GRAAM

Janardhan K

Senior Manager - Programs

Mr Janardhana is a senior Manager for programs at GRAAM. He holds more than 25 years of experience in handling Community Developmental activities like CBO’s Formation & training, promotion of livelihood training, health & sanitation programme, monitoring civil works, school education programs, handling office HR and operational administrative works.

He holds a position of Secretary for Spandana Rural Development Institution and Membership for SHARP Association.

His career started with MYRADA and later he moved to Karnataka State Government’s – Integrated Tank Development Project, Prakruthi NGO, Outreach NGO, NRDS and ITC CSR (Mission Suneharakal) Project.

Janardhana is always open to learning new things

Projects Handled

Sl. No Project Name Assignment Partner Thematic Area Functional Area Assignment Date
1We Mill-A Social Business Initiatives for Rural WomenWurth Elektroniks India Pvt Ltd.,Learning, Skill Development and LivelihoodSocial Impact Assessment & EvaluationNov 2019
Apr 2025
2Health EnrichNABFINS, SVYM, Rotary Club South (Mysuru), Wurth Elektroniks India Pvt Ltd.,Learning, Skill Development and LivelihoodSocial Impact Assessment & EvaluationApr 2016
Sep 2017
  • Authored Karnataka Vision document-2025 for Skill Development an employment Sector for Government of Karnataka
  • Authored Policy on Skill Development, Livelihood and Entrepreneurship to Government of Karnataka: 2017-2030
  • Basavaraju R., & T.M.,Mahesh.(2019). Awareness level of beneficiaries with respect to the concepts and services of Sanjeevini- A study of Mysuru district. International Journal of Advance research, Ideas and innovations in Technology, 5(3) IJARIIT.com.
  • Presented a paper on `Self-help Group Model for Eliminating Poverty, Promoting Community, inclusion, and Building Capabilities for Persons with Disabilities in Rural India, in Human Development and Capability Association Annual Conference, Athens, Greece, September 4, 2014.
  • Paper presentation on `Business model of health enrich-A Rural Social Business initiative by GRAAM on 9th March 2018 at the Garden City university, Bengaluru in the international conference TRANSITION 2018 on forgotten ethnic foods of India.