Sankar Datta

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Sankar Datta is a development worker who has spent his life searching for a better way to Serve people of India.

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Sankar Datta
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Born (1958-02-17) February 17, 1958 (age 66)
Jamshedpur, Bihar, India
Occupation(s)Development Professional, Academic, Professor
Known forPRADAN, BASIX (India),The Livelihood School, Microfinance, Livelihood
SpouseSonja Datta
ChildrenSoumya Sankar

Dr. Sankar Datta [1] (born February 17, 1958), is an Indian academic and professional development worker. Since the early 1980s, Datta is known for his engagement in rural livelihood promotion and support activities. Most of his field works have been in the undulating terrains of Central India, such as, Chhota Udaipur, in the west, and Jharkhand in the east, which are inhabited by various tribal groups.

Datta is a management graduate from the very first batch of Institute of Rural Management Anand, Gujarat, [2] a graduate in Agriculture from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology and Ph.D. in Economics from Sardar Patel University.

Background

Datta is a Development Evangelist, well known for his work in the field on livelihood support, as a part of institutions like PRADAN and BASIX. He was a professor at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, [1] and leading the Livelihood Initiative of the university as a Member of the Faculty of Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) and Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A). Having started his journey as a Spearhead Team Leader organizing soybean farmers in central parts of India, he continued working with small rural producers as part of the founding teams of BASIX/ Indian Grameen Services [3] [4] along with Vijay Mahajan, Deep Joshi, and PRADAN, two notable livelihood promotion and support institutions of India before joining the university. [5]

He was also the member of faculty of Institute of Rural Management Anand, [6] [7] as well as policy forums such as Working Group of the Planning Commission (India) for the 12th Five-Year Plan (India). [8]

Datta is known in India's development domain for his work in the area of Livelihoods. [9] [10]

Early life

Sankar Datta was born February 17, 1958, in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand (it was Bihar then), India. He spent his early childhood in Bihar. He did his schooling from Patha Bhavana, Santiniketan.[ citation needed ]

Academic background

Datta's early school education was done at Patha Bhavana, Viswa Bharati, Santiniketan, an institution founded by Rabindranath Tagore. He completed his post-graduation in Rural Management from Institute of Rural Management Anand, after completing his graduation in Agriculture (B Sc Ag & AH) from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology. He did his Ph.D on Factors Affecting Performance of Village Level Organisations in the area of Economics from Sardar Patel University. After that he pursued higher studies in Agribusiness management from the Cornell University.[ citation needed ]

Professional career

As an academic

As a practitioner and development Professional

Datta has been closely associated with promotion of Rural Livelihoods as a Practitioner.

Other professional engagements

Publications

Apart from presenting various papers [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] on the livelihood challenges faced by the poor in various national and international calamities he has published several books. [21] One of his frequently used publications is the Resource Book for Livelihood Promotion, [22] [23] co-authored with Vijay Mahajan and Gitali Thakur. He has also been involved in designing and editing the first five years of the State of India's Livelihood Report. [24]

Expertise

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sankar Datta". Azim Premji University. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Datta, Sankar. "Author information". swb.co.in/. Scholars without Borders. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Datta, Sankar. "IGS eyes 'poorer' terrains to meet micro finance targets". The Financial Express. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Datta, Sankar (22 November 2007). "India: Indian Grameen Services (IGS) Eyes 'Poorer' to Meet Microfinance Targets". MicroCapital. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Datta, Sankar. "Welcome to Indian Grameen Services". igsindia.org.in/. Indian Grameen Services. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013.
  6. ↑ IRMA (December 1998). "Editorial" (PDF). Network. 4. 4 (70): 8.
  7. ↑ "Factors Affecting Performance Of Village Level Organisations". INSTITUTE OF RURAL MANAGEMENT ANAND Research and Publication/ Catalogue / Working Papers. IRMA. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Working Group on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA)" (PDF). Planning Commission ( Rural Development Division). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "SPEAKERS-SANKAR DATTA". CITI-FINANCIAL EDUCATIONAL SUMMIT. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  10. ↑ Datta, Sankar; Mahajan, Vijay; Singha, Ashok Kumar (2009). "Land for Infrastructure Development: Livelihoods and Fair Compensation" (PDF). INDIA INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT 2009. Oxford University Press. pp. 131–141. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  11. ↑ "Sankar Datta". BASIX India Website. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Board Members- Mother Earth". motherearth.co.in. Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  13. ↑ Datta, Sankar. "Board Members - Indian Grameen Services". igsindia.org.in/. Indian Grameen Services. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  14. ↑ Datta, Sankar. "Board of Directors". village.net.in/. Village Financial Services. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  15. ↑ Datta, Sankar. "Board of Director". Maitri. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  16. ↑ "Sankar Datta -Publications and Writings" (PDF). Azim Premji University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  17. ↑ Datta, Sankar (October 1997). "Power, Politics and Village-Level Organisations: Oilseeds Growers' Co-operatives in MP". Economic and Political Weekly. 32 (39 (September 27 - October 3, 1997)): A114–A120. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  18. ↑ Datta, Sankar; N. Srinivasan (July 2008). "Consolidating the Growth of Microfinance Microfinance India: State of the Sector Report 2008 by N. Srinivasan Review by: Sankar Datta". Economic and Political Weekly. No. 30. 44: 31–32. JSTOR   40279309.
  19. ↑ "Books- Lead Author - Sankar Datta". www.sagepub.in. SAGE Publications India Pvt. Ltd. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  20. ↑ Edited by Dr. S.Srinivas, APMAS, Dr. Sankar Datta, ISLP and Prof. S.J.Phansalkar (January 2006). "Rural Livelihood in Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Mahila Abhivruddhi Society, Andhra Pradesh (APMAS) and Indian School of Livelihood Promotion. Mahila Abivruddhi Society, Andhra Pradesh (APMAS). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2013.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  21. ↑ Sankar Datta; S L Narayana, Sirnivas (23 December 2010). Savings of the Poor: How they do it. ISBN   978-8182910874.
  22. ↑ Datta, Sankar. "A resource book for livelihood promotion". amazon.com/. Ford Foundation. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  23. ↑ "An Introduction to Livelihood Promotion". www.ruralfinance.org/. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  24. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  25. ↑ "Sankar Datta: Face to face with Sarpanches". Business Standard. 30 November 2008. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  26. ↑ Datta, Sankar. "Sankar Datta on the need for integrated financial services". microlinks.kdid.org/. Microlinks. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
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