User:Dr Binod K Das

Binod Kumar Das (b.1969) is a Social Scientist (Ph.D, JNU, New Delhi). Currently he is teaching in Amity School of Rural Management, Amity University, U.P (India). Dr Das has worked extensively in development sectors. He has fourteen years of experience working with UN organizations and national level NGOs. He worked with Centre for Media Studies, New Delhi as Project Director from 1994-1999. During CMS tenure, he evaluated many programmes of Government of India. Dr Das worked with UNICEF Bihar as Social Mobilisation Consultant. Thereafter, he joined Kolkata UNICEF and worked as Child Health Consultant. He also supported Aggragamee, as Socio-Economic Analyst in Watershed Programme supported by German Agro Action.

Dr Das has documented the CARE’s Interventions after Super Cyclone (1999) in Orissa. He has contributed papers in an International Symposium on Participatory Plant Breeding and Knowledge Management for Strengthening Rural Livelihoods organized by MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai. Dr Das was one of the study team members of recently concluded evaluation study of Ministry of Agriculture; GOI, titled - Impact Evaluation Study of Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm & Maize (ISOPOM). He is available at bkumar1@amity.edu