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Dr. Y. M. Donde
(1904–1981)
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Dr. Bhau Mandavkar
(1930–2008)

President , Dr. Y.M.Donde S.S. Trust
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President , Dr. Y.M.Donde S.S. Trust

                   Yugandhar Mandavkar is a rural development professional with over 35 years of experience in community based natural resources management (CBRNM) and rural livelihoods. After completing his B Tech in Agricultural Engineering from PKV Akola and Post-graduation in Management from IIM Ahmedabad, he worked on several programmes of watershed development and climate resilient agriculture programmes. In his career spanning few countries in Asia and Africa, he promoted and supported over a hundred Civil Society Organisations producer organisations in viable rural enterprises and value chain management.

 

                   He played a key role in designing people-centric development programmes like the Indo-German Watershed Development Programme (supported by KfW-NABARD), District Poverty Initiatives Programme (the World Bank supported DPIP-MP), PRI and WASH programmes in Himachal Pradesh (supported by GTZ), Convergence of Agriculture in Maharashtra (CAIM),Micro-Area Development Programme in Afghanistan, Financial Inclusion Improves Sanitation and Health (FINISH) and Kutch Drought Proofing Programme (supported by MoRD, GOI and PMNRF). One such project on management of groundwater by community institutions qualified for Development Marketplace in Washington DC in 2007. He joined as an early cohort of the Global Social Benefit Incubator of Santa Clara University at Californiain 2009.

 

                   He has a reputation for professional excellence, including strategic planning and management skills, in the field of water resources management and capacity building of community institutions to improve local governance with a focus on science, technology and innovation.