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Industry Leaders:

1. Mr. Rahul Dhir
   CEO, Tullow Oil
 

2. Mr. Manish Kumar
    Founder & CEO, Utopia Ville
 

3. Mr. Sheetal Arora
   CEO, Mankind Pharma Ltd
 

4. Mr. Manish Sabharwal
    Vice Chairman, TeamLease Services Ltd
 

5. Mr. Mohandas Pai
   Chairman, Aarin Capital
 

6. Mr. Mayank Gandhi
  Founder & Managing Trustee, Global Vikas Trust
 

7. Mr. Prashant Pathak
   CEO, Ekagrata Inc
 

8. Mr. Vivek Chaand Sehgal

Chairman and Co-founder, Samvardhana Motherson Group
 

9. Mr. Bhavish Aggarwal
   Co-Founder & CEO, Ola Cabs
 

10. Mr. Punit Renjen
   Global CEO Emeritus, Deloitte
 

11. Mr. Arindam Bhattacharya
Senior Advisor and Emeritus Partner, Boston

Consulting Group (BCG)
 

12. Mr. Dhruv Lal
Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting

Group (BCG)
 

13. Mr. Mario Gonsalves
Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting

Group (BCG)
 

14. Ms. Aparna Bijapurkar
Managing Director & Partner, BostonConsulting

Group (BCG)
 

15. Mr. Hemang Jani
Senior Advisor to Executive Director for Bangladesh,

Bhutan, India and Sri .Lanka, The World Bank              
 

16. Mr. Kushal Sinha
     Partner, Strategy

17. Mr. Joginder Tanikella
     CEO T-Works

18. Mr. Amit Chandra
      MD, Bain Capital

19. Mr. Gopal Jain
      Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Gaja Capital

20. Mr. NSN Murty
      Partner, Deloitte

21. Mr. Adnan Ansari
     Vice President, The Asia Group

22. Dr. Poornima Dore
Economist, Senior Advisor The Convergence Foundation

23. Prof. Karthik Muralidharan
Founder, Centre for Effective Governance of

Indian States (CEGIS)

24. Mr. Rahul Ahluwalia
Founding Director, Foundation for Economic Development (FED)

25. Ms. Sarita Vijayan
      Founder, Director, For Young India

26. Mr. Alok Shukla
Director and State Head, U.P., Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).

27. Mr. Kishon Daga
      Founder & Anchor, Concepts N Strategies

28. Mr. Erik Solheim
Former Minister of Climate and the Environment of Norway; Former Executive Director, UNEP

29. Mr. Pawan Goenka
      Chairperson, INSPACe

30.Mr. Alok Shukla
Director and State Head, U.P., Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).

31. Mr. Kirtti Bhusan Pani
     Integrator, Professional Assistance For Development Action (PRADAN)

32. Mrs. Gul Panag
      Co-Founder, Magucho

33. Cpt. Gurshivinder Attari
      Co-Founder, Magucho

People Consulted
During Strategy Phase (Nov 24- Mar 25)

Administration:

1. Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)
2. Deputy Director, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)
3. CEO, NITI Aayog
4. Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
5. Chairperson, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)
6. General Manager, Agricultural and Processed Food Products ExportDevelopment Authority (APEDA)
8. Secretary, Planning, Food & Civil Supplies, Government of Uttar Pradesh
9. Special Secretary, State Planning Department, Uttar Pradesh
10. District Magistrate, Deoria
11. District Magistrate, Kushinagar
12. Chief Development Officer, Deoria
13. Chief Development Officer, Kushinagar
14. Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Deoria Sadar
15. Chief Horticulture Officer, Kushinagar
16. District Horticulture Officer, Deoria
17. GM, District Industrial Centre, Deoria
18. GM, District Industrial Centre, Kushinagar
19. Basic Education Officer, Deoria
20. Chief Medical Officer, Deoria
21. Chief Veterinary Officer, Deoria
22. District Economics and Statistics Officer, Deoria.
23. District Economics and Statistics Officer, Kushinagar
24. Superintending Engineer, Deoria
25. District Tourism Officer, Kushinagar
26. National Rural Livelihood Mission Officer, Kushinagar
27. Lead Bank Officer, Kushinagar.
28. Deputy Director Agriculture, Kushinagar
29. Deputy Director Agriculture, Deoria
30. ITI Principal, Kushinagar
31. Chief Scientist, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kushinagar
32. Political representatives (4-5)

17.Mr. Joginder Tanikella
     CEO T-Works

18.Mr. Amit Chandra
      MD, Bain Capital

19.Mr. Gopal Jain
      Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Gaja Capital

20.Mr. NSN Murty
      Partner, Deloitte

21.Mr. Adnan Ansari
     Vice President, The Asia Group

22.Dr. Poornima Dore
Economist, Senior Advisor The Convergence Foundation

23.Prof. Karthik Muralidharan
Founder, Centre for Effective Governance of

Indian States (CEGIS)

24.Mr. Rahul Ahluwalia
Founding Director, Foundation for Economic Development (FED)

25.Ms. Sarita Vijayan
      Founder, Director, For Young India

26.Mr. Alok Shukla
Director and State Head, U.P., Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).

27.Mr. Kishon Daga
      Founder & Anchor, Concepts N Strategies

28.Mr. Erik Solheim
Former Minister of Climate and the Environment of Norway; Former Executive Director, UNEP

29.Mr. Pawan Goenka
      Chairperson, INSPACe

30.Mr. Alok Shukla
Director and State Head, U.P., Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).

31.Mr. Kirtti Bhusan Pani
     Integrator, Professional Assistance For Development Action (PRADAN)

32.Mrs. Gul Panag
      Co-Founder, Magucho

33.Cpt. Gurshivinder Attari
      Co-Founder, Magucho

34. Mrs. Deepti Mehta
      Vice President, MakeMyTrip
 

35. Mr. Vishal Gondal
      Founder & CEO, GOQii
 

36. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar
      CEO, Jagriti enterprise centre

37. Mr. Chinmay Vadnere
      Chief Operating Officer, Jagriti Yatra
 

38. Mr. Shoaib Ahmed
      Digital COE Leader
 

39. Dr. Rajiv B. Lall
Co-Founder, Mondiale Impact, Bioregional COE Leader

40. Mrs. Vanita Vishwanath
      Women COE Leader

41. Mrs. Kirti Poonia
     Handicraft & Apparel COE Leader

42. Mr. Manish Agrawal
      Urbanization COE Leader

43. Mr. Hemendra Mathur
      Agriculture COE Leader

44. Mr. Annaswamy Vaidheesh
      Healthcare COE Leader
 

45. Mr. Darpan Chib
      Incubation Manager

46. Mrs. Veena Hanamsagar
      Director, Incubation

47. Mr. Sujay Hammannavar
      Manager, Bioregional COE

48. Mr. Vishwas Pandey
      Associate, Incubation Director

49. Ms. Rajalakshmi Deshpande
      Director, Bioregional CoE

50. Ms. Shilpi Singh
      Manager, Women CoE

51. Ms. Narangi Devi
     Manager, Handicraft CoE
 

52. Mr. Abhishek Bhardwaj
     Manager, Digital CoE
 

53. Mr. Anand Singh
      Operations Manager, Bioregional CoE

54. Mr. Manoj Verma
      Udyam Corp

55. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh
      Director, Bargad Amrit Sangathan
 

56. Mrs. Suvarna Tapkir
      Director, Bargad Amrit Sangathan

57. Ms. Shrija
      Research Associate, Bioregional CoE

Citizens:

400+ citizens were consulted in the strategy phase of Amrit Prayas including SHG members,

FPO Managers, industrialists, farmers, hotel managers, tourists and others.

1. Citizens of Deoria through forms, meetings and events (400+)  
2. Self-help group members (3)  
3. FPO Manager (2)  
4. Farmers (15-20)  
5. Local Industrialists (15-20)  
6. Overseas Employment Agency, Deoria (1)
7. Hotel manager, Kushinagar (1)
8. Priest (1)  
9. Foreign tourists (2-3)  
10. Call Centre manager (1)  
11. Tour & Travel Agent (1)
12. Yatris from the Jagriti Yatra (10-12)

Core Team – Amrit Prayas Strategy Phase:

1. Shashank Mani
   Member of Parliament – Deoria Lok Sabha
 

2. Piyush Doshi
   Operating Partner, The Convergence Foundation
  

3. Kaushik Banerjee
    Former Global Head of Strategy, BNP Paribas
 

4. Antara Khaitan
    Policy and Research Manager, O/o Shashank Mani
 

5. Mohit Gupta
   Program Lead, The Convergence Foundation
 

6. Aarushi Kasliwal
   Consultant, The Convergence Foundation

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