Advisory Board

Dr Navin Anand

International Development Expert & Team Leader

Dr Saroj Kumar Verma

Retired Professor of Political Science and Dean
Faculty of Social Sciences JP University

Amulya Nidhi

Public Health Expert

Dr.C.Pitchai

Professor in the Department of Cooperation, Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed to be University)

Dr Navin Anand

International Development Expert & Team Leader

Dr Navin Anand worked in UN India Office for seven years as Resource Person and Moderator, Solution Exchange (A Unique Knowledge Sharing Project of UN). He has successfully handled several national and international projects and also undertaken various studies. In the international domain, he has handled several projects of UNDP, World Bank, IFAD, DFID, etc. Presently, he is working as Team Leader for three PAN India Studies of Ministry of Cooperation-NCUI, Fisheries and Labour Cooperatives. He earlier worked as Faculty in VAMNICOM and RICM.

Amulya Nidhi

Public Health Expert

Amulya Nidhi is a dedicated Public Health Activist with over two decades of experience in campaign building, advocacy and action research. 
Holding Master’s degrees in Social Work and Archaeology, a degree in law (LLB), and a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Law and Ethics.
Amulya has worked extensively with Civil Society Organizations on several people centric issues. He leads ‘Silicosis Peedit Sangh’, an organisation working to ensure rights of the victims of Silicosis. He also leads ‘Swasthya Adhikar Manch’, a forum working Health Rights issues. Amulya serves as the National Convenor of ‘Jan Swasthya Abhiyan India’, and is the Managing Trustee of Nai Shuruwat, an organisation working on health, education, environment and other issues. Additionally, he is a resource person for Child Rights and You (CRY).
Amulya gained prominence for highlighting Occupational Health Hazards like Silicosis among migrant tribal laborers. 
He also spearheaded a campaign through ‘Swasthya Adhikar Manch’, against unethical Clinical Trials leading to the Government of India enacting new rules and regulations Amulya is also one of the authors of a Training Module on Health Cooperatives developed by NCUI..

Amulya Nidhi

Public Health Expert

Dr.C.Pitchai

Professor in the Department of Cooperation, Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed to be University)

Dr.C.Pitchai, Professor in the Department of Cooperation, Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed to be University), Gandhigram is an M.A.in Cooperative Management, M.B.A., Ph.D. After having completed Faculty Development Programme in Management at Indian Institute of Management, Ahemedabad, he worked in the National Council for Cooperative Training for 19 years. He has 30 years of teaching experience and a rich experience as a trainer in varied subjects related to cooperative management To his credit he has nearly 70 articles published in national and International journals. He has presented 60 papers in the workshops, seminars and conferences within and outside the country. He has conducted 14 research projects for various organisations.
Dr.Pitchai has worked as Assistant Professor at Mekelle University, Ethiopia for two years. During his stay he was instrumental in designing and launching M.Sc. in Cooperative Marketing, first of its kind in Ethiopian Universities. Dr.Pitchai is currently working as Professor in the Department of Cooperation and Nodal Officer, National Level Monitoring, MoRD, GoI.
He is one of the National Level committee members for drafting the National Cooperative Policy (NCP)-2023 of Ministry of Cooperation, GoI.