Amon Hashimov

Institution: : Socio - Economic Center

Peter Palaniswami

Institution: NDFS

Profile: Studied professional courses such as social work, law & business management. About 25 years solid experience in development work assisting the poor. Working with 30,000 low income families for empowerment. SHEPHERD is promoting solidarity group (surabhi) and encouraging micro savings, credit, insurance, pension and livelihood promotion. We are building community owned organizations, where poor women became stake holder of the company. Micro finance intervention provides opportunity to low income families to do their micro enterprise activities. We are working in Micro Health Insurance (MHI), where women’s health are “Assets” to the family development. Old age security by was of Long term savings leading to micro pension was initiated by us we are the only one “NGO” in the whole country of India. Who initiated this programme.

India

Li Qi

Institution: China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation

Position: Proyect Manager,

Profile: Li Qi, about 3-year experiences in microfinance, experienced in fund raising, microfinance project management, and project monitor and evaluate. I’m currently the Resource Development Manager, Microfinance Department of China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, Trainer on microfinance institution management, credit and risk control

China

Dulan De Silva

Institution: Berendina Microfinance Institute (Gte) Ltd

Profile: Dulan De Silva has 21+ years experience in the development sector. His focus is primarily in Micro-Finance, enterprise development services, institutional development services and vocational training. He has a MBA from Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA and is also a Chartered Management Accountant qualifying from the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants, UK. After a career spanning 15 years in Finance and Accounting in Sri Lanka and Sultanate of Oman, Dulan shifted to the development sector in 1986 to start  SEEDS as its founding Chief Executive Officer . SEEDS is currently the largest microfinance NGO in Sri Lanka. During 1993 to 1997 he was the Director NGO programs of  IUCN in Pakistan, and Program coordinator of IUCN in Cambodia. He has consulted for organizations such as IFAD, UNDP, WorldBank, ADB,  CARE, DFID, NOVID etc in 14 countries. He also held two Regional positions as Asian Region Micro Enterprise Specialist CCF, USA and as Trainer in Financial Management and Financial Sustainability of NGO’s for Asian Institute of Technology. for  He is presently Chairman of Berendina Development Services (GTE) Ltd and Berendina Microfinance Institute.

Subrat Kumar S.

Institution: : Centre For Youth And Social Development

Profile: I am a Postgraduate in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India having 24 years of working experience in Development sector out of which 15 years are in micro finance sector. I have also done certificate courses on Enterprise development and Universalizing socio-economic security for the poor from Harvard University, USA and Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands respectively. I had worked as CEO of Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Nidhi (a national level funding agency sponsored by three Central Government Financial institutions to support NGOs for micro finance initiatives in India)), prior to setting up the Madhyam Foundation in 2003 where currently I work as its Executive Director Madhyam provides capacity building and technical support to a whole range of stakeholders like Donors, MFIs, Banks and Government Agencies, engaged in micro finance initiatives.
I have executed more than 60 micro finance related consulting assignments for international agencies such as the Ford Foundation, NOVIB, CARE, Freedom from Hunger, MISEREOR, Lutheran World Relief, CRS, OXFAM, Action Aid, TDH-Geneva, and Concern Worldwide. I regularly advise a large number of Micro Finance Institutions across India on targeting and expansion strategies, operational systems and procedures, development of financial products, MIS, HRD issues etc . Currently, I serve as an Honorary Member on the Capacity building Advisory Group of Sa-Dhan, New Delhi, the National level Network of Micro finance institutions in India. Between May,2004 and May,2007, I anchored a micro finance capacity building project of Center for Youth and Social Development( CYSD), Orissa that was supported by the Ford Foundation.

Kirod Malick

Institution: : Bharat Integrated Social Welfare Agency - BISWA

Profile: Social Worker. Founder and CEO of the NGO BISWA, Khirod Malick oversees all of its activities, including policy and guidance, day to day management, personnel finance, and MIS.  He is also in charge of monitoring and evaluation of on-going projects; planning long and short-term perspective plans for the community; establishing convergence between program interventions and among various line departments. Also involved in social work as member of different social networks organizations at the district, state, and national level.  Formerly, he worked as the Nodal Officer, Community Services Banking of the State Bank of India.
He has also worked as a consultant with various agencies providing technical assistance on different human development disciplines, and in Research and Development, making studies on different socio-economic, and environmental issues.