Jobin Chacko

Jobin Chacko is a member of the Strategic Leadership Team – Programme Unit at Gram Vikas. He coordinates the Gram Vikas Saathi Fellowship Programme, the Safe and Dignified Migration Programme, and a research initiative on Rural Settlement growth patterns. He joined in 2018 as a Young Management Trainee, working on digital access in remote rural […]

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Jannatun Begum

Jannatun Begum is a member of the Village Institutions & Convergence and Sanitation & Health Management Groups and oversees interventions relating to both the domains in the partner villages. She joined in April 2019, bringing 22 years of experience in the capacity building of community institutions, with a focus on women and child rights. Before […]

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D.P. Debashis Hota

Debashis Hota is the Manager for Human Resources at Gram Vikas. He is responsible for formulating policies and practices for effective workplace management. He is a member of the Human Resources Management Group, and also a member of the Administration and Logistics Management Group. He has held this role since April 2015. He has previously […]

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Dillip Kumar Subudhi

Dillip Kumar Subudhi manages Payments and Payroll at Gram Vikas and is a member of the Finance and Accounts Management Group. He joined in 2003 and has held a range of roles across the organisation since then. He has served as Accountant across project offices, Coordinator for Village Institutions and the Resource Mobilisation Support Group, […]

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Bukky Das

Bukky Das is the State Finance Lead for the Swayamshree project at Gram Vikas. He oversees financial reporting and compliance across four districts and supports effective budget utilisation across the project. He is also a member of the Finance and Accounts Management Group and oversees Budgets and Programme Finance. He took on this role in […]

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Bharti Kumari

Bharti Kumari is a member of the Strategic Leadership Team – Programme Unit at Gram Vikas. She leads the coordination of initiatives under the SOTH framework and is responsible for planning and implementation of the Clean Koinpur Initiative in Gajapati. She joined in June 2025. She brings eight years of grassroots experience in the development […]

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Benstin Jenith.B.G.

Benstin Jenith B.G. is a member of the Water Management Group.He is also a member of the Water Resource Technology Group (WRTG) which is a special group within the Water thematic that provides technical and knowledge support for water resource management, groundwater management, water security planning, recharge interventions under the Water Secure Gram Panchayat programme. […]

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Ambika Prasad

Ambika Prasad manages Administration, Procurement, and IT functions at Gram Vikas and is a member of the Administration & Logistics Management Group. He is responsible for assessing user needs, implementing process improvements, managing external security audits, and developing organisational procedures. He joined Gram Vikas in June 2019, following over 18 years in similar functions with […]

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Alex Sam Thomas

Alex is a member of the Strategic Leadership Team – Programme Unit, a member of the Planning & Monitoring Management Group, and Administration & Logistics Management Group.  Alex is the Project Lead for the CLAPs project at Gram Vikas and also a part of the Safe and Dignified Migration Program Team looking at Research and […]

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Akanksha Awasthi

Akanksha Awasthi is a member of the Sanitation & Health and Education & Youth thematic Management Groups. She contributes to programme design, implementation planning, budget management, capacity building, training, and monitoring support across both thematic areas. Akanksha joined Gram Vikas as a Young Management Trainee with the WASH Nutrition Resource Group (WNRG) and subsequently took […]

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