Promoting sustainable agricultural livelihoods

Director and Chair

Mr. Pravinchandra Shivaram Dravid

Mr Pravinchandra Shivaram Dravid, Chairperson a Graduate of B.Tech (Hon.) in Agricultural Engineeering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 1972 and was awarded Presidents Silver Medal and First Rank in the Batch. Dravid has completed Certificate Program for Management in Agriculture from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1973 and got first rank in the Batch. Dravid has over 39 years of experience in various capacities and functional areas viz. general management, sales & marketing, production, HR etc. Currently, Dravid is working as the President – Business Planning & Corporate Affairs, Krishidhan Group of Companies, Pune. Dravid is guiding and managing the Corporate Affairs and overall business apart from guiding overseas projects which are important for the Krishidhan from the point of view of future growth & profitability. Prior to this, Dravid worked with JK Agri Genetics Ltd, Nath Seeds Ltd, Maharashtra, Maharashtra Agro Industries Development, Maharashtra State Seeds Corporation Ltd, Vidarbha Quality Seeds Ltd and Mayco Ltd. He is appointed as the Director of BASIX Krishi Samruddhi Ltd on February 1, 2012.

Director

Mr. Manmath Kumar Dalai

Mr. Manmath Kumar Dalai is an M.Com Graduate with specialization in Business Administration from Utkal University, Odisha. He is a professional banker, with more than 38 years’ experience in banking at various levels both in India and abroad. Last worked as a Managing Director – KBS Local Area Bank promoted by BASIX Social Enterprise Group. He served 2 years as a Managing Director – Bhartiya Samruddhi Finance Ltd oldest NBFC-MFI in India in BASIX Group. Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial officer –Bank M Tanzania Ltd, Dar es Salam, CEO and Country Manager, Diamond Trust Bank Uganda Ltd, Kampala . Worked with BNP PARIBAS, INDIA for a period of 13 years in various capacities, such as Regional Head Corporate Banking Group (North and Eastern), Head of Corporate Banking-North India; Chief Dealer and Deputy Treasurer – Mumbai. Prior to that he spent 12 years with State Bank of India from 1980 – 1992 and held various assignments which included Treasury sales and International banking operation.

Director

Dr. Dipankar Saha

Dr Dipankar Saha have more than 37 years of development management experience. Retired Scientist and Head of a Multidisciplinary team of scientist engaged in technology transfer & development. Experienced resource manager on Natural resources, Agriculture and Rural Development with special reference to participatory technology development in coastal Sundarbans. Expert in Communication and Extension. Farmers Group Mobiliser. Training of Trainers (Agricultural Scientists, Managers of Agriculture, Rural & Urban Development and Social Development Planners& Grass root Farmers). Managed a number of national projects and three international projects on behalf of German -Israel Fund for Research and International Development (GIFRID), Israel.  He served as member in Working Group on Agricultural Inputs for formulation of 9th five-year Plan in the sub-group on Agricultural Extension with Planning Commission, Government of India Livelihood development and Food Security for ultra-poor community. He also organized Training on Livelihood Planning Process (LPP) for the USAID funded SHARE project in Nigeria. Managed a range of portfolios and projects on development research and implementation. Assigned by IFAD (UN), UNDP on coastal studies, project development.

Director

Mr. Prabhakar Karamcheti

Mr Karamcheti Prabhakar is an Engineering Graduate with Post Graduation from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. In a professional career spanning over 42 years, he was the Managing Director at Hunter Douglas (I) Pvt Ltd. For about nine years prior to which worked as General Manager at Bakelite Hylam Ltd and Novopan India Ltd. He is working as an Independent Consultant on Marketing Programs and has been an Advisor to BASIX for about three years.

Director

Mr. Devarakonda Sattaiah

Mr. Sattaiah Devarakonda is a post-graduate in Management with a bachelor degree in Maths, Physics and Chemistry from Osmania University, Hyderabad. Mr Sattaiah has a stint of Entrepreneur for over four years. He started his career as a Technical Assistant in AP Productivity Council before joining BASIX Social Enterprise Group. He joined BASIX as a Field Executive and rose to the position COO and Director Strategic Products in Bhartiya Samruddhi Finance Limited. He served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sub-K Impact Solutions Limited (formerly BASIX Sub-K iTransactions Limited) (Sub-K) during September 2012 to June 2016. He was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for BASIX Academy for Building Life-long Employability Limited from September 2015 to June 25, 2020.

His contributions to BASIX Social Enterprise Group include initiating micro-credit operations, micro-insurance operations, setting up Corporate Human Resource Department and develop policy manuals on Operations and Human Resource Management. He was instrumental in developing successful and long-standing collaborations with insurance companies which lead to contributions in micro insurance products, processes and policy guidelines for the micro insurance sector. He has been instrumental in shaping revenue models for Sub-K and B-ABLE successfully and make them profitable. 

He took role of the Managing Director of Bhartiya Samruddhi Investments and Consulting Services Limited (BASICS Ltd.,) from Mr. Vijay Mahajan, the promoter and has been leading BASIX Group since then. He represents on each BASIX Group Company Board.  By 2020, Mr Sattaiah has put over 30 years of experience including tenure of 24 years with BASIX Group. He had undergone Executive Management Programmes at IIM-A (year 2000 & 2003) and INSEAD, Fontainebleau (2016) apart being part of numerous Institutional Development Exercises took place in BASIX Group.