Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Oversee financial planning, budgeting, recruitment, processes and systems for the organization. Directly managed mobile based agriculture extension project with Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA), Govt of Ethiopia Managed Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded project “Data Collection through Interactive Mobile Podcasts” impacting 20,000 low income households living in slums of Ahmedabad, India Managed C&A Foundation funded project “Engaging Factory Workers Through Interactive Mobile Messaging” in Bangladesh
Successfully designed, piloted and launched Khedut Saathi – Farmers’ Friend, a voice messaging application for sharing agriculture information among farmers in Gujarat. Managed partnerships with 40+ NGOs, agriculture universities and telecom operators for business development and content production.
Consulted for Impact Evaluation of 1) Bridging the last mile, delivering mobile phone based agricultural extension – Avaaj Otalo and 2) Mobile phone price dissemination and farmers’ price expectations. Primary role was to oversee implementation of Agriculture extension projects, recruiting field staff for data collection from farmers and managing functional relationship with other stake holders