CV of Manoj Kumar Sinha Feb 2015

CURRICULUM VITAE – MANOJ KUMAR SINHA

Name MANOJ KUMAR SINHA

Profession Senior Management, Development Sector

Date of Birth June 10th, 1967

Years of experience 20 years Country of Citizenship/Residence:

India

Membership in Professional Societies

Expert - Skill Centre Operations, Guardian Education Services, Kolkata; since 09/08/2013

Knowledge Partner- (Affordable Housing), Ankur Architecture +Design (aa+d), Bangalore; since 08/01/2014

HVCE, Ashoka Innovators for the Public, Bangalore; since 15/07/2012Recognition Recipient of Bihar State Merit Scholarship1982-87

Recipient of UGC’s National Scholarship for studies in Philosophy under SAP scheme, Delhi University 1989-91

Profile Summary I have more than 20 years of experience of working with the disadvantaged communities of the society in many states of India. My work has been largely about enabling livelihoods and affordable housing for the poor by way of addressing the existing gaps in technology, skills, human capacities and endowments, and institutional frameworks such the market and the state.

The institutions that I have worked with include the non-profit, government, and the corporate alike. This means that I have necessary insights and practicality to deal with work situations on their merit besides their institutional referrals.

I have worked on policy advocacy projects, community organization interventions, action research projects, and targeted intervention ventures, all within the larger mandate of enabling livelihoods and quality of life.

I also have the experience of working closely with the board of directors and the policy makers of the organization through my position as the CEO in one of my assignments in Pune, Maharashtra, India

I have a flair for writing and documentation which I have done in a good many numbers of projects that I undertook.

Summary of skill sets Organization/people’s management, financial control, and budgeting Experience of advising the board of directors and senior management on business strategy Training and mentoring skill (Training Need Analysis/Industry Need & Skill Gap Mapping) Experience in consulting business, project conceptualization, planning, design, appraisal, monitoring

and evaluation Community organization and development, social mobilization, and institution building Partnership management, influencing, networking, and collaboration Content Development, documentation and report writing, excellent writing skill in English and Hindi Project M&E and periodical reviews

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Vocational Training and Beneficiary Mobilization Experience

With LabourNet Services India Private Limited I was involved and responsible for rolling out the on-site training programs of the company, maintaining input-output synergy for the commitments made to the clients in terms of timely service delivery, trainer deployment, trainee mobilization, content provision, etc. Unlike the previous assignments, this project was more addressed to utilizing the CSR resources of the private company’s and hence, the entire delivery mechanism had to be very minutely process documented and reported.

Successfully steered on-the-site-on-the-job skill development project KUSHAL of CREDAI Pune Metro and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India which was meant for the construction workers in Pune city to upgrade their existing skills in six trades of construction. I was instrumental in taking innovative measures to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of the experimental project and introducing various changes in the project organization.

Led, supervised, and assisted skill development initiatives of IL&FS Clusters names SEAM (Skills for Employment in Apparel Manufacturing) in the state of West Bengal and the North East through which made significant efforts to promote vocation specific skill development of BPL youths. The initiative was part of Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India’s SGSY special project and the company ran it under its own pilot named ‘Skills Program for Inclusive Growth’ (SPRING). Mobilized trainees from catchment areas, did counseling and mentoring.

Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Experience

Name of assignment or project: Skills for Employment in Apparel Manufacturing, Ministry of Rural Development Govt. of India’s SGSY special project; Year: 2007-2009; Location: West Bengal & North East; Client: State Govt. Department; Main Project features: To promote vocation specific skill development of BPL youths; Positions held: Consultant

Identifying data requirements and the data sources for monitoring of the program Designing various formats, templates, dashboards, etc. for comprehensive monitoring Monitoring and evaluation of training outcome Coordinating activities of existing PIAs by tracking their overall performance Scorecard development and analysis Development of frameworks for quality assurance in infrastructure, trainers, curriculum etc. Working towards standardization of internal processes and preparing SOPs for the same Proposing quality circles and responsibilities marked for each period/division/ sector etc. Build a platform to track placement of trained youth

Name of assignment or project: Kushal, a partnership project between CREDAI and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC); Year: 2011-2012; Location: Maharashtra; Client: NSDCMain Project features: To upgrade skills of 97000 construction workers in Pune city in a project span of 10 yearsPositions held: Consultant

Web based monitoring of the training programme Developing implementation processes and SOPs for programme implementation Developed MIS framework for the programme implementation through MS Access which was

afterwards changed to SQL keeping in view the requirement of relational database management system



(RDBMS). Helped to conceive an MIS and M&E architecture keeping in view future expanse of the project and

started with creating a 18 digit Unique Trainee ID as a key to one click data retrieval in order to have a real-time based data upload and access system for trainee and training data tracking.

Name of assignment or project: UNDP-GOI supported change management project; Year: 2010-2011; Location: Madhya Pradesh; Client: State Planning Commission, MP; Main Project features: Decentralization in the planning process, especially at the district and sub-district level, by assessing gaps and creating a model for change on a pilot basis in Rajgarh district of MP; Positions held: Consultant

Designed rapid assessment tools to capture current practices of decentralized planning at the state, district, block, and village level

Conducted a participant observation study of the district planning process Conducted a Rapid Assessment exercise involving various aspects of decentralized planning and

stakeholders from within the government, local body representatives, and private sector organizations Evaluated the existing gaps and good practices inhibiting/helping the integrated district planning

process Designed change management framework facilitating decentralized integrated planning to be

converged at the district level

Name of the assignment: Others; May 2013

Prepared a Baseline Study Report of Sunhara India Project for Agribusiness Systems International (ASI). The goal of the project was to facilitate increased socio-economic empowerment to 6,000 smallholder farmer families in districts of Uttar Pradesh and one district of Andhra Pradesh through improved and more inclusive horticultural production and marketing systems.

The baseline survey, as part of ASI’s evaluation process, had the objectives of determining the baseline values of key impact and outcomes level indicators and gaining an in-depth understanding of existing agricultural and livelihoods conditions

Organization Development and Institution Building Experience Setup an NGO by the name of SAMBHAW in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan under Young Professional Starter

Scheme of CAPART, New Delhi (1996) Worked on the SHG project of Grameen Development Services, Lucknow; created SHGs and their

federations, build their capacities, prepared a Trainers’ manual for SELF HELP GROUP TRAINING. Done their rating and facilitated their bank-linkage. Linked a few of them to livelihood activities.

Setup an NGO Bunker Raj in Hyderabad, AP for the cause of handloom and powerloom weavers (2003). Set up a periodical by the same name.

Created action groups at the grassroots level in the AP powerloom project to fight for their issues Setup a socially driven private Limited company by the name of Enhance India Projects Pvt Ltd in

Bhopal, MP (2010) Setup an alliance by the name of Gharaunda, (Good Housing: A Residential & Urbane Development

Alliance) in 2012 in Bhopal. It is an alliance of likeminded people and institutions that care for housing needs of the poor and economically weaker sections of our society. Link given below: https://www.facebook.com/MeraGharaunda

International experience

Engagement with Ashoka Innovators for the Public, Bangalore provided an exposure to working under an international banner. Selection as HVCE was done by an international panel consisting of Ashok fellows from India and Switzerland. The idea of HVCE itself is cosmopolitan though the purpose is only to serve the under-privileged sections of the society. The experience related to the affordable housing sector (HFA-Housing for All) under the Full Economic Citizenship program of Ashoka.


https://www.facebook.com/MeraGharaunda


Current Engagement

Working (July 2012 till date) as the Founder Coordinator of Gharaunda (Good Housing: a Residential and Urbane Development Alliance). Gharaunda has its genesis in Ashoka's Housing for All (HFA) program, an international initiative in the affordable housing sector based on market principle to benefit builders, developers, HFIs (Housing Finance Institutions), CSOs (Citizen Sector Organizations) and buyers alike . Gharaunda is an alliance of likeminded people and institutions that care for the housing needs of the poor and economically weaker sections of the society and yet create profits for the businesses.

Education MA in Social Work Delhi School of Social Work, Delhi University, New Delhi (Subjects: Rural Development, Community organization, Social Policy, Public Administration, Case work, Group Work, Counselling, Trade Union, Community Health), 1994

Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy Honours, Patna College, Patna University; Subjects- Philosophy, Psychology, Hindi Literature, 1987

Intermediate of Arts, Patna College, Patna University (+2); (Subjects: Logic, Psychology, English, Hindi), 1984

Professional training HID Forum, Bangalore: August 2003; Five day training program on Moderation Skill for Better Management, Communication & CooperationCharkha, Bangalore: Jan 2002; three day training program on Media Writing SkillGDS, Lucknow: Nov 2001; five day Training Program on Perspectives in DevelopmentGDS, Lucknow: Oct 2001; five day Training Program on Logical Framework ApproachSAMARTHAN, Bhopal: April, 1997; Course Title- ‘Six Day Training on Process Documentation’ Course Content- Various aspects of Process Documentation and Management Information System

Employment Record

July 2012 to November 2013

Hybrid Value Chain Entrepreneur, Bhopal & MP; Housing for All – Ashoka Innovators for the Public, Bangalore

Selected as a Hybrid Value Chain Entrepreneur (HVCE), Bhopal & MP for Housing for All (HFA) project of Ashoka Innovators for the Public, Bangalore in July 2012. Selection was done by an International Panel (consisting of two Ashoka Fellows from India and one representative from Switzerland). Ashoka is an international social enterprise that works closely with the citizen sector organizations for the interest of communities they work with. HFA India program was aimed at enabling partnerships between key private sector groups and citizen sector organizations (CSOs) to provide market-based new home services at quality and affordable prices. The initiative saw the creation of a common platform Gharaunda (Gharib Residential & Urbane Development Alliance) to facilitate dialogue among market and civil society stakeholders. A pilot of demand aggregation survey of 1500 poor households was also conducted.

January 2013 to June 2013

Business Consultant, Samarthan Centre for Development Support- Bhopal, MP



A short time assignment to work on a supplementary program aimed at providing support to MPRAF, Govt. of MP in implementing agreed utilization of remaining DFID NRLM funds. The task included monitoring and evaluation of implementation progress and handholding support to CBMFIS/Seed Societies/Producer Companies and Agarbatti and wooden toy clusters created in the MPRLP project phase. Under the handholding support task, I organized and coordinated a month long intensive training program for the project beneficiaries at Samarthan’s Bhopal office.

July 2012 to March 2013

Head of Operations/Consultant B2B, LabourNet Services India Private Limited – Bangalore, Karnataka

LabourNet is a social enterprise working in the unorganized sector through services like employment linked training program and measures to ensure the beneficiaries’ financial and social inclusion into the mainstream development. I was responsible for rolling out the on-site training programs of the company, maintaining input-output synergy for the commitments made to the clients in terms of timely service delivery, trainer deployment, trainee mobilization, content provision, etc. I was also in charge of providing strategic support for business operations in MP and Chhattisgarh. As a consultant I prepared various client specific business proposals for company’s on-site training program.

August 2011 to June 2012

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Project Kushal, CREDAI - Pune, Maharashtra

Kushal, a partnership project between CREDAI and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India, aimed to upgrade skills of 97000 construction workers in Pune city in a project span of 10 years. Managed an 18 crore pilot project with a team of 50 professionals. As the team head, I provided overall leadership to the project and managed a healthy interface with the community on one hand and the Board of Directors on the other. I also realigned the entire project budget and introduced realistic budget heads and implementation processes/SOPs.

February 2011 to July 2011

DGM Skill, Training, and Capacity Building, GLPC (Gujarat Livelihood Promotion Company Ltd.) – Gandhinagar, Gujarat

GLPC is a livelihoods focused profit making company promoted by the Government of Gujarat under Mission Mangalam Project of Vibrant Gujarat. I was in-charge of the Skill, Training, & Capacity Building vertical of the company. I was also part of the company’s core group formulating its Livelihoods Policy and staffing its various project offices and represented GLPC in selecting district and block level filed staff for the project along with a panel consisting of representatives from IRMA, Anand.

September 2010 to January 2011

Principal Consultant, IDCG (Insight Development Consulting Group) Pvt. Limited, New Delhi

Worked on a short term assignment related to UNDP-GOI supported change management project aimed at bringing decentralization in the planning process, especially at the district and sub-district level, by assessing gaps and creating a model for change on a pilot basis in Rajgarh district of MP.

Within the scope of the assignment, I prepared a change management framework facilitating decentralized integrated planning to be converged at the district level; designed rapid assessment tools to capture current practices of decentralized planning at the state, district, block, and village level; conducted a participant observation study of the district planning process; conducted a Rapid Assessment exercise involving various aspects of decentralized planning and stakeholders from within the government, local body representatives, and private sector organizations, explored the existing gaps and good practices inhibiting/helping the integrated district planning process.



November 2009 to April 2010

Chief Manager, Sahaj Academy, SREI Sahaj E-Village Limited - Kolkata, West Bengal

As Chief Manager, Sahaj Academy, I worked to strengthen company's CSC (Common Service Center) project under the Govt. of India's National e-governance program and helped integrate its G2C (Govt. to Citizen) services with the CSCs. Additionally I worked on company’s vision to make Sahaj Academy an independently managed viable centre for training and skill development projects to which end I prepared various business proposals and a VLE Sales Manual.

January 2007 to September 2009

Advisor Capacity Building & Livelihoods & Consultant, IL&FS Clusters Limited, New Delhi - Dehradun and Kolkata

SEAM (Skills for Employment in Apparel Manufacturing), Kolkata & North East: As Advisor, Capacity Building & Livelihoods, I led the company’s skill development initiatives in the state of West Bengal and the North East and made significant efforts to promote vocation specific skill development of BPL youths. The project was part of Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India’s SGSY special project and the company ran it under its own pilot named ‘Skills Program for Inclusive Growth’ (SPRING). The project deliverables included creation of new training centres, and identification, selection, mentoring, training, placement and post placement assistance of the trainees. Liaising with the govt. departments, training partners (industry or NGO), and employing factories, ensuring healthy communication, and data flow was also a major concern. Within the charge of my role I also made significant efforts for MSME development in West Bengal and did extensive work on small tea-growers’ cluster in North Bengal, bee-keeping and fisheries clusters in the Sunderbans, and jute cluster in Kolkata and developed market led implementable models of livelihoods for the poor people.

NCEUS, GOI piloted Chamoli Growth Pole Project, Uttarakhand: I worked as a full time Local Retainer of the company and provided necessary support to the Chamoli Growth Pole Project, one of the five pilot field research projects undertaken by the company under the aegis of the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector. The project sought to identify key drivers to economic development of the selected area based on existing natural and human resources and existing / potential clusters of activities, much on the line of PURA.

December 2005 to November 2006

Program Manager and Consultant, SRIJAN/ SRIJAN Infratech & Development Services Pvt. Ltd – New Delhi

Manpower Selection and Recruitment Assignment, Bhopal and Patna: Led the team for a selection and recruitment assignment of accounts personnel in the Rural Development Department of the state govt. of MP. The state govt. had outsourced this work to private agencies in order to professionalize the recruitment process and bring transparency to it. .

Following key tasks were undertaken: preparing job description, putting newspaper ads, managing and screening applications, issuing call/interview letters, organizing selection camps for written and oral tests including personal interviews, finalizing test papers including psychometric tests, and evaluating the test scores.

Mid Himalayan Watershed Development Assignment, Solan, Himchal Pradesh: The assignment had the mandate to prepare a PIP (Program Implementation Plan) and a COM (Community operation Manual) for the Department of Forest, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh under the World Bank supported Himachal Pradesh Mid Himalayan Watershed Development Project. COM was aimed to be a community handbook for the villagers in easy-to-understand local language detailing all information and processes related to watershed management and enhancement of livelihoods through their own efforts. The work included conceptualizing COM’s layout, writing, field testing re-testing it, and translating it.



July 2000 to April 2005

Program Coordinator, Grameen Development Services – Lucknow and Hyderabad

SDC (Swiss Development Cooperation) supported AP Powerloom Development Project, AP: I led the project which aimed at mobilizing and organizing small powerloom weavers in AP around micro and macro issues pertaining to their livelihoods. The project also had a mandate to influence the government’s policy on powerloom to save the small-time weavers in the state who were committing suicide in a situation of financial desperation. It also aimed at mobilizing and providing inputs in the areas of product design, loom technology, and market linkages in order to make both handloom and powerloom weavers’ products cost effective and market led. Major interventions included setting up of ‘Bunker Raj, as an apex institution to work for the cause of the weavers and artisans in AP. A quarterly news magazine by the name of WEAVER RAJ JOURNAL was also setup.

Program Coordinator, Lucknow: In this role I ooked after the organization's expansion work in Rajasthan for its proposed livelihood resource center in Jaipur. The work involved conducting diagnostic studies, making project proposals, and representing GDS to various stakeholders in the state. I also coordinated the activities of the Research and Documentation cell of GDS, Lucknow and worked on various research based assignments.

August 1994 to June 2000

Young Professional & APO, CAPART, DRDA, ChittorgarhCAPART (Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology) – New Delhi

This was my first assignment after completing MSW from Delhi University. As a young professional of CAPART, I was placed at DRDA, Chittorgrah (As APO), Rajasthan to provide professional support to DRDA and NGOs in program planning, activity selection, proposal writing, and monitoring and evaluation. This was for the first 2 years subsequent to which I was supported by CAPART to set up a local NGO in Chittorgarh by the name of SAMBHAW- Society for Social Action & Mobilization for Better Human Amenities and Awareness to increase local people’s participation in their own development. This was from 1996 onwards and I remained with the NGO till June 2000. Among the major works done by the NGO were Sanitation project and Non-formal education initiatives among the Kanjar community of the district.

Languages & Computer

Hindi: Mother tongue. Native and professional competence Advanced user of computerEnglish: Fluent in reading, writing, and speaking having professional competence of the languageUrdu: Working knowledge of reading, speaking, and writing, and having literary competence of the languageAdvanced user of computer

Coordinates Bungalow No. 57, Sagar Avenue, Ayodhya Bypass - Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh- 462041 India; email: [email protected]: +91 7869919499, 8717891990; Skype: manok.kumar.sinha17; Linked-in: http://in.linkedin.com/pub/manoj-kumar-sinha/16/8b7/b00

References Mr. Sunish Jauhari, Institutional Strategist, Expert in Social Entrepreneurship and International Trade Development, Ashoka Innovators for the Public, Bangalore. Mobile: 9480826572, 9986339787; email: [email protected], [email protected]

Dr. Vipin Kumar Jain, Associate Professor, PSS Central Institute of Vocational


mailto:[email protected]




Education(A constituent unit of NCERT under Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India); Mob. 094250 25302; Landline: 0755-2704144; Email: [email protected]

I, the undersigned, certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, these data correctly describe me, my qualifications, and my experience.

(Manoj Kumar Sinha)Bhopal, February 12th, 2015



Annexure (Other works done: Papers, Manuals, Study, Reports, etc.)

Prepared a CSR project for Reliance Cement Private Limited, Raibareli, UP, India comprising components related to Sanitation, Health, Hygiene, Education, and Livelihoods development of the catchment villages of the cement plant. November 2014

Prepared a reporting framework and generated reports including inception, monthly, and closure reports, in the assignment titled Supplementary program to provide support to MPRAF, Govt. of MP in implementing agreed utilization of remaining DFID NRLM funds (Samarthan, Bhopal, 2013).

Prepared various training modules for employment led modular courses such as security guard, facility manager, etc. for an MORD mandate of the company related to skills development. Prepared a Sales Manual for the Sales Executive of the CSC Project of Sahaj Academy, SreiSahaj e-Village Limited (2010)

Prepared a project proposal on Creating Gainful Employment Opportunities for Minority Populations in West Bengal in the Jute Sector (2009)

Conducted a preliminary study and developed a livelihood model on how to develop the Small Tea Growers cluster in North Bengal (2008) in a hub and spoke cluster model

Completed an assignment for Sunderban Development Board, Sunderban Affairs Department, Govt. of West Bengal for developing implementable livelihoods projects on Beekeeping and fishery under SGSY Special projects meant for the poor BPL families residing in Sunderban region. (2007)

Designed a fund-raising and OD (organizational Development) process for Society of People for Development, Dehradun (2006)

Prepared IEC strategy for hospital waste management for Uttaranchal Health Systems Project, Dehradun (March 2006)

Prepared a TRA (Technical Resource Agency) proposal for MPRLP (March 2006), SRIJAN Prepared a theme proposal for Society of People for Development, Dehradun to be submitted to the

Development Market Window of the World Bank. The project was about building the community’s capacity for a desired change in its sanitation and hygiene behaviour. (November 2005)

Prepared a research proposal on ‘mapping relationship between gender and trade in India at the sectoral and regional levels’ submitted to UNCTAD, New Delhi (For Knowledge Links Pvt. Ltd.)

Prepared the design and learning material for a UNICEF sponsored 5-day training program for MITANINS (Grassroots health workers) to be held in Rajnandgaaon, Chhattisgarh. (2005)

Was a team member for a formative research assignment in Himachal Pradesh for preparing a Sanitation IEC manual for WSP, the World Bank. (2005)

Developed a process document to capture best practices of Himotthan Pariyojana in Uttaranchal, funded by Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Mumbai. (2005)

Conducted Cluster Diagnostic studies for Gota loom, Mineral Grinding, and Meenakari clusters in Rajasthan. (2005), GDS Lucknow

Donor Reports evaluation for UNICEF South Asia Region. (2005), GDS, Lucknow Prepared a training program manual on Micro-Enterprise Development for DA, TARAGRAM, Orccha, MP.

(2005), GDS Lucknow Prepared a Sector Assessment Paper titled Textile Sector in Andhra Pradesh: Changing Trends and

Challenges Beyond 2004. (2004) GDS, Hyderabad Prepared a Project Feasibility Study for establishment of a Textile Park in Mahaboobnagar, AP. (2004), GDS,

Hyderabad Done a Situation Analysis on the Status of Primary Education in UP, for Unicef, Nalanda, Lucknow. (2001) Prepared a Trainers’ Manual on the Formation of Self-Help Groups. (2001), GDS, Lucknow Conducted a Diagnostic Study on the Role, Efficacy, and Relevance of the District Institute of Education and

Training (DIET), Barabanki in UP. (2001), Nalanda, Lucknow Case Study on the Girls’ Education Initiative in Barabanki, UP under UNICEF supported ‘Girls Education project’.

(2001), Nalanda, Lucknow Did Pre Funding Appraisals of SSK’s (Sahbhagi Shikshan Kendra) partner organizations for its CORDAID (the

Netherlands) supported project HIMOS. (2000), SSk, Lucknow Prepared a Project Proposal on Strengthening Philanthropic Community Support Organizations in UP. (2000),

SSk, Lucknow Prepared a Strategy Paper and Progress Report for the MIND Fellowship Program 2000 of PRIA, New Delhi for

SSK, Lucknow. (2000) Undertook a Case Study titled ‘From the Spirit of Activism in to the Realm of Professionalism’ of a partner

organization of SSK, Lucknow. (2000) Presented a paper titled ‘Young Professional Initiatives: Experiences and Learning’ in the first Young

Professional meet of CAPART, New Delhi held at Madhya Pradesh Prashasan Academy, Bhopal in March (1999), CAPART, Chittorgarh


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