Basanta Kumar Panigrahi
State Coordinator – Odisha
Basanta Kumar Panigrahi holds a master’s degree in Social Work from Indore School of Social Work, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He has over 12 years of experience in planning, implementing, monitoring various development projects in different parts of the country in the field of the field of sustainable livelihood, humanitarian response, WASH and DRR. He has skills in mapping program requirements, gathering and interpreting information, identifying and analysing issues, resolving conflicts, facilitating diverse learning and defining road maps to strengthen programs and building productive relationship with key stakeholders.
Currently he is looking after overall operations in Odisha state in the capacity of state coordinator that includes two flagship project of IGSSS’s key thematic areas