# BIJAYA KUMAR BEHERA BIJAYA KUMAR BEHERA is a remote worker on Himalayas, Senior Consultant at Sustainability Value Creation LLP, based in India. Source: https://himalayas.app/@bijayakumarbehera ```text Research consultant in CSR and development who assessed rural livelihoods, health, and education for the World Bank. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Looking for a job | | Location | India | | Authorized to work in | India | | Salary expectations | 140k+ INR | | Job categories | Research Consultant, Consultant, Senior Consultant, Research Associate, Project Coordinator, Assistant Director, Cluster Coordinator | | Skills | CSR Research, Impact Assessments, Survey Research, Evaluative Research, Qualitative Assessment, Data Validation, Data Management, Business Development, Research Reporting, Project Coordination, Rural Development, Livelihood Training, Skill Development, Organizational Behaviour, Management Development | ## About ```text At The World Bank, I worked as a consultant on surveys and evaluation research in Odisha’s KBK region, including reporting and coordination. My work there included research on income variability in drought-prone areas and health and mortality in Western Odisha. With AcNielsenORG, I coordinated survey and reporting work for VEDANT INC.’s CSR initiatives in drinking water, health, nutrition, education, and livelihoods. At DJRC, I contributed research and impact assessment for CSR projects focused on drinking water, education, nutrition, and health services. At TRL-SBI RSETI, I served as Assistant Director, supporting administration, coordination, skill development initiatives, and livelihood training. I also worked on CSR activities for TRL Krosaki Refractories Limited. My later consulting assignments have included surveys and impact assessment, child marriage mitigation, data validation and management, and coordination for migration research. I hold a PhD from Sambalpur University, with a thesis on industrial health and organisational culture. ``` ## Experience ### Senior Consultant (current) Sustainability Value Creation LLP. Sep 2025 - Present ```text Responsible for business development, conducting surveys, impact assessment, reporting, coordination, and liaison with government functionaries such as Rural Development. ``` Skills: Business-Development, Survey, Impact-Assessments, Reporting, Coordination, Liaison ### Coordinator (current) Borty Industry Pvt Ltd. Jul 2024 - Present ```text Responsible for data validation and data management for crop insurance companies under PMFBY. ``` Skills: Data-Validation, Data-Management ### Consultant (current) Diksha Foundation. Mar 2024 - Present ```text Focused on child marriage mitigation and advocacy in Patna, Bihar. ``` Skills: Child-Marriage-Prevention, Advocacy ### Consultant Development Solutions. Aug 2024 - Jan 2025 ```text Conducted baseline survey through qualitative assessment for the Aspirational District Program under NITI Aayog in Koraput, Odisha. ``` Skills: Baseline-Surveys, Qualitative-Assessment ### Cluster Coordinator IIT Hyderabad. Feb 2023 - Jul 2023 ```text Coordinated and collected data for the Odisha Migration Study. ``` Skills: Coordination, Data-Collection ### Consultant CTRAN. Mar 2018 - Apr 2021 ```text Conducted socio-economic and spatial surveys in slums, distribution of land rights to slum dwellers, and sanitary workers with involvement of slum dweller associations. ``` Skills: Socio-Economic-Surveys, Spatial-Survey, Land-Rights-Distribution ### Consultant Agri Watch Pvt Ltd. Feb 2017 - Jan 2020 ```text Coordinated CCE witnessing in Western Odisha under PMFBY for crop insurance. ``` Skills: Coordination, CCE-Witnessing, Crop-Insurance ### Consultant DEFT. Jan 2017 - Mar 2017 ```text Conducted skill need assessment in Sambalpur District and marketing practice of mango in Western Odisha, funded by ILO. ``` Skills: Skill-Assessment, Marketing ### Consultant OPGC-L&T MGR Project. Apr 2016 - Dec 2016 ```text Coordinated and liaised with government functionaries such as Rural Development, Drinking Water, Panchayati Raj, Road & Building, Forest Dept, etc. of Govt of Odisha. ``` Skills: Coordination, Liaison ### Assistant Director TRL-SBI RSETI. Nov 2010 - Oct 2016 ```text Handled administration, coordination, liaison with government offices, facilitation, skill development initiatives, livelihood training, and affirmative actions of TRL Krosaki Refractories Limited and its CSR activities. ``` Skills: Administration, Coordination, Liaison, Skill-Development, Livelihood-Training ### Consultant Institute of Economic Growth. Oct 2013 - Dec 2015 ```text Conducted survey on agrarian relationships and poverty reduction in KBK region, Odisha. ``` Skills: Survey, Research ### Consultant The World Bank. Nov 2009 - Dec 2010 ```text Conducted survey, evaluation research, team leadership, reporting, and coordination in KBK region of Odisha. ``` Skills: Survey, Evaluative-Research, Team-Leadership, Reporting, Coordination ### Senior Research Associate DJRC. Nov 2008 - Oct 2009 ```text Handled business proposals, report writing, survey, planning, and impact assessment of CSR projects in drinking water facility, education, nutrition, and health service. Led teams. ``` Skills: business-proposal-development, Report-Writing, Survey, Planning, Impact-Assessments, Team-Leadership ### Senior Research Associate AcNielsen ORG. May 2006 - Sep 2007 ```text Handled negotiation, survey, reporting, coordination, and team leadership for CSR initiatives in drinking water, health, nutrition, education, and livelihood. ``` Skills: Negotiation, Survey, Reporting, Coordination, Team-Leadership ### Project Coordinator Environmental Risks and Household Economy in Western Odisha. Oct 2001 - Nov 2003 ```text Conducted survey, evaluation research, team leadership, reporting, and coordination for a project financed by German Research Foundation (DFG). ``` Skills: Survey, Evaluative-Research, Team-Leadership, Reporting, Coordination ### Guest Faculty Sambalpur University & UCE Burla. Jan 1990 - Dec 2000 ```text Taught and guided MBA and MIM students on Organizational Behaviour and Management Development. ``` Skills: Teaching, Organizational-Behaviour, Management-Development ## Education ### National Academy of RUDSET Trainer's Training Programme, Entrepreneurship Development. 2014 - 2015 ```text Trainer's Training Programme on Entrepreneurship Development (TTP-49) from December 29, 2014 to January 10, 2015. ``` ### Sambalpur University Doctor of Philosophy, Industrial Health ```text Doctor of Philosophy degree from Sambalpur University, completed in 1996. Thesis title: Industrial Health as a Function of Organisational Culture. ``` ### Ravishankar University Master of Philosophy, Organizational Behaviour and Management Development ```text Master of Philosophy degree from Ravishankar University, completed in 1990. Specialization in Organizational Behaviour and Management Development. ``` ### Ravishankar University Master of Arts, Managerial and Organizational Psychology ```text Master of Arts in Psychology with specialization in Managerial and Organizational Psychology, completed in 1989. ``` ### Sambalpur University Bachelor of Science (Hons), Physics ```text Bachelor of Science with Honours in Physics, along with Chemistry and Mathematics, completed in 1986. ``` ### BSE Orissa H.S.C., General ```text Higher Secondary Certificate from BSE Orissa, completed in 1982. ``` ## Tech stack - Microsoft Excel To contact BIJAYA KUMAR, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [Himanshu Rai](https://himalayas.app/@himanshurai1): Senior Consultant, EY India - [Sreekanth G](https://himalayas.app/@sreekanthg): Social & Labour Manager, Amaravati Development Corporation Limited - [nawanit niraj](https://himalayas.app/@nawanitniraj): Team Lead CSR, Tata Power Western Odisha Distribution Limited - [Gargee Deka](https://himalayas.app/@gargeedeka): Public Finance Management Fellow, Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship & Democracy - [GULSHAN ROHILLA](https://himalayas.app/@gulshanrohilla): Associate Vice President, Access Development Services - [Pragya Kakaty](https://himalayas.app/@pragyakakaty): Assistant Manager Central Business Development, Rodic Engineering Consultants Pvt Ltd - [sangram dash](https://himalayas.app/@sangramdash): Social Expert, Institute of Rural Development and Management Studies - [Dillip Kumar Sethi](https://himalayas.app/@dillipkumarsethi): District Coordinator, Education, American India Foundation Trust - [Surjya Kumar Dash](https://himalayas.app/@surjyakumardash): Team Leader for Zone 5, OIIPCRA project of Odisha funded by World Bank - [Killian Karado](https://himalayas.app/@killiankarado): Coordinator and Marketing, Society for Community Rehabilitation