Satya Sharma

Decisive, strategic and performance-driven professional with over 25 years of experience in end-to-end project design, implementation and evaluation across South Asia, East Asia, Central and Southeast Asia & Pacific region. Expertise in stakeholder management, capacity building, and sustainable development goals (SDGs).

• Water for People (WFP), Global Programs - Lead – Partnerships and Engagement (India and Asia) | Sept 2024 – Dec 2025
• GVK Society for Rural Development - Program Director | April 2023 – October 2024
• BJS-NITI Aayog & Ministry of Rural Development, GoI - Director – Program Management | Apr 2022 – Jan 2023
• Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India - National Project Manager | Jun 2018 – Mar 2022
• Consumers International, United Kingdom - Regional Project Officer/Manager (Asia-Pacific) | Oct 2007 – Feb 2018
• Caritas India (FVTRS) - Country Manager - Misereor and EU Projects | Dec 2005 – Oct 2007
• Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) - Program Associate – Rural Governance | May 1998 – Nov 2005

• MPhil in Sociology - Annamalai University, India | 2006
• Masters in Arts in Anthropology - Hyderabad Central University | 2002
• Bachelor’s in Arts in Economics - Andhra University; Gold Medalist and Topper | 2000
• PRINCE2™ Foundation & Practitioner Certificate - AXELOS, UK | 2017
• Online Certificate Course in Trade Dimension in UNDAFs - UNITAR and UNCTAD | 2012
• Certificate Course in Disaster Risk Management - NIDM, India and World Bank Institute | 2007
• Certificate Course in Technical Writing - ‘The Writers Block’, India | 2006