"A successful Facilitator is one who listens as much as they advise."

Quality I Timeliness I People Driven

About Us

Why CONNECT?

To provide high-quality technical assistance, social research, and consulting services to build capacities of institutions that are working for communities in the field of financial inclusion, livelihoods, healthcare, and climate change. Also to have meaningful engagement of qualified deeply committed professionals for intellectually stimulating and emotionally satisfying professional engagement.

Who are we?

We are a team of professionals who worked closely at the grassroots with organizations like PRADAN, BASIX, SRIJAN, Action Aid, BAIF, PATH, EDI, and CmF (Tata Trust Initiative). Our team members have professional qualifications in management, social work, agriculture, veterinary science, and engineering from reputed academic institutions. They have also accomplished diverse advisory projects with a range of institutions like Government departments, iNGOs, Funding Agencies, Developmental Banks and Multilateral Institutions.

How are we different?

Value Creation: Our aim is to ensure that every investment our clients make in us translates into tangible and sustainable value for their projects & businesses.

Competitive Excellence: We stand out in the market by consistently offering quality services and unwavering commitment to our clients.

Punctuality and Quality: Our promise is to deliver our services on time, without compromising on the exceptional quality that defines our work.

Iterative Collaboration: We embrace a cycle of continuous improvement, where we experiment, learn, innovate, implement, and reflect collaboratively with our clients.

Innovative Scaling: Our model revolves around creating innovative frameworks that not only facilitate scalable growth but also attract both debt and equity investments.

Long-Term Partnership: We prioritize building enduring relationships with our clients, offering sustained support that fosters mutual growth. We believe in working closely with a select few clients to establish deep, meaningful engagement.

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Thematic Areas

At CONNECT, we recognize that development projects are intricate endeavors with intricate interdependencies. Our specialized focus areas include livelihoods, financial inclusion, health & nutrition, entrepreneurship, sustainability & gender. These domains are not isolated; they are threads that weave together the fabric of sustainable development. We embrace the complexity inherent in these sectors, understanding that impact requires a deep understanding of their interconnectedness.

Our Services

Monitoring & Evaluation

Surveys (Baseline, Mid-term, Endline)
Designing project frameworks
Process monitoring
Impact Assessment
Project Evaluation

Research & Studies

Monitoring & Evaluation

Market research
Scoping studies
Value chain studies
Demand-Supply mapping
Best practices & Case studies

Trainings & Capacity Building

Institution Development & Handholding

Training need assessment
Developing training modules
Training of Trainers (TOTs)
Training Programs

Institution Development & Handholding

Institutional assessment
Grading of FPOs / CBOs
Strategic business plan : Vision, Mission, Business Plan
Systems & process development
Market linkages
Direct field level hand holding

Consultants @ CONNECT

Ajit Mani, M&E Expert

Raj Kumar, Financial Inclusion Expert

Radhika Desai, Gender Expert

40+ years of experience;

IIM Bangalore

Radhika Desai, Gender Expert

Raj Kumar, Financial Inclusion Expert

Radhika Desai, Gender Expert

30+ years of experience, Ph.D (Indiana University, USA), MSW (TISS, Mumbai)

Raj Kumar, Financial Inclusion Expert

24+ years of experience, Rural Management (IRMA)

Yachna Srivastava, M&E Expert

Raj Kumar, Financial Inclusion Expert

19+ years of experience, MSW (TISS, Mumbai)

Mohar Banerjee, CSR

Satish Kumar CAV, Value Chain Expert

Suraj Kumar, Renewable Energy

10+ years of experience; B.Tech, Rural Management (IRMA)

Suraj Kumar, Renewable Energy

Satish Kumar CAV, Value Chain Expert

Suraj Kumar, Renewable Energy

7+ years of experience; B.Tech, M.Tech, Ph.D (IIT Bhubaneswar)

Satish Kumar CAV, Value Chain Expert

10+ years of experience; B.Tech & Rural Management (IRMA)

Saurabh Kumar, Livelihood Expert

Satish Kumar CAV, Value Chain Expert

14+ years of experience; B.Tech, MBA

Nilendu Mukherjee, Entrepreneurship Development Expert

20+ years of experience; B.Tech, MBA

Manish Kumar, Climate Resilient Agriculture

Nilendu Mukherjee, Entrepreneurship Development Expert

12+ years of experience; B. Sc Agriculture, PGDRD

Venkat Rao Kolukuluri, Agri Business Expert

Nilendu Mukherjee, Entrepreneurship Development Expert

Venkat Rao Kolukuluri, Agri Business Expert

40+ years of experience; M.Sc. (Agriculture), PGD in Marketing

Suman Laskar, Livelihood Expert

Nilendu Mukherjee, Entrepreneurship Development Expert

Venkat Rao Kolukuluri, Agri Business Expert

19+ years of experience; B.E. (NIT Nagpur)

Projects - EVALUATION & Studies

Client: IFC (World Bank Group) & VietED, 2021

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2021

Project Title: Baseline Survey for the Agricultural Technology (Ag Tech) Vietnam Project (Selection # 1273469)

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2021

Project Title: Conducting Endline Assessment Survey for Targeting the Hardcore Poor (THP) Project focusing on Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG)

Client: Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI), 2020

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2021

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2020

Project Title: Endline Assessment of Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI) grant support to SRIJAN

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2020

Project Title: Annual Outcome Survey for Jharkhand Tribal Empowerment and Livelihoods Programme (JTELP)

Client: IFC (World Bank Group) & VietED, 2019

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2020

Client: IFC (World Bank Group) & VietED, 2019

Project Title: Endline Evaluation of Good Agriculture Practices, Post Production handling and warehouse Practices Component of Vietnam AgriFinance and Good Agriculture Project

Client: PRADAN & LWR, 2019

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2020

Client: IFC (World Bank Group) & VietED, 2019

Project Title: Mid Term Evaluation – ‘’Women in Food Security’’ Project

Client: Oxfam Germany, 2019

Client: IFAD & Centre for microfinance (CmF), 2018

Project Title: Endline Study of “Economic Empowerment of women Farmers through Vegetable Supply Chain’ in Bihar”

Client: IFAD & Centre for microfinance (CmF), 2018

Project Title: Project Completion Review and Report of Mitigating Poverty in Western Rajasthan (MPOWER) Project

Client: IFAD & Centre for microfinance (CmF), 2018

Project Title: Endline Survey of Mitigating Poverty in Western Rajasthan (MPOWER) Project funded by IFAD

Client: SIDBI, PSIG Project (Funded by DFID), 2017

Client: Harsha Trust and Ernst and Young Foundation, 2017

Client: IFAD & Centre for microfinance (CmF), 2018

Project Title: Baseline Survey under Financial Inclusion Women Empowerment Challenge Fund (FIWECF) project

Client: SIDBI, PSIG Project (Funded by DFID), 2017

Client: Harsha Trust and Ernst and Young Foundation, 2017

Project Title: Market Study both at the demand side and supply side under Financial Inclusion Women Empowerment Challenge Fund (FIWECF) project

Client: Harsha Trust and Ernst and Young Foundation, 2017

Project Title: Livelihood & Value Chain Scoping Study in Koraput and Nabarangpur districts of Odisha

Projects - Training, Incubation & Hand holding

Client: Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, 2022

Client: Tanager International, an affiliate of ACDI / VOCA, April 2019 to February 2020

Project Title: Capacity Building on Business Planning for FPOs promoting economic and agroecological sustainability under C-SASA

Client: Tanager International, an affiliate of ACDI / VOCA, April 2019 to February 2020

Project Title: FPO Incubation Services to become fully sustainable market ready organizations

Client: BRAC, International, 2018

Client: Tanager International, an affiliate of ACDI / VOCA, April 2019 to February 2020

Client: SDIBI, PSIG Project (Funded by DFID), 2017

Project Title: Reviewing Microfinance Training Manuals and Conducting Training of Trainers

Client: SDIBI, PSIG Project (Funded by DFID), 2017

Client: Kajla Janakalyan Samiti (KJKS), Nov 2018 to March 2020

Client: SDIBI, PSIG Project (Funded by DFID), 2017

Project Title: Incubation support to members of cooperative to avail responsible financial products so as to reduce the dependency of the members on informal systems under Financial Inclusion Women Empowerment Challenge Fund (FIWECF) project

Client: Kajla Janakalyan Samiti (KJKS), Nov 2018 to March 2020

Project Title: Handholding support to KJKS in building and promoting agriculture as a sustainable business enterprise through building a strong agricultural knowledge base in the organization, systems and processes and building a sustainable institution of farmers

Client: Harsha Trust, 2019

Client: Kajla Janakalyan Samiti (KJKS), Nov 2018 to March 2020

Project Title: To build the capacity of selected Harsha Trust staff and Harsha Trust promoted community institution’s staff on business plan preparation for FPOs in two phases;

Client: Shakti Mahila Sangh, August 2016 to July 2018

Client: Sakshi Consumer Private Limited (June, 2019 to March, 2020)

Project Title: Handholding support in the promotion of 6 FPOs under Jabalpur district with support from NABARD

Client: Sakshi Consumer Private Limited (June, 2019 to March, 2020)

Project Title: Handholding support to Sakshi team in fostering services to the farmers though training and handholding

Client: Priyasakhi Mahila Sangh, Indore (PSMS), 2015 to 2016

Client: Sakshi Consumer Private Limited (June, 2019 to March, 2020)

Client: Priyasakhi Mahila Sangh, Indore (PSMS), 2015 to 2016

Project Title: Handholding support to Priya Sakhi Women Cooperative in building their systems and processes in microfinance operation with support from PSIG, SIDBI

Client: Shakti Mahila Sangh, Jabalpur, 2015 to 2017

Client: Sai Shakti Mahila Technical & Development Services, 2021-2022

Client: Priyasakhi Mahila Sangh, Indore (PSMS), 2015 to 2016

Project Title: Handholding support to Shakti Mahila Sangh in building their systems and processes in microfinance operation with support from PSIG, SIDBI

Client: Sai Shakti Mahila Technical & Development Services, 2021-2022

Project Title: Handholding support to Sai Shakti Mahila Technical & Development Services in building their systems and processes in microfinance operation

Client: Dept. of Women & Child Development, Govt. of MP, 2014-2015

Client: Sai Shakti Mahila Technical & Development Services, 2021-2022

Project Title: Development of Business Plans for 60 SHG Federations under the Tejaswini Project of Govt. of MP with funding from IFAD.

"A successful Facilitator is one who listens as much as they advise."

About Us

Why CONNECT?

Who are we?

How are we different?

Thematic Areas

Our Services

Monitoring & Evaluation

Monitoring & Evaluation

Monitoring & Evaluation

Research & Studies

Monitoring & Evaluation

Monitoring & Evaluation

Trainings & Capacity Building

Institution Development & Handholding

Institution Development & Handholding

Institution Development & Handholding

Institution Development & Handholding

Institution Development & Handholding

CLIENTS

Consultants @ CONNECT

Ajit Mani, M&E Expert

Raj Kumar, Financial Inclusion Expert

Radhika Desai, Gender Expert

Radhika Desai, Gender Expert

Raj Kumar, Financial Inclusion Expert

Radhika Desai, Gender Expert

Raj Kumar, Financial Inclusion Expert

Raj Kumar, Financial Inclusion Expert

Raj Kumar, Financial Inclusion Expert

Yachna Srivastava, M&E Expert

Raj Kumar, Financial Inclusion Expert

Raj Kumar, Financial Inclusion Expert

Mohar Banerjee, CSR

Satish Kumar CAV, Value Chain Expert

Suraj Kumar, Renewable Energy

Suraj Kumar, Renewable Energy

Satish Kumar CAV, Value Chain Expert

Suraj Kumar, Renewable Energy

Satish Kumar CAV, Value Chain Expert

Satish Kumar CAV, Value Chain Expert

Satish Kumar CAV, Value Chain Expert

Saurabh Kumar, Livelihood Expert

Satish Kumar CAV, Value Chain Expert

Satish Kumar CAV, Value Chain Expert

Nilendu Mukherjee, Entrepreneurship Development Expert

Nilendu Mukherjee, Entrepreneurship Development Expert

Nilendu Mukherjee, Entrepreneurship Development Expert

Manish Kumar, Climate Resilient Agriculture

Nilendu Mukherjee, Entrepreneurship Development Expert

Nilendu Mukherjee, Entrepreneurship Development Expert

Venkat Rao Kolukuluri, Agri Business Expert

Nilendu Mukherjee, Entrepreneurship Development Expert

Venkat Rao Kolukuluri, Agri Business Expert

Suman Laskar, Livelihood Expert

Nilendu Mukherjee, Entrepreneurship Development Expert

Venkat Rao Kolukuluri, Agri Business Expert

Outreach of CONNECT

Projects - EVALUATION & Studies

Client: IFC (World Bank Group) & VietED, 2021

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2021

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2021

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2021

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2021

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2021

Client: Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI), 2020

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2021

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2020

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2020

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2020

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2020

Client: IFC (World Bank Group) & VietED, 2019

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2020

Client: IFC (World Bank Group) & VietED, 2019

Client: PRADAN & LWR, 2019

Client: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), Govt. of Jharkhand, 2020

Client: IFC (World Bank Group) & VietED, 2019

Client: Oxfam Germany, 2019

Client: IFAD & Centre for microfinance (CmF), 2018

Client: IFAD & Centre for microfinance (CmF), 2018