Ashutosh Nanda
Ashutosh Nanda is the Regional Coordinator of Chhattisgarh Mega Watershed Project. He is based in Raipur. He has 12 years of experience and has expertise in Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM), Sustainable Agriculture, Livestock Promotion, Governance, and Strengthening People's Institution. He has been instrumental in integrating watershed development with MGNREGA in the Narharpur block in Chhattisgarh. Ashutosh has completed graduation in Forestry from Odisha University of Agriculture Technology (OUAT) and Masters in Rural Management from KIIT School of Rural Management, KIIT University.
January 8, 2022
Rather than depending on mega projects that will bring water to the villages, it is far more beneficial is it to have multiple, small water-conservation structures dotting the villages, ensuring not just its perennial source but also generating alternative crop and livelihood options, as experienced in the villages of Chhattisgarh
July 31, 2020
Decentralised participatory planning through MGNREGA to create durable livelihood assets like farm ponds, orchards, etc, has helped the farmers to increase their livelihood baskets and stopped distressed migration
July 17, 2020
Using the provisions under MGNREGA to gainfully engage the thousands of migrant labour, who are fleeing big cities and returning to their villages, is a productive way to turn the global crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic into an opportunity for creating assets that support rural livelihoods and lead to self-sufficiency.
October 7, 2017
Making work such as the construction of toilets under MGNREGA conditional upon meeting the Swachch Bharat Mission targets puts villagers in diffiuclties till the SHG women become aware of their rights and entitlements, which they then proceed to collectively ask for, winning the admiration of the officials