Senior Management Team

CYSD has a long-established and well-embedded management structure in place. The Member Secretary is the executive head of the organization, leading a group of Senior Managers, who are known as the Leadership team across the organization. The Leadership team holds specific responsibility conferred onto them with and by CYSD Management. This Leadership team manages organizational day-to-day responsibilities of both Programme and Operations. The team is very dynamic in nature; provides a clear direction and leadership to respective sub-ordinates creating an open and inclusive team culture.

Haris Chandra Singh

Chief Operating Officer

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Haris Chandra Singh

Haris Ch. Singh holds a Masters Degree in Sociology and a Master's Degree in Personnel Management. He has a career spanning over 38 years in the social sector. As the Chief Operating Officer, he looks after the program strategy development and execution as well as operations.

Basanta Kumar Nayak

Program Director

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Basanta Kumar Nayak

Basanta Kumar Nayak is a Post Graduate and M. Phil in Economics. He has a career spanning over 18 years. He leads the strategic planning and execution of various programmes. He also leads the Odisha Budget Accountability Centre (OBAC), a unit of CYSD.

Ananta Kishore Swain

Associate Program Director (ME & Knowledge Management)

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Ananta Kishore Swain

Ananta Kishore Swain is a Post Graduate and M. Phil in Education. He has 21 years of experience in research, monitoring, and evaluation.

Purna Ch. Mohapatra

Associate Director | Program Support Division

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Purna Ch. Mohapatra

Purna Ch. Mohapatra holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration. He has more than 36 years of experience in office administration and management affairs.

Ramesh Ch. Swain

Zonal Lead Integrator

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Ramesh Ch. Swain

Ramesh Ch. Swain holds a Master's Degree in Social Work. He has about 25 years of experience in the development sector - programme planning, implementation, monitoring, training, capacity building, community mobilization, and networking building.

Minati Mallik

Sr. Manager

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Minati Mallik

Minati Mallik holds Master's Degree in Sociology and Diploma in HR Management. She has 35 years of experience in building relations, HR management and Gender mainstreaming in the organisation.

Jagateswar Parida

Sr. Manager (Communication & Fundraising)

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Jagateswar Parida

Jagat Parida holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration. He has 35 years of experience in office management, public relations, communication, social media management, and fundraising.

Srikanta Rath

Senior Manager (Finance)

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Srikanta Rath

Srikanta Rath is an MBA in Finance. He has 17 years of experience in Finance and accounts management. He is the Senior Manager - Finance and Accounts

Kamalakanta Barik

District Integrator

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Kamalakanta Barik

Kamalakanta Barik has an academic background of Masters in Social Work. He is having more than 14 years of experience in the development sector.

Uppali Mohanty

Programme Manager & Gender Focal Point

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Uppali Mohanty

Uppali Mohanty holds a Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW). She has 18 years of experience in the social development sector, especially on budget analysis, program implementation, and gender mainstreaming.

Suvam Kumar Jena

District Integrator – North Zone

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Suvam Kumar Jena

Suvam Kumar Jena holds a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture from SOA University and PGDAM from GPSIOAM. He is having 6 years of experience in the development field.

Prafulla Kumar Rout

Research Coordinator

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Prafulla Kumar Rout

Prafull Kumar Rout has a Master's Degree in Economics. He has 24 years of experience in the development sector, especially in research, advocacy, budget analysis, and field program implementations.

Deepak Kumar Bihari

Information System Manager

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Deepak Kumar Bihari

Deepak Kumar Bihari holds an MCA Degree and He has 12 years of experience in managing, maintaining, and supporting an organization's IT infrastructure, ensuring that all systems, servers, networks, and applications run efficiently and securely. The role requires technical expertise in areas such as system installation, configuration, network administration, and troubleshooting, alongside knowledge of software and hardware systems.