Manish Singh Rawat has over 13 years of experience in rural development initiatives. He holds degrees in Sociology, Rural Development, and Computer Applications. His experience includes managing education, livelihood, and good governance projects across Rajasthan. Most recently, he was District Manager for the Educate Girls project in Ajmer district, where he helped facilitate over 14,000 girl enrollments in government schools within 9 months. He has strong skills in project management, strategy development, monitoring and evaluation, and resource mobilization.

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Resume
Mr.Manish Singh Rawat
Cell No:- 08094003863
E mail: manu_rcdsajmer@yahoo.co.in
13 Years Experience
in Rural Development Initiatives
Career Objective:
A professional with a right blend of developmental as well as corporate sector assisting in
mainstreaming socially excluded community with meaningful development.
Highlights of My Career
 I am a development professional who is Master & Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from
MDS University, Ajmer and Post Graduate in Rural Development-PGDRD
(Information & Communication in Rural Development) from IGNOU.
 In addition I have one year diploma in computer application from Don Bosco Technical
Institute, Okhla, New Delhi.
 Having more than 13 years of working experience from grass root to project
management and resource mobilization responsibilities in a reputed NGO of
Ajmer and Mumbai.
 Have successfully initiated and managed an ambitious project of Educate Girls at
District Level covering 1123 villages, 1731 Govt. Primary & Upper Primary
Schools, 1096 volunteers (Team Balika), 115 full time project staff at Ajmer
district.
 Successfully coordinated various Education (non-formal, formal) including Reading
Room Program, Outreach Projects, ECDC1
, SF2
, OCF3
; Good Governance in
Panchayati Raj System and Livelihood (Agri based and small scale industries)
promotional multi-country bilateral projects funded by CRS India, CARITAS India and
Room To Read India Trust agencies.
 I had been the first who mobilized Reading Room Program for Disha – RCDSSS, Ajmer
through effective and regular communication with RTR India Trust in 2008. Today we
are implementing Reading Room Program in 178 govt. schools of Ajmer distt.
 Designed an award winning annual report (1st prize by CARITAS India at national level)
of the organization.
 Facilitated various training and workshops on Project Management, RTI4
, Village Micro-
planning, Teachers capacity building, Teaching Learning Material (TLM) and child rights
in Ajmer & Barmer distt. And CBO capacity building programs in Social Audit, RTI
besides documentation and Result Base Project Management approach for staff.
 Result-oriented effective manager with proven ability to plan, develop, implement and
review the program and its quality aspects on RBM (Result Base Management)
approach.
1 Early Child Development Centre;
2 School Feeding;
3 Orphan Child Feeding
4 Right To Information (RTI)
Rawat Bhawan, Near R.C. Church,
Nasirabad Road, Parbatpura,
AJMER – 305002 (Raj.)

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Working Experience:
Period Designation Programme / Project
May
2014
To
March
2015
District
Manager
(DM)
1. EDUCATE GIRLS, AJMER
At Foundation to Educate Girls Globally (FEGG), Mumbai
The project aimed at reducing gender gap in education by
targeting girls enrollment, retention and learning level of girls at
primary level through its unique model of community ownership,
volunteerism and mobilization of govt. & local resources for
realizing Right to Education for all children especially GIRLS.
Area : 1123 villages, 1731 govt. schools and 1096 village
volunteers with 115 payroll staff in Ajmer district.
Major Achievements :
 Through effective liaison at district with SSA, DEEO & District
Collectorate that enabled us to work in 1731 govt. schools
without a formal MoU with govt. As a result in just 9 months
we…
 facilitated 14403 girls enrollment in govt. schools in the year
2014-15 in the district.
 formed 626 Bal Sabha with 8138 girls in UPS schools.
 assessed 34920 Children of class 3-5 of 785 schools through
CLT pre-test for English, Hindi & Math.
 1096 Village volunteers (Team Balika) were mobilized to
support Girls’ Education in the district.
12 Years (Nov. 2001 – Apr. 2014)
DISHA – RCDSSS (Roman Catholic Diocesan Social Service Society) well
known NGO based at Ajmer (Rajasthan) : Working in 2000 villages of 5 district of
Rajasthan to enable deprived sections of rural communities to become self-reliant through
education, gender equality and livelihood support.
2007
to
April
2014
Program
Coordinator
2. ANKUR PROJECT Supported by Obra Social Lacaixa
(LACAIXA BANK OF SPAIN), CARITAS SPAIN and
CARITAS INDIA: based on developing sustainable livelihood
and food security through promotion of improved practices in
agriculture & livestock management and skill development of
youth and women in non-farm activities and self-employment.
Area : 15 villages of Masuda block of Ajmer distt.
3. Integrated Development Through Empowerment & Action
(IDEA) Supported by CARITAS INDIA : based on promoting
Good Governance in Panchayati Raj Institutions through
capacity building of community & PRI representatives and
mobilizing of rights, schemes and resources.
Area : 10 villages of Barmer & Ajmer dist.
4. Livelihood Initiation For Empowerment (LIFE) Supported
by CARITAS INDIA : based on developing sustainable
livelihood (same as Ankur Project above)
Area : 10 villages of Ajmer distt.

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Period Designation Programme / Project
2002
to
2007
Program
Coordinator
Education Programs :
5. Reading Room Program supported by Room to Read India
Trust : School based community library program that provide
alternative reading opportunities and joyful activities to
enhance the reading and linguistic skills of children in a holistic
way.
Area : 18 Govt. Schools of 18 villages, Kekri, Ajmer
6. Humah Capacity Development (HCD) & Outreach Program
Supported by CRS5
INDIA : Providing Non-formal / formal
education and nutrition support to mainstream the unprivileged
children and enhancing quality education in schools.
Area : 45 Villages of Barmer & Ajmer dist.
2001
to
2002
Documentat
ion cum
Office
Assistant
English Translation & documentation; Designing presentations &
cover pages, developing booklets and I.E.C.6
material for various
programs of the organization.
MY LAST KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS :(Job Profile)
Strategy Planning :
 Developing the District dashboard with targets, timelines
 Understanding requirement and developing a district level strategy plan for
Governmental liasoning
 Implementation plan with timelines - Exp: Manpower Recruitment, Team balika
recruitment, Deployment
Content Management :
 Constructively contributing to development of process manuals
 Constructively contributing for development of training modules
 Data collection of the district (Baseline)
Development :
 Developing government liasoning in the district with all concerning department including
SSA, DEEO and DM.
 Developing employees for better performance
Deliveryof plan (implementation) :
 Implementation plan with timelines
 Manpower Recruitment
 Team Balika Recruitment
 Movement + Achievement as per dashboard numbers
Quality Management :
 Improvement in quality of program using monitoring & evaluation tools
Performance management of staff :
 Availability of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for all staff in district
 Regular Review (Weekly, Fornightly, Monthly)
 Quarterly review & Annual review
5 Catholic Relief Services
6 Information Educational Communication (IEC)

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Support System Management :
 Supply to management with operational MIS on regular intervals
 Monthly data, Quarterly data, Other data as required
 Payable management at district level
 Overall responsible for administrative management in district
 Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of the project on Result Base Management (RBM)
measures.
 Conduct CBO7
, Farmer's Club & Self Help Group monitoring meetings at quarterly basis
to track their effective functioning and continuity.
 Developing Monitoring Information System (MIS) for the project and major activities as
required time to time.
 Program Development is one of the major responsibilities for resource mobilization that
is inline with organization programming. Technical assistance also provided to the
program teams for improving program quality in area of monitoring and evaluation
system. The key support areas are: formulation of concept notes proposals on
Bridge, staff capacity building, donor reporting and documentation.
Additional role played in Organization Development & Resource Mobilization :
(in DISHA - RCDSSS)
Organization Level
experience
Description
Played Key Roles
in Organization
Development
Process (OD)
1. Developing H.R. Policy
2. Five Years Organizational Strategic Planning Exercise :
context analysis, visioning, mission, core issues, initiatives
3. Organization Logo
4. Quarterly Newsletter, Bal Patrika Jhula etc.
Developing
Concept Notes
and Project
proposals and
Budget planning
1. Bridge Course & life skill development (education)
2. Reading Room Program (education)
3. Sustainable Livelihood Projects
4. Life-skill Development of Adolescent Girls
5. Drought Mitigation and Preparedness
6. Good Governance in Panchayati Raj
Planning Situation
analysis (baseline
and end-line
survey)
1. Facilitating PRA exercises at field level for analyzing the situation
analysis.
2. Developing baseline and end-line tools, compiling the collected
information and analyzing the conclusion.
3. Facilitating Micro-planning exercise at village level.
7 CBO – Community Based Organization

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Computer proficiency:-
Expertise Description
Documentation &
Reporting
Static / Data Analysis
Advance user of : Microsoft office (Word, Excell, Powerpoint)
Hindi Typing Speed : 60 words / Minutes
English Typing Speed : 90 words / Minutes
Internet efficiency Advance user
Designing for
professional Printing
Advance skills in :
CorelDraw, Photoshop, PageMaker, Freehand enhanced for
Professional Printing
Reference :
Mr. Sankara Subramanian
Sr. H.R. Manager
FEGG (Educate Girls)
Mumbai
Mob. No. : 08655044000
Ms. Safeena Hussain
Executive Director
EGGG (Educate Girls)
Mumbai
Mob. No. 09820597692
Fr. Antony Fernandes
Former Director
DISHA – RCD Social Service
Society, Madar, Ajmer
Mob. No. 09828653019
Personal Details :-
Date of Birth : 27 February, 1977
Religion : Roman Catholic
Marital Status : Married
Language efficiency : English Read  Write  Speak 
Hindi Read  Write  Speak 
Rajasthani Read  Speak 
(Manish Singh)