Consultancy projects

• Attrition Management for Cadila Pharmaceuticals ltd

• LIC Housing Finance on Customer Centric Marketing – conducted a TNA and trained 180 managers over two months

• Brand Management Assessment study for Philips (India) Ltd. (completed)

• A two week international assignment as ‘Assessor’ of Project Proposal cfp EU- India Cross Cultural Programme – Entrepreneurial Networking

• ‘Assam Governance and Public Resource Management Project’ on Social Safety Net and Business Incubation Centre for Price Waterhouse Coopers and Asian Development Bank project Completed a project on Behavioral Change Communications for Health services in Gujarat, Funded by UNFPA, and GoG on health issues such as Family planning, breast feeding, sexual changes in Adolescent

• A research study on ‘Impact of Globalization on Garment Industry: A study of Home workers in Garment Industry” for SEWA and National Council for Applied Economic Research and initiated by Ford Foundation, New Delhi.

• Competency based HR system for Self-employed women Association (SEWA a NGOs) and SEWA Trade Facilitation Centre; incorporated as a limited company- The assignment involved preparation of role directory of employees, conducted performance appraisals; designed a curriculum for SEWA for conducting a one-year UNIFEM Training Programme for south Asia countries.

• Assessment of a Project on Jeevika” – sustainable livelihood for earthquake affected beneficiaries

International

• Business Skills Development Programme for Kenya, UNDP, Kenya (2006, 2005)

• Curriculum for strengthening NGOs capacity building in mainstreaming women in South Asian Countries - SEWA (2003)

• International Consultant, for Private Sector Development – UNDP Kenya (1999 & 1998)

• Institutionalization of entrepreneurship Religious Institutions and capacity building of District level Private Sector Promotions Centres – UNDP Uganda ( 1998)

• Business Skills Development Programme for Poverty Eradication in Uganda: Conceptualization and institutionalization – UNDP Uganda (1997)

• Capacity Building for Management of Child Labour Projects in India’ – International Labour Organisation (1997)

• Entrepreneurship Development Project in Ethiopia ( UNIDO, Austria – 1994-95)

• Designing and training Small Enterprise Development Officers - International Labour Organisation, Bangkok, 1992

Training Programmes

1. Advanced General Management, Malaysian Institute of Management, Malaysia, 1991 (UNIDO Fellowship)

2. Modular Approaches to Managerial and Entrepreneurship Skills Development, Netherlands International Institute for Management (RVB), 1990 (UNIDO Fellowship)

3. Job Competency Assessment and Focused Behavioral Event Interview Technique, McBer & Co. A Boston based consultancy firm,1986

4. Small Enterprise Management Programme, Indian Institute of Management, India, 1980

National Programmes (India): 35 plus workshops and training programme

1. Customer Centric Marketing: Conducted six training Programmes for LIC Housing Finance Co. LTD, Mumbai, India

2. Adventure in Communications- A Summer Camp for gradating students, MICA- .

3. Performance Management Systems at SEWA NGOS:.

4. Individual and Organizational Assessment Centre (IOAC)

5. Team Building for Project Managers, UNNATI – Ahmedabad based NGO

6. Preparing Younger Generation for a Successful Career as Owner-Managers in Family Business,

7. Personal Growth Laboratory

8. Workshops on Creativity & Innovation,

9. Successful Strategies for Small and Medium Enterprises,

10. Succession Planning for Entrepreneurial Continuity, .

11. Summer Camps on Entrepreneurial Adventures for Youths.

12. Faculty Development Programme in Entrepreneurship for teachers of Engineering and Science colleges and polytechnics (Technical Institutions)

13. Entrepreneurship Development Programme for ex-army people .

14. Assessing Entrepreneurs for Financing 4 Programmes of 5 days duration for Developmental Banks and Financial Institutions, 1992-93.

International Programmes: 25 plus workshops/ training programmes on the following themes/areas

1. Business Skills Development Programmes (BSDP) , UNDP

2. Training of Trainers in Business Skills development Programmes, UNDP

3. Workshops Introduction of Entrepreneurship in Educational Curriculum, UNDP

4. Workshop for Writers in Entrepreneurship development textbooks,.UNDP

5. Workshop on Introduction of Entrepreneurship development for Religious Leaders, UNDP

6. -International Workshop on Training and Counseling for Women Entrepreneurs, UNIDO

7. International Programme on Advanced Course on Behavioral Inputs in Entrepreneurship Development Programmes.

8. Training Workshops for Small Enterprise Promotion Officers, ILO

Organized Conferences

1. Organized International Workshop on "Innovations in Training for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development at EDI 27-28 April, 1993) It was attended by 90 delegates from developed and developing countries and 28 papers were presented covering three thrust areas: (1) Innovations in Entrepreneurship Education (2) Innovations in New Enterprise Creation Training Programmes, and (3) Innovations in Enterprise Growth and Development (1993)

2. Successful Strategies for Small and Medium Size Enterprises (Two days) for Southern Region of India in collaboration with Confederation of Engineering Industry (CEI) at Bangalore, 1990.

3. Developing Research Agenda in Entrepreneurship, a national Seminar participated by Policy-makers and academicians, EDI, 31 March - 02 April 1989.