Mr Raghavendra.T is an Indian national and an experienced professional development worker, with a career background in Social work specialized in community development. He has more than 25 years’ experience in managing the interventions with the active involvement of the community at all levels of program planning, designing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. The summary of his expertise are
• A professional with 25 years of rich and varied experience in Project Management, strategic planning, designing, implementation, training and development, Organizational Development and team management.
• Presently associated with Karnataka Health Promotion Trust as Director, managing and implementing USAID/BMGF supported projects in high HIV prevalence region of Karnataka
• Worked in developmental sectors like water & sanitation, Human resource development, community empowerment, education for adolescent girls under different donor agencies like DANIDA, USAID, BMGF, WORLD BANK, Ministry of Human Resource Development.
• Co-authored more than 20 abstracts which are presented in national/international conferences
• Possess expertise in working with multi-discipline team members towards improving growth and meeting organizational goals.
• An enthusiastic & thorough trainer with the skills of being able to convey information with clarity and patience.
• Highly organised and responsible, able to execute complex projects & programmes to meet organisations needs.
• Personal skills include: commitment, meeting the target within the time limits, ability to manage independently and inter-relate & integrate within a team.
Suresh M has over 32 years of experience at various management levels,and has worked extensively as a freelance Development Consultant. His skills include programme management (including planning, resource mobilization, monitoring and evaluation, mentoring and capacity building of the team), documentation, advocacy, application of participatory rural appraisal techniques and participatory techniques, and strengthening of communities. He has provided consultancy services to NGOs and government organizations for the development of IEC materials on HIV/AIDS , on training, evaluation, translations, transcription, proposal writing, documentation, as well as organizational development.
He has held senior management positions in organizations including Karnataka State Women Development Corporation (KSWDC), working on devadasi rehabilitation and women empowerment, and Sisters for Change (SFC) – London. He has worked with KHPT from 2007-2015 and from 2018 onwards. He is presently with Grama Arogya as Zonal Lead for the Kalyana Karnataka Division.