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Rajesh Gupta
Ph.D. (Management) | rajesh@ediindia.org
A seasoned business management professional with over two decades of experience spanning industry and
the development sector. He has played a pivotal role in fostering creative co-creation in livelihoods and has
been instrumental in promoting rural micro-enterprises across diverse sectors. Currently, as part of a Ministry
of Rural Development initiative, he is engaged in promoting nano enterprises and craft clusters in rural areas
nationwide. His key areas of interest include livelihoods, subsector analysis, institutional innovations in the
informal sector, handicraft clusters and social entrepreneurship.
Rajeev Sharma
Ph.D. (Industrial Economics) | rajeev@ediindia.org
Dr. Rajeev Sharma is a distinguished professional with over 22 years of experience spanning academics,
MSME development, entrepreneurship, academics and high-level administrative leadership. He has
conducted UNIDO projects on capacity building of Cluster Development Agents in Tehran, Iran and has
worked as a consultant with 'Competitiveness: The Cluster Competitiveness Group', based in Barcelona (for
its operations in India). He has several publications in reputed journals and has several research papers in
national and international conferences, to his credit. He has executed and overseen national projects
supported by departments/Ministries of the Govt. of India.
Samit Kumar
MBA (Agribusiness Management) | samit@ediindia.org
Samit Kumar is a Food and Agribusiness professional specialising in agricultural entrepreneurship,
sustainability and innovation. His experience in corporate and development sectors, spans over 18 years. His
work on significant projects have led to farmer empowerment, technology commercialisation, business
incubation, farmer collectives (FPOs/FPCs), climate change and organic farming. His research paper
presentation on 'Production and Marketing of Rice Bran Oil in India' secured the first position at the
international conference, 'Vision 2050', organised by NIFTEM, Sonepat, India. For designing effective
communication plans for the cotton growers of Madhya Pradesh, he was awarded with 'Operational
Excellence Award'.
P. N. Srivastava
M.Com | pnsrivastava@ediindia.org
Possesses over 34 years of experience in providing training inputs and conducting various entrepreneurship
related programmes across sections and sectors of society. Has rich field level experience of working at the
grassroots in various prestigious projects supported by reputed organizations, ministries and departments.
His areas of specialization include entrepreneurship, technology-based entrepreneurship, cluster
development, Business Plan, Skill Development, New Enterprise Creation, Project Report preparation,
Capacity Building etc.
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Sivan Ambattu
Master in Social Work | sivan@ediindia.org
A versatile professional in the field of entrepreneurship and project management, Mr. Ambattu has developed
strong linkages with the State & National Government and international developmental agencies. He has
executed projects of the British Council, DFID, American India Foundation, Rabo Bank Foundation, IKEA
Foundation and ILO & UNDP. His areas of specialization include strategy formulation, donor management,
partnership development, establishing rural business institutions, capacity building for Farmer Producer
Organizations, value-chain development, cluster development, start-up facilitation, incubation management
and youth & women entrepreneurship. He has authored 12 publications, several articles and reports.
Abdul Razak
Post Doc (Entrepreneurship), Ph.D. (Management), MBA (Finance)
abdulrazak@ediindia.org
Dr. Abdul Razak has over 16 years of experience in the Industry and Academia. While he has worked as a
Management Consultant, he has also served as a faculty member in various notable universities and other
organizations. Some of the reputable organizations that he has been associated with include; Amazon,
Deloitte, Genpact, First American Corporation, Starlight Capital Inc., and Citations Publishers. Widely travelled,
Dr. Razak has published over 20 research articles in National and International Scopus Journals, authored 3
Books and has presented research papers at more than 25 National and International Conferences and
Seminars.
T.A. Nikita
Ph.D. (Finance) | nikita@ediindia.org
Specialises in the areas of Accounting, Costing, Management Accounting, Taxation and Finance. She
possesses over 20 years of experience in academia and industry. Completed Ph.D. on the topic 'To Study the
Acceptance level of Technology in Personal Finance with reference to different Demographics and Social –
economic factors of Investors in Selected Cities of Gujarat'. At EDII, she is involved in teaching Post Graduate
students and in coordinating key National level programmes & mentoring research work of PGDM-BE
students.
Gopal Kumar Roy
B. Tech (Mechanical Engineering), Executive MBA | gopal@ediindia.org
An engineer, management consultant, start-up evangelist and a trainer, Mr. Roy holds more than 10 years of
work experience in the MSME, start-up and incubation domains. He has provided consulting services in
MSME assignments across industrial and traditional clusters and has conducted training and capacity
building programs for various stakeholders. His areas of interest and experience include cluster development,
business-plan / DPR preparation, execution and project management, monitoring & evaluation, technology
transfer, design thinking process, development of business models and BDS & market development.