Rajiv Pradhan
Rajiv Pradhan has over 25 years of experience working with the private and the development sector. After having run an export company for nearly 8 years, Rajiv teamed up with some like-minded people and started a socially responsible investment company in 1997 (promoting social development through private investments). Rajiv was instrumental in taking the concept of business development services (BDS) forward in Nepal. Rajiv has worked in market development projects in Nepal (BDS-MaPS), Bangladesh (Katalyst) and Indonesia (PRISMA). Rajiv successfully led the iDE Bangladesh operations (2009-13). He has experience of mentoring staff in the start-up of market development projects and is leading Swisscontact’s global Inclusive Markets Capacity Development initiative. He was awarded the SEEP Practitioner of the Year Award in 2010.