Posted by : Praseeda Kunam
Ms. Praseeda Kunam is the promoter and CEO of Samhita Community Development Services, operating in Central India.
Praseeda has over 19 years of experience in the areas of microfinance, financial literacy and advising small and microenterprises and was the founding team at SKS Microfinance as Head of Operations.
Praseeda has done her MBA and Masters in Information Management from Washington University, and BA in Economics from St.Anns College, Hyderabad.
– AWARDS –
AIWMI – 2020
Profiled among India’s Top 100 Women in Finance 2020 in Leading Category
Business Today, 2018
Profiled among 16 Most Powerful Women in Social Impact Category
FICCI Ladies Organization, 2009
Award for excellence in social activism
Business Today, 2008
Cited among leading women business leaders 2008 (microfinance category)
TRAINING PROGRAMS ATTENDED –
Harvard Business School (HBS)-ACCION Program, 2008
Strategic Leadership in Inclusive Finance
Boulder Institute of Microfinance, Colorado, USA, August 2004
Microfinance Training Program
– COURSES TAUGHT AS GUEST FACULTY –
University of International Business, Almaty, Kazakhstan, MBA Program (2001-2003)
Supply Chain Management, Quantitative Methods in Business
Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal
Social Development through Innovations in Rural Finance
PUBLICATIONS –
Journal of Securities and Markets, Kazakhstan (November 2002 Issue)
The Business of Risk: The Current State of Risk Management in Kazakhstan’s Commercial Banks
