of experience in Research, Analysis, Administration and HR activities. He is a combination of research, administration and project management. He is also handling the projects, report writing, data analysis and meeting with clients. He has presented and published many research papers in national/ international conferences and journals. He worked on many research projects with national and international organizations. He did his Ph.D. in Psychology from Kanpur University, Uttar Pradesh.


Research Coordinator
Dr. Arpita Verma: She has more than 3 years experience in various studies on Health related issues, Women and Child Development, Socio-Economic Studies, Panchayati Raj, Women empowerment, Rural Development, Monitoring & Evaluation studies and data collection. She is also responsible for making proposals, Selection of samples, documentation, Organization of field work, Collection, and compilation of data, Monitoring and supervision of field work, Scrutiny of filled- in schedules, Manual tabulation, report writing, coordination with Government, National & International Organizations . She is Ph.D. in Sociology (Women’s Health & Nutrition: Role of State and Voluntary Organization) from the University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. She has also presented many papers at National Level conferences on the issue of gender health. She has also member of Indian Association of Social Science and Health (IASSH) and Indian Sociological Society (ISS).

Consultants
Prof. Sanjay Chandawani: He has more than 25 years experience in marketing research. He has expertise in documentation, report writing Prospecting and closing new contracts/businesses, to develop questionnaires, presentation, Planning and implementing marketing strategies in the face of competition from both organized and unorganized sectors in the retail market, coordination of the projects. He has teaching experience also. He is associated with many management colleges as a professor. He is perusing his Ph.D. in Management from Jamia Islamia Univesity, New Delhi. His post graduation in PGDRM (Specialization in Marketing, Management Information Systems) from IRMA, Anand India.

Dr. Sulbha Khanna: She has more than 37 years experience in Documentation, Formative Research and survey, Participatory Research, Programme and project monitoring and evaluation, Gender equity and development, Improvement in quality of life through Public Health, Disaster management forreduction poverty, Community development and Poverty reduction, Livelihood opportunities and capacity building of poor Project management and planning. She has post doctorate from Gujrat University in 1992 on the topic of Decision Making Process of Farmers in Commercial and Traditional Agriculture and Master of Professional Studies (International Agriculture and Rural Development), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A. She has published 4 books & 30 Research papers focusing on different aspects of development.

Mr. Neeraj Singh: He has more than 18 years of experience on social science evaluation studies. He handled Proposal Conceptualization & Preparation, Development of Research Tools, Field Survey & its Monitoring, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Interaction with clients, Data Analysis, Report Writing and in providing intellectual guidance to junior colleagues in the team & supervising their research work. He did M.Phil (Geography-Regional Development) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Finance & Administration
1. Mr. Rakesh Singh, Finance Manager
2. Mr. Manoj Singh, Administration


Field Staff:1. Mr. Shiv Dhar Dubey, Field Manager
2. Mr. Dhurandhar Rai, Field Officer

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