NABFOUNDATION

Message from
the chairman.

“NABFOUNDATION is the youngest subsidiary of NABARD and we harbour huge expectations from this growing organization. It’s our endeavour to launch new-generation development projects across India in partnership with multiple stakeholders like CSR units, bilateral and multilateral donor agencies and almost any other developmental agency that shares the core developmental values of NABARD.

I welcome you all to be a part of rural India’s modern-day growth story along with NABFOUNDATION, yearning to bring smiles on the faces of our brothers and sisters in rural India.

Shri G R Chintala, Chairman
The Chairman, NABARD is also the Chairman,
NABFOUNDATION.

Board of Directors .

Shri G R Chintala
Chairman

Jitendra Kalra
Director

Sanjeev Dhamija
Director

Nirupam Mehrotra
Director

A. K. Mohanty
Director

Sanjeev D Rohilla
CEO

The Team .

Harsh Deshmukh
Assistant Vice President

Manash J Rabha
Assistant Vice President

Sudha Varghese
Assistant Vice President

Ishita Meshram
Assistant Vice President

Vikrant Bhosale
Assistant

Shri G R Chintala, Chairman

Shri G R Chintala is the Chairman of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), India’s Apex Development Financial Institution of the country. He is also the Chairman of NABARD Consultancy Services (NABCONS) Ltd., NABVENTURE Ltd. and NABFOUNDATION. He is on the Board of prestigious institutions like Institute for Rural Management (IRMA), DICGC and also on the Advisory Board of IIM, Ahmedabad.

A Post Graduate in Seed Science and Technology from the world renowned Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, Shri Chintala has had a phenomenal journey in the development sector; a journey which has seen him taking up multiple prestigious assignments in Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and ofcourse in New Delhi where he represented NABARD in front of the Government of India.

During this illustrious career of 35 years, he has several achievements to his credit. Prior to taking over as Chairman, Shri Chintala was the Managing Director of NABARD Financial Services (NABFINS) Ltd., the microfinance lending subsidiary of NABARD. He was also the Director of Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Lucknow, one of the Premier institutes of the Developing World which offers Training, Research and Consultancy services in the field of agriculture and rural development banking. A live wire speaker, he has, in his capacity as a Faculty Member of BIRD, trained several hundreds of professionals from banking and NGO sectors.

Shri Chintala was also a Director on the Board of Agriculture Insurance Company (AIC) as also on the board of several RRBs/State Cooperative Banks across the country and National level NBFCs of GOI. Working closely with various State Governments and banks at the highest level, his contribution has been immense in varied sectors like credit planning and monitoring, funding for rural infrastructure and implementation of innovative and pioneering projects across the nation. Among the many of these achievements, the role played by Shri Chintala in the sectors of social and economic empowerment of rural women through financial inclusion merits a special mention.

Shri Chintala brings to NABFOUNDATON, a phenomenal body of experience and a whole lot of positive energy.

Jitendra Kalra, Director

Shri Jitendra Kalra, B.Tech and MBA, comes with a phenomenal understanding and experience of development sector. Starting out as a Civil Servant in 1991, Shri Kalra quickly realized his inner connect with the development sector. His journey since then has seen him taking senior leadership roles in UNIDO, Dr. Reddy’s Foundation and Reliance Foundation, two of India’s largest CSR Foundations. His work has made a remarkable in areas like Rural Transformation, Health, Information services and Disaster management, Livelihood Promotion and Poverty Reduction. During his seven years’ tenure with UNIDO, he pioneered the ‘cluster development’ approach in India. As programme head, he led a team responsible for Implementing ‘Cluster Development Program’ in Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka for development of clusters in Auto component cluster, Machine tool cluster, Foundry cluster, Floriculture cluster etc to promote livelihoods.

Shri Kalra is a sought after public speaker on issues of skilling, cluster development, cultural transformation, rural development, Not-for-Profit engagement with Govt, Policy advocacy, Corporate CSR and Ethics & Values.

Shri Kalra is currently CEO of Foundation for Economic Development (FED) which is working directly with state governments with a focus on building capacities to think through and execute reforms. FED helps in designing and running development projects in a more professional manner by incorporating the best of management and social audit practices.

SANJEEV DHAMIJA, Director

Shri Sanjeev Dhamija, 58, is a seasoned development professional with over 30 years of experience in banking and development sectors. He holds a Bachelors’ Degree in Commerce (Honours) from University of Delhi and Post Graduate Diploma in Management from AIMA, New Delhi. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology and is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers, Mumbai.

In his professional career spanning over 32 years in NABARD, he has worked in different positions across various Regional Offices of the Bank in developmental, supervisory and finance related functions such as, State Infrastructure Projects, Natural Resource Management, Business Initiatives, HR, Production and Developmental Credit, Finance, Audit, RFI supervision and Institutional Development.

Shri Dhamija is currently CGM-in-charge of Finance Department as also Department of Subsidiaries and Strategic Investments of NABARD at it Head Office in Mumbai.

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