Mr. Debotosh Mahato New Town, Inda, Kharagpur Email Id: dev1988dec@gmail.com

West Midnapore, West Bengal, 721305 Mobile No: 09771472712/07250108254

Professional Summary

Mr. Debotosh Mahato has an experience of more than three years in the sector of in Renewable & Alternative Energy, Social Development, Community Mobilisation, and Monitoring & Evaluation. He has worked on Green Business Opportunities (GBOs), Community Based Monitoring System (CBMS), System of Rice Intensification (SRI), District innovation Forum (DIF) assignments. Mr. Mahato’s experience includes need assessment, project planning, execution, networking, team building, monitoring & evaluation & impact analysis along with developing training curriculum for field staffs. He is working as Young Professional in Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society, Bihar and currently looks after Green Business Opportunities assignment in Gaya district of Bihar, India. He is interested in exploring his learning to social, economical and environmental dimensions. His way of working is target driven and quality oriented.

Objective To acquire a challenging position where there is scope for intellectual growth & learning

Education Master In Business Administration (Rural Management) KIIT School of Rural Management, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (2010-2012) Grade: 6.6 Bachelor In Business Administration (Hons) Techno India, West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata, W.B. (2007-2010) Grade: 6.6

Other Qualification

Directed study in Regional and Rural Development Planning at The School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand from 1st to 30th June 2011.

Attended an e-learning course on Policy Instruments for Low Emissions Development organized by The World Bank Group Climate Change vice Presidency in association with e-Institute, the World Bank from March 24 – April 8, 2015

Attended an e-learning course on “Energy Sector Strategies to Support Green Growth” organized by The World Bank Group Climate Change vice Presidency in association with e-Institute, the World Bank from 1st February 2015 to 7th March 2015.

Attended an e-learning course on Women’s Economic Empowerment organized by GED eLearning Team, the World Bank from 16th March to 10th April 2015

Dissertation Preparatory field work for carbon financing through System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Bihar. KIIT School of Rural Management, KIIT University, Odisha. (2011)

Work Experiences

Designation : Young Professional- Green Business Opportunities Agency : Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society, Bihar India Responsibility : Designing and overseeing implementation of Renewable &

Alternative Energy projects in Gaya, Bihar. Installation of over 3000 Solar Home Lighting Systems and 2700 Solar Lantern under BRLPS (JEEViKA)-Bihar Renewable Energy

Development Agency (BREDA)/TERI MoU. Overseeing implementation of solar mini-grids totalling 42KW to provide electricity to 600HHs in two villages in Gaya, Bihar Conducting micro-planning, baseline surveys, feasibility analysis and pilot test of the clean technology at the village level, and analyzing the results obtained for technical and financial feasibility for the various stakeholders involved. Developed Community Based Organization as Energy Enterprise and community cadres termed as Urja Mitra to promote, install and provide after sale service for clean energy products among rural households

Duration : November 2013- Present

Designation : In-charge Block Project Manager Agency : Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society, Bihar, India Responsibility : Planning and execution of all project activities/intervention at block

level, Belaganj block of Gaya district, Bihar (India)

Duration : April 2014- June 2014

Designation :Young Professional- Community Based Monitoring System Agency : Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society, Bihar, India Responsibility : Undertook an in- depth study of community level institutions such as

SHGs, VOs and CLFs. Prepared a comprehensive monitoring tool to be used by the community for higher level federations (VOs and CLFs). Rolled out community score card generation process in select district through development of a tool.

Duration :May 2012- November 2013

Designation : In-Charge Nodal Person- District Innovation Forum Agency : Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society, Bihar, India Responsibility : Identifying and recognizing innovation from the grassroots level.

Liaison and coordinate with district administration and other stakeholder at district level. Event conceptualization and management.

Duration :June 2013 – July 2013

Freelance Work Experiences

Designation :Research Consultant

Agency : Rural Spark Energy India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi India Responsibility : Developing the data collection instruments or tools.

To evaluate the impact of Solar Smart Grid (Prepaid model) and Video dissemination process at School. To evaluate the impact of Women Entrepreneurship Model.

Duration : November 2014- May 2015 Academic Field Work Experience

Agency : Go Dairy Pvt. Ltd. Darjeeling, West Bengal Assignment : Market research and value chain analysis on milk Production in

Darjeeling, WB Duration : December 2011 - February 2012

Agency : Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society, Bihar India Assignment : Preparatory field work for carbon financing through System of Rice

Intensification (SRI) in Bihar

Duration : July 2011 - September 2011 Agency : Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. Thailand

Academics Project

: Impact Assessment of Sufficiency Economy in the Kok Ding-Dang village of Saraburi province of Thailand. Impact evaluation of Savings Group and Village Development Fund

Duration :June 2011 Agency : Vivekananda Institute of Bio Technology, West Bengal

Assignment : Study on design the channel management for technology delivery in the area of agro biotechnology

Duration : December 2010 - February 2011 Training & Workshop

Training on TOT on Institution Capacity Building organised by Sahbhagi Shikshan Kendra, Lucknow, U.P. India from 1st February to 8th February 2013

Attended one week training on “Community Score Card” organised by Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society, Nalanda and Muzaffarpur, Bihar India in September 2012

Attended Training course on Commodity Market Programme, at Financial Technologies Knowledge Management Co. Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Journal and Conference Publications:

Presented case study on “Preparatory field work for carbon financing through System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Khagaria district, Bihar” at Training course on Organic Farming and its Certificate process for officers of State Agriculture Dept. of Bihar at DNS Institute, Patna from 26th - 30th November 2013. Host organization: Regional centre of organic farming, Ministry of agriculture, DAC, Government of India, Odisha

Debotosh Mahato, Abhishek Pathak, Shibani Mishra, C. Anand and Nishant Jaiswal (November 2011) Field Research on “Preparatory field work for carbon financing through System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Bihar” has published on Management Traineeship Segment brochure - Holistic Approach Holistic solution at KIIT School of Rural Management.

Software & Tools

Microsoft Office Applications (MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook)

SPSS Skills Research Methodologies:

Participatory Design, Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)

Personal Details

Date of Birth : 17 December 1988 Marital Status : Single Language : Hindi, English, Bengali