Mr. Pushphas Pandey, General Manager has been appointed as Vice Principal at NBSC since 01 July 2020. Prior to this, he has worked for more than two years as Faculty Member in the Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Lucknow. He is a Post Graduate in Financial Management from University of Mumbai & holds Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Engineering from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. His areas of expertise include techno financial appraisal of agricultural and allied sector projects, credit planning, projects monitoring, consultancy, liaison, micro finance, farm sector policy including action planning, infrastructure finance, climate finance, environment and social risk management, farmer’s collectives, rural bank supervision, general administration and human resource development,etc. In NABARD, Mr. Pandey has worked in various capacities in the last 28 years in HO, Mumbai and in various Regional Offices in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir. He has also served as District Development Manager in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand for five years and Officer In charge of Srinagar Cell for two years. He has also served as the Nominee Director on the Board of ElaquaiDehati Bank (EDB), an RRB sponsored by State Bank of India during his tenure in Srinagar.During his tenure as Faculty Member in BIRD, Lucknow, he was actively associated with conduct of programmes on Farmer Producer Organisations, Warehousing and Collateral Management, Value Chain Financing, Formulation of Climate Change Projects and Techno Financial Appraisal of Agricultural Projects.