A business management professional with more than 2 decades of work experience in industry and development sector.  He has worked extensively in the areas of creative co creation in livelihoods and has promoted rural micro-enterprises in various sectors. Currently under the Ministry of Rural Development Project, he is involved in promoting nano enterprises in rural areas across the country. His thematic areas of interest include development studies, sub-sector analysis, livelihoods, institutional innovations in informal sector, value chain, new product & design development and social entrepreneurship.