This curriculum vitae summarizes Avinaash Dirayiam's educational qualifications and professional experience. He has a diverse educational background that includes degrees in social work, management, education, and plant science. Professionally, he has over 15 years of experience working on projects in health, livelihood, agriculture, education, and development. His areas of expertise include project management, capacity building, communication, and information technology for development.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
AVINAASH DIRAVIYAM
Mob: 0
9443748910 (Tamilnadu) 08123048910
(Karnataka)
eMail: avinaash.d@gmail.com
Personal Data
Father’s Name : Mr.I.Diraviyam
Date of Birth & Age : 05.10.1971, 43 Years
Bangalore Address : #1119, Gokumarada Narayanappa Colony,
Hulimav Road, Near Classic Layout, Behind Govt.
Hospital, Begur, Bangalore – 560 068.
Permanent Address : 1/167-1, Pillaiyar Koil Street, Ammanpuram,
Tiruchendur Taluk, Thoothukudi District,
Tamilnadu,India.PIN: 628 201.
Passport Details : J6638096 Valid till: 24.07.2021.
Languages known : Tamil & English – Speak & Write
Hindi, Kannada – Speak
Telugu & Odia – Understand/Communicate
Professional Skills / Specialisation
• Health & Nutrition – Micronutrients – IDD/USI/AIS Promotion
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2. • Livelihood, Sustainable Agriculture, Agri-preneurship & Eco-preneurship
• Project Management for Development and Institutional Change
• Organisational Communication,Content Development, Capacity Building
Networking
• Institutional Change, Development and Behaviour Change Management
• Internet and eGovernance, eBusiness Management, eLearning & Training
• Information and Communication Technology for Development
• Human Resource Recruitment and Training for Development
• Conceptualizing, Policy Development & Action Research
Educational Qualification: Degree
Course Institution University/Board Marks/Class
Passing
Year
M.B.A.
Operations &
Supply Chain
Management
Directorate of Distance
Education
Pondicherry University,
Pondicherry.
Appearing 2016
M.A.
Distance
Education
STRIDE, IGNOU
Indira Gandhi National
Open University, New
Delhi.
Appeared 2015
M.S.W
Social Work
Directorate of Distance
Education
Annamalai University,
Chidhambaram.
First 2013
M.Phil
Management
Directorate of Distance
Education
Alagappa University,
Karaikudi.
Second 2008
M.A.
Adv.& PR
Directorate of Distance
Education
Madurai Kamaraj
University, Madurai.
First (Project
Pending)
2007
M.A.
PM&IR
Directorate of Distance
Education
Alagappa University,
Karaikudi.
First 2000
B.Ed.
Bio.& English
Centre for Distance
Education
Bharathidasan University,
Tiruchirapalli.
First(P)
Second(T)
1995
M.Sc.
Plant Science
Department of Botany
Bharathidasan University,
Tiruchirapalli.
73%
First
1994
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3. Diploma
Course Institution University/Board
Passing
Year
P.G.D.D.E Distance
Education
STRIDE, IGNOU, New
Delhi
Indira Gandhi National Open
University, New Delhi.
2014
P.G.D.E.L eLearning
STRIDE, IGNOU, New
Delhi
Indira Gandhi National Open
University, New Delhi.
2013
P.G.D.I.P.L.
Intellectual Property
Laws
Tamilnadu Dr.Ambetkar Law
University, Chennai
Tamilnadu Dr.Ambetkar Law
University, Chennai
2009
C.I.C. Computing
Indira Gandhi National
Open University, New Delhi.
Indira Gandhi National Open
University, New Delhi.
2002
P.G.D.R.D. Planning
& Project
Management
Centre for Distance
Education.
University of Hyderabad,
Hyderabad.
2001
D.I.P.C. Industrial
Pollution & Control
Directorate of Distance
Education
Annamalai University,
Chidhambaram.
1998
O.L.P.E.
Entrepreneurship
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung,
Germany Entrepreneurship
development Institute of
India, Ahmedabad.
National Board for Science,
Technology and
Entrepreneurship, New Delhi.
1998
T.E.E. Environmental
Education
Centre for Environmental
Education, Ahmedabad.
Ministry of Environment and
Forest, Government of India.
1996
Special Training Courses
Course Institution Year
Financial Management of NGOs. Tamilnadu Voluntary Health association, Chennai. 2001
Course on capacity Building for
Market Development – Rural Non
Farm Sector.
National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad. 2000
Energy Entrepreneurship
Programme.
Tiruchirapalli Regional Engineering College-Science
and Technology Entrepreneurship Park,
Tiruchirapalli.
1999
Orientation Course on
Micronutrients - IDD (Maternal &
Child Health)
National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child
Development, New Delhi.
1997
Photography and Slide Preparation. Anand Agriculture University, Anand, Gujarat. 1996
Management of Technological
Changes in Sustainable Agriculture.
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. 1996
Special Mention
Course Institution Year
Internet Governance Capacity Building
Programme
Diplo Foundation, Malta 2008
E-Business Strategies Asian Development Bank Institute, Japan. 2007
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4. Professional Experience
Nature of Work Capacity Institution Sponsor Year
PG Teaching &
Research
Lecturer
Rajiv Gandhi National
Institute of Youth
Development, Sriperumbudur
Ministry of Youth
Affairs and Sports,
GOI
2008-
2010
HIV/AIDS
Prevention
Project
Site Manager
& Counselor
Operation Lighthouse -
Population Services
International
USAID
2003-
2004
HIV-AIDS Care
& Support
Project
Manager
CJLPRS, Thoothukudi. Alliance India 2002
Project Design Consultant
Awareness to Women and
Action for Rural
Development,
Deivacheyalpuram.
Awareness to Women
and Action for Rural
Development,
Deivacheyalpuram.
2000
Environment
Education
Researcher
Salim Ali School of Ecology
and Environment Sciences,
Pondicherry University.
McArthur Foundation,
US.
1998-
1999
Evaluation of
TNIP Nutrition
Project
Research
Assistant
National Institute of
Nutrition, Hyderabad.
World Bank 1997
Sustainable
Development and
Livelihood
Generation
Resource
Scientist
Environmental Systems
Branch, Development
Alternatives, Bangalore.
IUCN,IRDC, TOOLS-
Netherlands, NWDB&
CAPART, Government
of India.
1996-
1997
Natural Resource
Management
Research
assistant
Centre for Management in
Agriculture, Ahmedabad.
Indian Institute of
Management,
Ahmedabad.
1996
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5. Consultancy/Assignments (2004- 2015)
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6. Nature of Work/ Capacity Institution Year
Guest Teacher Educator (ICT4Ed)
Shantinikethan Educational
Institutions, Bangalore
2015
Educational Advisor & Consultant
Jaihind International School,
Hongasandra, Bangalore
2014
Learning Object Creation & Learning
Environment Design for ‘Open Skills
Movement’
E-Learning Initiative of GF- The ICT
Gateway Trust – TC & SDS
Collective, Tamilnadu
2010-14
Documentation Consultant: IDD-ICDS-
UNICEF Project
PO, ICDS, Dharmapuri 2012-13
Institutional Specialist: Change Management:
Reorganisation of DoWR of Govt. of Odhisa
-
Orissa Integrated Irrigated
Agriculture & Water Management
Investment Program (OIIAWMIP) -
ISPM Consultants Asian
Development Bank's MFF Irrigation
Project at Odhisa
2011-13
Project Manager of Universal Salt Iodisation
Programme at Tamilnadu & Karnataka
Micronutrients Initiative India, New
Delhi
2010-11
Recruitment of APOs for the ‘Mahalir
Thittam’, as Recruitment Consultant
Tamil Nadu Corporation for
Development of Women through
SRIJAN IDS, New Delhi
2010
Recruitment of PFTs for the Vazhndhu
Kaatuvom - Recruitment Consultant
Poverty Reduction Project of
Government of Tamilnadu through
SRIJAN IDS, New Delhi
2009
Policy Analysis and Guidelines Development
on Biodiversity (BHS & NTC ) Expert
Consultant
National Biodiversity Authority,
Government of India.
2008
Recruitment of PFTs for the Vazhndhu
Kaatuvom - State Team Leader
Poverty Reduction Project of
Government of Tamilnadu through
SRIJAN, New Delhi
2007-08
Women SHG Product Standardization,
Marketing and Data Base Management - State
Project Facilitator.
Gandhigram Rural University,
Dindigul, Ministry of Rural
Development, GOI.
2007
Vulnerability Analysis Tsunami Affected –
Post Tsunami Scenario
TRCTT-TNTRC-UNDP, New Delhi. 2006
Rehabilitation & Resettlement of Tsunami
Affected People, In-depth Study on the
Process and Effects in South Tamilnadu
Medicos International, Germany &
REDS,Sivagangai, Tamilnadu.
2006
Vulnerability Analysis of Youth to HIV-AIDS
& Life Skill Education
For DFO, RRC, Thoothukudi
District, Tamilnadu through
Development Support Services
(DSS).
2005
Attitudinal and Behaviour Change
BSNL, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu,
through Development Support
Services
2004-05
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7. Nature of Work/ Capacity Institution Year
Iodine Deficiency Disorder Control
FEDCOT-UNICEF-FEDCOT,
Tamilnadu, DSS
2004
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8. Current Assignment
Consultant – District Coordinator (Tuticorin, Tamilnadu) – Adequately Iodized Salt (AIS)
promotion through the Public Distribution System (PDS) – UNICEF, Chennai (Dec 2014 - March
2015)
National Eligibility Test
Qualified in the National Eligibility Test for Lectureship in Social Work conducted by University
Grants Commission, New Delhi on 26th
December 2008
Professional Membership
Member, Institutional Ethics Committee for Human Research(IECHR), School of Life Sciences,
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli – 620 024, Tamilnadu, India.
Professional Capacity
Project Design, Project Implementation, Development of Training & Communication Materials,
Monitoring & Evaluation, Survey and Development Research and Training & Capacity Building.
Computer Literacy
Conversant in working with computer and other communication tools. Capable of managing e-mail,
internet and documentation on my own. Capable of conceiving and evolving database systems, ICT
enabled communication and the New Media – Web Casting and Pod Casting. Operating Systems:
Exposure to DOS, Windows, BOSS (Linux). Working on MOODLE & Drupal, SCORM
Production tools, and the LMS & CMS.
Statistical / Database Packages
Conversant and exposed to Excel, Access, SPSS, PSPP, CSPro, and Stats. Involved in building web
based offline/online database design for clientele.
State Award
Won State Award in the Extempore (Speech Competition) in Tamil and English languages
conducted by Nehru Yuva Kendra, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in the year 2001.
7TH
National Youth Festival
Represented Tamilnadu in the National youth Festival at Hissar, Haryana, between January 12-16,
2002.
National Award
Won National award for Sadbhawana Essay Competition 1992 conducted by the Ministry of Human
Resource Development, New Delhi. Cash award Rs.40,000/-, Merit Certificate & Monthly
Scholarship for Five Years of Higher Studies from then Hon’ble Prime Minister of India
Sri.P.V.Narasimha Rao.
International Award
One of the 100 winners of the Global Young Social Entrepreneurs’ Competition 2007
www.globalknowledge.org/ysef07, for the Social Enterprise, Clean Green Technopreneurs, held at
the GK3 conference at KLCC, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia, between 11th
and 13th
of December 2007.
REFERENCES
Prof. Dr. Santosh Panda
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9. Chairperson, National Council for Teacher Education, New Delhi-110002. INDIA
Email:spandaignou@gmail.com
Dr. K Sivasubramaniyan
Assistant Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies, #79, Second Main Road,
Gandhinagar, Adyar, Chennai - 600 020, Tamil Nadu, INDIA. Email:siva@mids.ac.in Tel:(O)0091-
44-24412589/24419771Extn:313;Fax:0091-44-24910872
Prof. Dr. M S Swaminathan
President, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Ex-Chairman, M S Swaminathan
Research Foundation, Third Cross Street, Taramani Institutional Area, Chennai - 600 113 . INDIA
Tel: +91 44 2254 2790 / 2254 1229; Fax: +91 44 2254 1319 Email: swami@mssrf.res.in /
msswami@vsnl.net
Declaration
I hereby declare that the above information I have furnished are true to the best of my
knowledge.
Place : Bangalore
Date : 22.06.2015 Signature
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10. Chairperson, National Council for Teacher Education, New Delhi-110002. INDIA
Email:spandaignou@gmail.com
Dr. K Sivasubramaniyan
Assistant Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies, #79, Second Main Road,
Gandhinagar, Adyar, Chennai - 600 020, Tamil Nadu, INDIA. Email:siva@mids.ac.in Tel:(O)0091-
44-24412589/24419771Extn:313;Fax:0091-44-24910872
Prof. Dr. M S Swaminathan
President, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Ex-Chairman, M S Swaminathan
Research Foundation, Third Cross Street, Taramani Institutional Area, Chennai - 600 113 . INDIA
Tel: +91 44 2254 2790 / 2254 1229; Fax: +91 44 2254 1319 Email: swami@mssrf.res.in /
msswami@vsnl.net
Declaration
I hereby declare that the above information I have furnished are true to the best of my
knowledge.
Place : Bangalore
Date : 22.06.2015 Signature
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