National Bank Staff College

Shri Subrat Kumar Nanda, was posted as Faculty Member in NBSC in the year 2016-17. He has done Master in Fisheries Science from Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar. He has also done MBA in HR and completed CAIIB. His specialisation is in the field of; project finance, infrastructure financing, micro-credit, climate finance, farmers’ collectives and project consultancy. Shri Nanda has rich experience in working in various functional departments like DOR, MCID and SPD, besides working in NABCONS. He has gained a pan-India experience by working in various Regional Offices like Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha, besides his current posting as faculty member in NBSC, Lucknow. He was instrumental in canvassing a major contract for NABCONS for construction of 350 godowns in PACS in Odisha. This single contract gave NABCONS a net profit of Rs. 20 crore and paved it to take up engineering related assignments in the capacity as Project Management Consultancy (PMC).  Some of the other major achievements of Shri Nanda include; introduction of interest subvention by Govt of Odisha in 2013-14 for short term crop loan for fish farmers, formulation of ADP & credit linkage of women SHGs members undertaking ornamental fish farming, popularisation and successful purveyal of capital subsidy under centrally sponsored rural godown scheme, capacity building of grass root level bankers for promotion of SHG bank linkage programme etc,.    

Shri Arobinda Kumar Sarkar, Deputy General Manager is posted as Faculty Member at NBSC since 21 May 2016. He is a graduate in Agricultural Sciences from Banaras Hindu University and Masters in Dairy Economics from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal.  His areas of expertise include techno financial appraisal of agricultural and allied sector projects, credit planning, projects monitoring, evaluation of agricultural projects, farmer’s collectives, etc. In NABARD, has worked in various capacities in last 23 years in Head Office, Mumbai and Karnataka Regional Office, Bengaluru and Uttar Pradesh Regional Office, Lucknow. He has also served as District Development Manager in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal for five years. As a Faculty Member in NBSC, Lucknow, he is actively associated with conduct of in campus and collaborative programmes in the field of Agriculture & Allied Sector, Techno Financial Appraisal of Agricultural Projects, Farmer Producer Organisations, Agriculture Marketing, Value Chain Financing, High-Tech Agriculture, etc.

Mr. Sanjay Talukdar, Deputy General Manager was posted as Faculty Member at NBSC in May 2016. Prior to this, he worked at Punjab Regional Office, Chandigarh, for six years looking after the Short Term refinance portfolio of NABARD. He also worked as District Development Manager (DDM), Sonitpur District, Assam. As DDM, Sonitpur, he pioneered innovations in micro –finance and bank credit to small tea growers. He is a Post Graduate in Economics from Delhi University. His areas of interest include Macro Economics, Development Economics, Infrastructure Finance, and Banking in general. At NBSC, he is associated with conduct of training programmes related to Rural Economy, Risk Management, State Government Finance, Agri Start Ups, and Corporate Governance in Banks etc.

Dr. Vivek Pathania, Dy. General Manager is posted as Faculty Member at NBSC since 1 May 2017. He is a Doctorate in Dairy Science from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal. His areas of expertise include techno financial appraisal of agricultural and allied sector projects, credit planning, projects monitoring, consultancy, watershed, food processing, farm sector, farmer’s collectives, etc. In NABARD, Dr. Pathania has worked in various capacities in the last 24 years in HO, Mumbai and in erstwhile Punjab and Haryana Regional Office. He has also served as District Development Manager in Una district of Himachal Pradesh for seven years. He is presently acting as Academic In charge (New Initiatives) in NBSC. As a Faculty Member in NBSC, Lucknow, he is actively associated with conduct of In campus, collaborative and International programmes in the field of Agri & Allied, Techno Financial Appraisal of Agricultural Projects, Farmer Producer Organisations, commodity trading, Rural Bank supervision, Agri marketing, Value Chain Financing, watershed, tribal development, etc.

Mr. Sunil Kaushik, Deputy General Manager has been appointed as Faculty Member at NBSC since April 2017. Prior to this, he worked as an Assistant General Manager at NABARD, Haryana Regional Office from 2014-17. He is a Post Graduate in Agriculture (Horticulture) from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana & holds Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Management from the Institute of Rural Management, Anand, Gujarat. His areas of specialization include farm sector policy, farmers’ club programme, watershed development, microfinance, off-farm development, infrastructure finance, institutional development and farmers’ collectives, etc. In NABARD, Mr. Kaushik has worked in various capacities in the last 24 years in ROs in Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana including six years as a District Development Manager, Jind and Kaithal in Haryana. He has attended a large number of national and international training programmes, seminars and workshops.

Mr. Prabhat Keshava, Deputy General Manager has been appointed as Faculty Member at NBSC since 23.04.2018. Prior to this, he worked as AGM in Department of Supervision at West Bengal Regional Office, Kolkata for 5 years. He is a Graduate in Agriculture from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and Post Graduate in Animal Genetics and Breeding from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal. During his M.Sc., he received JRF of the institute (NDRI). He has qualified CAIIB from IIBF. His areas of specialization include supervision of banks and has vast experience of more than 12 years in supervision of Rural Financial Institutions. Other areas of interest include techno financial appraisal of agricultural and allied sector projects, credit planning, and micro-finance and has associated in a number of NABCONS projects related to formulation of DPR and monitoring of projects. Mr. Keshava, prior to joining NABARD, has worked as Agriculture Extension Officer in Canara Bank where he acquired rich knowledge of commercial banking and rural credit. In NABARD he has worked in various capacities in the last 21 years in Kerala, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal ROs including 5 years as DDM in Bihar RO. Here as Faculty Member has actively associated in conduct of programmes / handling sessions in the areas of Supervision, Financial Analysis, Micro-credit and Appraisal and Monitoring of Projects.

Shri N Vikraman, is a Faculty Member with NBSC since April 2019. He is a Master of Science in Plant Sciences and M Tech in Agriculture Systems & Management from IIT, Kharagpur. His area of specialisation include infrastructure financing, group-mode of financing, financing farmers’ collectives, business development of cooperatives, formulating natural resource management programmes, etc. He has rich working experience in various functional departments like DOR, SPD, FSDD, CPD besides taking up various consultancy assignments for NABCONS. He has served in Headoffice & various Regional Offices, including in North Eastern Region. He has spearheaded WDF programme under the PM’s Package for Distress Districts in the three districts of Kerala. During his stint as District Development Manager, Villupuram in Tamil Nadu, mobilised the first ever direct finance project for PACS as MSC under PODF in 2011 and coordinated the launch of NABARD assisted pilot programme on Mobile KCC (mKCC) for farmers of Pallavan Grama Bank. He has facilitated the conduct of the first On-line training programme through Cisco WebEx at NBSC in April 2020. He has participated in the training programmes at various premier national institutes like NIBM, SIBCB, international training in Philippines and coordinated a team of officers to study Hi-tech agriculture for sustainable development in Israel.

Mr. Shankar Doraiswamy, Deputy General Manager has been appointed as Faculty Member in NBSC since May 2020. Prior to this, he has worked as a District Development Manager of Cuddalore district of Tamilnadu. He is a Graduate in Agriculture Engineering from Tamilnadu Agriculture University (TNAU), Coimbatore and Post Graduate in MBA-Financial Management from Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu. He is also a CAIIB from IIBF. His areas of specialization includes Project Finance – Appraisal of Farm Sector & Rural Infrastructure projects besides Natural Resource Management Projects viz. Watershed Development, Wadi and Climate Change. Institutional Development of Rural Financial Institutions, Farm Mechanisation and IT initiatives. He has also associated in a number of NABCONS Projects related to formulation of DPR, Monitoring of projects, Supply Chain Management. Mr. Shankar, prior joining to NABARD has worked as a Faculty Trainer at Product Training Centre of TAFE, Chennai. In NABARD, he has worked in various capacities in the last 21 years in Odisha, Tamilnadu, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh.

Mr. Ravindra Jaiswal, Deputy General Manager has been appointed as Faculty Member at NBSC since 13.07.2020. Prior to this, he was DGM, DOS/IDD/DEAR at MP Regional Office since 01.01.2020. He is a Post Graduate in Economics from Kanpur University. His other qualifications include CAIIB and PG Diploma in Management. He has worked in Non-Farm Sector, Micro Credit, Watershed Development, and Institutional Development Department/s. He has rich experience of working in Department of Supervision for 05 years. He has also served NABARD as District Development Manager for 06 years in the state of Punjab. He has worked in various capacities in the last 30 years in Mumbai, HO and in ROs in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh. He has attended various training programmes on Watershed Development, Microfinance, DDM’s role, and Supervision including a training programme on Supervision to study the cooperative banking system in Germany.