Smt. Mithu Banik
Chairperson
Smt. Mithu Banik, is the founder member and key person of Bosundhara. Prior to joining the Bosundhara, she has been working with P & RD Deptt. Govt. of West Bengal since 2007 on Livelihood Promotion for SHG members as a Livelihood Development Officer (DLDO-DRDC, Coochbehar) for nearly 17 yrs. She led district advocacy and policy making issues on SHG program and financial linkages with financial institution, skill training, marketing linkages of farm & non-farm produces. She engaged in bamboo research work and boosting up bamboo produces as business perspectives, connecting with bamboo studies and research institutes and university(Assam, Tripura and West Bengal). She is Expert in Livelihood & Women Empowerment, act as Director-Bosundharaand prior to P & RD Deptt., Govt. of West Bengal, she accomplishes multiple projects including technical support, program assessments, monitoring and evaluation of the livelihood projects under DRDC, SRLM-West Bengal. She also engaged in promoting community-based livelihood services involving multiple stake holders and having experience to work under RCH project, Dept of H & FW,Childline,Old Age Programme, Govt. of WB,few programmes under MSME Dept and NABARD.
Basudev Sutradhar
Secretary
Basudev Sutradhar, has worked on LivelihoodPromotion, Institution Building & Climate Change (Env. Mngt.) issues for over 20 years at the Local, State and national levels. Prior to joining the Bosundhara he worked with the SRD & ISGP, Department of Panchayat and Rural Development, Govt. of West Bengal for 10 years. At SRD & ISGP, he was the Assistant District Coordinator & District Coordinator (In charge) to advocate rural decentralized development plan and infrastructure development at the district level. Besides this decentralized and strengthening rural up-samiti including Ortha, Unnayan and Pari Kalpana Up-Samiti. Conducted PRA-PLA and participatory village development plan to decentralized power and Govt. fund to Up-Samiti. He is Institution Building and Environment Managementspecialist and act as devoted workerand prior to joining P & RD Deptt. Govt. of West Bengal for SRD & ISGP he managed m-ICRO-Finance at IIMC, Sonarpur, Kolkata, then joined SPADE at Murshidabad and initiate the SHPI-mICRO-Financeand organized Cluster of Self-Help Group at grass root levels andmultiple projects at SPAR-Coochbehar Project, like Peoples Organisation and Community Development and Child Anti-trafficking and Child Development and climate adaptation program. Basudev Sutradhar has Master Degree in Social Work from Vidyasagar University, Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from IISW &BM, Kolkata, West Bengal.
Debasish Chakraborty
Treasurer
Debasish Chakraborty having core competency in journalism.He works for Bosundhara as Asstt. Director –Documentation and Marketing Management. He has a wide of experience of working with various Govt. and state level NGOs and freelancereporter.He has online marketing experience in ONDC, Flipkart and Amazon since last 3 years. More over he, as a documentation specialist provided documentation support to various Govt/Non-Govt organisation. Debasish has served his capacities gained through attending various skill training events organized by international organisation. Some of the major Projects headed by Debasish Chakraborty from time to time are documentation, online marketing both supported by NABARD based projects to boost MEDP & LEDP beneficiaries.