Dr.Kailashpati Jha

DR. KAILASHPATI JHA MA. M.Phil and Ph.D , JNU New Delhi 8271/C8, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India, Pin code -110070 Phone: (-, Email:-https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-kailashpati-jha-/ ========================================================================================== Livelihood Promotion / Skills &Placement /Entrepreneurship Development / Government Affairs /Partnership / Public Policy ========================================================================================== Profile Summary –A visionary, passionate and result driven development professional with 24 years of proven credentials in strategic leadership, partnership and collaboration, government relations, designing, implementing, and overseeing the planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning processes in driving organizational growth and ensuring workforce readiness in a rapidly evolving landscape in skills/upskills and entrepreneurship development in India. Possessing demonstrated experience in policy development in skill development initiatives, program management and addressing complex challenges in the vertical. Having Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams, fostering collaborations with multi-stakeholders and achieving measurable outcomes. Adept at engaging stakeholders, including government agencies, industry partners, and educational institutions, to drive policy reform and enhance workforce capabilities. Worked for planning, goal setting, risk assessment, performance metrics, data collection exercise, concurrent monitoring, quality assurance, impact assessment, mid-term review, Review Processes, outcome evaluation, action research, longitudinal studies, MIS and data management, technology integration, team building, capacity building, stakeholders’ management, feedback mechanism, reporting and others in philanthropic / non-profit sector/civil society. Worked in global intuitions like UNDP- India (livelihood and skills for youth), DFID-PACS, National Rural Livelihood Mission (Govt. of India and World Bank Initiative) and in corporate; SAR Group -CSR Sustainability Division(SDMC Trust and Livpure Foundation) , SOSIndia with priority areas; skilling/upskilling and market linked placement, entrepreneurship development, intuition building and capacity building (IBCB), market scanning of skill gaps, futuristic skills like IOT, IA, Cloud Computing and machine learning; strengthening Govt ITIs and Women Polytechnique’s and vocational Trainings in schools. Possessing experience in steering skilling and up-scaling successful pilot/prototype projects by applying standard operating protocol in thematic areas aligned with sustainable development goals (SDG). Corporate Competencies- policy development and implementation, strategic planning and execution, program management and evaluation, stakeholder engagement and collaboration, skill development and training initiatives, data analysis and research, budgeting and resource allocation, public speaking and presentations, leadership and team management,need assessment, operational management, coaching and mentoring, working with cross functional teams, due diligence, partnership building, strategic thinking, team management, data analysis, business development, knowledge management, government relations, compliances, strategy, Microsoft office, recruitment and team building. Interest Areas: sustainable livelihood, vocational training, skilling and upskilling/rural entrepreneurship/women empowerment / intuition building /capacity building. Independent Director -An empanelled professional by the IICA, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India Independent Monitor cum Facilitator -Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India Snapshot of Select Achievements ❖Providing leadership to INR 70 million livelihood project “Up-skilling Electric Vehicles Mechanics” for year 2021-23 ❖Implemented INR 4.0 million livelihood projects on Up-skilling to 250 marginalized minorities youths in Three-Wheeler Electric Vehicles in East Delhi for year- through Project Concern International (PCI). ❖Implemented computer literacy, retailing and e-accounting for 1500 Youths in Faridabad and Delhi through Centum Foundation, and to 250 Transgenders in beauty and computer skills through Nazariah Foundation, New Delhi (2016-20) ❖Leadership to INR 50 million project on ‘Economic Empowerment to 2000 Young Tribal Women Farmers through Agricultural Transformation, Improved Marketing and Access to Social Entitlements” in Koraput District Odisha,-”. ❖Implemented green livelihood promotion INR 7.0 million to 300 young women farmers in Alwar, Rajasthan for year- ❖ Managed for USD 2.5 million people through execution of multiple livelihood promotion project under UNDP-GoI- for Tribal Population in Jharkhand (India) Educational Credentials ✓ M.A in Sociology, JNU, New Delh, 1992 ✓ M.Phil in International Studies, JNU New Delhi,1994 ✓ Ph.D in Development Studies, JNU New Delhi,2000 Professional Experience A. Consulting Director Management and Development Services Private Limited, Mumbai (Hybrid) August 20th 2023 to continuing Result Area - With a robust background in developing and implementing sustainability strategies, I thrive on aligning business goals with social and environmental responsibility. I specialize in creating and executing strategic plans that integrate corporate values with social responsibility.by prioritizing data driven approaches in decision making process and generating measurable impact. Enhancing social performance by consulting in CSR, Green Livelihoods, Skills/Upskilling, Rural Development, Social Infrastructure, Entrepreneurship Development, ESG, Technology Integration and Clean Energy and Social Risk Management. B. Designation - Vice President and Chief of Operations/Head March 24th 2014 to August 14th 2023 CSR & Sustainability Division/SDMCT Family Foundation / SAR Group of companies, Gurugram, Haryana Result Areas- Policy making, strategic planning, budgeting, partnership building, need assessment, grant management, operation management, business development, strategy, negotiations, appraisal, due diligence frame work, monitoring evaluation and learning system, organisation building, resource mobilization, statuary compliance of CSR, concurrent and process monitoring, team management, leadership, performance measurement, performance reviews, incubating new ideas, business modelling, change management, impact evaluation, communication and social media, risk management, presentation, reporting, SOP document, MIS and data management and statuary compliance, risk management, up-scaling successful model/prototypes/. Major Achievements ✓ Policy -Restructured and rolled out CSR Policy, vision documents for Group’s CSR entities like, SDMCT Trusts and Livpure Foundation. Partnership and building and collaboration, framework for SAR Group of Companies and latter’s Family Foundation matchings its vision aligned with SDG and Governments flagship projects and schemes. ✓ Pertnership and collaboration- Partnered with 37 local thematicalluy sound NGO through due deligence, arranged for their trainning , leveraged resources INR 5-7 Crores per annum through partnership and collaboration with likeminded organisations. ✓ Team Building -Nurtured and groomed a team of 16 inter-disciplinary professionals to achieve targeted objectives by coaching and mentoring, need based delegation, performance review, recruitment, annual performance appraisal, periodic reviews etc. ✓ Outreach and beneficiaries-Impacted lives of more than 2.5 million people in areas of skills and placements, entrepreneurship education, sustainable livelihood and financial inclusion with implementing 41 different projects with footprints in 14 states with partners like Centum Foundation, Project Concern International, Synergy-NGO, Automotive Sector Skill Council, NSDC, it is etc. ✓ Quality Monitoring -Worked for improving qualities in programmatic components with impetus annual and quarterly reviews, project cure meetings and promoted culture of learning innovation, incubating new ideas and its dissemination, impact assessment and performance measurement and evaluation of completed projects and disseminating haring its learnings. ✓ Capacity building -Worked for selection of capacity building of team and partner NGOs, promoted partnership building, grant management, communication for development, ESG framework, MIS and data management and statuary compliance. ✓ Communication and social media -Supervised communications, media management, impact reports, briefing notes for the Board and prepared presentations, minutes of meeting, social media and knowledge products, websites and represented Group’s to external meetings. Outcomes – Impacted Lives of 1.5 million disadvantaged population in Livelihood promotion, vocational training, primary education, C. Head –Monitoring & Evaluation and Knowledge Management -Social Inclusion Programme Poorest Areas Civil Society (PACS) A DFID Programme of Government of UK, New Delhi November 8th 2013 – March 23rd 2014 Result Areas- Preparing result framework for capturing program progress, learning and disseminating, designing concurrent monitoring plan, need assessment, team management, business development, management, partnership, networking, organisation building, team building, stakeholder’s analysis, conducting thematic studies on social issues, policy analysis and revision and mainstreaming prototypes through evidence-based advocacy. Promoting partnership building, reviewing performances, promoting data driven decision making process and promoting evidence-based advocacy. Enhancing capacity of CSOs and CBOs to capture change and outcomes in socially excluded group. Identification and mapping of pockets of poverty and vulnerability during the state poverty assessment exercise, promoting transparency, accountability and consultation in service delivery and other entitlements. Major Achievements ✓ Contributed in tracking result for 85 CSOs partners, identified through a rigorous grant application process, and a further 139 networked partners on issues of Forest Right Acts, right to education, vocational training, adolescent health, and healthcare services. ✓ Managed partnership with over 14,000 community-based organisations (CBOs), extending the reach of the programme to 21,552 villages in 90 districts in seven states. ✓ Worked for capacity building to partners in financial management, legal literacy or communications. supporting CBO members to participate in meetings with local government to advocate for their rights and more inclusive policies and practices. D. Designation – Program Manager – M&E and Knowledge Management and Partnership National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), Ministry of Rural Development, GOI, New Delhi Result Areas -Preparing annual plan and budget, need assessment, strategic planning, communication for development, evidence-based policy advocacy, risk management, training and mentoring , social mobilization, strengthened partnership and networking, learning, knowledge management, web-enabled management information systems, data collection tools and databases, preparing annual and perspective work plans, proposal writing, budget preparation, appraisal of plans, baseline survey, action researches, vulnerability assessment, diagnostic studies, social audit and Participatory Rural Appraisal(PRA). Prepare multi-level advocacy communications including audience-driven research, strategies and action plans to influence government policies, attract donations and achieve measurable outcomes. Facilitated community participation through effective social mobilization with emphasis on decentralization and public participation by strengthening intuitions at grassroots (SHGs, VOs, Federations, VDCs, FRCs, FFPs and JLGs). Major Achievements ✓ Rolled out robust monitoring system and evaluation designs for measuring progress of multi-development project and reporting systems. Prepared inclusive development strategies with focus on forced migration, anti-human trafficking, migration of adolescent girls and destitute women with focus on realizing their entitlements of health, education, food, security etc. ✓ Assisted 1550 unemployed tribal youths in getting multi-state skill training under SGSY. Helped state government in refinement of youth policy with need-based research and policy drafting. Managed knowledge and innovative practices and learning’s emanated from project interventions through MPR, QPR, APR BTOR and disseminated it to all stakeholders through handbooks, modules, leaflets and e-bulletin. ✓ Created synergy among government departments and bi-lateral agencies for harnessing resources through convergence for livelihoods promotion. Developed capacity of partner agencies and 35 co-co-workers and documented new knowledge and learning’s and shared with stakeholders ✓ Leveraged INR 45 crores as programmatic resources through convergence with NABARD, State Government Schemes ✓ Prepared AWP&BS, SPIP and AAP for NRLM, model village, SANJAVINI and other livelihood promotion activities. ✓ Successfully monitored nurtured community-based intuitions comprising 9600 women SHGs and federations, 368 village development committees (VDCs), 182 Forest Rights Committees, 112 Farmers Field Schools and 138 Joint Livelihoods Groups. ✓ Monitored various livelihood models designed for disadvantaged groups that comprised Compensated Drip Irrigation for1856 young tribal Women Framers, Lac Cultivation, Collectivization and segregation of Non-Timber Forest Produces (NTFP) , Innovative livestock management , improved agricultural practices , promotion of aquaculture. Sectors-Livelihood Promotion, Women Empowerment, skills and placement, Intuition Building, Community Engagement Outcomes – Impacted Lives of 1.0 million people E. Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (Unit Head)-Poverty Reduction Unit July 1st 2009 –March 31st 2013 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Poverty Unit, India Country Office, New Delhi Result Areas – Preparing need based project design and deliverables of the program, , capacity building of partner agencies and team, intuitional strengthening, monitoring and evaluation framework, training and capacity building of government departments, community and other development , supporting partnership and collaboration among key stakeholders by leveraging resources, promotion of social security and livelihood promotion at grassroots; business development, promoted result based management (RBM) to ensure performance based management and policy advocacy to government departments, facilitating knowledge and experience sharing among stakeholders like – government departments, technical institutions, relevant autonomous agencies of the government, civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations, private sectors, community based organization and research agencies;.; design, develop and maintain management information system and tools for measuring and evaluating projects; Major Achievements ✓ Worked for effective implementation poverty reduction program and schemes with impetus on livelihood and entrepreneurships and impacted 2 million people through various livelihood vertices by roiling out need-based project design, capacity building of partner agencies and team in M&E systems; training and capacity building of government departments, community and other development agencies for achieving objects. ✓ Promoting partnership among key stakeholders by leveraging resources; annual performance report, knowledge products, social security and livelihood promotion at grassroots; promoted Result Based Management (RBM) to ensure performance-based management and policy advocacy to government departments. ✓ Facilitate knowledge and experience sharing, cross learning among stakeholders like; government departments, technical institutions, relevant autonomous agencies of the government, civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations, private sectors, and community-based organizations, multi-lateral organisations. ✓ Maintained management information system (MIS) and tools for measuring progress and using data for planning and budget, partnership with local NGOs, finance and budget management, resource management. Sectors –Livelihoods Promotion, Social Entitlements, Capacity Building to Government and Other Partners and Skills and Placements F. Director Programme Operation/Executive Director Dec. 2002 – May 2009 Development Alternatives of India Society (DAIS -NGO), New Delhi Responsibilities —To oversee the coordination and administration of all aspects projects including planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling program activities with focus on gender and social equity; delivery of the overall program and its activities in accordance with the mission and the goals of the organization, develop new initiatives to support the strategic direction of the organization; implement long-term goals and objectives to achieve the successful outcome of the program, prepare strategic as well as operational plans and annual budgets ;implement the human resources policies, procedures and practices of the organization, plan for capacity building and supervision of staffs; liaise with other departments for convergence of services. Preparing reports, conducting thematic action researches; identify and evaluate the risks associated with program activities and take appropriate action to control the risks, monitor the program activities on a regular basis and conduct an annual evaluation according to the program evaluation framework and compilation of knowledge products and it’s dissemination to all stakeholders. Select Accomplishments ✓ Successfully implemented “safe motherhood and children’s survival (SMCH) programme “that led to safe delivery (98.65%) of 18676 women with provision of universal immunization of all new born children in 65 villages. ✓ During drought -) assisted approximately 35000 vulnerable women and children under food for work scheme. ✓ Strengthened PRI (Capacity building to 1800 women PRIs) and VEC on livelihoods, RTI, entitlements and campaigned for enrolment. ✓ Promoted vocational training to 1865 adolescent girls and mainstreamed 3570 school dropout children through bridge course. ✓ Conducted action researches, Poorest of the Poor, vulnerable assessment and worked for policy advocacy of abolition of manual scavenging in Delhi and Rajasthan and worked out for their training and rehabilitation. ✓ Launched school enrolment campaigns and mainstreamed 4500 out of school children in schooling system. ✓ Successfully watershed project, Total Sanitation Campaign, community forestry, natural resource management, and safe drinking water and community sanitation projects adding to quality life to 75000 households G-Director- Village and Community Development June 2001- July 2002 SOS Children’s Village of India, New Delhi Result Area-To identity needy and destitute children and facilitate them to maximize their full human potentials by providing necessary health, education, vocational trainings and career counselling facilities for youth, early childhood cares and behavioural developments...Managing human resource training and development of new staffs and assessment of their regular performances. Taking up financial and administrative functions of SOS projects/village/schools including preparing annual budgets and monitoring day to day expenditure. Worked for identification for gender based vocational training to grown up boys and girls; to provide professional services and guidance to SOS mothers, families, children, adolescents and monitoring of progress of on certain intervals. Worked for resource mobilization, asset and estate management; facilitated public relation with potential donor agencies and supervise sponsorship schooling, kindergarten, youth house projects. Preparing financial and physical progress reports. Worked for health, education and nutrition of children living in neighbourhood localities. Select Accomplishments ✓ Provided leadership to 380 village children and assisted them in career planning, counselling, and monitored educational progress ✓ Contributed in neighbourhood development plan wherein, school dropout children were mainstreamed in their respective classes. ✓ Established corporate linkages with villages for smooth placement of passed out youngsters. ✓ Managed e-learning software’s as well as computer lab of village’s nursery children and monitored progress through e-reporting ✓ Prepared annual plan and budget, supervision of staffs, capacity building, team management and application of performance management. H. Designation –Consultant, Planning and Management Nov 1st 1999 to June 30, 2001 Technical Support Group to District Primary Education Programme (DPEP), MHRD, GOI, Result Area -Preparing perspective plans, annual work plan & budgets (AWP), monitoring and evaluation of project, data management and MIS and undertaking thematic research studies. Establishing network with the national and state government departments and institutions for convergence of services. Facilitating need-based planning, developing strength and capabilities of the project functionaries at state, district and local levels, preparation of village based micro-planning on education, school health and nutritional programme, Village Education Plan, School Improvement Plan and development of Village Education, midday meal and school nutrition program. Worked for capacities of community-based organizations through social mobilization like; Village Education Committee (VEC) Mother Teachers Association (MTA), Parents Teachers Association (PTA) and Panchyat Raj Institutions (PRIs). To provide resource support to the project functionaries working at the grassroots level viz. District, Block Resource Centres (BRC), Cluster Resource Centres (CRCs). Major Achievements ✓ Prepared perspective annual educational plans and budgets for 67 programmatic districts in India and rganised ensured quality by leading quarterly and annual performance reviews and joint review mission. ✓ Worked for networking with the national and state government departments and institutions for convergence of services. ✓ Facilitated capabilities of the project functionaries at state, district and local levels. Developing strength and capabilities of the project functionaries at state, district and local levels in programmatic vertices, ✓ Preparation of village based micro planning on education, school health and nutritional programme, Village Education Plan, School Improvement Programme and Community Ownership. ✓ Developed partnership with other like-minded organisations working in the sector PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH REPORTS ✓ Evaluation of “Impact of Trainings on social and economic development of scavenger youths in Delhi” (2003), a project by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment , Government of India ✓ “Transforming Lives Through Opportunities and Empowerment” by UNDP ✓ “Financial Deepening for Disadvantaged groups” by UNDP ✓ Evaluation of “Impact of welfare measures on scavenger households; a comparative study of Haryana and Rajasthan” (2005) a project by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India ✓ Participated in Joint Review Mission , GOI and World Bank on District Primary Education Programme(DPEP) ✓ Facilitated the conceptualization and drafting of action plan of Education to All (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan) Under Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India -). ✓ Engaged as Senior Consultant for “Appraisal of District and State Level Plans of District Primary Education Programme (DPEP)” Under Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India -). ✓ Implemented Decentralized Planning in DPEP) Under Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India -) In Gujarat and Maharashtra provinces, a project of GOI , World Bank and DFID . ✓ Integration of Village Planning Data with the MIS of the district for facilitating evidence-based decision making in “School Improvement Plan “ ✓ “Measuring Progress through Performance Based Management; A Study of Livelihood Promotion Strategies Project Jharkhand (India)” International for Monitoring and Evaluation Conference in the Netherlands (June 12-14, 2011), organized by the International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC). SEMINAR, TRAINNING AND WORKSHOPS ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Organized Workshop on Right to Information in Local Bodies in Delhi (2007), project sanctioned by Indo Global Social Service Organization, New Delhi ,2007 Organized Workshop on Strengthening Capacity of NGOs in Haryana (2008), a project of CAPART RC Chandigarh , Ministry of Rural Development ,Government of India, 2006 NRLM Implementation strategy development workshop, NIRD, Hyderabad 2011 BPL Survey, identification and methodology, NIRD, Hyderabad,2010 Rural Technology for integrated Rural Development, Indian Institute of Science, Banglore- 2007 Communication workshop, UNDP New Delhi, 2011 Project Cycle Management, at UNDP New Delhi,2010 Project Management and RBM, UNDP New Delhi-2011 Watershed Management in PSI, Dehradun, 2006 ✓ ✓ Training on Use of Demographic and Health Data for District Planning, by UNFPA and IIPS Bombay, India,2011 Training on “Performance Management “ and “Learning and Knowledge Management”, UNDP New Delhi , November 1st 2011 ✓ Climate Change and Water: Moving from Risk to Resilience Ensuring a Water Secure Future: A CSR Perspective July 8th 2022, Bhubneshwar , Odisha . ✓ FOREIGN ASSIGNMENTS Study on School Dropouts and Child Labor in Kenya and Tanzania, sponsored by the ILO , Kenya (1999) PERSONAL DETAILS Father’s Name DoB Marital Status Foreign Visits Family Nationality : : : : : : Sri Narayan Jha Nov.24th 1969 Married Netherlands, Belgium, Kenya, Tanzania and Nepal Having two sons, first named Rishabh pursuing MBBS and Second Named Aditya studying B.Tech Indian Reference will be available on request