Our Consultants
Each one of our consultants is an expert in their respective domains. They have years of experience of having implemented and guided & mentored teams and organisations. Wherever & whenever Livesscape works it is the experience & expertise of these professionals which shines through.
Senior Consultant, Livelihoods Enterprise Development
S. Swaminathan
An enterprise specialist who blends strategic business insights with grassroots development experience. As NRLM's National Resource Person, Swami transforms collective initiatives into sustainable enterprises. His 23-year professional journey spans multiple states, specializing in FPO development and value chain optimization. Now advising women-led producer organizations while designing practical frameworks that elevate rural business models from concept to market-ready reality.
Senior Consultant, Gender & Social Development
Shameem Sheik Dastagir
With over 30 years advancing women's rights across 40+ countries, Shameem brings feminist leadership to international development. She's guided UN Women India, trained 200+ personnel on gender-based violence, and led ActionAid's global women's rights programmes across 35 countries. Her expertise lies in designing & mentoring transformative solutions that bridge social justice with organisational impact.
Consultant, Livelihoods & Enterprenuership
Mohsin Ahmed Khan
Having worked across sectors and geographies, Mohsin's journey involved active engagement with rural communities, the start-up eco-system and youth. He focusses his energies towards bridging the gap between traditional wisdom and contemporary innovation. He identifies his journey is that of finding his role in India's growing rural economy, filled with opportunities for meaningful change.
He is curious about people, passionate about impact—fuelling change with effective leadership.
Senior Consultant, ICT & Social Development
Jaikar Wagh
Jaikar brings over 15 years of expertise in designing IT systems for the nonprofit sector. He plays a pivotal role in driving the technological backbone of our innovations, seamlessly integrating digital solutions to enhance impact. His expertise ensures that our clients leverage cutting-edge technology for sustainable and scalable change.
Senior Consultant, Rural Livelihoods & Inclusive Value Chains
Debashis Mandal
Debashis has been long associated with multiple organisations while leading livelihoods and value chains initiatives in PRADAN, ALC among others. He is very passionate about guiding youngsters who are new to this sector as he believes that is a recipe for bringing in sustainable change.
Senior Consultant, Institution Building
Dhrubaa Mukhopadhyay
Dhrubaa Mukhopadhyay, former senior leader at PRADAN, empowers communities through participatory decision-making. With experience across Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh, she has led teams and collaborated with governments to drive grassroots change. Passionate about inclusive development, she champions sustainable, community-led transformation.
Senior Consultant, Gender & Development
Aasha Ramesh
Aasha, a senior leader with experience at WaterAid and Christian Aid, is a faculty member at NIAS and a National Resource Person for DAY-NRLM. Specializing in gender and development, she drives inclusive, sustainable solutions, empowering rural communities and shaping equitable gender roles amid social and economic transformations.
Senior Consultant, Climate Resilient Livelihoods
Sanjay Ray
Sanjay has been in leadership positions in many reputed development agencies like Livolink India, Harsha Trust PRADAN to name just a few. he is an expert in promotion of livelihoods and making value chains sensitive & inclusive for the underserved.
Senior Consultant, Livelihoods & Value Chains
Saujanendra Swain
Saujanendra has well over two decades of experience of working with multiple organisations across the globe! He is a livelihoods expert with a passion for developing capacities of rural households so that they can earn more and live prosperous lives!
Senior Consultant, Livelihoods & Value Chains
Bhuvaneshwari N
Bhuvaneshwari brings in several decades of experience in promotion of Livelihoods & enterprises. She is and has been with many reputed organisations like the World Bank PRADAN DAY NRLM to name a few. She is empanelled b y NIRD as a National Resource Person for livelihoods as well as gender for the guiding the roll out of DAY NRLM by multiple SRLMs
Consultant, Livelihoods & Inclusive Value Chains
Debasish Nath
Debasish is a seasoned expert in livelihoods promotion, with extensive experience across various roles in the development sector. Passionate about driving sustainable change, he brings a strategic approach to community empowerment. An avid cricket enthusiast, he often draws valuable life and leadership lessons from the game, applying them to his work.
Senior Consultant, Institution Building & Community Financing
Kaushik Gupta
A seasoned development solutions designer with over 21 years of experience, he holds a postgraduate degree in Commerce and Rural Management. Having worked with NRLM, CARE, Vedanta, and multinationals, his expertise spans project design, implementation, digitization, system development, financial management, and monitoring & evaluation for impactful development initiatives.
Consultant, Institutions & Capacity Building
Sharad Pawar
Sharad is a resident of Maharashtra and is an expert in guiding organisations and mentoring their Capacity Building strategies. He also has a youtube channel where he regularly posts content around issues about which he is passionate and about content which is critical for learning as well putting together resilient community based organisations
Consultant, Communication & Design
Kanta Singh
Kanta is very passionate about telling stories irrespective of the medium. SHe has been associated in multiple projects with reputed organisations like ICCO GAIL & UNICEF, A quick learner she is equally passionate about upscaling development initiatives
Founders
Co-founder & CEO
Girish Chandra Pradhan
An out & out operations person Girish loves to solve problems and ensure systems run the way they should - efficiently & effectively! Girish has been associated with PRADAN & ALC in various middle and top level management positions. As a consultant he has been associated with DAY NRLM as well as multiple SRLMs in helping them shape their theory of change and also guiding their action in the field for setting systems in Community based organisations and also preparing their cutting edge staff to mentor high quality Community institutions.
Co-founder & Director, Knowledge Management & Communications
Shivaji N Choudhury
A social development professional with over 20 years of experience in sustainability strategy, inclusive livelihoods, institution building, and agricultural value chains for marginalized communities. He has held key roles with FAO, World Bank, PRADAN, NRLM, SRLMs, and major CSRs, excelling as an implementer, change manager, and consultant. Passionate about driving impact, he blends strategic insight with hands-on execution. When not working, he finds inspiration in travel and exploration.
Project Staff
Field Consultant
Reena
Reena is engaged with the cloud Kitchen project in the Delhi NCR area.
Zonal Coordinator
Pynhunlang Lyngkhoi
Pynhun is looking after operations of our Meghalaya Project. Hailing from Nongriat, Pynhun has a Masters in Science & after a stint with the Meghalaya State Rural Livelihoods Mission has decided to work for the development of the rural masses.