Profile of NSFI

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NATIONALSKILLSFOUNDATION OFINDIA(NSFI

2012

Profile of National Skills

Foundation of India(NSFI)

G U R G A O N , I N D I A


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Profile of National Skills Foundation of India (NSFI) 2012

The Project Implementing Organization

Why National Skills Foundation of India (NSFI)? (Strength of NSFI)

1. A complete survey and analysis on the following Developed a Proposal for Skill Development in Textile Sector for training of 1.54

Million Skills force over a period of 10 years for Confederation of Indian TextileIndustry (CITI)

Base line study on best model on Livelihood Promotion for Backward Districts of Sonbhadra (U.P.) for FICCI.

Developed and submitted a Project to Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) forTraining and Placement of 8100 youth in M.P. and Gujarat in partnership with FICCI.

Developed a Study Report on Human Resources Requirements and Trainingrequired for Logistics sector.

As a part of International Knowledge Programme on Small Producer agency inGlobalised market have just completed a sur vey (Primary survey of these kind arerarely conducted) on issues of small farmers in 4 districts of UP and Bihar.

NSFI along with HSI has done publications post Indian Horticulture Congress 2010which helped Industry Bodies & Policy Makers in decision taking.

Released a Knowledge Report on Revitalizing Indian Agriculture A Road Map forDevelopment of Agri Business in India in association with YES Bank.

2. High Qualified TrainersThe organisation is established by the professionals of Agri Business having vast experience inthe field of Agri Business Enterprise, Training, HR Functions, etc. The project execution teamwill have the mix of qualification and expertise with MBAs, Agriculture Graduates and PostGraduates in Agriculture, etc. The program will focus on rigorous training of the projectexecution team on the subject matters before they will be placed as team in North East India asproject implementation team.

The Matrix for Finalisation of Project Execution Team

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Agri Graduates / Post

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Selection of Team onthe basis of thierlearning

Continous Monitoringfor Improvement

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3. Institutional Tie Ups for Imparting SkillsThe Organisation has a strong linkage with various industry bodies in Agriculture domain like,

Public Institutions (IARI, State Agricultural Universities, etc) Private Institution (IIHTC, Jaipur; IIM, IRMA, etc) Foreign Tie up with Michigan State University (MSU), etc Front End marketing tie up with various organisations like Retail Industry, Cargill, etc. Eminent Personality in the field of Agriculture

The projects of NSFI always focus on imparting skills through trained profession after takingthe inputs from all the above mentioned experts in their domain. The organisation believes inimparting the best possible skills for the development of industry as a whole.


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Detailed Profile of National Skills Foundation of India (NSFI)NSFI is not for profit foundation focused on the objective of skill building and development of vocational opportunities for Indias large but unskilled workforce. NSFI has been formed with avision to enable sustainable livelihoods for people through skill development. NSFI is realizingits mission through enabling large scale training of unskilled / semi-skilled workers, rural youth,farmers, and women entrepreneurs across the nation with the objective of providing themaccess to growth sectors in formal labour markets.

Vision:Empower People for sustainable livelihoods through skill development

Mission: Build Knowledge base through research and development leading to policy formation

and / or reforms Address employability and sustainable livelihood concerns

Build capacity amongst the urban and rural youth, farmers, small vendors, womenentrepreneurs and Workers in organized and unorganized sectors through trainingprograms

Integrate various stakeholders in Skill Development for uplifting the weaker sections Execution of demand based market driven skill development training programs in

emerging sectors such as Agri Supply Chain, Food Processing, Textile, Retailing,Warehousing, Distribution and logistics, Rural Distribution and Services, Hospitality andrelated sectors

Year of Incorporation: 2009

Contact Details:K59, South City I, Gurgaon - 122002 Haryana, Phone: +91-124-4058848, Fax: +91-124-4058849

Key Activities:Execution of demand based market driven skill development training programs in emergingsectors like Agri supply chain, Food Processing, Logistics, Warehousing, Rural distribution,Hospitality, Retail etc. The Foundation is working towards the sustainable development of Rawworkforce into the Skill Workforce for India

Key Achievements / StrengthResearch & Publications

Base line study on best model on Livelihood Promotion for Backward Districts of Sonbhadra (U.P.) for FICCI.

Developed and submitted a Project to Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) forTraining and Placement of 8100 youth in M.P. and Gujarat in partnership with FICCI.

Developed a Study Report on Human Resources Requirements and Trainingrequired for Logistics sector.


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Photographs of Krishi Ghosthi Organised for 10,000 Farmers in Global Agri Connect 2011during 14 th 16 th Oct. 2011 at IARI, New Delhi


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Project Proposal on Skill Development Developed a Proposal for Skill Development in Textile Sector for training of 1.54

Million Skills force over a period of 10 years for Confederation of Indian TextileIndustry (CITI)

Developed and submitted the Proposal on Sector Skill Council for Textile Industryfor CITI

Developed and submitted the Proposal on Sector Skills Council on Agriculture aslead promoter in Association with FICCI and about 37 industry body and members of Agriculture Industry ( Annexure I ) targeting to touch/ upgrade skills of about 56.49Million of Cultivators, Agricultural Labours and Direct and Indirect labour engagedin Organised and Unorganized Agriculture Industry viz, Farm Inputs, Procurement,Supply Chain, Warehousing / Logistics etc.


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Name of Support Organization for SSC on Agriculture Annexure - I1. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)2. National Horticulture Board (NHB)3. Small Farmers Agri Business Consortium (SFAC)

4. Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)5. National Committee on Plasticulture Application in Horticulture (NCPAH)6. Tea Board of India7. National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD)8. Agricultural Finance Corporation Limited (AFCL)9. NABARD Financial Services Limited10. Spices Board11. Coffee Board of India12. The United Planters Association of Southern India (UPASI)13. Vegetable Growers Association of India14. Grape Growers Federation of India

15. Confederation of Indian Horticulture16. Irrigation Association of India (101 Members)17. Jain Irrigation Systems Limited18. NETAFIM19. DuPont20. IFFCO Foundation21. DSCL Hariyali KIsan Bazaar22. Cargill23. Mahindra & Mahindra Limited24. Indian Micro fertilizer Manufactures Association25. Tractor Manufacturers Association (11 Members)

26. ESCORTS Limited27. TAFE28. National Seed Association of India (258 Members)29. MAHYCO30. Bhartiya Beej Nigam Limited31. Pesticides Manufactures and Formulators Association of India32. The Soya bean Processors Association of India33. International Horticulture Innovations and Training Centres (IHITC)34. Centres Institute of Post Harvest Engineering & Technology (CIPHET)35. Indian Institute of Plantation Management36. National Collateral Management Services Limited (NCMSL)

37. Blue Star Limited


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Profile of Advisory Committee Members National Skills Foundation of India(NSFI)

Mr. V.K Malhotra (IAS) : Former Chairman, Food Corporation of India and Member of National

Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector (NCEUS). Mr. K. Malhotra belongs tothe 1970 batch of IAS. An alumnus of St. Stephens College, Delhi, has done Post Graduation inEnglish Literature and Post Graduation in Economics. Mr. Malhotra has for nearly a decadebeen involved in various aspects of Industrial Development and Financial Management fromgrass roots level implementation to the highest level of policy formulation at the national andinternational levels; from the project formulation and financing at the micro level tonegotiating loans with the multi lateral institutions. He was also directly involved inGovernment of Indias interaction with multi lateral financial institutions and represented theGovernment in their deliberations as well as in negotiations of loans pertaining to variousIndustrial Infrastructure projects. Among the more important positions held in the abovecontext were Director of Small Scale Industries, UP; MD, UP Finance Corporation; Director,Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India and as Technical Assistant in theInternational Monetary Fund, Washington.

Prof Vijay Pal Sharma : Chairperson, Post Graduate Programme (Agribusiness Management)Indian Institute of Management (IIM). Prior to joining IIM he was working as AgriculturalEconomist with Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR). His research and consulting

focus is on agrifood policies, agribusiness competitiveness and strategic planning, ruralinfrastructure, agriculture trade and policy including WTO. He is esteemed member of apexcommittees on agriculture and rural development. He is a leading advisor to government onagribusiness and rural infrastructure related matters.

Prof Thomas A. Reardon: Thomas Reardon is Professor in the Department of Agricultural,Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University, USA, where he has researchedand taught since January 1992. From 1986 through 1991, he was Senior Research Fellow at the

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in Washington DC. From 1984 to 1986 hewas Rockefeller Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow attached to IFPRI and also working withICRISAT in West Africa. He is widely recognized as the leading global expert in links betweenthe supermarket revolution and agrifood value chains and farmers in developing regions. Hiswork has nearly 5000 citations by 2008 in Google Scholar, and he is listed in Whos Who inEconomics since 2003.


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Dr. Dinesh Awasthi: Director, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India. An Economistwith extensive experience in Entrepreneurship training, teaching and research. He workedextensively on policy issues related to SMEs. He has worked with several multilateral agencieslike ILO, UNIDO, UNDP, as a Consultant on several international assignments. He has four

books, about 50 research papers and 14 research reports to his credit. His areas of interest are:policy research, cluster development, sub-sector analysis, micro-finance and rural banking,rural entrepreneurship and NGOs. Dr. Awasthi is a Member of various Apex Committees andCore Groups of Ministries of MSME, Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, Departmentof Science & Technology, National Commission for Enterprises in the unorganized Sector, etc.

Prof Upmanu Lall : Upmanu Lall is Professor and Chair of the Department of Earth andEnvironmental Engineering at Columbia University. His principal areas of expertise are

statistical and numerical modelling of hydrologic and climatic systems and water resourcesystems planning and management. He has over 25 years of experience as a hydrologist. Hehas been the principal investigator on a number of research projects funded by the USGS, theNSF, the USAF, NOAA, USBR, DOE and State of Utah and Florida agencies. These projectshave covered water quantity and quality and energy resource management, flood analysis,groundwater modelling and subsurface characterization, climate modelling, and thedevelopment of statistical and mathematical modelling methods. He has been involved as aconsultant with specialization in groundwater flow and contaminant transport modellingcovering mining operations, stream flow modelling and water balance, risk and environmental

impact assessment, site hydrologic evaluation, and as a reviewer and expert on a number of other hydrologic problems. He has also taught over 20 distinct University courses

Mr. Anurag Bhatnagar (IAS ): Mr. Anurag Bhatnagar is an IAS officer and is an EX DirectorGeneral of National Institute of Agriculture Marketing, Jaipur. We are privileged to have Mr.Bhatnagar on our board. NIAM as a premiere organization in agribusiness would guide us incurriculum development and skill training in the field of agribusiness.

Mr. Amit Khetan : Amit Khetan is a first generation entrepreneur. He is founder and director of Latent Storm Technologies Pvt Limited. He is an alumnus of IIM Ahmadabad with PostGraduate diploma in Business Management. He has worked with reputed financial institutionslike Citi Group, ICICI bank. He has contributed in designing IT related services in these


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institutions. He guides us in our technology related intervention and in installing proper ITsystems within the organization.

Ms. Sangeeta Ladha : She is a pre-eminent horticulturist and Director, InternationalHorticulture Innovation and Training centre (IHITC), Jaipur, India. An Agricultural Engineer withalmost 20 years experience in Marketing, Business Development, Corporate Planning andStrategic Management. She has demonstrated abilities in planning & execution of altogethernew projects She has been associated in multifaceted assignment involving marketing andexecution of micro irrigation system projects with some of the leading Indo- Israeli jointventure companies, Development and Training of Channel Partners, Strategic planning forsales promotion, Media Planning, branding and implementing innovative concepts forbusiness development, designing and implementation of training programs and seminars in

hi-tech horticulture all over the country


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Profile of Project Implementation Team National Skills Foundation of India(NSFI)

1. Dr Satender Arya CEO, NSFI

Education: Post Graduate from Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), PGDIT fromIndian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)

Experience : Senior management professional of proven capability with 20 years of experience in Category Management, Food and Agri Supply Chain, International Business,New Business Development and Vendor Management functional areas. Handledmultifarious responsibilities with leading MNCs and Indian Corporate Concerns viz.Reliance (Agri & Food Supply Chain), Sinochem, Grasim Inds, Khatau Junker & NationalDairy Development Board. Has an extensive and in depth expertise in business strategy

and planning, financial budgeting and successful implementation of challenging projects.Business development across geographies, business divisions and strategic projects. Abilityto deal with diverse and global cultural environments.

While working with Reliance Retail he was instrumental in

Planning and establishment of 270 Collection Centers for direct farm procurement of F&Vduring FY 2006-08

Planning & establishment of 17 City processing centers during FY 2006-08 for consolidationand processing of F&V.

Successfully developed and implemented Standard Operating Processes (SoPs) forCollection Centers and City Processing Center Operations.

Successfully inducted and trained nearly 100 senior and middle management resources andmore than 400 junior operational resources to build solid food and Agri supply chainbusiness team.

2. Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh

Bhanu Pratap has work experience of 7 years in development sector. He has expertise overProject Formation, Project Development, Resource Mobilization and Networking. He wasworking as State head- UP in Dr Reddys Foundation, where he accomplished VocationalTraining projects funded by ILO, Ministry of Rural development & Plan India. He played keyrole in arrangement of sustainable livelihood for approx.10000 beneficiaries. He alsoworked for Akshayapatra Foundation as Resource Mobilization Manager (Corporate). Hehas been responsible for fund raising activity of the organization. He was involved in


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project of Bhagidari (C.M Office)- Apki Rasoi. He was awarded International Award onspreading Gandhijis Principle & Thoughts through movie media.

3. Mrs. Priyambda Tripathi

Education: MSW with specialization in social welfare administration from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).

Experience: She has worked on microfinance and livelihood issues with leadingorganizations like SEWA Bharat and IFMR Trust. In SEWA Bharat she was managingSwarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yogana in Bhagalpur district of Bihar. Apart from projectmanagement, she has substantial experience in research. She has worked with pre-eminent researchers from MIT, Harvard and Amsterdam University. She has done projectson HR incentives in IT kiosks, Relationship between safety and productivity in smallenterprises of India, Ethnographic study on rural consumer behavior in India, Scope of education and health facilities for embellishment workers in Bareilly with SEWA BHARAT.

Experts Advisors for the Project:

1. Mr. Sanjeev Asthana, Founder and Chairman, NSFI

Education: Post Graduate from Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), PGDIT fromIndian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT).

Experience: Sanjeev has over 25 years of experience in Food, Agriculture, Commodity

Trading, Dairy, Retail and other associated businesses.

Formerly, he was the President & Chief Executive of Agribusiness & Food Supply, RelianceRetail; Director Cargill India; Country Head, ITC Global Holdings in Indonesia; CountryHead, ITC Global Holdings in Romania; Head Food & Agribusiness - Britannia Industries;Manager - State Trading Corporation of India.

He is currently a Director on the Boards of Ruchi Soya Industries Limited; RuchiInfrastructure Limited; NCDEX Spot Exchange Limited.

Prior to these, he was a Director at Reliance Integrated Agri Solutions Private Limited;Reliance Agri Products Distribution Private Limited; Reliance Food Processing SolutionsPrivate Limited; Cargill India Private Limited.


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2. Mr. Sumit Bhattacharya, HR Professional

Education: MBA from Lucknow University

Experience: Mr. Bhattacharya has been into corporate for more than 25 yrs and has

worked at a senior position in the finance department of EMAAR MGF. He is beingconsulted by top notch companies on Financial Planning, Enterprise Planning,Valuation Advisory, Project Funding and Strategic Matters

He has strong career background with organization like EMAAR MGF Land Limited,Hero Motors Limited, Bharat Hotels Limited, Ochoa Laboratories Limited, KanoriaChemical Industries Limited, Enercon India Limited and Goyal Gases Limited.

He has specialization in Corporate Finance and advisory services, especially in the fieldof Capital Market Fund Raising, Debt Structuring and Syndication, Off Shore Fund

Raising, Placement of Shares / Debt Instruments and Corporate Advisory Services

3. Mr. Vijay K Srivastava, HR Professional

Education: MA and M Phil in Industrial Sociology from CSSS of Jawaharlal NehruUniversity, New Delhi

Experience: He is currently heading an International Business Advisory Firm of Indianorigin under the brand name of CredenceGlocal as a Chairman & CEO which has 7national & 3 international knowledge centers (South Africa, UK & USA).

He has strong experience in HR related profession and has worked with Corporates likeMantri Developers (Morgan Stanley) as a Chief People Officer (Group HR Head),Reliance Retail as Vice President & Head HR, McDonalds India (North & East) as aHead HR, Sakura Bank (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) as Manager HR &Legal, DHL Worldwide Express as Deputy Manager HR, Alpine Industries Limited asan Asstt. Manager HR, Dan Sprinklers (Israeli MNC) as a Trainee HR and reached tothe level of Manager HR.

In his very short span of career he had following achievements in his arena, YoungestIndian executive to be incorporated in the board of Indo Japanese Business Ventures,Nominated as the only Indian Manager to be trained on HR skills required in Japanesefinancial institution at Tokyo, Was on the fast track Executive Development Program of McDonalds International at Hamburger University, Illinois (Chicago) wherein worked inUS, Europe & Hong Kong, Was selected as the only Senior Indian Executive out of 73nominees to participate in the round table conference of ILO at Zeneva


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Profile of Master Trainer National Skills Foundation of India (NSFI)

1. Shashi Kant Mani, SoP Trainer and Agri Business Professional

Education: M. Sc. (Horticulture Floriculture & Landscaping)

Experience: Experience in process of documentation of retail operation through SAP, co-

ordination with entire operation team for documentation and increasing sale. Experience in Training of Standard Operating Procedure of Back end operation of

F&Vs Retail Chain, including the Managing Operations, Procurement Methods,Negotiation skill with farmers and vendors, etc.

An incisive professional with over 10 years of high-quality experience in Agriculturerelated operations including Horticulture Development, Fruit & Vegetables RetailOperation, Plant Tissue Culture, Extension, Corporate Social Responsibility

(Horticulture Development). Dynamic go-getter with extensive experience in developing Horticulture Farmespecially in association with Farmers, Farmer Communication & Motivation foradopting new technologies, development of protocol of Plant Tissue Culture of Orchids, Training on Horticulture Aspects (Trainers traini ng & Farmers training).

Involved in development of Horticulture development Project and Implementationof the same.

Hands on Experience of the backend supply chain and procurement operations of Agri Business Retail Chain of Fruits & Vegetables.

Out-of-the-box thinker with a proven track record of increasing revenues, cuttingcosts, streamlining workflow and creating a team work environment to enhanceproductivity innovatively.

Strong leadership skills and excellent relationship management skills with provenability to co-ordinate with people across functions to maximize productivity.

Effective communication and negotiation skills.

2. Rohit Dubey, Trainer

Education: P.G. Diploma in Business Management, P.G. Diploma in Rural Developmentand B. Tech in Agriculture Technology

Experience: Training & People Management : Lead and motivate teams ensuring theircareer development and positive contribution to the company. Actively involvedin imparting training to various sales personnel

Supply Chain Management : Ensuring stocks available in the market throughvibrant distribution network simultaneously focusing on different channel of


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distribution ensuring growth and profitability through Supply chain and ChannelPlanning.

Business Development : Developing periodic business plans & strategies, incoordination with macro plans of organization. Planning & schedulingindividual/ team assignments to achieve the pre set goals within time, quality &cost parameters. Identifying high margin and volume drivers to achieve top lineand bottom line sales.

Sales and Marketing : Supervising sales and marketing operations (domestic/export) for achieving increased growth & top-line profitability

Business Operations : Formulating long term/ short-term business outlet plansto enhance operations in coordination with the macro plans of organization andthe industry

Vendor Management: - Vendor management and negotiations - Localcatchment specific Product induction. Short list and select articles that havehigh stock terms negotiate and monitor margins. Work out periodical vendor

funded promotions. Monitor SKU wise fill rate for better stock management.De-list non- mover SKUs and seek support from vendor for prompt liquidationof slow-movers

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