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EDII FACULTY

Subrata Kumar Biswal reputed journals and has presented several research
Ph.D. (Public Administration) papers in national and international conferences.
PGPPM (Public Policy & Management)
subrata@ediindia.org

Mathew John
An alumnus of IIM Bangalore, he is an academician and Ph.D. (Social Sciences)
development management professional having more M.A. (Social Work)
than 14 years of cross functional experience with mathewjohn@ediindia.org
multilateral and government agencies. He specialises in
Public Policy, Strategy and Governance, Inclusive Possesses over 35 years of experience in
Growth, Rural Development, Rural Banking & Entrepreneurship/ livelihood Development, Research
Insurance, Sustainable Development Goals, and Training & Development. His areas of expertise
Microfinance & Livelihoods, Entrepreneurship include conceptualising and promoting new business
Development & Impact Investment. He is well opportunities, skill development, faculty development,
recognised as a social impact strategist by multilateral training of trainers, SHG formation and nurturing,
and apex think tank organisations like NITI Aayog, The research & analysis related to slums & rural populace,
World Bank, UN agencies, corporate foundations etc. value chain analysis, course/curriculum designing and
Prior to joining EDII, he was with NITI Aayog, network marketing. Dr. Mathew has executed various
Government of India. He has also served in various noteworthy development projects wherein his
recommendations and suggestions have led to
capacities with Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of
India, Panchayati Raj Department, Govt. of Odisha and institutionalising outcome-based measures for
development. In addition to ideating and preparing
Planning Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh.
implementation strategies, monitoring, evaluation and
documentation of projects are also his core areas. A
member of NAPSWI, he is a certified trainer-cum-
Rajeev Sharma
facilitator from prestigious institutions such as EDII;
Ph.D. (Industrial Economics)
IL&FS, NI-MSME Hyderabad, among others.
rajeev@ediindia.org

Possesses more than 17 years of experience in
academics including 8 years in the development sector Umesh Shrivastava
of industrial clusters/SMEs. Currently he is leading Ph.D. (Management)
Dept. of Business Development Services and National M.Sc. (Entrepreneurship)
Outreach. His areas of specialization includes; MSMEs, FPM (Entrepreneurship)
B.E (Electronics), PGDBA (Marketing)
Cluster Development, Business Development Services
umeshshrivastava@ediindia.org
(BDS) and Policy Advocacy. Dr. Sharma has worked in
academics as well as development sector/MSME
Dr. Umesh Shrivastava has over 11 years of industrial
industrial cluster projects at national and international
experience and over five years of teaching experience.
levels. Some of the noteworthy initiatives include; DST
He has led a team of skilled technicians related to
GoI supported, 'Promoting Innovation in Clusters ' DFID
hydropower projects and switchgear products for
funded SIDBI-PMD BDS project 'Implementing Business
Indian Railways. He has experience in working with
Development Services', among several others. Dr.
clients across verticals, with focus on gathering
Sharma also holds expertise in conducting Training of business requirements and executing production
Trainers' programmes to make SMEs sustainable. He orders. Dr. Shrivastava has high quality Scopus indexed
executed the UNIDO project on capacity building of research papers and book reviews on entrepreneurship
Cluster Development Agents in Tehran, Iran and to his credit. He has presented research papers in PAN-
worked as a consultant with 'Competitiveness: The IIM conferences. His work is focused on delivering
Cluster Competitiveness Group', based in Barcelona cutting-edge solutions on complex entrepreneurial
(for its operations in India). He has publications in cases by bridging the gap between theory and practice.

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