Dibakar Maharana

Mr. DibakarMaharana graduated from the premier Agriculture University of Odisha, OUAT, Bhubaneswar in 1971. He served few months under Government of Odisha as Agriculture Officer. Then switched over to State Bank of India and worked in different capacities. He retired in the year 2009 as Chief Manager in SBI. During his tenure in SBI, he was deputed to SamanwitaGramyaUnnayanSamiti, Gudaygiri as it’s Project Director which is the only institution in India co-sponsored by SBI and Sate Govt. After retirement, he joined as Bank Linkage Officer in TRIPTI a World Bank aided project of Govt. of Odisha run by Panchayatiraj department and then worked as Project Executive Bank Linkage under the flagship programme of Govt. of India, NRLM (OLM). He was responsible for role out of Bank Mitra concept in Odsha and streamlining Bank Linkage strategy for the women SHGs. He then worked for some time in a home grown MFI as its Chief Finance Officer till April 2017 and now is engaged as State Resource Person OLM, RUDSET institution and many other organisations engaged in training of rural poor.