Manjari Corner
At Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, awareness programs on Livelihood Skill Development Training and Nutrition Management were conducted in four villages to equip individuals with the knowledge necessary to improve their socio-economic status and adopt healthy practices for a better quality of life. Successfully conducted a two-day Entrepreneurship Development Program training in collaboration with DS Group empowering 30 dedicated women and farmers with knowledge on entrepreneurial mindset, business planning basics, opportunity identification, and local enterprise development strategies. Successfully conducted a workshop on safe living, social media awareness, and cyber safety in collaboration with Kasturba Gandhi Hostel in Bhopal Sagar Members of Tarang and Navchetna Gram Sangathan in Amarpura Panchayat, Rajasthan, presented a comprehensive 10-year perspective plan to the village Sarpanch. The Sarpanch expressed admiration for their confidence and awareness, acknowledging the significant impact of Manjari Foundation's initiatives on women's empowerment in the village.

Mr. Ajay Kumar Tank

Mr. Ajay Kumar Tank

Mr. Ajay Kumar Tank

Program Officer

ajayktank@manjarifoundation.in

Ajay is a senior grassroots development professional with more than 20 years of experience. He
has gained deep expertise working with the underprivileged communities, women institutions,
livelihoods, integrated natural resource management and mobilizing rural communities. He
received a degree in agriculture engineering from MPUAT-Udaipur and MBA in Rural
Management from JNU - Jaipur. He was also engaged with PRADAN, Ambuja Cement
Foundation, Gramin Vikas Trust, CECOEDECON and CTAE (MPUAT- Udaipur) in the leading
position. Currently, he is leading and managing the operations of Sakhi project at Chittorgarh
and micro enterprise development (MED) program in the Chittorgarh, Mewar region, which is
one of the most backward regions in the country.
He is based out at Chittorgarh in Rajasthan. He is incharge of donor relations, project
management and team management in that region as a program officer. He is extending his
support to the Manjari Foundation for the formulation of new proposals, budgets and process
designing. He also extends his technical support to Sakhi Utpadan Samit (SUS) at Chittorgarh,
Sakhi Food and Hastshilp Samiti (SFHS) at Rudrapur, Uttarakhand and Upaya Handloom
Private Limited at Chittorgarh.