Atul Dev Sarmah

Background

About Atul Dev Sarmah

A senior development management professional, with more than three decades of experience of working in Government of India, Civil Society and the United Nations. During my tenure with the Government of India, I served National Literacy Mission,(Ministry of Human Resource Development); National Disaster Management Authority (Ministry of Home Affairs); Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs,(Ministry of Corporate Affairs); and Dr. Ambedkar International Centre,(Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment). Working for the UN, led the GoI-UN Convergence Programme as Officer-In-Charge, with three sets of partners – Planning Commission of India; UNICEF, UNFPA and UNDP and seven State Governments. Was nominated as Member, National Corporate Social Responsibility Index Committee (2014), Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs; Member, Advisory Council, India Responsible Business Forum (2016), Oxfam and Member, Committee on Business and Human Rights (2018), Ministry of Corporate Affairs. I have been fortunate to be able to document the cultural heritage of two north eastern tribes in the form of two books for Ministry of Culture, Government of India. At present I am passionately involved in developing a corporate initiative on secondary and higher education sectors.