Tusharkanta Behura

Tusharkanta Behura is a Thematic Coordinator in Livelihoods in Karadasing FCO, Gajapati district. He mobilises communities to form local committees and supports residents in accessing government entitlements. He joined Gram Vikas in 2015. He holds a Master of Social Work from Utkal University of Culture, Bhubaneswar.

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Trinath Pradhan

Trinath Pradhan is a Thematic Coordinator for Water Source Sustainability work in Rudhapadar FCO, Ghumusur. He mobilises communities and supports water initiatives on the ground. He joined Gram Vikas in 2001 and brings over two decades of experience in social development. He completed Matriculation from Project High School, Kolab Nagar.

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Susanta Kumar Pradhan

Susanta Kumar Pradhan is a Thematic Coordinator for Water in Daringbadi FCO, Kandhamal. He joined Gram Vikas in 2002. Over the decades he has built deep expertise in community mobilisation and water and sanitation initiatives. He holds a Master in Social Work from Binayak Mission University.

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Sunil Kumar Sahu

Sunil Kumar Sahu is a Thematic Coordinator for Sanitation & Health in Kumudabahal FCO, Kalahandi. He joined Gram Vikas in 2015. He builds and supervises toilet and bathing room construction, and works on Water Quality Management in communities. He completed Intermediate in Arts from Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Tribal College, Kalheipali, Sambalpur.

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Sumati Devi

Sumati Devi is a Thematic Coordinator for Village Institutions in Gumla FCO, Jharkhand. She joined Gram Vikas in 2017. She creates awareness on water, sanitation, and hygiene at the household level, drawing on seven years of earlier experience working with rural communities and women’s groups in Jharkhand. She completed Class 10 from Government Higher Secondary […]

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Sumanta Raita

Sumanta Raita is a Thematic Coordinator for Water in Surada FCO, Ghumusur. He joined Gram Vikas in 2020. He supervises the construction of piped water supply systems and trains communities on maintenance. Before joining, he was a Teacher at the Centre for Child and Women Development in Mohana block, Gajapati, for seven years, and a […]

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Sukadev Swain

Sukadev Swain is a Thematic Coordinator for Water at Gram Vikas. He works in the Holistic Rural Development Project in Keonjhar. He supervises construction of piped water supply systems, including water tanks, toilet and bathing rooms, and pipe connections, and trains communities on system maintenance. Before joining in 2008, he worked as Production In-charge and […]

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Sujit Swain

Sujit Swain is a Thematic Coordinator for Water Source Sustainability work in Karadasing FCO, Gajapati district. He joined Gram Vikas in 2019. He supports springshed work and provides technical support for soil and water conservation structures, including trench formation. He completed Intermediate in Commerce from Chidananda Saraswati (Junior) Mahabidyalaya, Bamokoi.

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Sudhansu Sekhar Rath

Sudhansu Sekhar Rath is a Field Expert for Sanitation & Health thematic, currently working in the CROPS Project in Rudhapadar FCO, Ghumusur. He mobilises communities to establish nutrition gardens using grey water. Before joining Gram Vikas in 2015, he spent 12 years at People’s Rural Education Movement (PREM) on health, education, and livelihood programmes. He […]

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Subin Das

Subin Das is a Thematic Coordinator for Water. He is the Project Manager, for SBI Foundation-supported Gram Saksham Project, and the InterGlobe Foundation-supported Furthering Water Secure Gram Panchayats project in Lanjigarh block, Kalahandi. He brings over a decade and a half of experience working with rural communities, with expertise in community mobilisation and WATSAN infrastructure […]

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