Sagar Mahapatra

Sagar Mahapatra

Development Apprentice

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  • Skills

    Rural development
    Entrepreneurship
    Ngos
    Corporate social responsibility
    Social entrepreneurship
    Training
    Research
    Project management
    Program management
    Nonprofits
    Leadership
    Project planning
    Team leadership
    Capacity building
    Start ups
    Community development
    Agriculture
    Poultry
    Non profits
    Social media
    Solar energy
  • About me

    I'm a development professional, Entrepreneur, Incubator having more than Eight years of experience in different domains of development sector.

  • Education

    • ICICI Fellows

      2011 - 2013
      ICICI Fellow Rural Development

      ICICI Learning center, Khandala, Maharastra, India

    • HDF School of Management

      2009 - 2010
      Master's Degree Social Enterprise Management A+

      PGCM is one-year full time programme comprising of two specific segments: three terms of Class-room Segment (CS) and three components of Field Segment (FS). During the year long program, 26 weeks are spent in class room sessions and 24 weeks in the field. A student has to go through 54 Credit of class room learning and 21 Credit of field learning. PGCM curriculum aims at integrating experiential learning in the field and theoretical understanding in the classroom. The structure of the course is… Show more PGCM is one-year full time programme comprising of two specific segments: three terms of Class-room Segment (CS) and three components of Field Segment (FS). During the year long program, 26 weeks are spent in class room sessions and 24 weeks in the field. A student has to go through 54 Credit of class room learning and 21 Credit of field learning. PGCM curriculum aims at integrating experiential learning in the field and theoretical understanding in the classroom. The structure of the course is presented in Figure 1. The curriculum is designed with active input from CSO, MFIs and academia. Show less

    • Berhampur University

      2006 - 2009
      BA Political Science

      BA

  • Experience

    • Harsha Trust

      Oct 2010 - Jul 2011
      Development Apprentice

      I was looking after 70 SHGs and was training Tribal Community on SRI (System of Rice Intensification). Apart from that I was looking after the Poultry intervention.

    • ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth

      Aug 2011 - Mar 2013
      ICICI Fellow Designate

      CICI Fellows is a social leadership programme that aims to build a better future for India, by grooming talented young individuals into leaders of tomorrow. ICICI Fellow designate will be given the reins to steer two projects for the duration of 6 months each with reputed organizations working in rural India.

    • Harsha Trust

      Apr 2013 - Feb 2014
      Project Executive

      I was leading a team of six people. The major parts of my work was in developing different livelihood options for the rural resource poor women. till the time I was there, we have formed women into groups in order to form community based institutions. We had finished a feasibility test and took up backward poultry farming and vegetable cultivation as the further interventions.

    • These Hands Pvt Ltd

      Sept 2013 - Jul 2016
      Co-founder and COO

      Inspired by a poem by Christine C Robison (Meditation on Hands) that built the IDDS spirit in Zambia and with the support of our colleagues (IDDS Zambia 2013 Alumni) we are eager and prepared to explore the possibility of setting up a for profit social enterprise that will set out to start “the global innovation conversation” about “coming together to redefine international development” ,through “systemic thinking, design process, values and four logics based approaches ’’ that will consequently see the “cultural and creative industries” take their role in driving our economies and societies towards a PEOPLE, PLANET AND PROFIT centered future. Show less

    • SELCO Foundation

      Mar 2014 - Jul 2016
      Manager- Regional Hub

      SELCO incubation center entails identification, grooming and mentoring early stage solar energy start-ups across the India. Each of these start-ups will mirror the business principles and philosophy of the eighteen year old social enterprise SELCO, which is the parent organization. Being the manager-Regional hub, my role was to identify potential entrepreneurs and train them with require business skills and help them connecting with financial institutions to get capital and start a sustainable energy enterprise. Show less

    • Urjaa Samadhan Pvt. Ltd.

      Aug 2016 - Sept 2019
      Managing Director

      Urjaa Samadhan provides mobile and web tools that connect people with broken solar equipment to people who can fix it, and supports local enterprises to connect to national and international supply markets. Urjaa Samadhan is a for-profit enterprise for last mile energy access.

    • CARE India

      Oct 2019 - Oct 2023
      Program Manager

      Bachat project is based on the carbon financing - BACHAT Voluntary Project Activities (VPA) in Odisha in alignment with Gold Standard carbon project which is financed through the sale of carbon credits over next 10 years. The project will benefit over 9,000 traditional polluting cookstove dependent households from Kalahandi and Kandhamal districts of Odisha, India.

    • MicroEnergy Credits

      Oct 2023 - now
      Director of Operations
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Participant of International Design Development Summit

      International Design and Innovation Network
      Jun 2013
      View certificate certificate
    • Yatri at Jagriti yatra

      Jagriti Sewa Sansthan
      Dec 2012
      View certificate certificate
    • Eureka! 2022 Mentor Gratitude

      E-Cell, IIT Bombay
      Jan 2021