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Description

A lawyer-turned-entrepreneur with a vision of applying technology to improve the effectiveness of policies, laws and development projects. Rohit left White & Case LLP to start Verdentum—a social enterprise focused on creating disruptive technology solutions for the development sector. Verdentum’s technology is present in 45+ countries. Recognized in the Forbes 30 UNDER 30 for my role in conceptualizing, building, and leading Standard Indian Legal Citation (SILC), a first of its kind citation guide for lawyers in India. SILC is now used by lawyers and academics from more than 250 law schools and various courts.

Selected Experience

Established and lead Verdentum, a technology social-enterprise that provides governments with critical tools to launch, coordinate, and measure impact on development-sector projects globally.
Verdentum’s platform is now used to track projects with a value of over US$150 million across 45+ countries.
Technology used to track projects funded by leading institutions, including the Gates Foundation, USAID, Walmart Foundation, African Development Bank, Commonwealth of Nations/Commonwealth Secretariat, UNHABITAT, and numerous others.
Over 1,000,000 farmer records tracked across continents through our technology to improve efficiency on agricultural development projects.

Achievements and awards:

Forbes 30 UNDER 30 Asia, in recognition for work on Standard Indian Legal Citation: https://www.forbes.com/profile/rohit-pothukuchi/
Invited to present my work to His Excellency the Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari: Presented SILC manuals to His Excellency at the official residence of the Vice President in New Delhi.
Invited to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Govt. Meeting and an event with HRH Prince William.

About

Milind Mahajani has over 35 years’ experience,25 of them being in Information Technology, and 10 in Process based quality, with long exposure to various facets of business software development, including systems, technology and project management and implementation, and artificial intelligence and machine learning. He has strong skills in understanding systems and processes, whether related to a software application or otherwise. He can analyze and create sustainable and robust systems and procedures that are appropriate to the organization.

In software development, his skill sets and experience straddle the entire development life cycle covering Requirements engineering, architectural paradigms, various programming languages and other technology areas such as databases, network programming and network administration, testing and implementation as well as maintenance. He has extensive experience in managing software projects and implementations spanning several locations. He is well versed with machine learning and deep learning, particularly in relation to Natural Language Processing.

Milind Mahajani’s last worked with Impressico, where he was part of the Data Science Group. His other assignments have been as the COO of Saigun Technologies, and at Intelesoft Technologies, a US multinational software company, where he headed the production function as Vice President.

Before that he worked in various capacities for 11 years in the IT department of the Times of India, the leading newspaper group in the country. It was here that he was part of the team that eventually built an integrated advertising application for the group. This was a network application that was implemented at over 50 locations.

His other experience includes training, preparation and editing of course material for a university, authoring of technical books and reviewing technical material as a subject matter expert.

In Process Consulting and Quality, Milind Mahajani was associated with CyberQ Consulting for over 7 years. Here he consulted in a full cycle engagement for 32 clients for ISO, CMM and the CMMI process improvement models, and was involved with 20 more on specific assignments. He served as a team member in a CMM assessment as well as a CMMI appraisal. Besides, he has conducted training sessions totaling 110 days on various topics. He has carried out a number of audits for clients, both as specific assignments as well as part of end to end consulting engagements.

Milind Mahajani has taken up Natural Language Processing as his area of special interest. He is also knowledgeable in building prediction models for tabular data, and is familiar with the end to end implementation of a machine learning model in an actual software application. He has a deep understanding of the user experience while using software, and is always on the lookout for making it as easy as possible to use software, even if it means using sophisticated methods and technology to achieve it.

Description

Abhinit leads the technology team at Verdentum and has been with the organization since its inception. With a diverse skill set, he navigates seamlessly through various programming languages, including Python, C++, PHP, JavaScript, and TypeScript. Abhinit's adeptness extends to managing complex technology frameworks, such as Codeigniter, Laravel, NodeJS, and Angular, showcasing his versatility and adaptability. He maintains a client-centric approach, collaborating closely with Verdentum's clientele to deliver tailored solutions on the platform. His proficiency extends to database management, covering MySQL, MongoDB, SQL, and SQLite. Additionally, he demonstrates adeptness in application environments like Apache, Nginx, LAMP, WAMP, MEAN, MERN, and Microsoft platforms such as PowerBI, PowerApps, PowerAutomate, and others.

Notable Projects

AVCD – Spearheaded the development of the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) platform for Feed the Future's 'Accelerated Value Chain Development' (AVCD) Program in Kenya. This comprehensive initiative aims to meticulously register beneficiaries and monitor their progress throughout the program. His team implemented QR code assignments to individual beneficiaries, ensuring seamless data updates and tracking.

MBOOK – Led the team in the development of MBOOK, a cutting-edge data collection tool co-developed by ICRISAT and VERDENTUM. The platform enables real-time data collection through a suite of mobile applications that collect geo-tagged data of farmers, farm fields, crops, and other on-field interventions.

MEASURE – Currently leading the team in the development of the MEASURE platform. MEASURE stands for Monitoring and Evaluation of Agri-Science Uptake in Research and Extension. It is a mobile-web-based platform designed exclusively to collect real-time, geo-tagged data about farmers, farmland, livestock, on-field interventions, and other key indicators of agricultural research and extension.

Architecture Work

Abhinit also serves as an AWS architect, leveraging cloud computing to architect scalable and resilient solutions for Verdentum's projects. His expertise in AWS services like EC2, S3, Lambda, and RDS enables him to design and implement cloud-based infrastructures that optimize performance, security, and cost-efficiency. Abhinit's proficiency in AWS adds a crucial layer of scalability and reliability to Verdentum's technological endeavors, ensuring seamless integration and operation within cloud environments.

Description

Ben holds a post-graduate diploma from India’s premier institute in Rural Management. He has a special focus on Impact Evaluation and has carried out extensive village fieldwork and impact assessment for a farmers’ collective in India. Additionally, he also has a bachelor’s degree in Economics.

Selected Experience

AVCD – Currently addressing client requests and analysing scope of improvement for the AVCD platform. Feed the Future’s ‘Accelerated Value Chain Development’ (AVCD) Program focuses on the livestock, dairy and staple crop (root crops and drought-tolerant crops) value chains, covering 21 counties in Kenya. The scope of the project is to register all the beneficiaries and track their progress owing to the program, by assigning QR codes to each and every beneficiary and updating with respect to new data collected.

MEASURE – Currently addressing client requests and analysing scope of improvement for the MEASURE platform. MEASURE stands for Monitoring and Evaluation of Agri-Science Uptake in Research and Extension. It is a mobile-web based platform exclusively designed to collect real-time, geo-tagged data about farmers, farmland, livestock, other on-field interventions, and other key indicators of agriculture research and extension

Impact Assessment of HDP on Milk Production - Surveyed farmers who were beneficiaries of the Heifer Development Program undertaken by the Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation. The study aimed at measuring the success of HDP in increasing milk production. Also analysed the impact of HDP on conception rate, milk productivity and resistance to diseases of the calves covered under the program.