Kanchan Mathur
Chair Person
Kanchan Mathur superannuated as the Officiating Director of the Institute of Development Studies in 2018. Since then she is Professor (Honorary) at the IDS Jaipur. She was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK and has headed the UNFPA supported Women’s Resource Centre at the Rajasthan Institute of Public Administration for three years.Click to read more
Sh. Asif Zaidi
Member
Asif is very senior development professional with experience of more than 35 years in rural development sector. He has worked across the India and specialised in the areas of Natural Resource Management, Livelhoods and Women empowerment.
He did the post graduation with specialization in hydro -geology from Aligarh Muslim University. He has worked with Irrigation department in M.P, Jal Nigam in U,P and National Mineral development corporation. He started his carrier in development sector with renowned and pioneer organisation PRADAN in 1987 and worked there till 2008. Then he started his own organisation called Sir Syed Trust (SST) with support of PRADAN in 2008. Currently he is working as executive director in SST.
Sh. Jagdish Gurjar
Secretary
He is currently working as secretary of Gram Gaurav Sansthan. He is also founder member and secretary in the board. He was one of the initial team member of Tarun Bharat Sangh and deeply involved in River rejuvenation mission in Alwar. He has over 33 years of experience in development sector working with Daang community and diverse part of country. He has worked with Tarun Bharat Sangh and Rajeev Gandhi Foundation for 24 years and then he formed Gram Gaurav Sansthan in 2011. He is well known renowned grass root level practitioner in the field of Natural Resource management. His expertise area is community institution, livelihoods and natural resource management.
Sh. Sanjay Sharma
Member
Sanjay Kr. Sharma is the Executive Director of Manjari Foundation based at Dholpur Rajasthan. He has 18 years of extraordinary rural development experience. He has started his career from Professional Assistance for Development Action (www.pradhan.net) Dholour and still continuing excellent work across Rajasthan. He did his B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering from Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana.
He has been awarded a prestigious International Ford Foundation Fellowship to go for higher studies. He has completed his Master in Sustainable International Development majored in Development Economics from the Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Waltham,Boston.
Sanjay has professional experience and expertise in formulating, designing, implementing, monitoring and supervision of development projects, which include social mobilization, institution building, pro-poor livelihood value chain development, organizational development and advocacy and public policy formulation in rural development sector.
He has vast experience of work with international development organization and oversees which included Cambodia, Kenya, Mali and Senegal as well
Sh. Radha Krishan Gurjar
Treasurer
He is one of founder member of Gram Gaurav Sansthan. He is senior renowned and experienced grass root level worker in the field of Natural resource management. He started his social services during his college time. Thereafter he joined Rajiv Gandhi Foundation as green core volunteer and worked in Rajasthan and deeply involved in planning, implementation and management of about 650 rain water harvesting structure. Currently He is treasurer of Gram Gaurav and also key staff member of the organisation.
Mrs. Zebul Nisha
Member
She is currently working as consultant with SRIJAN, a development organisation. She has over 27 years of experience working with communities in diverse part of country. She has worked with Organisation like renowned organisation viz PRADAN and SRIJAN and also served as senior position in prestigious projects NRLM and SWA –SHAKTI. She is well known practitioner in the field of women empowerment, community institution and livelihoods.
Dr. Pradeep Bose
Member
Dr. Pradeep Bose is a Veterinary Doctor, who graduated from Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana in 1979. He worked for five years as a Punjab Government’s employee. After that he post graduated from Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA). Subsequent to his post graduation, he joined PRADAN, a reputed NGO and worked with it for ten years. Since 1996, he has been working as a freelance rural development professional and has done assignments with more than 100 organizations which comprised of both government and non-government in 12 states of India, including Jharkhand, Rajasthan, MP, Odisha, Meghalaya, UP, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu. Now he is semi-retired and lives in Udaipur, Rajasthan.