Himanshu Sikka

(M.Sc Development Planning, University College London, UK, Shell Centenary Chevening Scholar; Bachelor of Planning; SPA, New Delhi)

Trained as a Development Planner, his areas of expertise include public policy analysis, governance and socio-economic development. As a program manager for public reform action sector he is overall in-charge of projects in the sector including procurement of projects, project coordination, and project deliverables & managing project finance. His major assignments include; Project Researcher Urban Poverty Assessment Consultancy, CARE International UK; Project Manager for Developing Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for MMR Advocacy (UNICEF); Project Manager and Researcher, Public Expenditure Tracking Study – Supplementary Nutrition Programme and ICDS Orissa, World Bank. He has worked in diverse international and national settings (India, UK, Germany, Ghana etc.) and has the ability to easily mould himself to local conditions. He has worked with several donor agencies like DFID, World Bank, USAID & UNICEF etc.