Gana Pati Ojha

Experience: Over 35 years’ experience in development cooperation programmes with national and international agencies belonging to government, private sector and civil society organizations in several countries in the area of food security, livelihoods improvement, agriculture, livestock and forestry, education, organisation development, capacity building, civil society strengthening, peace and development, social and gender development and sustainable rural development. Conducted over 30 evaluations of various types either as a team leader/sole evaluator or a team member. Other expertise include promoting quality evaluation through knowledge generation in evaluation, evaluation capacity development, organising international and national evaluation events. Experience also include managing evaluation organisations, creating enabling environment for evaluation by contributing to formation of evaluation policy framework, M&E Bill, motivating parliamentarians to be evaluation sensitive and helping form evaluation forums of parliamentarians. Knowledge: Monitoring and evaluation theory and practice, theory of change/ logical framework/result framework, results-based management, mixed methods, quantitative and qualitative data analysis; and project cycle management; institution building and governance; inputs and service delivery; and safety net measures; knowledge and understanding development policies and practices, environmental and safety measures of various organizations. Skills: Preparation of M&E plan, designing evaluation, indicator development, strategic thinking, analytical skills, bridging macro perspectives and operational issues, livelihoods analysis, ability to relate and build trust, clear communications, including verbal, presentation and writing skills; training and facilitation skills; interviewing, team building, and capacity enhancement of state and non-state actors; collaborating and networking; and report writing and presentation.