Don Bosco Tech Society | Skilling India

Fr. A. M. Joseph (Executive Director, Don Bosco Tech)

Fr. A. M. Joseph heads Don Bosco Tech as the Executive Director from the National Office in New Delhi. He has been involved in social developmental activities in various provinces of Don Bosco since last 25 years. He is functional in creating a network of Don Bosco Technical institutions. Several innovative schemes, programmes, and project are undertaken by him to train and make needy youth employable. Fr. Joseph is driven by passion, with a strong focus on quality and togetherness as Don Bosco Tech continuously expands throughout India. To actualize the dream of Don Bosco, he worked in collaboration with various national and international funding partners in developing and strengthening vocational and skill training programs in India. In last five years, under his leadership, Don Bosco Tech has evolved in providing quality training through standardization of training and centres, upgrading the centre with additional equipments and tools, developing new modular and digital curricula, imparting training for staff, creating visibility through electronic media, creating linkages with industries and other partners and Government. His plan is to set-up 500 skill training centres to train 2.2 million youth by 2022.

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Fr. George Matthew (Assistant Director-Finance, Don Bosco Tech)

Fr. George Mathew is the Assistant Director, and heads Finance department of Don Bosco Tech Society. He has a professional degree in Social Work and has been actively involved in the social development sector for almost two decades. His sharp acumen in matters of finance, administration, IT, HR and ability to bring innovation and latest updates in the systems is contributing to the new developments at Don Bosco Tech, as it steps into a new phase of redefining and revamping its workings, under his strong leadership. He has been the Economer of the Bangalore Province and has played a pivotal role in the establishment of the DBSM facility at Bangalore. Fr. Mathew has also handled the positions of Assistant Director and Director of Bangalore Rural Educational and Development Society (BREADS). During his six years term as the financial administrator of more than 45 projects and institutions managed by the Salesians of Don Bosco, he has proved efficient in his managerial skills by working on action plans and budgets, supervising, monitoring and evaluation. He has been associated with Don Bosco Tech from its inception and has contributed to its growth and development.

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Fr. Antree Kannampuzha (Director, DBSM)

Fr. Antree Kannampuzha, SDB is the Director of Don Bosco Skill Mission which is also the regional office of Don Bosco Tech Society located in Bengaluru (Karnataka). Fr. Antree has a bachelor degrees in Philosophy and English also having a master degree in English. At present, he is pursuing B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Government Engineering College (Thrissur). He also has a Level-2 Certification from the American Society for Nondestructive Testing. He had actively participated in Scout Master Training, International and National Welding Congress and in the Internal and Certification Audit. He has vast knowledge and experience when it come to the social causes and administration in different section of experiences under Salesians. Fr. Antree worked as an instructor and volunteered his service in Child Line Volunteer under Ministry of Social Welfare, Kerala. Besides that, he served as Principal, Joint General Secretary and Regional Director in different Don Bosco colleges and technical institutes. He is very passionate about the Welding and other industrial related activities, reading, poetry, drama writing, music, games and sports. He has also been associated with Don Bosco Tech as a Principal and Manager for Kochi centre in Kerala.

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Fr. Eugene Florence (Assistant Director-Programmes, Don Bosco Tech)

Fr. Eugene Florence, SDB joins Don Bosco Tech as Assistant Director (Programmes). Stationed at Don Bosco Skill Mission (Bengaluru), Fr. Eugene is spearheading the execution of skill development programs in southern states of India. Prior to joining Don Bosco Tech, he deeply committed to the cause of youth empowerment in a variety of leadership and strategic development roles under Salesians congregation. He graduated in Philosophy from Nagaland University and also having two Master Degrees in Social Work (Youth Development) as well as Journalism and Mass Communication from Thiuvallur University and M. K. University respectively. At present, he is pursuing his PhD in Social Media from Alagappa University. Most of his career, he worked for many needy and deprivileged people specially with youth and street children for their social and economic empowerment.

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Fr. Jose Mathew (President, Don Bosco Tech)

Fr. Jose Mathew, SDB is President of Don Bosco Tech Society. With Post Graduate Degree in Social Work and Bachelor Degree in Law, he is having more than 20 years of experience in social development programmes and UN projects. Presently he is the Provincial of Salesians of Don Bosco (Delhi Province). Before that Fr. Mathew was also working as Provincial Economer of Delhi Province for six years. Before taking this responsibility, he was the Director of Bosco Organisation for Social Concern and Operation for six years. During these past two decades, he has been working tirelessly to empower thousands of young at risk of North India through academic and technical training.

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Fr. Albert Johnson (Vice President, Don Bosco Tech)

Fr. Albert Johnson, SDB is Vice President of Don Bosco Tech Society. With Bachelor Degree in Technology, he has vast experience in the field of technical education. He had worked as the Principal of Polytechnic Institutions in the Tiruchy province; and now he serves as the Provincial Superior of Trichy Province of Salesians of Don Bosco.

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Devi Prasad Mhahapatra (Head - Communications)

Being the custodian of the Don Bosco Tech’s brand promise, brand vision, brand position and brand architecture, Devi Prasad always made an effort to conceptualize, develop and production high standard collaterals which stand out our organisation’s image in the development sector. While meeting the demands of all departments, operations and stakeholders, Mr Mahapatra always ensure consistency in branding initiatives with respect to common themes - core brand values/identity. He is communications professional with over 14 years of experience in media organizations, corporate houses and social organisations. Mr. Mahapatra is ‘Head - Communications’ at Don Bosco Tech Society. Prior to joining the Don Bosco Tech, he had worked for over four years as a Deputy Manager in Dr. Reddy’s Foundation and five years as a ‘Publicity Coordinator’ in ETV Network (Publicity) at Ramoji Film City. Mr Mahapatra has both Masters and Bachelors degrees in Journalism and Mass Communication from Berhampur University. He also has a B.Sc. (Honours) degree in Physics, as well as an Honours Diploma in Systems Management. He attended a management development program on Project Management for Development Organisations in IRMA (Anand) and social media marketing programs from Digital Vidya (Delhi). He authored several Research papers that include Cable Advertising, Rural India: Advertiser’s El Dorado, Anivertising: Creating Positive Brand Image, Enhancing Brand Equity with Star Power, Non-profit Brand: Creating Social Equity for Corporates, Cause Related Marketing: A Powerful Marketing Edge, FDI in Print Media, etc. A conscientious social thinker, he has authored several web articles on topics of contemporary concern in Orissa including the Orissa RTI Act, News boom vs. Channel boom, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Community Leaders, Youth Unemployment, Labour Migration, Railway Budget, IT Scenario, Mainstreaming tribal youth, etc.

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Mr.Ujjal Paramanik (Head - Finance & Accounts)

Ujjal Paramanik is heading the Finance and Accounts department of Don Bosco Tech Society. With an MBA degree in Finance and a Post Graduate Degree in Commerce from Kamraj Madurai University, Ujjal is a qualified SAP (R/3) professional and trained in ACCA (CAT). As a Head (Finance and Account), Ujjal oversees the Don Bosco Tech’s various financial functions, including finance and accounting, financial planning and analysis. Before joining Don Bosco Tech, he was working with International HIV/AIDS Alliance as Finance Officer and with the Leprosy Mission Trust India as Accounts Officer.

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Mr.Stanley Jones (Head - Learning & Development )

Stanley Jones is part of the Senior Management Team of Don Bosco Tech and with the organisation since its nascent years in 2010 and is heading the Learning and Development department of Don Bosco Tech. Stanley is also coordinating Project Himayat of MoRD, Govt. of India, implemented by Don Bosco Tech in Jammu & Kashmir. He has diverse experience of coordinating government and corporate project operations, developing systems, training, and curriculum development. Stanley is passionate about training youth and staff, and travelling to various Don Bosco Tech centres across the country drives and motivates him.

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Mr.Manoj Mathew (Head - Public Policy & Corporate Affairs)

Manoj Mathew brings 16 years of professional experience in non-profit leadership and organisational development. As the Head of Public Policy & Corporate Affairs for Don Bosco Tech, he is responsible for working closely with the Executive Director to position Don Bosco Tech as a credible partner for conversations and partnership around Skilling India.

He was the former Director of Operations & Outreach for India’s prominent think tank, Centre for Civil Society (CCS). His long years of engagement with CCS in many leadership capacities, helped scaling various programs at the Centre and advocating policy reforms in Bamboo sector in India.

Manoj was instrumental in providing creative and management leadership for 8 years as the Festival Director of Jeevika: Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival. The annual festival provides a unique platform to filmmakers and disseminates information about livelihood trials and tribulations.

He was also former Country Manager of Lattitude Global Volunteering, UK based International youth development charity offering volunteering and gap year placements. As student leader, he was elected as Asian Coordinator and then the Secretary General of International Young Catholic Students (IYCS). He was based in the IYCS Secretariats in Manila and Paris for 7 years.

Once a globetrotter engaged in facilitating trainings, fundraising, organising programs and representations to various forums, meetings and UN consultations. Manoj is a past pupil from Don Bosco School, Liluah and St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. He is certificated by leading training institution in US & Germany for think tank leadership.

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Mr. Abhishek Verma( Head - Linkages, Partnership and Program )

Mr. Abhishek Verma has joined Don Bosco Tech as Senior Manager – Linkages, Partnership and Program in 2016. He have spent significant amount of time of his career across various verticals in Indian markets. He graduated from GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (Pantnagar) in Agriculture and has a Master Degree in Business Administration in Marketing from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (Pune). During the course of his career, he has proven at multiple times his ability to take a business idea from concept to market. Not only have he succeeded in translating ideas into reality, but have also successfully helped scale many of these businesses across geographies. His key skills are market creation and market development. These skills have been successfully leveraged by his employers like Magnasoft Consulting, Laconics Solutions, Calmech Inc, LabourNet, their business partners and customers across diverse industry verticals such as IT, Renewable energy, Skill development and Education. His core competencies are “Concept to Market” and “Execution at Scale” both of which he believe in doing within shortest possible time frames.

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Ms. Elizabeth David (Head - Content Developemnt)

Ms. Elizabeth David has joined as Head - Curriculum and Content Development in National Office, New Delhi. She is a double postgraduate in Computer Science and Human Resources with a diploma from NIIT in programming and E-commerce. She has 11 years experience in content writing in organizations, such as UEI Global (School of Service Management as a Manager- Learning and Development), Fortis Health Staff and Lead- Subject Matter Expert (Research and Development) in NIIT Ltd. She has expertise in writing and developing content material, teaching, developing training material and dealing with diverse subjects in education and skill development field. She is also certified in TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test) from Cambridge University through British Council of India.

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Mr. Peter Joseph Trinidad (Head - Human Resourses)

Mr. Peter Joseph Trinidad has joined Don Bosco Tech as Head of HR and Organization Effectiveness. He is a seasoned development professional with over thirty years of progressive professional experience, both in senior management and advisory positions, of working with leading international humanitarian and development organizations, and government programs. He has managed large and complex multi-sector programs in CARE-India, Project Concern International, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Indian Institute of Health Management Research and FHI360. He has substantive management skills and abilities in program implementation, program development, representation, human resource management, communication, monitoring and evaluation, grants management, logistics and administration and relief & humanitarian assistance. He has significant experience working with grant making institutions, including government, bilateral and public-private sector financing, CSR and understanding of diverse functions of human resources He has good proposal writing skills, policy advocacy, training, partnership management, adult learning principles, PRA, logical framework analysis (LFA) and team building skills.

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