Professional Milestone

Core Research Team member of a consortium with 34 research institutions/universities of Europe, Latin America and Africa of an European Union-funded five-year-long Research Project “Operationalisation of Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services (OpenNESS)” and NERC funded project on Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) with University of Nottingham and Kings College, London. As a core research team member of the EU funded project on OpenNESS has developed the methodology and tools to assess the linkages between the Ecosystem Services and wellbeing of the people and the governance issues for managing forest mosaic landscapes

Lead Consultant and Team Leader to number of externally funded projects of World Bank, DFID, Euroconsult, GIZ.

Advisor to different Ministries and Working Groups of Government of India including Member of Expert Committee (PBR) of National Biodiversity Authority, Working Group of GIM under Ministry of Environment and Forests, National Archives of Ministry of Culture, Academic Council member of National Museum Institutes, Anthropological Survey of India under Ministry of Culture, Expert in the committee to Define Forest.

Facilitated the process of implementation of programs/projects/missionslike JFM, GIM, NRLM, NAP, RKVY, NHM, RCH in different states including Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tripura, West Bengal, Gujrat, Bihar, Jharkhand through capacity building and action research.

Designed and implemented NRM based Model of “Integrated Landscape Management and Sustainable Livelihood Development” for the smallholder tribal farmers in the forest fringe villages in West Bengal.

Designed and implemented Model of Capacity Building and Women Empowerment through Integrated Landscape Management For Sustainable Livelihood Development for the tribal farmers especially the PVTG (Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups) like Lodha, Birhors and Kamars in West Bengal, Jharkhand.

He has been the Lead Trainer and Course Coordinator for the Compulsory Training of Indian Forest Service Officers since 1991. He has also been involved in designing the capacity building modules for different stakeholders and action research to develop sustainable livelihood models for poor through community institution-building under National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) covering five states of India including Chhattisgarh.

Team Leader for preparation of more than 10 Biodiversity and Wildlife Conservation plan for the mining areas to promote conservation-based livelihood for the poor people living around the mining areas in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Karnataka.

Developed new body of knowledge through action research like Bilateral Matching Institutions, Systemic Socia Change, Self Initiated Community Organisers, Participatory Vegetation Monitoring, Effectiveness of functioning of JFMCs, social indications of institutionalization of JFMCs/Community organizations and their implementation in the field in different agro-climatic regions in more than 10 states in India since last 30 years.

Designed and implemented the highest number of trainings in the country on issues related to Joint Forest Management through Training Need Assessment and Strategic Planning for the senior-level officials to field staff and forest fringe dwellers, mostly the tribals.

Acted as Team Leader to conduct studies related to review, assessment and evaluation of government-sponsored programs like RKVY, NHM, Tribal Sub Plan, JFM, NAP, JICA assisted TFIPA Project, Special SGSY program, Micro Finance Institutions, IWMP etc in different states including Chattisgarh, Tripura, Gujrat, Tamilnadu, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

Developed and implemented the process of participatory development, management of change, participatory organization development to facilitate the process of institutional development for the forest departments of different states including Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

First Social Scientist to design strategy for bureaucratic transformation using the concept of Bi-Lateral Matching Institution through strategic planning, intervention with training, follow up and monitoring to bring desired change in functioning of the organization and actions in the work area.

Resource person to different universities/institutions including University of Calcutta, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Administrative Training Institute Chattisgarh, Administrative Training Institute West Bengal etc and supervising PhD students since 1993.