Shankar Narayanan

Profile Synopsis

Summary: A development professional with hands-on project implementation and project funding support experience over the past nearly 25 years in the non-profit sector in India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines and Ethiopia. My goal is to learn from community based natural resource management, water supply and sanitation, urban and rural development, disaster risk reduction and disaster risk management experiences in South and East Asia, Africa, Latin America and Central Asia to establish learning and knowledge management networks on these topics across these regions..

What do I have to offer (Haves): Community Based Natural Resource Management project design and implementation experience.

Workshop design and facilitation skills.

Team building and team work enhancement workshops.

Leadership training.

Human Resource Development and Human Re.

What do I seek (Wants):  Networking. Learning and knowledge management opportunities. Opportunities to learn more..

Shankar Narayanan's Profile Overview

Current Company Senior Social Development Specialist at The World Bank
Industry : Banking
Department: Operations, from Oct 1999 till now

Job Description : As Senior Social Development Specialist with the Social, Environment and Water Resources Development Unit of the Sustainable Development Department in South Asia Region, my role is to provide Social Development inputs in the preparation and implementation of World Bank supported Projects. In addition to working on Water (Irrigation), Water Supply and Sanitation, Water Resources Management, Watershed, Forestry, and Biodiversity Conservation and Management Projects, I am Task Team Leader for the India-Emergency Tsunami Reconstruction Project which is part of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Risk Management portfolio in India..

Past Company Programme Officer Rural Development (MERC) at Aga Khan Foundation
Industry : Educational/Training
Department: Operations, from from Jul 1996 till Sep 1999

Job Description : As Programme Officer Rural Development (MERC), my role was to operationalize the "Management of Environmental Resources by Communities (MERC)" grant of INR 10.8 Crores from the India Canada Environment Facility (ICEF) for the Aga Khan Foundation. I identified innovative small programme initiatives for funding pilot projects in community based natural resources management, capacity building through Support Organizations and Research, Networking and Policy Advocacy initiatives in the 4 Central Western Indian Provinces of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra..

Educational Information MBA/PGDM at Institute of Rural Management, Anand
from May 1983 till Mar 1985
MBA/PGDM at Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)
from Jan 1983 till Jan 1985

Shankar Narayanan's Additional information

Reason to be on PeerPower :  Meeting People,Sharing Knowledge And Expertise,Reunion With Colleagues,Batchmates,Finding Information About Institutes & Companies

Website : http://www.worldbank.org

Web Profile : http://www.peerpower.com/pub/shankarnarayanan

Shankar Narayanan's Personal Details

Gender:Male

Interest:Sports--- Table Tennis, Badminton, Tennis, Cricket

Music-- Rock, Ghazals, Old and New Hindi Film music, Kishore Kumar, Hemant Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh, Asha Bhosle, R.D.Burman,

Movies, Reading, Travelling, Wildlife, Trekking, Exercise, Joggin