IBRAD - People with us - Governing Body Members

Professionals with IBRAD

	Professor. S.B. Roy, M.Sc, Ph.d. Honorary Chairman Developed concept and methodology on Bilateral Matching Institutions, Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) and Micro Water Management, Participatory Microplanning, Institutionalisation of JFM. Designed and Conducted Training on PIM, Micro Water Management, JFM, Participatory Development, Management of Change, Organisational Behaviour for Government officials, Panchayat members, farmers. Conducted training for senior government officials, university students in Indonesia, China, U.K, Netherlands, Germany, Finland etc. Facilitated the process of Management of Change through training.

	Ms. Raktima Mukherjee, M.Sc. Programme Director She has completed her masters in Geography. In IBRAD she is responsible for directing and monitoring of all the programmes. She also conducts several training for the senior level officials of the forest department at the National and International level. She has also conducted training on participatory irrigation management, micro water management, quality improvement of health and municipal services, microplanning, gender issues for government officials, panchayat members, etc. She has been engaged in number of action research projects. She has been consultant to different funding agencies and government departments. At present she is persuing her Doctoral degree from University of Calcutta.

	Dr. Damayanti Mukhopadhyay, M.A, Ph.d Adjunct Faculty After completing masters in sociology she has already acquired her doctoral degree from Indian Institute of technology at Kharagpur. She has contributed her credentials as a sociologist in the numerous training programmes of IBRAD. Simultaneously she also acted as a consultant in the different projects funded by DFID for participatory organization development. On the issues such as strengthening institution for community based organization, functioning of the various forest protection committees, role of panchayat, gender issue. She has also conducted many action researches on different fields of sustainable livelihood. She also acted as one of the faculty for training for senior government officers, academics at Indonesia and Nepal on people participation and community forestry.

	Ms. Nilanjana Bhattacharya, B.Sc.(H), Certificate course on Environmental Science Project Assistant She has completed graduation with Botany Honours and certificate course on Environmental Science. Presently she is working in IBRAD as project assistant. Her main responsibility is to conduct field work for Community Managed Health System project in Barasat, which mainly includes SICO formation and conducting SICO training and to assist the doctors for the health checkups. She is also working in Right To Information Project

	Mr. Sanjay Yadav, BCom. Project Assistant He has completed his graduation in Commerce. Presently he is working as a Project Assistant. He has experiences of working with Panchayat, Community and Government officials in different projects and programmes running under IBRAD. Presently he is supervising the Karnataka Social Forestry Management and Biodiversity Project.

	Mr. Prakash Nanda, B.Sc. Assistant Accountant Academically he has done his bachelor degree in science. In IBRAD he is responsible for accounts related matters and also responsible for maintaining the stock of IBRAD.

	Mr. Tarapada Sahana, B.Sc. Academically he has done his bachelors in science. he is a retired State Government personnel. He has joined IBRAD after his retirement and in IBRAD he is responsible to for maintaining accounts.

	Mr. Supriya Pahari, B.Com. Computer Operator Academically he is from commerce background. He is working in IBRAD as a DTP operator. He is involved in various designing and preparing layouts of reports and brochures of IBRAD.

	Ms. Sutandra Chowdhury, MA Sociology Librarian Academically she is from Sociology background and has also done Masters in Library Science. She is being working in IBRAD as Librarian and is entirely responsible for managing the huge collection of IBRAD’s library books.

	Suman Bhattacharya, B,Tech (IT) Guest Faculty Academically he has done his B. Tech (IT), from West Bengal University of Technology, and pursuing M. Tech from University of Calcutta.

	Jayita Mitra, B.Tech (IT), M.Tech (pursuing) Lecturer & Project Associate, Computer Science & IT Academically she has done her B. Tech. (IT), from West Bengal University of Technology. She is now pursuing M-Tech in Computer Science & Technology from Jadavpur University. She is working in IBRAD School of Management and Sustainable Development as Lecturer & Project Associate since July, 2007. She is responsible for academic programmes (BCA, BBA (H) & MBA) and to develop software as per the need of the projects which are running in IBRAD.

	Mrs Linika Mookherjee, B.E (Computer) Lecturer, Computer Science She is a Chartered Engineer from Institution of Engineers, Kolkata. She has industrial experience in companies like Siemens, Crompton Greaves and later joined Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and was also associated with Gujarat University and IGNOU in various capacities. She is associated with IBRAD school of Management and Sustainable Development since July, 2007 and responsible for academic programme.

	Dr. P.K.Roy Barman, M.Sc. (Ag) in Soil Science, CAIIB, MBA (CU) with specialization in Financial Management, Ph.D in Management Professor & Principal He has 34.5 years experience in banking industry and financial management, project analysis, project evaluation etc. He has 7 years experience in teaching in financial institutions and B-schools and management of staff training college of Bank. He has written a book on “Basic Concept of Balance Sheet and Worker’s Capital. He has good number of writings / publications on agriculture, management and microeconomics etc. to his credit.

	Siddhartha Ranjan Basak, PGDBA (MBA – IR & HRM), MHRM, PG (Marketing Mgmt), MPhil (Mgmt) Senior Lecturer, Human Resource Management He was associated with various industries in different capacities like Manager – Personnel & HRM, etc. He has more than 10 years experience in industry and teaching profession. He has contributed his credential as a core faculty member in various reputed management institutions like Management Institute of Durgapur, Dinabandhu Andrews Institute of Technology & Management, Institute of Business Management & Research. Also he was associated with Nopany Institute of Management Studies and International Institute of Management and Science as visiting faculty member. Presently he is responsible for Project Assignment, HR Practices and Institutional Examination procedure along with his academic programme at IBRAD School of Management and Sustainable Development.

	Soumasree Tewari, M.A (Economics), MPhil (Economics) Junior Lecturer, Economics She is pursuing Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Finance). She has experience of teaching in a college under Calcutta University for one and half years. Presently she is responsible for teaching and handling project work.

	Shakuntala Mukherjee, M.A (English), M.Phil (English) Lecturer, English Language and Business Communication She has conducted training programmes on Soft Skill Development, Communicative English in different institutes. She has contributed her credential as a faculty member in Techno India as Business Communication Lecturer. Presently she is responsible for teaching and handling project work.

	Dr. Visvarup Chakravarti, MSc (Agriculture), PhD, Post. Doc. Programme Coordinator cum Faculty Started professional Career as Science Teacher in Kathmandu, Nepal. Later involved in NTFP research and documentation. Edited MFP News and one International Journal. Experienced in community capacity building, development of CBOs, generating alternate livelihood options, conservation and cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants and related research. Experienced trainer of Natural resource management related issues including watershed & wastelands development, water management, improved irrigation technologies, CPR management and ex situ & in situ conservation. In his credit he has 1 Bengali Book, 5 edited monographs, 29 general articles and 14 research papers in different national and international journals.

	Dr. Basistha Chatterjee, Ph. D in Agriculture, M.Sc. (Agriculture) Lecturer of Rural Development in PGDRM and Economics in MBA & researcher in JFM project. He has conducted research on Unconventional Crops like motra, water-chestnut, medical plants under projects sponsored by Indian Council of Agriculture Research. He worked under two internationally famous NGO’s as Senior Research Associate – AgriBusiness and Extension. Worked under State Medical Plants Board of Orissa and West Bengal in preparing database and action plan. Worked as consultant agriculturist for Mushroom farm, horticulture farm and plant protection measures such as organic farming.

	Amitava Ukil, MBA (Finance), M.Com, ICWA (Inter.) Assistant Lecturer cum Accounts Officer He has 12 years Industrial experience in the areas of Accounts and Finance and 2 years Teaching Experience in NSHM, Durgapur and other institutes. Presently he is responsible for academic and project work.

	Rajdeep Mukherjee, BA (Pol. Sc.), MBA (HR), Dip. (Hotel Mgmt, Labour Welfare & Human Resource Development), MPHIL (Pursuing) Senior Lecturer cum Administrator He has 14 years experience in Industry and education in total, which includes 4 years of teaching experience in Genex Management College as Sr. Lecturer and NIMAS School of Management as faculty. His special interests are teaching and administration. He likes to mingle with people and hear music. He is taking classes and looking administration of IBRAD.

	Amal Goswami, M.A. Economics, Research Scholar, WBUT Lecturer in Business Economics He has 5 years Research Experience and 2 years teaching experience in Management (Business Economics, Statistics, and Research Methodology) under WBUT. He is responsible to assist in project and teaching in management programmmes.

	Proshin Ghosh, M.Sc. PGDM. Project Associate He has passed M.Sc. in Botany & Forestry from Vidyasagar University and Post Graduate Diploma in Public System Management with Environment Management specialization from Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management (IISWBM). Currently he is involved in the projects based on Natural Resource Management with his effective & efficient knowledge & skills. He has an excellent leadership skill to coordinate cultural programs on Tagore’s songs.

	Madhumita Pal, M. Sc. M. Phil Project Associate She is from environmental Science background and completed M.Phil. She is engaged with different projects in IBRAD. Before joining IBRAD she worked as a visiting faculty of Jadavpur University in Environmental Science Department. Now she is actively involved in the project titled” Capacity building of Quality Improvement of the Conservancy services of the Municipality”.

	Koushik Betal Project Associate, B.Sc. (Chemistry), PGDEnM He completed Post Graduate Diploma in Environment Management from Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM), Kolkata. Currently he is associated with IBRAD as a project associate.

	Debasish Gupta, B.Com (H) Accounts Executive Earlier he has worked as Computer Operator and Accountant. He has worked in All India Institute of Hygiene &Public Health, Caps Micrographics Pvt. Ltd., Sandhya Enterprise, Dutta & Company, GfK Mode etc. He has been associated with IBRAD for last 2 months for supervision and execution of accounts job.

	Soma Dutta, M.Sc (Mathematics), Ph.D (pursuing) Lecturer (Mathematics) She has 4 years teaching experience in different honours level colleges under Calcutta University. Worked as a project fellow in a project namely “Logic of Inconsistency Tolerant Systems in Human and Computer”. Presently she is responsible for teaching Mathematics in BCA, BBA and MBA and additionally making mathematical models of various Project related works.

	Ashok Kumar Mukherjee, B.A Stock in charge cum Field Investigator He is associated with IBRAD for the past 11 months. He has worked earlier in Camellia Institute of Aviation as Controller of Examination.

	Durga Dutta, M.A (Rural Development & Management) Academically she has completed Post Graduation in Rural Development & Management from University of Kalyani. Presently she is working as a Project Associate (Trainee)