Navaraja

Development and CSR professional with 17+ years of experience in rural and urban community development, livelihood promotion, entrepreneurship, institutional strengthening, environmental sustainability, healthcare, education, skilling and financial literacy. Currently serving as Project Development Officer at ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth, with hands-on responsibility for project planning, proposal development, government convergence, implementation, monitoring & evaluation, documentation, budgeting, reporting and impact assessment across multiple districts.

Project Development Officer (Operations) - ICICI FOUNDATION FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH - Karur, Trichy, Thanjavur and Namakkal districts

(2017-04)

• Lead CSR and development interventions across Karur, Trichy, Thanjavur and Namakkal districts, covering rural livelihoods, enterprise development, environment, healthcare, education, skilling and financial literacy.
• Managed value-chain initiatives in dairy farming, banana farming, inland fishery, indigenous paddy and entrepreneurship development.
• Trained 19,288 beneficiaries across 15 blocks and 162 villages, including women, men and youth, through technical and non-technical programmes.
• Supported creation of 137 entrepreneurs and formation of 176 SHG/FIG groups, with enterprise promotion in food processing, agriculture, livestock, services, tailoring, repair, nursery and other local value chains.
• Drive project cycle management: village FGD and needs assessment, beneficiary selection, proposal preparation, annual budgeting, government convergence, training coordination, implementation monitoring, reporting, bill settlement and impact assessment.
• Develop and monitor environmental and water-management interventions including Miyawaki forests, dense forests, community pond deepening, borewell recharge, percolation pits and rainwater-harvesting structures.
• Supported WASH-related infrastructure through establishment of toilet facilities in government schools and rainwater-harvesting structures in schools and government buildings.
• Coordinate healthcare proposals and interventions including medical equipment support, blood collection vans, ambulance support, eye camps, health camps and blood-collection camps.
• Support education infrastructure including smart interaction boards, computer labs, laboratory equipment and tuition-centre facilities.
• Identify unemployed youth, connect them with ICICI Academy skilling programmes and facilitate linkages with placement companies.
• Prepare yearly plans, achievement reports, MIS/documentation and impact surveys; coordinate with government departments and monitor community facilitators.

District Manager - EKAM FOUNDATION - Karur

(2016-10 - 2017-03)

Project: Health & Livelihood Project

District Coordinator - POSITIVE WOMEN NETWORK - Pudukkottai

(2015-10 - 2016-09)

Project: HIV Project, supported by AROCYA AGAM

Program Manager - UDHAYAM SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST - Pudukkottai

(2013-01 - 2015-09)

Project: Third Gender Project, supported by TANSACS

Project Co-ordinator / Sexual Reproductive Health - DINDIGUL DISTRICT HIV POSITIVE SOCIETY - Dindigul

(2009-06 - 2013-12)

Project: Vihaan Project (Care & Support Centre), supported by TANSACS

M.A. - Sociology - The Madura College, Madurai (2006 - 2008)

B.A. - History - Yadava College, Madurai (2003 - 2006)