Dinesh N. Awasthi,
Ph.D (Economics),Gujarat University

An Economist with extensive experience in Entrepreneurship training, teaching and research. Worked extensively on policy issues related to SMEs. Worked with several multilateral agencies like ILO, UNIDO, UNDP, as a Consultant on several international assignments. Has four books, about 45 research papers and 13 research reports to his credit. His areas of special interest are: policy research, cluster development, sub-sector analysis, micro-finance and rural banking, rural entrepreneurship and NGOs. Dr. Awasthi is a Member of various Apex Committees and Core Groups of Ministries of MSME, Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, Department of Science & Technology, National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector, etc.

Sunil Shukla,
Ph.D. (Psychology),Utkal University

Behavioural scientist, engaged in entrepreneurship teaching, training, research and consulting. Has been working for medium to large sized companies for strategic planning and capacity building of managers, as intrapreneurs, and help create conducive climate for corporate entrepreneurship. Currently involved in a project aimed at creating awareness for entrepreneurship and foreign trade in Greater Mekong Subregion Countries.

Ramkrishna Mistry,
M.Com.

Was associated with research organisations and NGOs, before joining EDI, as a Faculty and Academic Coordinator for NGO Management programme. He has worked on various developmental issues with more focus on HIV/AIDS and Reproductive and Child Health. Was actively involved in training, evaluation and NGO networking & coordination for various projects. Has good experience in working with rural as well as urban communities in Gujarat.

Paul Ben Abrham ,
M.Sc. Agriculture (Horticulture),
PGDMM, PGDHRM, CAIIB

Post Graduate in Agriculture with specialization in horticulture. Also acquired Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management & Human Resource Management. 12 years of experience in various capacities, such as; Agricultural Specialist in a reputed NGO, Assistant Project Manager (Training) in an E.E.C. aided project, Credit Manager for Agriculture, Micro Finance, Retail Products & Priority Sector in a scheduled commercial bank.

Tarun Bedi,
B.E. (Civil), M.A. (Sociology)

Has 15 years of experience in the field of Entrepreneurship Development and two years of experience in the area of rehabilitation of Adolescents engaged in hazardous occupation. Involved in promotion of cultivation and processing of medicinal and aromatic plants through training and counselling for the last 7 years. Besides other EDI activities, he works as Cluster Development Executive for handloom cluster.

Pankaj Bharti,
Ph.D. (Psychology)

Specialises in Social Psychology, Organisational Behaviour and Research Methods. Trained in conceptualising and developing measurement tools for Social Science Research. Associated in more than sixteen national as well as international research projects. Current interests include preparation of cases and resource material and constructing tools for promoting entrepreneurship.

Meena Bilgi,
M. Phil. (Social Work)

As Social and Gender Development Specialist, she has two decades of extensive experience in Rural Development areas such as; Management of Natural Resources, Livelihood Enhancement and Entrepreneurship Development. She has worked on national and international projects funded by DFID, RNE, SDC, UN agencies, World Bank etc. She has many articles to her credit.

Siddhartha Sankar Dash,
M. Sc (Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok),
Ph.D (Business Administration)

Has around 21 years of extensive experience in micro, small and medium enterprise development, youth enterprise development, teaching, research and consultancy. Worked as an Entrepreneurship Development Expert for the Commonwealth Secretariat, London for Malawi, Africa, Dominica, St.Lucia, West Indies. Has 2 books and 22 research papers to his credit. His areas of expertise are Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management in LDC, HIPC and Small Island Countries. Presently Dr. Dash is the Chairperson of PGDM-BE programme.

Saumil Dave,
BE (Mech.), MBA(HRD), PGDMM

20 years of experience in various industries like paints, pharmaceuticals, dairy, beverages and water management. covering various facets of industrial experience like maintenance, plant engineering, project implementation, purchase and stores, supply chain management and project engineering. At present, working with IC3GT Cell involved in Cluster Development activities of EDI.

Ajay Dixit,
B.A.

More than 3 decades of experience in the field of Entrepreneurship Development at national as well as international level. An experienced Business Counsellor, specializing in training of trainers, training existing entrepreneurs for their growth and teaching ‘Family Business Management’. Also provides capacity building support to NGOs and is involved in promoting Social Entrepreneurship and CSR.

Raman Gujral,
M.Com

Specialises in small enterprise development, various aspects of industrial project identification to project formulation. 18 years of experience in the area of training and development of entrepreneurs. Has extensive experience in developing different modules on entrepreneurship development, development orientation programme for support system officials, etc. Associated with various publications on entrepreneurship and marketing of agro produces.

Rajiv Joshi,
BBA, PGDMM, MMM, MIMA

12 years of cross-functional and cross-cultural experience in academics and industry. Published articles and papers on Advertising, Marketing, General Management and Services Marketing in various magazines and journals. Teaches Entrepreneurial Marketing, Corporate Entrepreneurship and Services Management courses at the Institute. An Accredited Management Teacher (AMT) certified by AIMA.

Umesh K Menon,
M.Com., MBA (Finance), AICWA

Specialises in the areas of finance and accounts with 17 years experience in Government and Industry. Presently involved in counselling existing entrepreneurs for growth; training bankers and investment promotion officers in the area of project appraisal; teaching finance, accounts and small business management to PG students. At present working on Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI) in 7 cities of Africa for developing Industrial Infrastructure and Policies.

Manoj Mishra,
PDFM, FRI (Dehradun)

Heads the Centre for Micro Enterprise, Micro Finance & Sustainable Livelihoods. Providing hand holding and mentoring support to the informal / unorganized sector in the area of Handloom, Handicraft and also the village industries and Khadi sector. Specializes in Rural Development, particularly in the areas such as; strategic management, social engineering, monitoring and evaluation of REDPs. 14 years of experience in providing support to various national and international projects in the area of project management, diagnostic studies, pre-feasibility assessment and planning and implementation of programmes in the area of sustainable livelihoods, Micro-enterprises (particularly farm and off-farm sector), Micro-finance, Agri-business and Business Development Services for MSMEs etc .

Sasi Misra, Ph.D. (Psychology),
University of California

Ford Scholar, Harvard Business School; Visiting Professor, McGill University, Canada; University of Munich and University of Bamberg, Germany. An Alexander Humboldt Fellow (Germany), Shastri Indo-Canadian Fellow (Canada) and Commonwealth Faculty Research Fellow (UK). Currently, he is Editor of The Journal of Entrepreneurship. Has over 50 publications in prestigious national and international journals. He has been Senior Professor of Organizational Behaviour at IIM-Ahmedabad for over three decades and Vice-Chancellor, Behrampur University, Orissa.

V. Padmanand,
M. Phil CRENIEO, M. Phil.,
Cambridge, UK, PGDMM

An SME and Private Sector Specialist, with over 6 published books on entrepreneurship and cluster development. Has also served as Member of the Planning Commission, Govt. of India (working group related to cluster development). Served as international UN (UNIDO, ILO, etc.) expert for cluster, enterprise development and private sector development related initiatives in developing countries / India. Serving as Distinguished Visiting Faculty at EDI.

Sanjay Pal,
M.Sc. (Economics), MBA (Marketing)

Specializes in Cluster Development and Rural Marketing. Handling activities of the International Centre for Cluster Competitiveness, Growth and Technology (IC3GT) and also engaged in providing strategic and management support to the MSME clusters in different states. Conducted a series of Cluster Development Programmes within the country and outside. Carried out research on various facets of clusters and BDS market in India. Also has experience of handling Rural Marketing programmes, targeting the NGO sector and teaching in the Post Graduate Programme of the institute. About 12 years of experience of working with SMEs and NGOs.

D M Parikh,
B.E. (Mechanical), M.Tech ( Ind. Mgt; IIT, KGP)

An engineer with Industrial Management Education at post-graduate level. Equipped with 30 years experience in industrial activities. About 7 years as an Industrial Engineer with exclusive experience on productivity improvement, line balancing as well as various diagnostic studies for facility improvement and improving efficiency of industrial resources. About 20 years of extensive experience in all facets of Development Banking. For last 3 years involved in conducting training programmes on Credit Risk Assessment for Project Appraisal and Growth Also conducts international training programmes.

J.B.Patel,
B.Sc(Chem.),B.Sc(Tech.)

More than 3 decades of experience in the areas of business opportunity identification, project formulation, project appraisal, counselling and guiding entrepreneurs. Conducted more than 10 international programmes and worked as an expert in a number of developing countries in the above fields. Also Local Representative for the Netherland Senior Experts Organisation.

C.R. Patnaik,
PGDM

20 years of experience in conducting Rural Entrepreneurship Development Programmes. Currently involved in imparting behavioural inputs in REDPs.

N Ramesh,
M. Sc, Chemistry

Specializes in identifying business opportunities in the areas of Food Processing, Electronics and IT. 23 years of work experience as an Entrepreneur Trainer-Motivator.

Arvind Sahay,
Ph.D (Com.), M.Sc. (Stat), PGDCA

Specializes in micro enterprise creation and entrepreneurship development activities. 13 years of work experience in Entrepreneurship Development with specialization in training and development of entrepreneurs by coordinating “Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Project” and “Rural Industries Programmes” with special focus on project evaluation. Presently based at Northern Regional Office at Lucknow.

S.B. Sareen,
Diploma in Textile Technology,
D.I.M, D.I.M.O.(Hons), D.M.M

Twenty four years of experience in conducting entrepreneurship related training programmes on New Enterprise Creation, Business Counselling and Growth for Existing Entrepreneurs and Faculty Development. Specialises in training Resource Persons (trainers) at national and international levels. Worked in various countries and has been involved as Country Director Sudan in the Inter Regional Investment Promotion Programme of UNIDO. Visiting faculty at DA-IICT. Member of State Level Advisory Committee of SISI, Govt. of India and Member of the National Expert Committee of NSTEDB, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. At present looking after two mega projects of Govt. of India; DST sponsored – NIMAT; & MoFPI, sponsored – NEC project.

Bipin H. Shah,
B.Sc.(Chem.), MBA(Finance)

A business management specialist with 34 years of experience in consultancy and industry in the areas of project formulation and appraisal, project planning and enterprise establishment & management. Has been Managing Director of Gujarat Industrial & Technical Consultancy Organisation Ltd. and Member of the Governing Council of CDC, Ministry of S&T, GOI. Also worked as President for 6 years in Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Companies. He is on Experts' panel of UNIDO, UNDP & EXIM Bank of India. Specialises in plastic industry and has exposure in chemical and pharma sectors.

K.K.Shaw,
B.E.(Hons.) Mechanical, PGBEM

Specialisation in technology related to design and development, forging, castings, machining, fabrication, metallurgy, heat-treatment and plating science. Presently engaged in cluster development of engineering sectors. Experience in transfer of technologies from advanced countries for manufacturing hi-tech aerospace equipment, machine tools and automobiles in India.

B.B.Siddiqui,
Ph.D (Psychology)

Specialises in Clinical and Organisational Psychology. Trained to conduct personal growth laboratory training programmes and group dynamics. Currently involved in programmes on HRD, Organisational Behaviour, Personality and Leadership Development. A registered Counsellor-Psychologist with Rehabilitation Council of India, New Delhi.

Prakash Solanki,
B.Sc. (Chem.), PGDPPT,
PGDBM, PGDRD, LL.M.

Specialises in new enterprise creation and entrepreneurship development activities. 10 years of extensive experience in entrepreneurship development through different ED activity models. Expertise in implementation of ED programmes and capacity building of NGOs. Presently involved in the national project on food processing industries sponsored by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, GoI, Urban Poverty Alleviation Project sponsored by GoI & UNDP and DST – NIMAT project sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.

Pramod Srivastava,
M.A. (Economics)

Specialises in promoting micro enterprises in rural areas and provides extensive back-up support to NGOs in their capacity building.

P.N.Srivastava,
M.Com

Involved in successful organisation of REDPs in Bihar and Jharkhand. 14 years of work experience in providing training inputs in various programmes of EDI such as: REDPs, EDPs, TIPs, NGO Banker Interface, IMCDS, RIP, STEDs, Sanitation Project for UNICEF and coordinating field projects.

V.S. Sukumaran,
LL. B, PGDHRD, PGDTD,
PGDM, MBA (IGNOU)

Specialises in Group Entrepreneurship, Micro & Small Enterprise Development and Micro Credit. About 16 years experience in enterprise development. Presently engaged in cluster development, sub-sector analysis and business counselling.

Thimmappa. K,
Ph.D (Agricultural Economics)

Specializes in the areas of production economics and agricultural marketing. Worked with the Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute, Union Territory of Pondicherry before joining EDI. His research and consultancy interests are in the areas of market research, agribusiness competitiveness and agricultural trade policy issues.

Subhransu Tripathy,
M. A. (Sociology), Ph D (Economics)

Has worked as Assistant Professor, Centre for Rural Studies at the LBS national Academy of Administration, Mussoorie for seven years and worked as Researcher in reputed Economic Research Organization for one year. Completed research on rural development, participatory approaches, micro finance, land reforms and the NPO sector. Areas of interest are Econometrics, Micro & Macro Economics and Development Economics.

D. D. Trivedi,
M.Com, B.A.

A Management Consultant, associated as a Distinguished Visiting Faculty with EDI. Has also been associated with Management Institutions like IIM-A, MDI, UTI Institute of Capital Market. He is on the Board of Directors of a number of companies and also actively involved in NGOs working in the fields of micro-finance and micro-insurance. His areas of specialisation are Financial Management and Corporate Strategy.

Mayank Upadhyay,
ACWA

Specialises in the areas of finance, management accounting, project planning and strategic management with extensive experience in development banking, commercial banking, management consulting and NGO management. Involved in conceptualising and conducting a number of national and international programmes in corporate financial strategic planning and management, investment decisions, risk analysis, and developing control systems.

Jignasu Yagnik,
M.Sc., DCO, MBA

Specialises in the areas of information technology and statistical analysis. Associated with research and academics for more than 20 years. Involved in many state and national level research projects. Current interests include; data-base management, computer aided data analysis, data mining, e-CRM and VBA programming.

• Mr. Binoy Acharya
  Director, UNNATI, A'bad
• Shri D. Borgia,
  Chief Consultant, Hospitality, Ahmedabad
• Dr. Anita Basalingappa
  MICA, Ahmedabad
• Prof. P. K. Chugan
  Faculty, Nirma Institute of Mgt.
• Prof. Bharat Dalal
  Former Professor, IIM, Ahmedabad
• Mr. Umesh Desai
  AKRSP (I), Ahmedabad
• Shri Bharat Gangula
  IIM, Ahmedabad
• Mr. Hari Goyal
  Rural Marketing Consultant
• Dr. G. S. Gupta
  IIM, Ahmedabad
• Mr. Mahesh C. Gupta
  Company Secretary, Ahmedabad
• Dr. Easwaran Iyer
  Sri Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College, Bangalore
• Prof. Jerome Joseph
  Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
• Dr. Satyakam Joshi
  Associate Professor
  Centre for Social Studies, Surat
• Prof. Vidyut Joshi
  Director, Chimanbhai Patel Institute of Mgt. & Research
• Mr. Mayur Mecwan
  H. K. Arts College, Ahmedabad
• Mr. B.P. Murali
  Former Sr. Faculty, EDI, Ahmedabad
• Mr. Venkatesh Pamu
  IIM - A
• Dr. Rasanand Panda
  Institute of Petroleum Management,
  Gandhinagar
• Dr. V. G. Patel
  Former Vice-President's Director EDI, Ahmedabad
• Mr. Mahesh Pandya
  Director, Paryavaran Mitra,
  Ahmedabad
• Mr. Sachin Oza
  Executive Director, Development Support Centre, Ahmedabad
• Mr. Chandrashekhar Pathak
  Watershed Expert, Rtr. Executive Engineer, Govt. of Rajasthan
• Mr. Gagan Sethi
  Janvikas, Ahmedabad>
• Mr. Rajesh Shah
  MD, SAVE Ltd., Ahmedabad
• Mr. Jagat Shah
  Global Network, Ahmedabad
• Mr. Rajiv Shah
  Financial Mgt. Expert
• Mr. Vivek Shah
  Management Consultant
• Ms. Nupur Sinha
  Executive Director, Centre For Social Justice, Ahmedabad
• Prof. Arbind Sinha
  Sr. Faculty, MICA
• Prof. A. A. Shaikh
  HOD (Economics Dept.)
• Mr. N. V. Suchak,
  C.A. Ahmedabad,
• Prof. Rajeev Sharma
  Senior Faculty, IIM-A
• Prof. Hemant Trivedi
  MICA, Ahmedabad
• Dr. K. G. K. Warrier
  Deputy Director, NIST (CSIR)
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