P T Mohammed Sunish
Dr P T Mohammed Sunish | |
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Born |
Manjeri, Malappuram | May 25, 1975
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | PTM Sunish |
Occupation | Managing Director, Kerala State Women's Development Corporation , CEO Gender Park |
P T Mohammed Sunish (Malayalam: പി ടി എം സുനിഷ് ) (born 25 May 1975) is the managing director [1][2] of Kerala State Women Development Corporation,[3]Government of Kerala. He is also the first CEO of Gender Parkwhich is a one of its kind initiative in the world to create a unifying platform for resolving gender issues and achieving gender equity in the State of Kerala.[4][5]
Early life and education
Born and raised in a traditional middle-class family in Manjeri, Malappuram in Kerala and completed his schooling. He graduated in Commerce from the University of Calicut in 1995. In 2004, he took a Master's in Business Administration and MA Public Administration (2008) from the Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu.
Professional life
In 2005, Sunish was posted as regional manager of Kerala State Women’s Development Corporation Ltd (a PSU under Department of Social Justice, Government of Kerala). In 2009, he was promoted to the post of managing director of KSWDC.[6] In January 2013, he took over as chief executive officer of Gender Park, Department of Social Justice, Government of Kerala, where he serves till date. He also played a major role in the execution of the SHE Taxi[7][8] project by the Government of Kerala.[9] [10] The institution has its headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.[6] In January 2013, he took over as chief executive officer of Gender Park, Department of Social Justice, Government of Kerala, where he serves till date. He also played a major role in the execution of SHE Taxi[7][8] project by the Government of Kerala.[9] The institution has its headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Honors and awards
In 2012, Sunish got the "UdyogPathr" grant of Pravaasi Bharath, Trivandrum for commitments made in the field of open area for social progression. The Open International University, Colombo, Sri Lanka gave a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) (honoriscausa) on Sunish in 2013, a honor presented on recognized persons on the premise of their accomplishments in philanthropic administrations and benefits of excellence.
Sunish went to and exhibited a paper on Utilization of Technological Advancements in Social Service Sector at TCDPAP and FIDIC Asia Pacific Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka (2012). He likewise went to the seventh World Conference on Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders, Perth, Australia (2012).
In 2014, he was welcomed for the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)- one of the US Government's most prestigious expert trade programs by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State for universal supposition pioneers, USA. Around the same time he was likewise assigned by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India to go to the FIDIC International Infrastructure Conference on "Imaginative Infrastructure Solutions" at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a benefit reached out to progressive and ambitious government authorities.
Dr P T M Sunish and the She-Taxi activity got the prestigious Chief Ministers Award for Innovation in Public Policy 2014.[11]In 2015, Sunish got the Indo-British honor, organized together by London-based UK Kerala Business Forum and Kerala Promotions. Sunish got the honor for his commitments as the leader of the Gender Park.[12] More as of late, he was additionally welcomed by the World Bank as a representative for the South Asian Regional Study Tour on Gender in Transport 2015, Vienna, Austria. This was in acknowledgment of his leading the interesting She Taxi activity in the State.
Dr. Sunish has gotten numerous awards in acknowledgment of his model commitments to people in general segment. He was chosen by the Indian Red Cross Society as the victor of the Best Social Initiatives recompense for the year 2015. He additionally got the DC Books-Emerging Kerala, Money Indices Best CEO 2015 (from Public Sector Undertaking for social developments) grant. [1] [13][1] held at Washington DC (2014) conducted by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the U.S Department of State. He was recently invited to attend a three-day South Asia Regional study tour in Vienna[10] (2015) organised by the World Bank with an aim to improve the visibility and cross-country learning on the topic of women's mobility and security in the public transport sector.
Special accomplishments
Advanced as MD of the Kerala State Women's Development Corporation in 2009, he is credited as the most youthful CEO named in the administration part. In his residency, Dr. Sunish has helped the organization accomplish huge advancement in its region of work by presenting creative ventures for improving the financial status of ladies in the general public. In the 5 years of his assuming control as Managing Director, the company saw a noteworthy trek of 300-400% in its income and turnover when contrasted with the 5 year period before that. Presently the organization has set eyes on turning into the main organization from the State's social area to pay a profit to the Government, beginning the following financial 2016-17.
Dr. Sunish has ideated and set into movement numerous a way breaking tasks, for example, REACH, She-can, iWTC and 181-Women Helpline. Achieve (Resource Enhancement Academy for Career Heights), the leader completing school activity of the State Government set up in 2009, is inventively occupied with preparing ladies to make them promptly employable and has so far aided more than 2500 ladies find a vocation and development their profession. She-can being the initially unmanned electronic open can office in the nation, worked for the solace and comfort of ladies, was granted "WB Honors 2012" by Washrooms and Beyond, a universal magazine. KSWDC's proposition for setting up of an International Women's Trade Center (iWTC) at Ernakulam, Kerala, to serve as world class business brooding office for ladies drove organizations is on the blacksmith's iron and is liable to be taken off soon. In perspective of past activities, KSWDC has additionally been offered the obligation of running 181-Women Helpline in Kerala, by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
In 2015, he led the starting of a novel task called Sandesh One-Social Enterprises Network for Women, the first and the biggest system of its kind in the nation, actualized in relationship with IIM Ahmedabad and IL&FS Skills (P) Ltd.. The system goes for making a power of potential ladies social business people who will head different social improvement activities in regions, for example, cutting edge farming, preventive human services, water and waste administration, and so forth over the State. Inside a limited ability to focus venture has as of now pulled in both national and worldwide consideration and is hoping to be repeated as a ladies drove plan of action in alternate conditions of India.
Assigned additionally as the principal CEO of The Gender Park, Dr. Sunish spearheaded the leading grounds task of the Gender Park – She Taxi –India's initial 24X7 ladies possessed, ladies worked taxicab administration for ladies, which met with both national and global recognition. The creative She-Taxi model of the state has been replicated in numerous different states, especially at the tourism problem areas in the nation, as it is viewed as a leap forward activity for guaranteeing security of female suburbanites. The She Taxi extend even got an extraordinary notice at the South Asian Study visit on Gender in Transport 2015 composed by the World Bank at Vienna.
Acknowledging Dr. Sunish's long haul vision, the Gender Park as of late facilitated the primary release of the biennial arrangement of International Conferences on Gender Equality - ICGE-2015, in relationship with UN Women, with a mean to unite a worldwide enrollment of researchers, experts, approach creators and experts from around the globe on a typical stage to talk about issues and to share information on great practices and inventive mediations. The Gender Park is likewise now preparing itself for another inventive trip – Food on Wheels, to serve HACCP ensured crisp, solid and nutritious sustenance through various types of vehicles, with ladies business people at its rudder}
References
- 1 2 "PTM Sunish to participate in US leadership programme". Business Standard. PTI. July 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Kerala to build largest social entrepreneur network of women". The Economic Times. PTI.
- ↑ "KSWDC eyes all-time high repayment and recovery". The Hindu Business Line.
- ↑ "'She-taxis' of Kerala to become car pool facility too". CNN-IBN. Dec 18, 2013.
- ↑ "Kerala To Build Largest Female Social Entrepreneur Network". huffingtonpost.in.
- ↑ "P.T.M. Sunish Appointed KSWDC managing director". The Hindu.
- ↑ Smitha (27 May 2014). "24x7 women-only cab service in Kerala: An unfolding success story". Deccan Chronicle.
- ↑ "Kerala Plans All-Women 'She-Bus' After the Success of 'She-Taxi'". NDTV. Press Trust of India. July 12, 2015.
- ↑ "She-Taxi Grows Into She-Bus in Kerala". shethepeople.tv.
- ↑ "Kerala in Gender Study Tour at Vienna". The New Indian Express. 12 April 2015.