Shri Jitender Kalra has deep understanding and experience of MSME cluster development. Starting out as a Civil Servant in 1991, Shri Kalra had senior leadership roles at UNIDO and in Dr. Reddy’s Foundation and Reliance Foundation, two of India’s largest CSR Foundations. He has worked extensively in areas of Enterprise and Livelihood promotion, Financial Literacy, Skill Development, Rural Transformation and Regenerative Agriculture. During his tenure with UNIDO, he helped steer the ‘MSME cluster development ’ approach in India at implementation and policy levels.
At present, Shri Kalra is a director of SIDBI(Small Industries Development Bank of India) and “Nab Foundation”, a 100 percent subsidiary of NABARD, set up for taking up innovative projects through convergence. He is active in training and coaching senior leadership teams on culture building and organizational transformation.
Shri Jitender Kalra holds BSc (Mechanical Engineering) and MBA degrees.