A. Ramanathan

Mr.A Ramanathan is the Chief General Manager-Micro Credit Innovations, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and is based in Mumbai. In his current capacity, his duties involve policy and strategy for operationalizing various Micro Finance Programme in the country through formal banking system as well as Micro Finance Institutions.
Prior to this, he has hale several positions from Development Officer to General Manager and has varied experience in Project Appraisal, Monitoring, Institutional Building of Rural Financial Institutions and Training including ODI. He made significant contributions as Trainer/ Training Manager in Bankers’ Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Lucknow India during his tenure from 1989-1998. To name a few, he facilitated Organisational Development Intervention (ODI) in 6 regional rural banks and marketed BIRD’s training and consultancy activities.
He is a member of various professional organizations which includes All India Management Association and Association of British Scholars.He is also a member , Rashtriya Grameen Vikas Nidhi, Guwahti and Micro Finance India Advisory Group, Care Office, New Delhi.
Mr Ramanathan is BA (Economics) and MBA. He also did a study programme at Post Graduate Level from University of Manchester, UK.