Dr.  Swati Samvatsar

A field botanist and ethno-botanist by education, with experience spanning various roles, including scientist, academician, and cultivar, before transitioning into rural development. With over two decades of experience in the field, expertise includes water resource management, forestry, quality education, skill development, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and third-party assessments of government projects. Additionally, skilled in overall team management and leadership.

Work highlights

  • Director for KCES’ Watershed Surveillance and Research Institute, Jalgaon, Maharashtra
  • Chief Program Manager and State head (Rajasthan) for Lupin Human Welfare and Research Foundation Bharatpur Rajasthan (CSR of Lupin Pharmaceuticals  for rural development)
  • Head of monitoring and evaluation in N.M. Sadguru Water and development Foundation Dahod, Gujarat
  • Senior Program officer FES Anand Gujarat
  • Senior Coordinator Gene Campaign New Delhi
  • Associate fellow Samaj Pragati Sahayog Dewas MP
  • Chief Researcher for Micro Planning for Backward district Dahod under the scheme doubling the income of farmer (ITDP) and Backwardness index for every village of Dahod district for BRGF
  • Team leader for third party Assessment of Work done under JYS for three districts of Maharashtra
  • Nominee member State Water resource regulatory authority GOM , Mumbai Maharashtra
  • Running skill based graduation course on Green House Technology, Agriculture, Printing Technology under UGC and NSQF frame work
  • Regular Faculty for NTTTRI Chandigarh
  • State Coordinator “Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana” for Maharashtra  

Education

  • M. Sc. (Botany)  First Division  3rd in order of merit  ;Devi Ahilya University Indore (M.P.) 1986                          
  • Ph.D. (Angiosperm Taxonomy &Ethnobotany) in 1992 ; Devi     Ahilya  University Indore; Title of Thesis: The Floristics and Biological Spectrum of Jhabua Dist. (M.P.) with Notes on Ethnobotany
  • Diploma in Export Management with specialization in Aromatic &  Medicinal Plants in 2001 from Nation Institute of Export Management      Chennai
  • Certificate in International Perspectives in Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation – April –June 2008   from    PRIA New Delhi 
  • Certificate in Green House Technology IIPHT Pune
  • Certificate in Precision Farming KVK Baramati REGIONAL CLI

Publications and Studies:

  • Books: 3
  • Scientific Research Papers: 15
  • Studies: 28
  • Impact Assessment of CSR Work: 2
  • Vulnerability Assessment for Climate Change Mitigation: 10 Watersheds (Gujarat & MP)

Core competencies

Administration and Management
Senior executive (6 years)
Team leader for CSR work (3.5 years)
Head of institute (6.5 years)

Research
Authored 3 books
Conducted 25 studies
Developed 2 micro-plans for 696 villages

Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)
Scheduled over 50 activities
Created a data bank for 25 years of activities
Conducted impact assessments of corporate work across six states

Documentation
Process documents
ISO documents

Training
CEO of ZP
Executives of line departments
Teachers of technical institutes
Farmers & Students

Climate Change Aspects
Vulnerability assessment
Climate projections
Development of climate-smart villages

Working Areas
✔ Natural Resource Management
✔ Agriculture
✔ Education
✔ Health
✔ Skill Development

Working Localities
📍 Madhya Pradesh
📍 Gujarat
📍 Rajasthan
📍 Maharashtra
📍 Delhi
📍 Jharkhand
📍 Uttarakhand

Degrees & Certificates

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