User:Senthil1506

Senthil Kumar Govindarajan has joined with International Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi. Previously, he worked with Sathguru Management Consultants which is one of the global consulting enterprise based at Hyderabad and served as Consultant – Agribusiness Management. He spent 3 years and acquired professional experience in consulting for food and agribusiness sector and management of research and development projects funded by global bodies and I closely engaged with diverse organizations - US land grant universities, CGIAR institutions, National Agricultural Research System (NARS) institutions and domestic agribusiness corporate and non-for-profit rural development firms.

Education Background: I have done MBA (Agribusiness Management) from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India during the year 2005-07 and B. Sc (Agriculture) from Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, TNAU, Tamil Nadu, India during the year 2001-05.

Career details

Project Coordinator – From June 2010 - Till date in International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), New Delhi, India Project Management and Coordination o	Assist project team in coordinating research related to the project o	Recruit and manage consultants on a need basis, including drafting Terms of Reference, contracts, and payments, and tracking timely submission of contracted outputs o	Review quality of collaborator outputs and provide feedback and coordinate workshops and conferences on project topics o	Host visiting researchers and coordinate in-country itineraries o	Prepare annual work plan for the project Knowledge Management, Policy Communication and Liaison o	Provide coordination for the knowledge management activities under the project o	Participate in relevant working groups of stakeholders and liaise with stakeholders o	Work with the project team to maintain active policy communication with national counterparts through a policy seminars, policy briefs, and other conferences o	Fulfill donor reporting requirements, including annual and monthly progress reports Research o	Coordinate or participate in specific empirical research and synthesis on special studies in agricultural extension and knowledge management. o	Manage local staff, including recruitment, work plan development, supervision, and performance review o	Monitor program budget and daily office expenditure flow and compile Field Expense Report o	Liaise with host organization in matters of finance, administration, HR, and facilities Associate Consultant - Agri business management from May, 2007 to April 2010 in Sathguru Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd Project management – “Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (ABSPII)” a USAID-funded global consortium of public and private sector institutions that supports scientists, regulators, market and extension professionals, farmers and the general public in developing countries to make informed decisions about agricultural biotechnology. o	Regionally managed and coordinated with partners for product development, regulatory and commercialization of products through various communications and marketing strategies in India and Bangladesh. o	Led in the development of grant proposals for different phases of transgenic research from USAID, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), and Department of Biotechnology (DBT). o	Led in project budget planning, work plan and monitor project progress against goals and milestone, report progress to funding bodies. o	Close liaison with regulatory bodies i.e. RCGM, GEAC for filing application and secure approval for event selection, field trial and biosafety dossier development. o	Planned, executed and monitored transgenic field trial (BRL1) for technology efficacy and agronomic performance in India and multi location field trials in Bangladesh. o	Led in development of training module, coordination of training program for extension professionals, seed distribution, and other agricultural department professionals for India and Bangladesh. 	Program Management for Food Executive Program (FEP) conducted by Cornell University in India - responsible for inviting senior executive from food retailing, food service, supply chain professionals and academia. Technical resource person for the program. 	Resource person for Helpdesk-National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) funded by World Bank. Facilitated in the development of concept notes and research proposals involving public private partnership (PPP) for value chain research and for sustainable rural livelihood system 	Planned, executed ‘International Agriculture and Rural Development Program” for the year 2009 - provided exposure to students from Cornell University in USA and from State Agriculture Universities (SAUs) in India on international agriculture in various themes i.e. Agriculture systems, value chain and rural development.

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