Mr. Ashok Singh

Founder Director of Sahbhagi Shikshan Kendra (SSK), a state-level support organization for UP, Bihar and Jharkhand. Mr. Singh is engaged in capacity building of grassroots-level organisations of Uttar Pradesh and other Hindi-speaking states. He has played an important role in initiating and strengthening a very active network of civil society organisations of Uttar Pradesh, which is known as Uttar Pradesh Voluntary Action Network (UPVAN). He has worked in Gujarat for 10 years prior to his coming to Uttar Pradesh in 1990. Mr. Singh is a well-known trainer and has given/participated in a number of trainings at national and international levels. He has written many manuals and books on Participatory Philosophy of Development, Organisational Development and Governance of Civil Society Organisations, etc. He has been a very active in the field of strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions and Urban Local Bodies in UP, Bihar and Jharkhand. Mr. Singh has been very active in VANI right from beginning and has taken active interest in promoting and strengthening state level network in UP/Bihar/Jharkhand/Uttarakhand/Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.