ARUNABH BHATTACHARYYA

email: arunabh.b@nic.in; bhattacharyya.arunabha@gmail.com

Mob: +919891982240, +919350995780

Development professional over 16 years of experience in various facets in social science

research and development

Career Snapshots and Core Competency

• Anthropologist by education has done post graduation in Social Anthropology from Dr.
H.S.Gaur University (formerly known as Sagar University, Madhya Pradesh, India) in 1991.
• Experience in handling projects including project planning, processing, implementation,
operation of project monitoring system and achieving end goal through successful
implementation of the programmes, which have a replicable effect.
• Broad based knowledge and understanding in different areas of NGO and Government level
functioning like NGO networking, organizing funds for grass root level NGOs and help them to
ensure continuity of the programme, NGO Auditing in terms of work and financial
management, Liasoning with various Govt, departments to help NGOs to achieve their
respective set goals, conducting impact assessment studies and help NGOs to prepare various
project reports, appraisal studies which the NGOs suppose to provide to donor agencies from
time to time.
• Develop policy, guiding principles and framework based on experience and innovation to the
organizations involved in developmental activities,
• Effective communicator with required negotiation skills, leadership and ability to perform in a
team and as an individual.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to work under pressure and multi task operation.

Employment History

September 2008 Assistant Director, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi

May, 2006 Research Officer, NCSC, M/o Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India, New
Delhi

August, 2001 Senior Investigator, National Commission for Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes
(NCSCST), National Commission for SCs(NCSC), Govt. of India, New Delhi and
Kolkata

December, 1998 Research Assistant, Town & Country Planning Organization (TCPO), M/o Urban
Development & Poverty Alleviation, Govt. of India, New Delhi

August, 1994 Investigator, All India Radio (AIR),M/o Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of
India, Raipur and Kueseong(Darjeeling, West Bengal).

May, 1992 Project Support Coordinator, Child Relief & You (CRY), Kolkata

January, 1991 Research Associate, Indian Institute of Bio-Social Research & Development
(IBRAD), Kolkata and Kharagpur (West Bengal)

Expertise & Knowledge Domain

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 • Conceptualization, development and negotiation with funding agencies for new projects/
programme, conducting feasibility studies, development of implementation strategies and
identification of suitable programme partners and options, programme monitoring and
preparing project reports to assess viability of projects, predictable cash flow and growth
opportunities.
• Liasoning with various stake groups including government departments at various stages,
donor agencies, partner organizations etc.
• Identify, recruit, and appraise programme staff / partner NGOs for programme
implementation.
• Institutional and capacity building measures for various programme partners like GOs,
NGOs, Community Development Partners etc.
• Development of modules/ strategy and formation of training pools for CB activists.
• Establishing financial / non-financial partnership with interested organizations.
• Designing, managing and coordinating operation research and writing scientific articles for
publications.
• Liasoning with media groups.

Projects/ Programme Undertaken

1. Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt. of India – Cater various needs of the disadvantaged
minority communities including Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists & Parsees. Presently
responsible in managing Administration, Establishment and Parliament Sections of the
Ministry.
2. National Commission for Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes(NCSCST)/ National
Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), M/o Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt.
of India - Responsible to cater various needs and demands of scheduled castes
communities. Presently posted in the Atrocity and Protection of Civil Rights Wing and
working in unison with Home Departments and Social Welfare Departments of all States
and UTs and also with other stake groups.
3. Town & Country Planning Organization (TCPO), M/o Urban Development & Poverty
Alleviation, Govt. of India - Various Urban development Projects like IDSMT projects,
Satellite Township projects in various States have been catered to. The nature of job
involved intensive study on socio-economic condition of town/slum dwellers and assist the
Town Planners to develop urban infrastructure suitable for the target groups keeping in view
the religious/ ethnic composition and cultural ethos of the people of the project area.
4. All India Radio (AIR) M/o Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India - Issues like
listening behaviors and trend for listening of radio programmes have been assessed. These
includes Firm & Radio Program which deals with rural masses engaged in firm based
cultivation/kitchen garden farming etc. besides, audience specific other programmes like
programme for women, children, youth etc. During the stint with AIR, many studies have
been conducted in the state of Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, West Bengal etc.
5. Child Relief & You (CRY), Non Govt. Organization:- Many socio-economic
development projects/ programmes including income generation, adult & continuing
education, neonatal – postnatal, HIV/AIDS and other health related awareness camps,
sanitation and environment related, capacity building and related issues were handled.
Responsible in catering 21 NGOs located in eastern / northeastern regions in the country
primarily responsible in catering needs of the children and also involve in enhancing
general socio-economic condition of the people in their respective project areas.

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6. Indian Institute of Bio-Social Research & Development (IBRAD), Non Govt.
Organization: - Project on Joint Forest Management (JFM)/ Community Based Forest
Management had handled during the stint with IBRAD. The emphasis of JFM was to
improve socio-economic condition of the people living in fringed areas around the forest so
as to lesson burden on the fragile forest in southern West Bengal. Many training
programmes for the senior IFS (India Forest Services) officers were organized in
collaboration with the IIT, Kharagpur, M/o Environment & Forest, Govt. of India and Ford
Foundation who acted as sponsoring agency.
A project on mother-child health awareness campaign was launched in the delta region of
Sunderban, West Bengal where the undersigned was also involved.

IT Skills
Office Automation and Internet application

Workshops, Training and Conference Attended

• Seminar on “Issues emerging out from Jharkhand Movement” held at Bokaro, Bihar
(now Jhankhand) in the year 1990. A paper also presented during the occasion as one of
the keynote addressee.
• Attended workshops on “Transactional Analysis on Human Behavior” in 1991/1992 at
Kolkata
• “NGO Auditing” – a workshop attended in the year 1993 at Hotel Park, Kolkata
organized by IBRAD.
• “Training on Joint Forest Management” organized at IIT, Kharagpur in 1992. The M/o
Environment & Forest, Govt. of India/ Govt. of West Bengal and Ford Foundation as
sponsoring agency organized the training.
• Attended Field exposure training on the issues related to Non-Wood Forest Produce and
sustainable regeneration of natural Sal forest at Bangalore in 1991. The programme was
organized by IISc, Bangalore in collaboration with TERI and Ford Foundation as
sponsoring agency.
• Understanding Issues related to operational functioning of NGOs – a field based
exposure training attended in 1993 at Bundelkhand area, Uttar Pradesh.
• Workshop on Entrepreneurship and development of Schedules Castes had attended
which was organized by NIED, Bhopal at Bhubaneswar fro December 21 – 25, 2008.
• Development of Scheduled Castes – a national training organized at National Institute of
Rural Development (NIRD), M/o Rural Development, Govt. of India at Hyderabad from
21 – 26 August, 2008.

Workshops & Training Programme designed and executed

• Understanding issues related social research on forestry – an in-house training organized

for IBRAD personnel in 1992
• Financial Management in NGO Operation – a workshop organized for the partner
organizations of CRY, Eastern Region in 1993.
• Nuances of Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989 – training programme
organized for IPS officers and other police personnel in the state of West Bengal, Orissa
and Sikkim in 2003-2006
• Nuances of Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 – training programme organized for IPS
officers and other police personnel in the state of West Bengal and Sikkim in 2003 –
2006.

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Monitoring & Evaluation
• Effect on the government funding on the programmes meant and design for welfare of
scheduled castes by various State/ UT Governments under budget head SCP, SCA to
SCP, TSP programme etc., 2002
• Effect of All India Radio in terms of dissemination of development related programmes
/ projects sponsored by the Government of India or by the respective State Governments
under AIR coverage area.1995
• Joint Forest Management – an impact assessment study, 1993

HR Management & Exposure in Managing Establishments

• Managing Field Office of IBRAD at Kharagpur from 1991 – 1992
• Facilitate NGOs to select personnel as per specific need of the organization, 1993 - 1994
• Being in-charge of Atrocity & Protection of Civil Rights Wing, NCSC, responsible in
managing establishment of the Wing, which is manned by subordinate staff members,
2006- 2008
• Guided batch of professionals employed for conducting research surveys pertaining to
listening pattern of AIR audience 1994 – 1998.
• Being in-charge of Administration/Establishment of Ministry of Minority Affairs,
responsible in catering requirements of officers/officials of their various needs and
requirements.

Educational Qualifications

• M.Sc. in Social Anthropology from Dr H.S.Gaur University, (1990), Sagar, Madhya

Pradesh
• B.Sc. in Anthropology from Calcutta University, 1986

Academic Achievement

Stood 2nd in Post Graduation examination (Social/ Cultural Anthropology)

Field Experience
• Having experience in the field of forestry and community development including the
area of mother child health and ecological development programme. The area of work
has been tribal districts of Midnapur, Purulia, Bankura, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri and
Darjeeling in West Bengal, part of Jharkhand, Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh,
Orissa, Arunachal Pradesh and Andaman & Nicobar Island. Among the tribal
communities have worked in forestry related projects are Santhal, Lodha, Kheria,
Munda, Oraon Nagesia etc. in West Bengal; Apatani, Dafla, Mishmi in Arunachal
Pradesh; Baiga, Chenchu, Kora in Orissa; Bhil, Gond, Karku in Madhya Pradesh and
Admanese, Onge Nicobarese in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
• Having worked extensively in Sundarban delta area on mother- child reproductive
health system, pre-natal and post-natal care of mother health and hygiene pattern of the
areas where studies/ projects have been launched by IBRAD.
• Being Project Support Coordinator, Eastern Region- CRY, opportune to have travel
extensively in the state of West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar and North-Eastern States to
monitors projects funded by CRY in the area of children and adult education, income
generation program for women including formation of Self- Help Groups/Cooperative
Functional Bodies at rural level.

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• During the stint with AIR, have conducted listeners survey including Farm House Radio
Program, Women’s program etc. in the State of Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.
• In National Commission, get acquainted with numerous sociopolitical problems the
poorest of the poor including tribal are subjected to in our country. During National
Commission tenure, have made many field visit to enquire atrocity complaints in the
state of Delhi, Haryana, West Bengal, Orissa & Sikkim so far.

Personal Details

1. Present Address: Central Govt. Quarters No. 1029

Sector III, Pusp Vihar, New Delhi 110 017
Tel. +919891982240 / +919350995780 ®

2. Permanent Address: C/o Ajit Kr. Bhattacharyya, Sultanpur

P.O. Jagacha, Dist. Howrah, Pin 711 111
Tel. 033-2658 0761

3. Date of Birth 15th January, 1966

4. Languages Known Bengali, English, Hindi and Nepali (partly)