RAVI CHANDRA

Current

Director at Rural Development & Marketing Pvt. Ltd.
Director at Tana Bana Marketing Pvt Ltd
Managing Trustee at Bihar Development Trust

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Past

EXECUTIVE at TATA AIG LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
CONSULTANT at CARE,INDIA

Education

INSTITUTE OF RURAL MANAGEMENT, ANAND
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Kendriya Vidyalaya

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Connections

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Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

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RAVI CHANDRA’s Summary

Social Entreprenuer having co founded the above mentioned 3 organisations

I am trying to create employment for people of Bihar with a vision of benefitting one million families of Bihar.

I am dreaming to create another TATA/INFOSYS in Bihar.

I am dreaming to make Bihar an economic super power within India.

In three years of entrepreneurial journey, Having been able to create 30 direct employment opportunities and 2000 indirect employment opportunities through our activities in Microfinance, Textiles and Agribusiness.

RAVI CHANDRA’s Specialties:

 Strategy
 Planning
 Communication
 Networking
 Event Management
 Public Speaking

RAVI CHANDRA’s Experience

Director

Rural Development & Marketing Pvt. Ltd.

(Management Consulting industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

Rural Development & Marketing Private Limited (RDM Pvt Ltd) is a sister concern of Bihar Development Trust. It has been incorporated on May 13, 2009.
RDM Pvt Ltd has been founded on premise that Knowledge & Marketing will pave the way to rural development of Bihar & India.
Bihar is one of the biggest producers of cereals, fruit and vegetable in India. The procurement of the fruit and vegetable is largely into unorganized sector. There is high degree of unreliability in supply of cereals, fruit and vegetable from Bihar to big corporate and retail players. RDM Pvt Ltd seeks to build most reliable supply chain of cereals, fruit and vegetable in Bihar. RDM Pvt Ltd will provide a better value realization to the farmers and primary cooperative societies.
Bihar being hot on development and with International Donor Agencies like World Bank, DFID, ADB etc pouring money in Bihar and government creating environment for development, a lacunae of quality experts and credible agency on various issues were found in Bihar. RDM Pvt Ltd wishes to fulfill the lacunae with quality people and knowledge from premier institutes at Patna.
The Marketing & knowledge experts of this company are from premier B schools of India like Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), International Management Institute (IMI) New Delhi, Indian Institute of Petroleum Management Gandhi Nagar, Indian Institute of Forest Management Bhopal (IIFM), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) & Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA).The team members have qualification like MBA, MSW from above mentioned institute as well as FPM from IIMA & FPRM from IRMA.
Director

Tana Bana Marketing Pvt Ltd

(Textiles industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

TANA BANA Marketing Private Limited (TBM Pvt Ltd) is a sister concern of Bihar Development Trust. It has been incorporated on May 21, 2009.

Tana Bana Marketing Pvt Ltd has been founded on premise that quality weaving work with market linkages will revive the glory of Bhagalpur Tasar Silk industry. Tana Bana Marketing Pvt Ltd is uniquely positioned with the ability to provide microfinance through sister concern to weavers and small producers/traders as well as providing market linkages to solve the problem of marketing. It is aiming to build a supply chain from procurement of yarn to the marketing with the assurance of buy back to weavers subject to quality checks. Tana Bana Marketing Pvt Ltd is promising to provide buyback guarantee to Producer Company of weavers facilitated by Bihar Development Trust. Besides, 30% of shareholding is being reserved for weavers who will produce quality and reliable work on a continuous basis for the producer company.

It has achieved a turnover of Rs.10 lakhs and have expertise in manufacturing Handloom stoles , sarees and fabrics.
Managing Trustee

Bihar Development Trust

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)

The main role is to build the organisation as an world class institution.
Bihar Development Trust is empowering people of Bihar through its Microfinance and Livelihood programmes.
EXECUTIVE

TATA AIG LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Insurance industry)

December 2006 — April 2007 (5 months)

Managing the UP rural channel of Life Insurance based at Lucknow.
Growing the business partners and increasing sales life insurance policies in rural UP
CONSULTANT

CARE,INDIA

(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

October 2006 — December 2006 (3 months)

Designing a communication campaign on HIV and other health related issue in Rajasthan. This involved designing messages, which can influence the people to adopt safe health practices, choosing the mix of communication tools and implementing it in urban and rural setting.

RAVI CHANDRA’s Education

INSTITUTE OF RURAL MANAGEMENT, ANAND

PGDRM , RURAL MANAGEMENT , 2004 — 2006

Here, I honed up my leadership skills and handling the crowd. The experience to lead a group of highly talented youth and able to address their concerns over two years has helped to grow as a individual. I honed my counselling skills while providing sympathetic hearing during exams, placement and broken relationships.

Activities and Societies:

I was the class representative during 2004-2006. I managed the over all student affairs of the campus.like cultural fest, placements,academic affairs etc.I was active participants in all non academic activities.
Manipal Academy of Higher Education

BDS , DENTISTRY , 1998 — 2003

Activities and Societies:

General Secretary of the KMC Mens Hostel, Kaprigudda,
Kendriya Vidyalaya

10+2 , General Education , 1986 — 1998

Looking back, There were the best days of my life. Playing and mauj masti in regular school hours with broken tables and cricket ball and football in rains. I used to top my class regularly as well active in quizzing,debate etc. No interest in any group activity. Just play and play

Activities and Societies:

Although I was members of few houses of KV, I dont remember the names. I won few quiz competition during school times as well tried to debate. But generally not active during the CCA period. We used to spent in playing cricket and football