Prof. Amrita Dhiman ( Assistant Professor )


Prof. Amrita Dhiman
Email : adhiman[@]dmi.ac.in
Mobile No : +91-7091496209

Academics


Prof. Amrita Dhiman is a faculty member at the Development Management Institute with a cumulative experience of 15 years working in Industry, Government Administration, and now in Academics. She has been a Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellow (PMRDF) and a Post-Graduate (PG) in Agri-Business Management from VAMNICOM, Pune, with undergraduate (UG) study in Agriculture at G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar. She is a recipient of the Chancellor’s Gold medal and Gold Medal as Topper of the Batch at her UG and PG studies, respectively. Her research articles have been published in Invest & Harvest, & The Finapolis, The Hindu Business Line, EPW, and as book chapters. She played a key role in establishing the Centre of Excellence in Disaster Management (CoEDM) at the DMI and is now the Coordinator of the Centre. She is actively engaged in research, capacity building, consultancy, and education activities relating to Agriculture Marketing, Small Agri-Business, and Disaster Risk Reduction & Management.

 

Summary of Experience


Teaching and Research experience in years: 7

Industry experience in years: 8

Specialization area: ABM

Subjects Taught: FABM, LGS-I, LGS-II, Social Audit, Public Systems and Policy

Area of Interest


Farm and Off-Farm Livelihoods, Agri-Business Management, Initiatives to increase the outreach of government schemes, Convergence, e-governance and Management of Collective Enterprises.

Publications


Book Chapter
Geetanjali Kumari, Vivek K Singh, Amrita Dhiman, Chapter 7 - Community resilience for disaster risk reduction by engaging local governance in Bihar (India), Editor(s): Indrajit Pal, Rajib Shaw, Multi-Hazard Vulnerability and Resilience Building, Elsevier, 2023, Pages 91-104, ISBN 9780323956826, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95682-6.00011-5 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780323956826000115) Keywords: Community-based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR); Family preparedness
 
S, R. and Dhiman, A. (2020, July 22). Bihar makes big strides in milk production. The Hindu Business Line, [online] Available at:  https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/bihar-makes-big-strides-in-milk-production/article32164257.ece
 
Dhiman, A. & Kumar, N. (2020, Jul 6). "Litchis in Mail: India Post delivers litchis in Bihar during lockdown". Village Square (online), https://www.villagesquare.in/2020/07/06/india-post-delivers-litchis-in-bihar-during-lockdown/
 
S, R. and Dhiman, A. (2020, June 9). Is Gujarat ready to lead India by moving beyond Operation Flood? The Hindu Business Line, [online] Available at:  https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/is-gujarat-ready-to-lead-india-by-moving-beyond-operation-flood/article31785279.ece
 
S, R. and Dhiman, A. (2020, April 7). Has Cow Vigilantism raised Milk output?. The Hindu Business Line, [online] Available at: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/has-cow-vigilantism-raised-milk-output/article31282451.ece
 
Dhiman, A. & Kumar, N. (2020). Can Biofortified Crops Reduce Malnutrition in Bihar? Economic & Political Weekly (EPW), 55(11), https://www.epw.in/engage/article/can-biofortified-crops-reduce-malnutrition-bihar
 
Dhiman, A. (2017, June 2). The development disconnect: MNREGA in Bihar’s Jamui district. https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/governance/the-development-disconnect-mnrega-in-bihars-jamui-district.html 
 
Book chapter: 
Transition Strategies for Sustainable Community Systems pp 325-337Peoples’ Power and Processes in Ushering Changes: Cases from Bihar
 

Faculty Qualification


Post-Graduation  : 

  • Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management (PGDDM) - 2023
  • Agri-Business Management - VAMNICOM - 2009

Graduation          : Agriculture - GBPUA&T, Pantnagar- 2006

 

Conference Attended


-Paper "Understanding the response of the community to waste management under participatory governance in a Gram Panchayat in Bihar" presented at International Conference on “ Rural Development & SDG Governance towards Building an Agricultural & Rural Centric Economy" at Dr. MCR HRD Institute of Telangana, Hyderabad 14-15 December 2019

-Paper "Kaam Mango Abhiyan in convergence with Jeevika /NRLM – A Case Study from Gaya district” presented at National Seminar on “ Convergence in MGNREGA” at SIRD, Ranchi 24-25 March 2017 and Published by SIRD, Ranchi

-Paper “Peoples’ Power and Processes in ushering changes: Cases from Bihar” presented at 1st symposium on Transition Strategies for Sustainable Community Systems: Design & Systems Perspectives 18-20 Jan. 2017

-Paper “Livelihood Enhancement through Market Integration: Experience of a Producer Company in    Bihar” presented at 5th NSoRM in Bhubaneswar 18-19 Nov., 2016

Faculty Care Center Association


CARE- Leadership and Governance

Faculty Research Interest


Agri-Business, Public Administration

Faculty Consultancy Project's


Consultancy Project:

Dhiman A., S. R., Kundu D. (2022) Evaluation of ATMA Scheme in Bihar for BAMETI, Deptt. of Agriculture, Govt. of Bihar 

S. R., Dhiman A., Kundu D. (2022) Evaluation of Slurry Management Project of Barauni Dairy

Consulting assignment to assess Mayoral Election system in the state (A study commissioned by Urban Development and Housing Department of Govt. of Bihar; 2019)

Research Studies:

-Identify and address causes for low penetration of MGNREGA in Bihar for Rural Development Department, Govt. of Bihar

-Assessment of impact of Total Prohibition on Sale and Consumption of Liquor on the condition of women and girls in rural Bihar for Gender Resource Centre, Women Development Corporation, Govt. of Bihar

Faculty Training Programs


-Resource Person for session on Farmer Producers Organisations for Agriculture Coordinators under Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Bihar, training conducted by BAMETI (2020)

-Resource Person for sessions on Conflict Management for Induction Programme of employees of Bihar Rural Development Society funded by Rural Development Department, Government of Bihar (November - December 2019)

-Resource Person on the programme for middle management of Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) (India) on Conflict Management funded by AKRSP, India (December 2018)

-Designed and Delivered Competency Enhancement Programme (CEP) for Newly Elected Mukhiyas in Bihar

-Designed and Delivered Competency Enhancement Programme on “Motivation and Leadership Development” for District Project Managers of JEEViKA and Other SRLMs

-Designed and Delivered Competency Enhancement Programme (CEP) Under CM SC/ST Entrepreneurship Scheme

-Contributed in developing an illustrative comic book for Mukhiyas titled "Mukhiya Didi"