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A. L. N. Prasad Samit Kumar
Pankaj Bharti Rajesh Gupta MBA (Finance) MBA (Agribusiness
Ph.D. (Psychology) Ph.D. (Management) alnprasad@ediindia.org Management)
pbharti@ediindia.org rajesh@ediindia.org samit@ediindia.org

Has over 25 years of teaching and research A seasoned business management Has over 26 years of experience in the fields of Mr. Samit Kumar is a Food and Agribusiness
experience. Specialises in Social Psychology, professional with over two decades of Entrepreneurship Development, Greenfield professional specialising in agricultural
Organisational Behaviour and Research experience spanning industry and the Project Promotion. He has experience and entrepreneurship, sustainability and
Methods. He is trained in conceptualising and development sector. He has played a pivotal expertise in business opportunity guidance, innovation. His experience in corporate and
developing measurement tools for social role in fostering creative co-creation in preparing technically feasible and economically development sectors, spans over 17 years. His
science research. He has published nine livelihoods and has been instrumental in v i a b l e p r o j e c t r e p o r t s , o r g a n i z i n g work has led to notable farmer empowerment,
papers and a book - Dehumanisation of Urban promoting rural micro-enterprises across entrepreneurship development programmes technology commercialisation, business
and Rural Poor. Core competency lies in diverse sectors. Currently, as part of a and undertaking evaluation studies. Organizing incubation, farmer collectives (FPOs/FPCs),
psychometric assessment administration and Ministry of Rural Development initiative, he is various Executive development programmes climate change and organic farming. His
reporting. He is associated with over 20 engaged in promoting nano enterprises and and leadership development programmes for research paper presentation on ‘Production
national as well as international research craft clusters in rural areas nationwide. His public and Private Sector corporations is also and Marketing of Rice Bran Oil in India’
projects and is a National Team Member of key areas of interest include livelihoods, his forte. He has a blend of experience in semi- secured the first position at the international
subsector analysis, institutional innovations
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), India. in the informal sector, handicraft clusters and govt organisations, and corporate sector. Has conference, ‘Vision 2050', organised by
led the HRD & CSR division in tech-Management
Has co authored nine GEM India Reports. social entrepreneurship. consultancy / Cement / Ceramics / FMCG NIFTEM, Sonepat, India. He has been awarded
with the ‘Operational Excellence Award’ at
sector. Mahyco-Monsanto Biotech.

Prakash Solanki Rajeev Sharma Anjani K Singh P. N. Srivastava
Ph.D. (Entrepreneurship) Ph.D. (Industrial Economics) Ph.D. M. Com
psolanki@ediindia.org rajeev@ediindia.org (Social Entrepreneurship) pnsrivastava@ediindia.org
anjani@ediindia.org
Specialises in conducting projects
/programmes for New Enterprise Creation and Possesses more than 20 years of experience A noted academician, he has held positions at Possesses over 33 years of experience in
C a p a c i t y B u i l d i n g o f d e v e l o p m e n t in academics including 9 years in the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow and providing training inputs and conducting
organisations. Possesses 26 years of d eve l o p m e n t s e c t o r o f i n d u s t r i a l Amity Business School, Amity University, Uttar v a r i o u s e n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p r e l a t e d
experience in the field of entrepreneurship clusters/SMEs. His areas of specialization Pradesh, Noida. Dr. Singh has also led programmes across sections and sectors of
d e v e l o p m e n t , w i t h e x p e r t i s e i n include; MSMEs, Cluster Development, international assignments. He has published society. Has rich field level experience of
entrepreneurship concept, process and Business Development Services (BDS) and more than 30 research papers in reputable working at the grassroots in various
practice, business opportunity guidance, Policy Advocacy. Dr. Sharma has notably national and international journals. Dr. Singh prestigious projects supported by reputed
innovations, business plan and enterprise executed the UNIDO project on capacity has mentored more than 25 startups in NCR & organizations, ministries and departments.
creation process. Presently implementing building of Cluster Development Agents in Delhi. He has served as Guest Editor of the His areas of specialization include
projects to promote entrepreneurship among Tehran, Iran and has worked as a consultant entrepreneurship, technology-based
women & PwDs in Maharashtra sponsored by with 'Competitiveness: The Cluster International Journal of Business and entrepreneurship, cluster development,
TATA Communications Ltd. & TATA Power. Competitiveness Group', based in Barcelona Globalization and has been Associate Editor of Business Plan, Skill Development, New
A l s o i n v o l v e d i n e n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p (for its operations in India). He has several the Amity Journal of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Creation, Project Report
development programmes for SC / ST youth, publications in reputed journals and has Leadership. He has been a distinguished preparation, Capacity Building etc.
promoting S&T based entrepreneurship & several research papers in national and speaker and Chair at various conferences.
International programmes on New Enterprise. international conferences, to his credit.

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