Mr. Sharad Pant a well-rounded and diversified individual is the founder & Director of the Human & Environment Care Association, India, and a Value Chain Advisor for Bonthe Food Security Project, Sierra Leone, West Africa. He has 14 years of experience and has worked in more than 6 States of India & West African countries as a development consultant and program management, training and capacity building expert in the broad field of: livelihood & value chain development, relief & rehabilitation, housing and human settlements, sanitation, and project implementation. Previously he worked on the issues of land management, watershed development, energy management, microfinance supported by Wells for India, Sir Ratan Tata Trust, CIDA, etc. He held responsibility as Program Manager in Development Alternatives, in habitat & livelihood development supported by Habitat for Humanity, State Bank of India, NABARD, and UNDP etc. In Tsunami Response Program in Andaman and Nicobar islands (German Agro Action Project) he held the responsibility of Program Manger. He studied Master of Social Science and information Technology from the University of Amravti and holds a Bachelor of Sciences in Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics from the Vidhyabharati College; He is currently continuing both his professional career and higher education specializing in Global Poverty & Environment

Interests: Social development, Agricultural transformation; peasant farming; women's economies; land grabs