DIVESH CHANDRA

Mobile: +91 -9065277722 E-Mail: diveshxaviers21@gmail.com

Passionate to be a part of knowledge based progressive organization where I can add value by putting my professional acumen in
best use and improve it through experience and learning.

Career Synopsis

Having 5 years and 9 Months’ experience in Managerial experience (FPO Promotion, Value Chain Interventions, Agri Business
Productivity Enhancement, Commodity trading, Training and Development, Project Management, Crop Management and Project
Audit and Compliance)

Career Scan

Since April 2017

Company : TechnoServe India (Aswatha Advisors Pvt Ltd)
Location : Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh
Department: Agri Business
Designation: Assistant Project Manager
Leadership: Lead 8-member team for overall implementation

Ongoing Assignment
Assistance for Developing & Supporting Producer Organizations through Walmart Foundation –promoted by NABARD Uttar
Pradesh
Client: Walmart Foundation
Program Overview: TechnoServe helped women farmers from across 9 districts in Uttar Pradesh to build and participate in
financially robust, sustainable and transparent Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs).
TechnoServe also conducted strategic reviews of Maize, Mentha, Wheat Horticulture value chain and targeted interventions across
input aggregation, mechanization of service provision, agronomy services, storage solutions and access to markets.
Activities and Outputs:

 Improved Performance of FPO leading to integration of SHFs into agricultural markets for Mentha and Wheat in Raebareli
 Improved ability of FPOs to access commercial finance
 Markets access improved for SHFs and sustainable agricultural practices promoted through FPOs
 Facilitate timely conduct of BoD meetings and AGM as per compliance norms.
 Support in preparation and roll out of the capacity building modules
 Creation of reports and documents (training reports and collection & analysis of participant feedback).
 Ensure adoption and implementation of Finance & Expenses Policy, HR policy by partner FPOs.

Passed Assignment:
Assistance for Developing & Supporting Producer Organizations through World Bank – funded SRLM (Jeevika) in Bihar Client:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Program Overview: TechnoServe helped women farmers from across 8 districts in Bihar to build and participate in financially
robust, sustainable and transparent Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs).
TechnoServe also conducted strategic reviews of maize and horticultural value chains and targeted interventions across input
aggregation, mechanization of service provision, agronomy services, storage solutions and access to markets.
Activities and outputs:
 Improved performance of FPO leading into integration of SHFs into agriculture markets
 Conducted value chain analysis of maize in Purnea and designed FPC driven intervention plan for the program
 Set Up Maize value chain intervention procurement model in Purnea and Katihar Zone
 Capacity of the FPO enhanced to become active market players in Agri value chain
 Facilitated access to markets among the woman-led FPO, Arnayak Agri Producer Company Limited by establishing B2B
procurement agreements with multinational trade house
 Hedged price risk by selling material on future platform
 Instituted systems for collective marketing, quality standardization, grading and packaging among producer groups
of maize
 Set up an Aggregator model for the systematic collection of agricultural produce at the village cluster level
 Trained FPO management on market scoping, price negotiation, marketing etc.
 Obtained Agri-input license for the FPO to sell bio-fertilizer, seeds etc.
 Responsible for arrangement of fund for FPC as per business plan and target
 Provide Training on Business Plan and working structure of company to Executive Committee, Representative General
Body, Producer Company Management Committee, Board of Directors of Arnayak Agri Producer Company Limited.

 Support the team to organize community level meetings, trainings, workshops and exposure visits.
 Linking members of the producer groups with the producer company with updated records on shareholders, share
capital and paidup capital
 Collect information required for preparation and submission of Business Plan Activity.

Since May 2014 to April 2017

Company : Self-Reliant Initiative through Joint Acton
Location : Sagar Madhya Pradesh
Designation: Project Executive

Position objective:
Lead Ministry of Agriculture, India (SFAC) promoted Farm based agriculture in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh and also promoted Jaisinagar
Soya Samridhi Producer Company Limited
Achievements
Identified and documented potential nutrition crop and developed package of practices for Lentil, Soyabean, Mustard and Wheat
etc.
Developed and executed an Entrepreneurship Model for one FPOs and three federations, and planned the Business and Marketing
Strategy for vegetable, Soyabean and wheat value chains.

Activities and Outputs:

 Network with government and potential partners to prepare best practices for nutrionally rich crop management
 Promoted 500 Demo plot and mobilized 3500 farmers for soybean crop through the project Axis Bank Foundation (ABF)
and Mahindra and Mahindra(M&M) at Sagar Madhya Pradesh
 Also Promoted Soil Moisture Conservation work (Individual Farmpond -55, Land Levelling and Field Bunding -250 hectare
and with 435 farmer benefited) and Field in dry land with help of ABF and M&M
 Facilitated the formulation of village level micro plans and their implementation.
 Conducted and promoted activities related to result in women empowerment and conservation of natural resources in
the project soil moisture conservation
 Planned community-based sustainable resource governance systems and demonstrate the same.
 Successful implementation of Agriculture Project for Soybean crop in Planned area
 Supported the programme team in detailed implementation plan, based on project outputs and outcomes against the
indicators.
 Supported the team to organize community level meetings, trainings, workshops and exposure visits.
 Mobilized/capacitated/strengthen local communities, organizations and partners for management of natural resources,
community resources and sustainable livelihoods.
 Piloted horticulture program for Pomegranate in Planned area.
  Monitor, track, record and report the physical progress of the programmes.
 Prepare and submit project progress and analytical reports periodically including required statistics.
 Conducted research, develop social development indicators and proposal.
 Documentation, Concept Note writing, worked on Proposal Development (Mahila Kisan Shasktikaran Pathshala,
Transforming Rural India and Azim Prem Ji Philanthropist and Transforming Rural India) and Progress Report writing to the
Donor agency.
 Liaison with Govt. and private agencies and become a part of social and financial internal Audit within the organization
 Worked as location in charge in absence of team leader
 Program coordinator for Poorest Area Civil Societies(PACS), Small Farmer Agriculture Consortium (SFAC)
 Direct funder/ donor interaction & meetings with M&M, PACS, SFAC
 Represented location and met various stakeholders inside and outside SRIJAN Designed the Business and Sales Plan for
the FPOs and Monitored Sales Performance
 Improved average FPO revenue by 100% in the 2016-2017 period
 Instituted post-harvest management practices for better price realisation of farmers
 Improved price realisation for farmers by 29% market linkage
 Developed additional revenue channels for agricultural produce, such as cattle feed for maize, and successfully struck
procurement agreements with regional vendors for these as well
 Built FPO capacity on quality standardisation, aggregation and grading practices
 Established credit linkages of the FPOs with regional banks

Since Nov. 2007 to Nov. 2009

Company : Kohinoor steel pt. Ltd
Location : Jamshedpur
Department: IT
Designation: IT officer

• Worked ERP Based Developed System

• Worked as task oriented system to maintain all the documents and reporting to Head of Department
• Involved in direct client interaction, creating user manuals, knowledge sharing sessions with team and
mentoring new entrants in the project.

Summer project (As part of PG Diploma)

• Annual Status of Education Reports 2012 Government of India Facilitated by PRATHAM as Master Trainer (30
Days)
• Rural Exposure in the field of Harit Prayas a project initiated by Caritas India and Implemented by Manav
Vikash Seva Sangh, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh

• Summer Internship Programme at SRIJAN India with the subject “To Develop Capacity Building Needs and
Monitoring and Developed Mechanism for Local Cadre of Staff in Community Participation at Tikamgarh
Madhya Pradesh

Beyond Curriculum

• Participated in “different type of commodity trading organized by NCDEX

• Attended “Community Led Total Sanitation workshop” organized by Water Aid

 • Attended” workshop and training for soyabean organized by ICAR Indore

• Attended” workshop on pomegranate “organized by ICAR Sholapur

Membership in Professional Associations and Publications:

 Prior, Member Knowledge Building Team at SRIJAN INDIA
Publication
 Facilitate documentation of the case studies and learning from the program and submitted to Lal Bahadur Shastri National
Academy of Administration
 Saving more drops growing more crops……..

Computer Proficiency

Proficient in MS- Windows (XP to Windows 7), MS-Office (2007, 2010), along with a working knowledge of SPSS 16.0.
Academics

Completed Post Graduate Diploma in Management with Rural Management Specialization from Xavier
Institute of Management, Jabalpur.
Completed B.C.A from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).

Personal Dossier

Date of Birth- May 10, 1988.

Nationality - Indian
Marital Status - Married
Languages Known – English, Hindi, Maghi and Bengali
Permanent Address- Cheya, Gaya (Bihar) -805109