Dr. Ravi Chandra

Experience

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  Saurashtra Medical & Educational Charitable Trust

  May 2006 - Sept 2006

  Management Trainee

   Supported program management on blood donation, thalassemia prevention, education and environment  Managed communication with donors and partners & fund raising ( USD 9,000 during Dubai visit ) with donors and patrons of the trust during IIFA 2006

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  CARE,INDIA

  Oct 2006 - Dec 2006

  Consultant

  Designing a communication campaign on HIV and other health related issue in Rajasthan. This involved designing messages, which can influence the people to adopt safe health practices, choosing the mix of communication tools and implementing it in urban and rural setting.

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  TATA AIG General Insurance Company Limited

  Dec 2006 - Apr 2007

  Sales & Business Development Expert, Executive at TATA AIG LIFE

  -Managing the UP rural channel of Life Insurance based at Lucknow. -Growing the business partners and increasing sales life insurance policies in rural UP-Expanded rural distribution network in 12 districts of eastern and central U.P and surpassed the target for sales & distribution of micro insurance product in UP

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  Bihar Development Trust, Eco Kargha Handicrafts Marketing and Rural Development & Marketing

  Apr 2007 - May 2014

  Social Entrepreneur in Micro Finance, Agri, Handloom & Handicraft & Bamboo Value Chains

  A Social Enterprise for innovative design & marketing linkages for handloom products supporting livelihoods of weavers/artisans and their producer institutions. It is showcasing the traditional weaving arts of Tusser/Cotton/Linen made by weavers of Bhagalpur , Bihar & Marketing of Tusser Silk saree, stoles, scarves, dupatta etc. Conceptualised Eco Kargha business case as handloom and handicraft social enterprise and raised USD 28,000 from Upaya Social Venture, USA as equity with valuation of USD 280,000 Created designs, supply chain, marketing network for handloom saree & stoles resulting in outreach in multiple country like UAE, USA, Australia etc ( more than 50 buyers across globe and 15 online portals ) Achieved revenue of USD 140,000 in FY15, USD100,000 in FY14 & USD 80,000 in FY13 Social impact measurement of weavers using PPI tool prepared by Upaya Social Ventures Created employment for 500 weavers & ancillary workers enhancing their income by 20-50% Registered trademark as ‘EcoStree’ and creating a brand of Handloom Silk Saree under EcoStree on online marketplaces like Snapdeal, Mirraw, Limeroad, and ArtisanGilt etc. Designed and implemented the inventory management, financial reporting system & operations management manual for the company Show less

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  MicroSave Consulting (MSC)

  May 2014 - Aug 2016

  Business Development Expert, Manager Business Development at MicroSave

  Generated leads for fundraising & bidding opportunities from WB, ADB, DFID, UNDP, USAID, AFDB, UNCDF, BMGF, MCF, EIB, EBRD, WWB, GIZ, SIDBI, CGAP, IFC, MSDF, REGMIFA etc.Created strategic business intelligence reports for top management about donor interest and funding commitment in financial inclusion, livelihoods, renewable energy, MSME, CSR, value chains etc globallyPlayed a key role in managing the relationship with consulting firms like Chemonics (USA), OPM (U.K), Coffey (U.K), Planet Guarantee (France) and many other local firms across the globe for bid management and business developmentManaged more than 300 end-to-end bid development processes (proposals, budget, review, negotiation, submission) followed by negotiation & contracting with donors of successful bids (>USD 40 million with 40% success rate) across 50 countries in Asia & AfricaExpertise in procurement process management of institutions like UNDP, VISA, ADB, WB, USAID, M-Pesa, AfDB etc.Played a key role in strategy development for business development (BD) & growth of BD team from 4 to 10-member team; Designed and codified of internal processes within business development team (SOP for database management, induction process manual, performance appraisal metrics etc.)Led the assignment on training and capacity building of farmer producer companies in India funded by IFC; Livelihood specialist for an assignment on the business process review of the sustainable livelihood program in the Philippines funded by WBConducted research on understanding saving behaviour changes in SHGs after credit linkages using human-centered design and behavioral economics approach; money management strategy of low-income segment population to design a mass market digital financial services prototype funded by BMGFPrepared training module on business development for Asia & Africa to standardize business development and delivered the training to Asia staff in India and Africa staff in Kenya Show less

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  UNDP

  Sept 2016 - now

  Livelihoods & Value Chain Specialist

  o Leading the value chain and livelihoods projects portfolio under Sustainable & Inclusive Growth Unit of UNDP India Country Office with a focus on gender equality & climate resilience o Created the model of enhancing gender equality in farm and non farm value chains across India with innovative curriculum for imparting managerial skills to create Women Sourcing Managers and Women Business Managers for strengthening market access between collectives and private sectoro Managed numerous poverty reduction, value chain development & entrepreneurship promotion initiatives across India, in sectors like agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, and handicrafts, promoting setting up value addition units, non farm enterprises, entrepreneurship, benefiting over a million women's families. With a budget exceeding $10 million, these programs reported a 10-30% income rise for women and over 90% reported increased personal agency.o Have facilitated market access of more than 100,000 Metric Tonnes of agri-commodities (staples, fruit, vegetables) worth Billions of rupees through 100s of FPOs/Collectives across India with more than 50 corporates groups and start ups in FMCG, Retail, Agri-Tech, processing; piloted innovative financial models for working capital to collectives etc.o Led UNDP's COVID response in 2020-2021 as State Head for Uttar Pradesh with designing & managing projects on farm, non farm, social protection, returnee migrants, urban poverty in partnerships with CSOs, UP CERA, Office of Relief Commissioner, Directorate of Urban Local Bodies, SRLM, GoUP, UNICEF etc.o Designed multiple projects and wrote project documents for more than USD 200 Million in value, encompassing agriculture, horticulture, non-farm activities, skill development, urban and rural livelihoods, social protection, and entrepreneurship, involving state and central government.o Provided TA to urban, rural development, skill development, agriculture, horticulture & labour departments Show less