Governing Board

Mr. Gautam Parija, President 
An MBA from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, he has executed number of consulting assignments for many industrial houses and government owned corporations.

Mr. Amit Kumar Daruka, Vice President
An Fellow Member of the ICAI having more than 14 years experience in providing consultancy services like project finances for fund raising in form of Equity, Quasi Equity, debt or any other means, compliances, taxation matters, due diligence & business strategies including review of business process. He is also into mergers and acquisitions for companies and has done some successful transactions. He has worked with ICICI Bank Ltd, Ideal Group, N C Shaw & Beverages Pvt Ltd(a Franchise unit of Seagram's India ltd), Ansal Chaudhary Developers Pvt Ltd–Kathmandu (A JV company of Ansal Group and Choudhary Group)

Mr. Subrat Kumar Singhdeo, Executive Secretary 
A post-graduate in sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, with certificate courses from Harvard University, USA and Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands. A former Executive Director of Rashtirya Gramin Vikas Nidhi, Guwahati, he has also executed number of consulting assignments for donor agencies such as the Ford Foundation, CARE, Freedom from Hunger, India Development Services, USA, Lutheran World Relief. NOVIB, OXFAM, SKN-Netherlands, IGSSS and Sir Dorabji Tata Trust. As a known professional he has visited many countries such as the USA, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Turkey, Thailand, Singapore, Bangladesh and Nepal. Apart from writing two chapters, he has co- edited a book on Human Security: From Concept to Practice, published by World Scientific, Singapore in 2011.

Mr. Niladri Kumar Mohanty, Member  
A post graduate in Development Economics from Allahabad University, Mr. Mohanty has over 40 years of working experience in Banking and Rural Finance sector. After his service with State Bank of India, he pursued a career in consulting during which he worked in 14 Asian and African countries. He has executed number of consultancy assignments for World Bank, UNDP, IFAD, ILO, FAO and African Development Bank. He is a member of London Institute of Bankers, Indian Institute of Bankers and Indian Economic society.

Mrs. Aditi Panda, Member
A Post Graduate on Women Studies from Utkal University. She has 13 years of working experience in areas of gender, disability, displacement and accessibility. She specializes in counseling, training & research. As a Freelancer, she has written articles in Times of India & the New Indian Express.

Mrs. Ranu Mohanty, Member
A state level sports person in Weight lifting. She got the Gold medal in Senior National Weight lifting Championship at Dalli Rajhara, Chattishgarh in year 2007 and Gold in 67.5kg weight class of the Asian Power lifting Championship, South Korea in 2006. Got Silver medal in the Asian Power lifting championship at Alleppey, Kerala in year 2005.