Donata Mary Rodrigues

Lead - Practice | dmary at iihs dot ac dot in

EDUCATION:

2017   MBA, Accounting and Finance, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry

2007   MA, Sustainable Development, Staffordshire University, United Kingdom

2001   MA, Public Administration, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

2001   BSc, Zoology, Stella Maris College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

 

 

 

 

Countries: India, United Kingdom, Switzerland
States: Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
Cities: Chennai, Tirunelveli, Bangalore, Vijayawada, Coimbatore, Rajahmundry, Kadapa, Tirupati, Zurich
Languages: English, Tamil, Telugu

Donata Mary worked with the Swiss Development organisation HEKS for more than two decades, where she worked with Dalits, Adivasis and other deserving sections of society.  During her stint at HEKS, she enhanced uniformity in programme quality; standardised implementation approach throughout programme activities; and promoted adoption, spread and implementation of best practices across programmes. She was instrumental in introducing computerised financial management and ERP among NGO partners in India.  She has trained SHGs, farmers groups and FPOs on group dynamics, documentation, book-keeping, preparation of organic manure and bio-pesticides, entrepreneurship and business plan development.  She has documented models of intervention by programme area/practice; developed dissemination plans for internal and external stakeholders by working collaboratively with programme staff; and cultivated and engaged national stakeholders including national government, donors, other implementing partners, academic and health institutions, the private sector and NGOs.

 

At IIHS, Donata is a part of the Practice programme.  Her primary responsibility is to support the IIHS-led Tamil Nadu Urban Sanitation Support Programme (TNUSSP) on gender and social inclusion.  She also manages the demonstration of service provision models in public and community toilets in Chennai.

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