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.
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
Farm and Off-Farm Livelihoods, Agri-Business Management, Initiatives to increase the outreach of government schemes, Convergence, e-governance and Management of Collective Enterprises.
Post-Graduation :
Graduation : Agriculture - GBPUA&T, Pantnagar- 2006
-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
CARE- Leadership and Governance
Agri-Business, Public Administration
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
-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"