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“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
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Food and Agro Processing

The sectoral papers on various agri-activities and resources by NABARD brings out various aspects covering programme and policies of Government of India, roles of various stakeholders, problems and constraints faced by the respective sectors. The papers are prepared to help stakeholders in strategizing and evolving feasible models.

Farm Mechanisation

The sectoral papers on various agri-activities and resources by NABARD brings out various aspects covering programme and policies of Government of India, roles of various stakeholders, problems and constraints faced by the respective sectors. The papers are prepared to help stakeholders in strategizing and evolving feasible models.

SHGs Creating Livelihoods Changing Lives

The Self Help Group- Bank Linkage Programme of NABARD is the world's largest grassroots level development programme where poor are both the beneficiaries as well as the stakeholders. This document is collection of 42 success stories of SHG women where the SHGs (as an institution) helped them to stand up on their own feet. Every story is a tale of constant adaptation, resilience and change.

Coffee Table Book NABARD

This book represents the 108 inspirations from rural development in India by NABARD. Each of the story is presented in a poster format, vindicates NABARD’s conviction in the potential of rural India.

Water Resources

The sectoral papers on various agri-activities and resources by NABARD brings out various aspects covering programme and policies of Government of India, roles of various stakeholders, problems and constraints faced by the respective sectors. The papers are prepared to help stakeholders in strategizing and evolving feasible models.

Animal Husbandry

The sectoral papers on various agri-activities and resources by NABARD brings out various aspects covering programme and policies of Government of India, roles of various stakeholders, problems and constraints faced by the respective sectors. The papers are prepared to help stakeholders in strategizing and evolving feasible models.

Status of Microfinance in India 2018-19

“Status of Microfinance in India” is an annual publication by Micro Credit Innovations Department (MCID), NABARD compiling information from various sources on the sector. NABARD takes pride in the fact that the Self Help Group - Bank Linkage Programme, which is the largest microfinance programme in the world.

Sustainability Report-18-19-FINAL

Promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development is an important part of the mission of NABARD. This Sustainability Report showcases the steps taken by NABARD to achieve United Nations’ Sustainability Development Goals by 2030.

NABARD’S QUEST FOR STARTUP FUNDING IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR

NABARD is mandated to promote agriculture and rural development through financial and non-financial intervention for fostering rural prosperity. A list of investments made through Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) is presented in this booklet. Also, details of some of the promising start ups in agri-enterprises along with the people behind them are also presented.

Recommendations and Proceedings of Panel Discussion (Engaging Rural Youth Gainfully) organised on NABARD's 38th Foundation Day

This publication is about the Recommendations & Proceedings of the Panel Discussion on ‘Engaging Rural Youth Gainfully’, organized on the 38th Foundation Day of NABARD – 12 July 2019.

Fisheries and Aquaculture

The sectoral papers on various agri-activities and resources by NABARD brings out various aspects covering programme and policies of Government of India, roles of various stakeholders, problems and constraints faced by the respective sectors. The papers are prepared to help stakeholders in strategizing and evolving feasible models.

Forestry

The sectoral papers on various agri-activities and resources by NABARD brings out various aspects covering programme and policies of Government of India, roles of various stakeholders, problems and constraints faced by the respective sectors. The papers are prepared to help stakeholders in strategizing and evolving feasible models.

Soil, Water and Crop Management

The sectoral papers on various agri-activities and resources by NABARD brings out various aspects covering programme and policies of Government of India, roles of various stakeholders, problems and constraints faced by the respective sectors. The papers are prepared to help stakeholders in strategizing and evolving feasible models.

Plantation and Horticulture

The sectoral papers on various agri-activities and resources by NABARD brings out various aspects covering programme and policies of Government of India, roles of various stakeholders, problems and constraints faced by the respective sectors. The papers are prepared to help stakeholders in strategizing and evolving feasible models.

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.
Nirupam Mehrotra, Director
Shri. Mehrotra, MA (Economics) and M.Phil form Jawaharlal Nehru University has been a key member of the group within NABARD which analyses macro-economic changes in the rural economy and their impact upon NABARD.
Shri. Mehrotra was an active participant in the deliberations of the GOI’s Expert Group on Agricultural Indebtedness and assisted in drafting of the final report. He provided inputs to the report submitted by the Task Force on Credit Related Issues of Farmers, constituted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, 2010. He also participated in the Deliberations of the “Sub-Group of the Committee Constituted by Reserve Bank of India to Re-Examine The Existing Classification and Suggest Revised Guidelines with Regard to Priority Sector Lending Classification and Related Issues, 2012” .
His past responsibilities have included undertaking impact evaluation studies, understanding the practical challenges in strengthening supply chain for high value agriculture, quantifying the direct and indirect benefits of investments in rural infrastructure.
A. K. Mohanty, Director
Shri A K Mohanty, 59 years, with a varied academic background of B.Sc., MBA and CAIIB has got over 35 years of rich and varied experience in National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Over the years Shri Mohanty has gained a sizeable body of experience in areas like policy formulation for Farm Sector, Production Credit, Institutional Development, Off Farm Sector, Resource Mobilization, Supervision of Rural Financial Institutions and Business Initiatives.
He has been a Faculty Member/ Joint Director in prestigious national level training institutes of NABARD besides heading the New Delhi Regional Office of NABARD for three years where his major responsibilities included coordination between related Ministries in Govt. of India as well as other stakeholders on the one hand and Head Office/ Regional Offices of NABARD on the other on all corporate matters.
Shri Mohanty currently heads the critical State Projects Department at Head Office of NABARD which looks into all policy and operational matters related to infrastructure financing in State/ UT Govts for rural infrastructure projects.
Sanjeev D Rohilla, CEO
Sanjeev Rohilla joined NABARD in 1992 after doing his post-graduation in Economics from Punjab University, Chandigarh. He has handled key assignments in multiple departments over the last two decades in Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Meghalaya. He has been part of multiple teams within NABARD covering fund raising, HR, credit operations, financial inclusion technology, credit planning and corporate communications. He was a key member of the team which launched the first ever Aadhar enabled Kisan Credit Cards to Cooperative Banks and RRBs. Micro finance, credit planning, designing of innovative convergence models and organizational communication continue to be his areas of deep interest.
Harsh Deshmukh, Assistant Vice President
Harsh has worked in the Farm Sector Development Department at NABARD Head Office for a period of 1.5 Years and was a part of a team looking after Promotion and FPOs. He is an Agricultural Engineering graduate from JNKVV, Jabalpur and postgraduate in Aquacultural Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur. Young and dynamic, Harsh brings the required raw energy and need for speed to the newly formed subsidiary.
Manash J Rabha, Assistant Vice President
Manash is a post graduate in Management from IIM Shillong and in Computer Applications from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli. Prior to joining NABFOUNDATION, he worked with corporates and development sectors for more than 8 years. He has vast experience in various domains such as IT Management, Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), HR management and Business Development and his real asset is his ability to take a deep and dispassionate look at each project with a fairly stern face.
Sudha Varghese, Assistant Vice President
Sudha holds a post-graduation degree in Commerce from Mumbai University. Having 30 years of experience in various functional departments of NABARD, she has garnered a deep understanding of the agriculture and rural sector in India. She strives to be a perfectionist and is a stickler of rules. She thrives on interactions, her forte being excellent interpersonal relationship and co-ordination skills.
Ishita Meshram, Assistant Vice President
Ishita brings with her six years of demonstrated achievements in the development sector, a journey which saw her handling key assignments in areas like Agri Development, CSR, Gender & Livelihoods, Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation. Her current focus in NABFOUNDATION is on enabling partnerships and addressing key societal challenges through these collaborations. Alongside, in her new role, Ishita is also keen to develop new innovative models of development in convergence with like minded stakeholders. Prior to joining NABFOUNDATION, Ishita worked with Grant Thornton where she got the exposure and extensive hands-on understanding of working in the development consulting ecosystem. Young, diligent and energetic she brings both, positive energy and ground level exposure to the Foundation.
Ishita holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Management from the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) and has completed her graduation in BBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai.
Vikrant Bhosale, Assistant
Vikrant’s unpretentious, down-to-earth demeanor and forever eager-to-help attitude keeps the team going through the grind of the day. A hardworking and ambitious young man, he is currently pursuing his post-graduation and uses his free hours in getting additional degrees and learning new skills.