About Mr. Diwakar Keskar
Diwakar Keskar is a passionate Entrepreneurship Trainer-Motivator accredited from Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI-I) Ahemdabad which is international resource centre in entrepreneurship development. He is science graduate from Fergusson College, Pune and post graduate in Business Administration from IBMRD Ahmednagar Savitribai Phule Pune University. He has been discharging responsibilities on behalf of Govt. organizations, educational institutes and NGO sector for promoting entrepreneurship development projects targeted at unemployed youth, potential entrepreneurs with science and technology background , self- help groups, tribal and underprivileged segments of the society.
In the course of last 3 decades he has imparted training to more than one and half lakh youth across India predominantly in Maharashtra to promote self- employment, livelihood and full- fledged entrepreneurial ventures in different industry sectors.
He is also faculty in management education and teaches subjects like entrepreneurship development and new venture planning for MBA and autonomous PGDBM courses.
In the course of last 3 decades he has been associated with multiple national and international projects in entrepreneurship development funded by agencies like European Commission, Dept. of Science and Technology, International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Ministry of Food Processing, Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Govt. of India and national level banks like NABARD, SIDBI etc.
He is also assisting NGOs in disability rehabilitation sector for resource mobilization from public authorities and corporate entities under the provision Companies Act- 2013 for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) mandatory projects. He is also associated with educational institutes for imparting entrepreneurship training and projects organized by Entrepreneurship Development cells across Maharashtra to sensitize and capacitate entrepreneurship towards selecting self-employment and entrepreneurship as best possible career option in the scenario of job shrinkage across industry sectors.
Diwakar Keskar after serving as Regional Officer & State Coordinator with MCED, an autonomous institute under the aegis of Directorate of Industries Govt. of Maharashtra in the field of entrepreneurship development, vocational education and self- employment promotion was also associated with projects sponsored by World Bank like promotion of Farmers Producer Organizations (FPOs) and participating in the cause of Govt. of India for doubling farmers income by 2022. He is also certified Project Consultant (Placement Verification )for Ministry of Rural Development Govt. of India funded national flagship program in placement linked skill development (DDU-GKY) monitored by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.
In the implementation of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gramin Kaushalya Yojna (DDU-GKY) he has travelled across Maharashtra and contributed for skill development initiative of different Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) and supported in mobilization, capacity building, placement verifications and inspections with due diligences as per the Ministry’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
The assignment with Tribal Research and Training Institute Pune under the aegis of Tribal Development Department Govt. of Maharashtra, in the capacity of Project Director and Chief Coordinator / Subject Matter Expert (SME) he had been entrusted with the responsibility of devising mechanism to impart entrepreneurship and skill development training to tribal unemployed youth, women and underemployed middle aged persons to boost the income.
In the course of last few months the Tribal Development Department through Tribal Research and Training Institute Pune has developed on line proposal submission, scrutiny, scoring and due diligence verification mechanism and award of work contracts in the field of entrepreneurship and skill development in open, transparent manner within the framework of Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Policy- 2015 Govt. of India.
It is estimated to empower 25000 tribal population with skills and entrepreneurship training intervention and monitor the income enhancement with the help of professionals empanelled under TRTI Pune. The Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Project (ESDP) under TRTI Pune is being implemented with about 100 prospective training partners who may be involved in Regular ESDPs if within the framework ESDP Policy-2015 or Innovative ESDPs if outside the framework not confined to income generation but complementary to all other spheres of tribal life like clean drinking water, education ,health, nutrition etc. which are essential requirements if one wants to develop income generation potential.
Now he is associated with Sahityaratna Lokshahir Annabhau Sathe Vikas Mahamandal (Ltd) a Undertaking under the control of Ministry of Social Justice and Special Assistance Govt. of Maharashtra. He is associated as an Advisor to plan and monitor Entrepreneurship and Skill Training Project (ESTP) across Maharashtra for underprivileged classes.