Dr. Vijay Bhaskar

General Secretary – JJF
Managing Director, Mainstay Development Consultants Pvt Ltd.

Comes with over 20 years worked with Non-profits, International Development Agencies, and MNCs in actively contributing to sustainable social development, towards building sustainable communities, and on the other hand, sharing expertise in promoting sustainable business. He possesses a Master’s in Social Work and, a Ph.D. in Psychology, his core strengths revolve around Strategic CSR, Policy development, Program execution, and measuring and driving Sustainability, while building strategic collaborations and partnerships. His experiences include managing large non-profit and corporate social development, stakeholder engagement and driving programs, and organizational sustainability, which includes strategy development for sustainable procurement/supply chain, in an engaging social element in business. His core expertise includes – Social Impact Assessments SIA, Social Risk Mitigation SRM, SROI, Community and Stakeholder Engagement, Resettlement, Social Research, livelihoods, NRM & Food Security, Disaster Risk Reduction, Behavioral & Psycho-social interventions. He has managed the promotion of high impact Social Enterprises, facilitating Business Social Responsibility (BR) among SMEs within industrial clusters Further, he has extensively worked with Global FMCG clients in providing social risk management and developing strategic CSR, sustainable community and institutional engagement and partnerships, social audit and process for measuring social benefits and reporting in India, Canada, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.