Anupam Biswal

About Anupam Biswal

Anupam Biswal, a development/ social sector professional who is passionate about resolving complex problems in the themes related to sustainable livelihoods, health and education for the youth and poor/ vulnerable. Currently, he leads the health startup Last Mile Care, India which endeavors to create market place to network service providers and care seekers effectively. Earlier, had led the Nutrition Program in CHAI. He has advocated and implemented POCs for the nutrition sensitive approaches to integrate dietary diversity and food systems to improve nutritional outcomes; by engaging the community-based platforms like SHGs. His professional engagement ranges in different spheres of corporate (like EY, Accenture); IFIs (like WB, ADB) and CSOs wherein he assumed various roles of leadership and program manager; within various government (national & international) projects. He was the key anchor and counted among the few for the policy directions in India like skill development of rural below poverty line youth, models of vocational training implementation across various sectors as state mission, community led total sanitation campaigns and doubling farmers income through entrepreneurship. He led the mentor India campaign in 2016 and also support the initial framework of local standardized health clinics for urban development. Earlier he has also contributed to the women empowerment programs based on community based SHG systems by working in World Bank funded assignments. He has travelled across most of the states in India and effectively networked across the top leaders, bureaucrats, corporates, and social sector leaders. He has led professional teams in some of the strategic international assignments in South Asian regions like Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Thailand, and Malaysia. He finds time to coach youth for career in defense and mentors’ start-ups in themes like land accelerators, health systems, and agriculture diversity. Anupam has struck a perfect balance in applying the principles from defense (Indian Army Officer) and rural management principles (MBA from XISS, Ranchi). He has accomplished the executive program in management from Cornell University. He embraces the dynamics within leadership, enjoys experiencing cultural authenticity and is spontaneously creative in making the youth around feel empowered. He enjoys playing various outdoor sports and perseveres to compete/excel in them.

Experience

1. Founder

   Last Mile Care

   Jan 2021 — Present · IN

   Leading an innovative market enabler and shaping the interaction of service providers and care seekers effectively by digital transformation for standardizing the primary healthcare- making if affordable accessible and accountable

Education

• Cornell University

  Executive certification in Program Management

• NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY

  B.Sc

  2001 — 2004

• Vyomayona Samstha Vidyalaya

  CBSE

  1987 — 2001

• Xavier Institute of Social Service

  PG Diploma in rural development

  2008 — 2010

• INDIAN MILITARY ACADEMY

  Pre Commissioned Army Training

  2005 — 2006

• Cornell University

  Executive Program in Management

  2021 — 2021