Plural India is a nascent institution seeking to invigorate the microfinance as well as the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector through its targeted offerings. Set-up by professionals with a long and intense engagement with the Microfinance industry in South Asia, Plural seeks to stimulate new markets by reducing information asymmetries and creating conditions conducive for open-market approaches to work in an inclusive manner.While still in its formative stages, the core members of the Plural team are:
Shivendra Sharma, Founder and Managing Director, totals over 12 years of diverse professional experiences and has worked extensively in microfinance in South Asia. Microfinance Process Excellence Awards, Small Change: Microbusiness Monthly and the Microinsurance Awards are concepts which he developed and implemented, as Executive Director of PlaNet Finance India. He is passionate about bridging market/knowledge gaps and is the creator of radical training approaches such as assembleIT: a basic IT Training where participants assemble computers and roughIT: backpack mobile training unit. He is an MBA Finance and highly skilled at Branding and Product Development, Information Technology, Project Management, Process Reengineering and Microfinance. He can be reached at shiv@pluralindia.in
Pritha Sen, Content Director, has professional experience spanning 25 years. An educationist first before moving on to journalism, she has worked as a Senior Editor and Special Correspondent in prestigious magazines like Sunday, Business Today and Outlook. Also a freelance writer and content editor in the development sector, primarily in microfinance, Pritha is associated with various Indian and international non-profits in the areas of project documentation, evaluation, research and writing. She is also the Executive Editor of Small Change: Microbusiness Monthly. She can be reached at pritha@pluralindia.in
Shakti Khanna, Product Specialist, is a development professional with exceptional skills in delivering and facilitating trainings. She is also a skilled auditor and has undertaken social and project audits for both the corporate as well as non-profit sectors. She is passionate about catalysing the microinsurance space and can be reached at shakti@pluralindia.in
Dhiraj Sinha, Content Specialist, has worked in the development sector focusing mainly on ICTs and has a rich experience in research and project implementation. His accidental exposure to process management, a couple of years ago has made him a passionate ambassador and inspired trainer on the subject. He is keen to bring a transformation to the development space through the application of process based managment practices. He can be reached at dhiraj@pluralindia.in
Plural is an institution nurtured by Haresh Shah, Olivier Allais and John Leonhardt, through their refreshing work and astute vision. Plural aspires to play a leading role in the transformation of the markets at the bottom anywhere it works, through its thought leadership and committed, honest and innovative products and services. Microfinance Passport, the first product from the Plural stable is an ode to the very industry that has taught its core team so much over the recent years. Keep visiting as things will keep changing very swiftly at Plural!
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