Our Guest Lectues @ DFP

Periodically, the foundation brings the successful entreprenuers as guest lecture to us to know more dimensions of the development, in their own experience and words. In my fellowship at Deshpande Foundation, so far I have listened to ample no. of guest lectures which increased our horizon of knowledge about the development. With interacting those people, I came to know about the both sides of the coin, i.e., development. The esteemed guest lectures so far we listened are:

Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande Trustee, The Deshpande Foundation Co-founder and Chairman, Sycamore Networks Jaishree Deshpande, Trustee, The Deshpande Foundation N. R. Narayana Murthy, Founder, Infosys Vivek G. Pawar, Founder and CEO Sankalp Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd. D.V.Girish,  Director, Bhadra Wildlife Conservation Trust Ramji Raghavan, Executive Director Agastya International & member, National Knowledge Commission Dr. Sushil Vachani, Professor of Strategy and Policy School of Management, Boston University Prasad Ram CTO, R&D Unit, Google India Dr. Veerendra Hiremath, Co-founder, Vaatsalya Prof. R.N. Tikot, CEO, Vidya Poshak Ayyappa Masagi, Executive Director, Water Literacy Foundation Ray Meyers, Ed.D., Senior Program Analyst U.S. Department of Education Dr. Ruth Stringer, Coordinator,Health Care Without Harm Dr.J.K. Hiremath President, Manovikasa

It’s Me

I am from Haveri district. I have completed my Bachelor of Arts in Economics at the Karnataka University, Dharwad. I worked with Vidya Poshak, a NGO working for empowerment of student community for two and quarter years as a branch office coordinator for Haveri and Chikkamagalur districts of Karnataka. At Vidya Poshak I have handled the major projects and extended program support to additional projects both in the office and the field. I also worked at the VRL group of companies as a marketing executive for the publication section.

As a direct responsible branch office coordinator at Vidya Poshak, I have managed multiple responsibilities simultaneously like project implementation, field visits data management, community development, public relations, coordination of orientation functions, computerized library management, accounts, day-to-day routine office management and other project- specific activities.  

In addition to my skill profile, I excel at public communication, data management, field visits, computer applications, internet, report and publication preparation, office maintenance, rapport building with stake holders and organizational behavior.  

Swimming, traveling, photography, playing cricket, currency coin collection and learning about new software are my hobbies. Positive thinking, innovative and creative ideas, quick learning and smart work are my strengths.   

My aim is to make my workplace better with my potential contribution to the organization wherever I work with using my skills, experience and capacity to learn quickly. I am passionate to work with development itself rather than profit sector. I also aim to work in senior cadre to deliver the better results, through all above said things including my learning from the prestigious fellowship awarded by The Deshpande Foundation.