In 1996 – a group of alumni from IIT Kharagpur, eager to make a positive impact in the social development sector came together to form Hijli INSPIRATION. The desire to provide a strategic support and integrated treatment for effective and appropriate solutions to a spectrum of national socioeconomic problems sparked off the start of an Organisation which has seen 27 plus years since then. INSPIRATION is an acronym ( Institute for Planning Innovative Research Appropriate Training and Extension ) depicting what the group wanted to do.
The multidisciplinary background of the alumni offered the much needed expertise required for making a mark in the lives of the socially and economically excluded sections. Twenty Seven plus years of experience spanning across Livelihood, Health, Education, Water and Sanitation, Environment undertaking Research, Planning, Studies Strategy Development and Policy research gives INSPIRATON an edge in the domain of development. INSPIRATION has the experience of working with State and National Government and other National and International Donors.
INSPIRATION offers a multidisciplinary team of expert professionals having past and present affiliation with leading Academic and R & D Institutions. A team of young, energetic field staff with a Male & Female balance trained in ethics, field strategies, and communication provide the outreach support.
Vision
Egalitarianism and Equity
Mission
Sustainable inclusion of the socially and economically excluded sections through people appropriate solutions
Objectives
The main Objective of the organization is to carry out research / study / action oriented projects on socio-cultural, economic and environmental issues aimed at improving quality of life of the excluded weaker sections of the society and promoting conservation of natural resources.
Our Journey
Governing Body
Mr. Dipankar Ghosh
President
Mr Dipankar Ghosh is a Sociologist with a Post-Graduation in Personnel Management and Labour Economics from London School of Economics and Political Science, London University. He was employed with BBC World Services for more than twenty-three years as a senior journalist and commentator and broadcaster. He is OD and Communication Specialist. He has prepared several Organisational Development Plans for Municipalities. He has handled assignments for the UNICEF and the Government of West Bengal on Information Education Communication and Community Mobilization.
Dr. Rupali Dey
Vice President
Dr. Chandreyee Das
Secretary
Dr. Chandreyee Das is a Ph.D. in Planning from IIT Kharagpur with a basic background in Economics.Her specialization is in Participatory Planning, Evaluation and Impact Assessment , Socio-economic system studies and modeling. She has functioned as Team Leader / Principal Investigator/ Principal Researcher/ Consultant in several studies and action research projects for national and International sponsors including the State and National Governments ,World Bank, DFID, ADB,UNICEF, the GTZetc.She has several publications in National and International Journals and has edited a book “Eye on Development”.She was involved in several International Assignments in USA, UK, Italy, Thailand, Philippines, Bhutan, and Bangladesh.
Dr. Damayanti Mukhopadhyay
Asst. Secretary
Dr. Damayanti Mukhopadhyay is a Ph. D from Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur and a Masters in Sociology from CalcuttaUniversity. Her specialization is in Social Group Functioning, Participatory Development primarily in the Natural Resource Management. She has served as a Research Officer, Consultant, Trainer in several National and International assignments supported by the Govt. of India, Govt. of West Bengal and international donors like the Ford Foundation, DFID etc.
Dr. Partha Bose
Treasurer
Mr. Debangshu Bhattacharya
Member, Governing Body
Dr. Samiran Chattopadhyay
Member, Governing Body
Dr. Ralla Guha Neogi
Member, Governing Body
Dr. Probal Sengupta
Member, Governing Body
Members
Dr. Debasish Bhattacharya
Dr. Debashis Bhattacharyay is a Ph. D from Department of Humanities and Social Sciences and a Masters in Regional Planning from IIT Kharagpur. His specialization is in Social Analysis and R & R.As a Social Specialist. As Resettlement Specialist, he has undertaken social impact assessment, preparation of resettlement framework. He has worked with major international clients like the ADB and World Bank.
Ms. Barnali Chakroborty
Dr. Manika Das
Dr. Mou Chowdhury
Ms. Sudeshna Bhattacharya
Dr. Minakshi Chatterjee
Dr. Sangeeta Sen
Dr. G. B. Manna
Ms. Chandreyee Sengupta
Prof. Tapas Kumar Basu
Dr. Matangini Chattopadhyay
Mr. Arindam Mukherjee
Dr. Sipra Mukherjee
Mr. Alokes Chattopadhyay
Mr. Chattopadhyay completed his Masters from IIT, Kharagpur. He is currently working as Deputy Chief System Manager at the Computer & Informatics Centre (CIC), IIT Kharagpur. His key areas of expertise include systems and services like Mail Messaging, DNS, DHCP, WWW, License Server for Application Software, RADIUS, CLOUD etc. and the Next Generation Firewall Systems Forti Gate and Checkpoint.
Dr. Srabani Sengupta
Dr. Sengupta, a Ph.D. in Development Economics from Visva Bharati University is a Robert. S. McNamara Fellow of the World Bank, !997-98 Cycle, has nearly 25 years of professional experience in Social and Institutional Development Sector in India as well as other South Asian Countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Lao PDR, Cambodia etc. She has successfully delivered in formulation of National Strategies, Vision Plan, Evaluation of Institutions, Design of suitable Institutional Development Plan, sustainability and evidence based procedural improvement leading to enhanced performance of Institutions.
Mr. Sabyasachi Banerjee
Mr. Banerjee, an M Phil in Economics from JNU has over 11 years of experience in urban sector analysis, mapping of development projects with prospective investors, develop investment pitch books, feasibility study etc. He is well versed with policy, institutional and regulatory framework of different states of India for promoting urban development. He has been involved with investment promotion related interventions for multiple states in India, with specific focus on preparation of sector profiles and sector scoping studies for investment facilitation.
Mr. Bitansu Biswas
Mr. Biswas, a Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, with 19-years of post-qualification experience has certification in FOREX and Treasury Management, Advanced Business Analytics with R, and Anti-Money Laundering Laws. He is also a member of Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India. He has expertise as development consultant, due diligence and financial assessment in implementing sustainability strategies for government and industries. He has been involved with multilateral and bi-lateral development banks for sustainable development in India and Bangladesh.
Shaktibrata Bardhan
Mr. Bardhan, a Mechanical Engineer from Jalpaiguri Engineering College, has spent 35 years in the Marketing Division of Indian Oil Corporation Limited. During this tenure he has worked in Operations department at various field locations and administrative offices. The key role was to take care of supply and distribution as well as storage and handling of petroleum products. During the last seven years, Mr Bardhan worked in the HSE department of the organization where the responsibility was to look after the safety and pollution control of various petroleum storage locations as well as employee well-being.
Sriranjini Joshi
Ms. Joshi, a Commerce graduate from Calcutta University followed by a Masters in Counselling and psychotherapy (IPMS Pune), also completed the Leadership Development Programme (LDP) from IIM (Calcutta). She is currently the Director of The George Telegraph Group. She has been Chair of CII-Indian Women Network West Bengal. Ms Joshi has also been Core Member of the Health sub-committee, education sub-committee of CII and the Co- Chair of the Skill Development committee at ASSOCHAM. She was a Member of the Indian Chamber of Commerce National Expert Committee on Higher Education & Training and served as Treasurer of Befrienders India, a pan India organization offering mental health counselling and a network of suicide prevention centers.
Past Presidents
Jyotirmoy Chaudhuri ( Late )
Tarun Kumar Basu ( Late )
R N Chattopadhyay ( Late )
Constant Inspirtation
Parth Pratim Das
Bidhan Chandra Jana
Mr. Bidhan Chandra Jana is a Graduate in Economics with two years Diploma in Advanced Systems Management. He has over 20 years of experience as a Programmer with IIT Kharagpur and INSPIRATION. He is a Production Expert.
Kanika Banerjee