Mr. Mukesh Gulati is a Post Graduate in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and graduate in engineering from National Institute of Technology. He has coordinated a number of projects on behalf of United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) for 12 years on cluster based SME development. He has also represented UNIDO on several international forums and conducted a range of training programmes for policy makers from more than a dozen developing countries. During his career of 20 years, he has authored several books and publications in the area of SME development to his credit. To contact, please write to mukesh@msmefoundation.org.

Dr. Tamal Sarkar is D. Phil in the Economics of Cluster Development. He has 17 years' of experience in industrial development, with special reference to MSME. He has extensive hands on experience in cluster development and specializes in cluster development and poverty alleviation. He has authored a number of policy and methodology documents in the area of cluster development, poverty alleviation and resource based planning. He is also a pioneer trainer in the area of cluster development. To contact, please write to tamal@msmefoundation.org.

Mr. Parvinder Pal is an MA in Economics from Kurukshetra University. Mr. Pal has been passionately engaged in promoting community development initiatives across micro enterprise clusters for over 25 years. His conceptualization skills, affinity to strike balance with stakeholders in ‘poverty intensive clusters’ and deep understanding of sociological aspects of community development have enabled him to strategize economic development issues with an inclusive perspective. He has experience in promotion of community education and also technology development for poor leather artisans. He has worked as consultant to the UNIDO Cluster Development Programme in India for over 3 years and also worked with ILO in the area of cluster development. To contact, please write to parvinder.pal@msmefoundation.org.

Mr. Amar Singh is a Graduate of Delhi University. He had been associated with the central public sector enterprise for over 4 years during which he has helped in formulation of programs, policies and schemes for promotion and development of MSMEs, by providing strategic inputs from varied public and private sector sources. He has worked in UNIDO cluster development program for more than 8 years. His key skills are in the areas of administration and financial system supports, liasioning and networking. To contact, please write to amar.singh@msmefoundation.org.

Ms. Sukanya Banerjee is a Post Graduate in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University. During her work with ICRIER (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations) and CII (Confederation of Indian Industries) she has undertaken various research based assignments encompassing areas like WTO, Trade Facilitation and Retail. She has 6 years of work experience in policy related areas. To contact, please write to sukanya.banerjee@msmefoundation.org.

Mr. Ranjan Singh is an Engineering Graduate with specialisation in Electrical Engineering and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Quality management. He has 11 years of experience in managing techno-commercial projects in corporate sector in India and East Africa. He has also dealt extensively in financing and development of SMEs. To contact, please write to ranjan.singh@msmefoundation.org.

Mr. Asish Palit is a Post Graduate in Economics with honorus in graduate level from the university of Kolkatta and Klyani. He has 30 years of experience in industrial development with special reference to MSME.He has worked as Joint Director of Industries in charge of Cluster development for last five years. He has also worked as Chief Industrial officer Directors of industrial affairs, government of Botsana for 3 years in Africa for development in MSME. To contact, please write to asish.palit@msmefoundation.org.

Dr. Rajeev Sharma is PhD in Industrial Economics, from the Department of Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh. He has presented and published several papers in different national conferences and in some refereed publications. He has an experience of 5 years in academics having worked as a guest faculty in the Dept of Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh and thereafter as a permanent faculty in the area of Economics at ICFAI Business School, Indore and Hyderabad. His area of interest is microeconomics, industrial economics and cluster development. To contact, please write to rajeev.sharma@msmefoundation.org.

Ms. Sangeeta Agasty is a Management Graduate from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB). She also holds a Masters Degree in Economics. She has more than 5 years of professional experience of implementing and managing livelihood projects, monitoring and evaluation, action research and consultancy work in the area of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (MSME) based Cluster Development, BDS development, value chain management, participatory development approaches and assessment tools, training and capacity building. She has worked with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as a National Expert in MSME based Cluster development, with International Water Management Institute (IWMI) as an intern and with central government as an economist. She has presented and published several papers in national and international conferences and reputed journals.

Mr. K.L.Sarkar is an M.Tech in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology. He has done his MBA in Finance and he is also an ISO lead auditor (IRCA certified). He has 24 years experience in the area of Design , Development, Monitoring and Evaluation of Training Programme; IT Project Management, IT Infrastructure Management, Collection of data and generating of MIS report, Implementation and Maintenance of Quality Management System. He has also experience in the area of Production, Production Planning & Control in consumer electronics industry. To contact, please write to kl.sarkar@msmefoundation.org.

Sanjeev Kumar is a Post graduate in Management from ASoDL, Amity University and graduate in Engineering from GBPUA&T, pantnagar, Uttaranchal. He has 17 years of experience in the industry and has worked in reputed organisations in the field of Automobile, Construction Company,Press and Hospitality Industry. He has worked in Escorts, Times of India, Oberoi, Old world Hospitality, Radisson, PVR and India Bulls at various capacities and was Head of Engineering for the last 8 years. He has hands on experience on Energy saving projects, Industrial environment and corporate culture. To contact, please write to sanjeev.kumar@msmefoundation.org.

Mr. Ravinder Kishor Dwivedi is a Post Graduate in Commerce from CSJM University and also has done Master in Social Work from MPBH University, Bhopal. He has several years experience in community development in rural areas. During his involvement with Organisations like BASIX, UNIDO, IIRD (Indian Institute Rural Development), Gramodaya Sansthan and Rishi Valley Institutions he has undertaken community based economic development activities like formation of SHGs and JLGs, linking community with MFIs. Currently he is working as a project executive in the Foundation and involved in marketing related projects. To contact, please write to ravinder.dwivedi@msmefoundation.org.

Mr. Amit Kumar Tyagi is a Post Graduate in Commerce. He has 5 years experience in financial Accounting & Taxation with Chartered Accountants firms, Socoeties (Trusts) & Companies; likely Action for Autism, Janmadhyam, Earthmetters, Hubert Ebner (India) Pvt Ltd, Riverbank Studios, Niti Shree & some Individual Assesses/HUF/firms etc. His key skills are in the areas of Finance and Taxation. To contact, please write to amit.tyagi@msmefoundation.org.

Mr. Sagnik Lahiri is a Graduate in Political Science from Calcutta University and has done Certificate course in information technology. He was involved with D.P.E.P. (District Primary Education Program) in West Bengal for a short assignment for 6 months in 2002. His key skills are in the area of research and documentation. To contact, please write to sagnik.lahiri@msmefoundation.org.

Ms. Neetu Goel is a Management Graduate from Institute of Marketing and Management, New Delhi. She has done a short assignment for 4 months in Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Tourism division. She has also worked with apple computers in their sales and demonstration program. Her key skills are marketing and research. To contact, please write to neetu.goel@msmefoundation.org.

Mr. Balajee K.M. is a Post Graduate in Financial Economics from Madras School of Economic, Chennai and graduate in Economics from Loyola College, Chennai. He has done an internship with Bero international, central research team in forecasting and been an online tutor for one year, where he teaches economics and solve basic econometrics to Under Graduates and help various grades till PhDs for their Quantitative and Qualitative research work. To contact, please write to kmbalajee@msmefoundation.org.

Ms. Preeti Gupta is a Post Graduate in Public Administration from Andhra University, Vishakapatnam. She has 4 years of experience in development sector with organizations like AC Nielson, Org Marg and Medicine Sans Frontier (MSF). Her key skill is in the area of Administration. To contact, please write to preeti@msmefoundation.org.

Ms. Angeline Sangeetha is an Engineering graduate in the department of Electronics and Instrumentation from Karunya University. She has undergone in-plant training at Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital in the field of Bio-Medical Instrumentation. She holds a Diploma in Embedded Electronics Design. She is also an on-line free lance writer with the website academia-research.com. To contact, please write to sangeetha.suresh@msmefoundation.org.

Rahul Bhalla is a Post Graduate in Information Technology from SMU, New Delhi and B.A(Hons.) in Public Admin. from IGNOU. Professional: Diploma in DWAD from NIIT, Web Designing from MIMT. He has total 4.5 years of experience. His key skills are in Research and Development (like Web Application, Database Development, Designing, MIS, Researcher and Quality Management). To contact, please write to rahul.bhalla@msmefoundation.org.