Lata Raman

Background

About Lata Raman

PROFILE SUMMARY Experienced professional with over three decades of extensive experience in program design planning management and implementation in the Social Sector. Worked with several National and International NGOs and successfully managed multi-sectoral programs with a conflict sensitive and do-no harm approach in both development and humanitarian context both in South Asia and to a small extent in Africa. I have excellent planning execution networking and communication skills. My strength lies in partner management and nurturing partnerships. I have worked in leadership role in the last ten years and have successfully led multi-disciplinary teams in a multicultural environment. Core skills: Program administration and management Partner management Project planning design concept note and proposal design Monitoring and evaluation Designing capacity building programs and facilitating their implementation Networking and partnership building and management Donor liaison Thematic Expertise: Women’s empowerment youth child rights; environmental issues in South Asia; biodiversity conservation in India; women’s leadership in local governance; strengthening civil society initiatives; humanitarian response – relief rehabilitation and reconstruction and Disaster Risk Reduction Sectoral expertise: Rural Development -poverty food security women’s empowerment; Humanitarian response; Environment conservation and protection; Human Rights Donor experience: Department for International Development (DFID) United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) United Nations World Food Program (UNWFP) Danish Agency for International Development Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) Govt. of India and European Commission European Commission Humanitarian Response (ECHO) IKEA Foundation