Meet The Team
Mihir Sahana
The Founder CEO of the company, Mihir Sahana has a background in Agriculture Sciences from BHU, an MBA from IRMA, and a Master in Development from the University of Manchester. He has worked for more than 25 years in Government, Corporate, and with organizations like PRADAN, BASIX, IDE, etc. He is involved in developing a host of innovative products and processes by provisioning financial services both in the farm and non-farm sector, provisioning innovative business development services, and developing linkage with corporate and technology providers like Pepsico, ITC, ICAR institutions, etc, and institutional development services in collaboration with various Government Department.
Dr. Mahua Sengupta
Dr. Mahua Sengupta, Founder Director of NGLP, is an eminent social worker, trainer, and research consultant. She has completed several action research, social research, and survey studies on livelihood and related issues. For the last decade, she has been attached to different livelihood projects funded by govt. and non-govt. agencies. She has intensively worked in Eastern India and Bangladesh. She has published twelve research articles in different international journals and edited two books. As a result of her professional efforts in research, she won the Young Scientist award from ISHG in 2005.
Amit Gaurav
The Director, Amit Gaurav, is a social entrepreneur having vast experience in agriculture marketing. He has done both graduation and master' in Agriculture with an excellent understanding and over 15 years’ experience in Livelihood Promotion, microfinance, and extension farming. He had a long history of working with BASIX, where he facilitated formation of more than 20 producer groups, ensured potato cultivation and procurement involving over 400 farmers around 100 acres of land, monitored portfolio of 30 crore loan outstanding, looked after the entire value chain of Potato (starting from procurement of seed from Punjab till supply of the same to the farmers of Eastern India, and buy back the table potato from the farmers), and lead the team to manage and promote Triad Business of the company.
Mr. Kumar Gaurav
An engineer and MBA in Rural Management from XISS, Mr. Kumar Gaurav is a seasoned management professional with more than 8 years of experience from grassroots implementation to program management, planning, and social research. Has experience in planning & and implementing key tasks related to livelihoods and markets; specialized in Institutional Development with significant experience in formation, nurturing, and developing community-based institutions of various forms like Self Help Groups, SHG Federations, Farmer Producer Companies, Producer Groups, Water User Committees, etc.
