Mr. Shivendra Sharma is an expert in microfinance and has strong skills in total quality management, process management and microinsurance. He is, moreover, editor in chief of Small Change and is an Executive Director of PlaNet Finance India, from 2003.
Shivendra Sharma worked as a project manager on several infrastructure projects with Technip Group for 4 years after having worked for several investment and financial consulting firms in India. He developed an interest for the ICTs and managed several industrial projects in this domain.
Mr. Shivendra is a project management professional with many years of experience in implementing infrastructure development and technology projects. An MBA in Finance with strong understanding of the concepts of Corporate and Investment Banking and a technology enthusiast with a keen interest in the application of technology for equitable distribution of knowledge, he has been involved in the implementation of the European’s Commission’s ASI@ITC project in India, Nepal and Pakistan since the last two years and has traveled extensively spending time in villages across India and Nepal to understand the operations of microfinance institutions and finding ways of increasing access to ICTs and microfinance in these areas. He has a passionate conviction that ICTs synergized with microfinance can bridge the digital divide and relegate poverty to where it belongs.
