VINAY KUMAR MURHAR

Mobile: +91-9422708031, ~ E-Mail: vmurhar@gmail.com,

Aiming for senior level managerial assignments in Corporate Social Responsibility / Rural /Health
Social Development Project Management preferably in Corporate or NGO Sector.

SYNOPSIS

 A competent professional with over 22 years’ experience in managing Socio-Economic Development

Projects and Programs.
 Proficient in facilitating training sessions, identifying and assessing formal and informal training needs at the
community, stakeholder and NGO level.
 Expertise in managing sustainability programs with focus on Volunteerism and Community Development
Programs.
 Deft in project appraisal, evaluation, impact analysis, resource planning and deployment, project estimation,
scheduling, tracking and implementation.
 Have exceptional skills in planning and arranging promotion / awareness programmes to achieve short-term
and long-term objectives within the assigned resources and timeframes.
 Distinction of instituting proactive initiatives in various methods of Research and Social Responsibilities.
 Possesses strong networking and negotiation skills and ability to maintain diplomatic and productive
relations with authorities, communities and others organizations.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Corporate Social Responsibility

▪ Spearheading initiatives for caring for the community, contributing for the underprivileged communities by
supporting a wide range of socio-economic, educational and health initiatives.
▪ Coordinating with Government Systems, Women & Child Welfare Department, Agriculture and Industries
Department, Health & Family Welfare Department and Government NGOs.
▪ Facilitating the organization in planning & implementing health and education programs focusing mainly on
women, youth and children.

Project / Program Management

▪ Screening new projects, conducting feasibility studies and preparing project reports to assess viability of projects
on social and economic level.
▪ Monitoring project progress involving coordination with government agencies and project partners to ensure
smooth execution of projects within the time & cost norms.
▪ Preparing project progress report and other documents with team as and when required.

Operations Management
▪ Conducting and participating in workshops and training programs for awareness generation of beneficiaries at
grass root level.
▪ Convened training schedules for front line and middle level management staff.
▪ Organising periodical program review meetings with various functionaries and employees on important
development issues.

Training
▪ Developing & collecting curriculum, module, lesson plan and scheduling training materials according to TNA;
preparing periodical training and orientation plan for stakeholders.
▪ Organizing, conducting and facilitating training, orientation and workshops through participatory method;
assessing the communities increased level of awareness through field visit and assessment of the impact of
formal training.
▪ Preparing training report and documentation; interacting with local government institutions, NGOs and civil
society members at local level.

EMPLOYMENT RECITAL

Apr’22 – Mar’24: International Development Enterprises India, Bhubaneshwar

National Program Coordinator
Key Deliverables:

Program Leadership and Strategy:

Provide strategic direction and leadership for the "Enabling Farmers for Sustainable Income and Food Security"
project.
Develop and implement a comprehensive program strategy that aligns with the organization’s mission and goals.
Ensure that program activities are designed to strengthen market forces and create sustainable income opportunities
for farmers.
Project Planning and Implementation:
Develop detailed project plans, including timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.
Oversee the execution of project activities, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest
quality standards.
Coordinate with regional and local teams to ensure effective implementation of project activities.
Market Development:
Identify and analyze market opportunities for agricultural products and inputs.
Facilitate linkages between farmers and market actors, including buyers, suppliers, and financial institutions.
Develop and promote market-based solutions that enhance farmers’ access to markets, improve value chains, and
increase profitability.
Stakeholder Engagement:
Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including government agencies, private sector
partners, NGOs, and community organizations.
Foster collaboration and partnerships to support program objectives and enhance impact.
Represent the program in national and international forums, advocating for sustainable agricultural practices and
market development.
Capacity Building and Training:
Identify capacity-building needs of farmers and other stakeholders involved in the project.
Develop and deliver training programs focused on sustainable agricultural practices, market engagement, and
financial literacy.
Provide ongoing support and mentorship to farmers to help them adopt and implement best practices.
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting:
Develop and implement a robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework to track program progress and
measure impact.
Collect and analyze data to inform program adjustments and improvements.
Prepare and submit regular progress reports, impact assessments, and case studies to internal and external
stakeholders.
Financial Management:
Develop and manage the project budget, ensuring efficient use of resources and adherence to financial policies.
Monitor financial performance and prepare financial reports for senior management and donors.
Ensure compliance with donor requirements and organizational financial policies.
Sustainability and Innovation:
Promote the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and technologies among farmers.
Encourage innovation and the use of technology to improve agricultural productivity and market access.
Identify and scale successful pilot initiatives to enhance program impact.
Risk Management:
Identify potential risks to project implementation and outcomes.
Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies to ensure program continuity and success.
Ensure compliance with all relevant legal, regulatory, and organizational requirements.
Community Mobilization and Advocacy:
Engage with local communities to raise awareness about the benefits of sustainable agricultural practices and market
engagement.
Advocate for policy changes and support at the national and regional levels to create an enabling environment for
farmers.
Facilitate community-driven initiatives that enhance food security and income generation.

May’19 – Mar’22: Free Lance Consultant, Jabalpur

Consultant
Key Deliverables:

▪ Program Development Documents: Detailed program plans, including objectives, strategies, timelines, and
resource allocation.
▪ Concept Notes and Proposals: Well-structured concept notes and proposals for new projects, outlining
goals, methodologies, and expected outcomes.
▪ Presentations: Engaging and professional presentations for stakeholders, summarizing project plans,
progress, and impact.
▪ Stakeholder Engagement Reports: Comprehensive reports on liaison activities, documenting interactions
with government bodies, NGOs, and community groups.
▪ PR Strategy Plans: Detailed public relations strategies to enhance organizational visibility and reputation in
the social development sector.
▪ Due Diligence Reports: Thorough assessments of project feasibility, risks, and potential impacts, providing
clear recommendations.
▪ Donor Reports: Regular and detailed updates to donors on project progress, financial expenditure, and
impact, fostering strong donor relationships.
▪ Negotiation Outcomes: Successful agreements and contracts with donors, partners, and stakeholders,
securing necessary funding and resources.
▪ Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks: Robust M&E frameworks to assess the effectiveness and impact of
programs, including key performance indicators and data collection methods.
▪ Training Materials: Comprehensive training modules and resources for capacity building of project teams and
community members.
▪ Final Project Reports: Detailed documentation of project implementation, outcomes, challenges, and lessons
learned, ready for dissemination to stakeholders.
▪ Sustainability Plans: Strategic plans to ensure the long-term sustainability and impact of social development
programs.

Apr’18 – Apr’19: Foundation to Educate Girls Globally, Indore

Head Strategic Expansion
Key Deliverables:

Leadership & Strategy

▪ Builds and implements the operational roadmap in alignment with Educate Girls’ 5-year strategic plan.
▪ Evaluates and designs the expansion into new regions and district offices as per the organizational 5-year
strategy.
▪ Oversight of financial management and administration, communications and operating of systems.
▪ Drives strategic operational initiatives, including coordination and collaboration with internal and external
stakeholders, to ensure timely and accurate completion and delivery of outcomes.
▪ Provide senior leadership and external stakeholders with regular value-added reports that identifies & tracks
the status of programs, projects, milestones and deliverables.

Operational planning and management

▪ Develop a strategy and support expansion plan of the organization with Manpower planning, Succession
planning, Skills and Competency mapping to conduct training needs analysis to drive training and development
programs.
▪ Automation & Data Migration of the data, thereby deriving real time results by working closely with the team to
ensure uniformity.
▪ Developing strategy for organization organic and inorganic expansion.
▪ Developing Strategy for Identifying Partner and establishing the channel and execution to explore organization
model.
▪ Analysis of Data for projection through Machine Learning methodology

Communication and Training

▪ Develop a strategy and communication methodology and effective modem to the targeted audience.
▪ Developing communication material posted in various media like, audio, video & print
▪ Strong writing, editing, proofreading, layout and design, professional printing/publishing skills are essential,
including ability to present concepts verbally
▪ Strong knowledge and understanding of current trends in digital media/social media
▪ Examine critically each communication method, script and impact on the targeted audience

Apr’16 – Mar’18: Foundation to Educate Girls Globally, Ajmer

Senior Manager Operation

Key Deliverables:

Restructuring of Program & Operation:

▪ Designing and upgrading operations manual, SOPs and flow charts to ensure smooth functioning as per
organizations goal and setting up smooth reporting processes to streamline the existing gaps.
▪ Brand Building of program in the village to inculcate programmatic activities upto grassroots level.
▪ Formulating phase wise strategies as per grants and funding, Donor management and reporting depicting
development and improvement basis impact.
▪ Strengthening laisoning with various stakeholder, Key resource person and govt. officials.
▪ Supervising operations and guidance to the team on ongoing process deliverables of 14 district across
Rajasthan & Madhya Pradesh.
▪ Support and advise the line managers in managing all day-to-day employee issues and grievances.
▪ Developing trackers and MIS to maintain and publish data and analytics on key processes such as resource
allocation, manpower utilization, attrition, program and impact trends, etc.
▪ Periodic budgetary analysis of utilization, proposing and finalizing annual budgets and signing of budgetary
clearances.
▪ Ensure effective manpower planning for operations management and program delivery.
▪ With support of the HR team, ensure the effective implementation of contemporary people practices across
recruitment, induction, compensation and benefits, operations and compliance, employee retention, employee
engagement, performance management, learning & development and grievance management.
▪ Drive a culture of coaching and mentorship to facilitate capacity building of team.
▪ Ensure the effective functioning of the operations team while working in a matrix structure.
▪ Building on organizational strengths to scale up impact of the organization with several stakeholders –
community, peer organizations and government.
▪ Handling awareness campaign for enrolment and retention
▪ Conducting large meeting with communities on importance of education specially to girl child
▪ Adopt innovative approaches and market base promotional tools.
 Nov’14 – Mar’16: Simple Farm Solution Pvt Ltd., Bangalore
Head (Marketing and Operation)

Key Deliverables:

▪ A startup company supported by Villgro innovation foundation to provide simple technological solution to
farmer
▪ Developing operation system for company to improve performance
▪ Developing recruitment plan and create manpower team by providing them high standard training
▪ Developing supply chain and its management by field operation and team
▪ Bridging between the village and company for future development
▪ Brand position and promotion of “Kamal Kisan”
▪ Brand Building with innovative promotion techniques
▪ Creating entrepreneur in village level as extension of supply chain to promote Kamal Kisan brand
▪ Targeting rural youth to adopt opportunity to their farm with affordable solution

Feb’13 – Oct’14: Maharashtra State Rual Livelihood Mission., Navi Mumbai

State Coordinator (Marketing and Branding)

Key Deliverables:

▪ Lead the conceptualization of the marketing and branding approach and strategies for the mission;
▪ Advice, support and assist the mission leadership on marketing and branding aspects specifically on various
products that are produced by members from SHGs and other affiliated groups;
▪ Write the marketing and branding plan for the State Perspective and Implementation Plan (SPIP);
▪ Anchor the marketing and branding agenda in the mission and roll out the marketing and branding strategy in-
order to ensure better product development, market penetration, price realization and value addition for
products members from SHGs and other affiliated groups;
▪ Responsible for preparing cost estimate and budgets for marketing and branding activities;
▪ Build partnership with specific marketing and/or branding resource agencies, academic institutions and
research agencies;

Nov’11 – Jan’13: Global Easy Water Products Pvt. Ltd., Aurangabad

General Manager (West Region)

Key Deliverables:

Supply/ Demand Management

▪ Implementing a centralized inventory forecasting model that coordinates projected customer demand with
production planning that ensures optimum stock levels.
▪ Coordinating information from different data sources from across the company, controlling for accuracy.
▪ Overseeing stock inflows (e.g. receiving) and outflows (e.g. sales dispatches) in a timely, accurate and
traceable manner meeting customer requirements.
▪ Developing IT systems that tracks data on customer delivery, product returns/exchanges, warranty related
issues, etc.
▪ Reporting per accounting requirements such as reconciliations or audits.
▪ Managing local supplier relationships including overseeing the purchasing process.

Warehouse Management
▪ Implementing best practices for material handling & storage.
▪ Training and managing warehouse staff on best practices.
▪ Managing company’s warehouse(s) considering factors such as: overhead costs, time to market, operational
convenience, availability of manpower and transport.
▪ Managing warehouse lease and insurance agreements.
▪ Implementing processes and controls in daily operation of warehouse(s) to prevent against damage, theft, loss,
fraud, or other mishandling.

Logistics & Transportation

▪ International:
o Identifying and managing on-going relationships with cost effective shipping lines for import and
export needs.
o Working with production to set shipping schedule according to sales forecasts
o Tracking shipments in transit, at Port, in Customs Bond.

▪ Domestic (inter-state within India):

o Identifying reliable transporters with fleet strength sufficient to support in-state and inter-state
transport requirements.
o Implementing transporters performance measurement system considering cost, lead time,
commitment, consistency and quality of vehicles.
 o Managing the process required for inter-state transportation, coordinating with local authorities, and
serve as a resource for trouble shooting special logistics situations.

Highlights
▪ Efficiently managed the overall field operation through market forces.
▪ Demonstrated skills in annual budgeting and planning.
▪ Kept track of cash flow.
▪ Instrumental in designing training module for the sales team.
▪ Handling donor and investor’s visit.
▪ Involved in promoting business model to the investors and prospective international buyer.
▪ Identified new innovative product from the field invented by the rural poor.
▪ Accountable for annual review and planning.
▪ Innovated promotional method and market experiments.
▪ Played pivotal in event management.

Nov’07 – Oct’11: International Development Enterprises (India), Aurangabad

Regional Manager

Highlights
▪ Successfully developed a complete marketing program which now serves as a guide for new program and future
organization growth.
▪ Accountable for set up and establishing territory by devising a technique for introducing the sales concept and
the product to customers.
▪ Involved in designing:
✓ Introductory call script that is now standard for the department.
✓ Supervisory level induction program for all Business Associates to work efficiently.
✓ Working Model and route plan for Business Associate to work in the field.
✓ New MIS and its use for expansion of business.
▪ Demonstrated skills in developing:
✓ 10 Year Business model and financial for the organization.
✓ Strategy for attacking and penetrating a customer master list.
✓ Complete managerial outline for continued growth and success of the organization.
▪ Promoted low cost drip irrigation system techniques to small and marginal farmer and the idea to “development
through market creation”
▪ Successfully handled the donor’s visits and buyer’s visit.
▪ Identified new market potential and product for allied agricultural product.
▪ Defined a matrix of Cost Vs Revenue per BA Location.
▪ Played pivotal in defining & developing operational systems which helped in data analysis, suggestion growth
plan and future projection.
▪ Got nominated as one of the seven wonders of IDEI in 2008.
▪ Successfully organised Annual Meeting (RRPM) in year 2009 with 18 foreign delegates of International associates.

Aug’06 – Oct’07: Swayam Shikshan Prayog, Osmanabad

Manager Operations

Highlights
▪ Accountable for set up and establishing NGO and MNC co-creation in rural market.
▪ Successfully designed and developed retail supply chain to provide opportunity to rural women to build her
capacity and skill as an entrepreneur.
▪ Developed the value based services through community development.
▪ Created awareness in the rural consumers regarding the nutrition and diet with changing their eating habit.
▪ Involved in developing the reversible supply chain to provide opportunity to group/individual enterprise to explore
market through this retail chain.
▪ Efficiently managed the State Operation as State Coordinator for Adharam Energy Pvt. Ltd., a Joint venture of
SSP and BP to practice to produce rural house hold women as an entrepreneur.
▪ Initiated and promoted entrepreneurship development among rural women and related community based
organization through different household energy products like LPG and Biomass Chulha.
▪ Demonstrated skills in planning & implementing strategies for business development to increase market
penetration through market assessment and assessment of CBO’s potential.
▪ Organised workshop for community based Entrepreneurs.
▪ Instrumental in developing products - business models and business project to achieve social change.
▪ Extended technical support services for women entrepreneurs set up within SHG and federation.
▪ Acted as a bridge between AEPL and BP for entire Operation and leading a 10 Member team.
▪ Accountable for internal sales service; effectively handled the workflow for an office of five.

Mar’98 – Jul’06: DKT India, Jabalpur

Promoter Social Marketing

Highlights
▪ Involved in planning & implementing strategies for business development to increase market penetration and
responsible to drive revenue and profitability by increasing the business volume.
▪ Managed key accounts for National Editions of the company in Display Category especially in Contraceptives.
▪ Resolved the queries of clients (Chemist and The End User).
▪ Responsible for channel development for covering both urban and rural markets and management of network
partners for condoms, oral pills and injectables.
▪ Led and guided the sales team to achieve their goals and objectives.
▪ Efficiently managed the project team of Awareness Program regarding contraceptive Products, HIV/Aids, and
STD in rural and urban slumps area through IEC.
▪ Ensured the formation of groups of adolescent and youth girls for better participation in RCH and family planning
activities.

PAST ASSIGNMENT

Nov’96 – Dec’97: Escomp-The Total Solution, Jabalpur Marketing Executive

ACADEMIA

Pursuing M.A. (Rural Development) from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, India.
2000 Master Diploma in Business Administration (Marketing) from Symbiosis Institute of Management
Studies, Pune.
1999 Master of Arts (Economics) from Rani Durgawati VishwaVidyalaya, Jabalpur.
1997 Bachelor of Arts (Maths) from Rani Durgwati VishwaVidyalaya, Jabalpur.
1994 Diploma in Civil Engineering from Board of Technical Education, Bhopal.

Other Courses:
▪ Diploma in Software Technology
▪ Diploma in Electronic Equipment Repairing
▪ Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development and NGO Administration

DISSERTATION

Title : “A Case Study of Business Model to Promote Women Entrepreneurship in Rural Area through
Promotion of Biomass as HH Cooking Solution”.

IT FORTE

▪ Well versed with MS-Office, C, C++, HTML, Java, etc.

PERSONAL DOSSIER

Date of Birth : 10th February, 1974

Address : 440, SBI Colony, Nr. City Main Post Office, Vikas Nagar, Jabalpur, MP- 482001
Languages Known : Hindi, Marathi and English