Kumar Amarendra N. Singh

About Kumar Amarendra N. Singh

Now, for over 26 years, I have been professionally associated with the development sector - focusing on rural development/transformation, health, agriculture (agribusiness) & food processing, micro-finance, skill development and policy advocacy. I have also worked extensively on capacity building and empowerment of community based organisations including the PRIs. In leadership positions, in last 10 years, have been leading major business development efforts successfully at federal and state levels. I have worked with national and international NGOs, World Bank and global advisory/consultancy firms, viz, Ernst & Young LLP & Grant Thornton India LLP. I have represented my employer, at various international/global platforms and been speaker at the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore), Queensland Institute of Technology (Brisbane), Cairo, Bangkok, Manila, Addis Ababa, Dhaka & Kathmandu. Specialties: Project Management. Sector expertise in areas of rural transformation & development (farm and non-farm); Water & Sanitation, Livelihood, disaster risk management, networks and partnerships; Policy research & impact evaluation. Specifically, in the recent past, I was engaged with leadership responsibilities in providing advisory services under various projects including on Agribusiness Promotion Facilities under World Bank supported projects on agriculture competitiveness in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Assam and government funded initiatives in Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Karnataka; due diligence of project implementation agencies under DDUGKY (NSDC) and Paschim Banga State Skill Development (Government of West Bengal); PMC/PMA functions under Ministry of Food Processing Industries (GOI), PMC with Department of Textiles (Government of India); PMC with Department of Industries (Government of Jharkhand) among others.

Experience

1. Director

   Palladium: Make It Possible

   May 2022 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Palladium is a global impact firm, working at the intersection of social impact and commercial growth. For over 50 years, we’ve been helping our clients to see the world as interconnected – by formulating strategies, building partnerships, and implementing programs that have a lasting social and financial impact. We simply call this “positive impact”. We work with corporations, governments, investors, communities, and civil society. With a global network operating in over 90 countries, Palladium is in the business of making the world a better place.

Education

• Delhi University

  M.Phil, Anthropology, 2nd position

  1988 — 1991

• Ranchi University

  Master’s Degree, Anthropology, 2nd Rank in University

  1984 — 1988

• St. Xavier's College, Ranchi

  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Chemistry, Physics & Mathematics

  1979 — 1984

• University of Delhi

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Anthropology

  1992 — 1995

• St. John's School Ranchi

  High School, Science, First

  1969 — 1979