Suva Prasana Prusty is a rural development practitioner working in the Council’s Power sector team as a Consultant. His major work involves consultation, monitoring, strategising and implementation of rural development projects in partnership with Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission (UPSRLM). Currently, he is working for the “Vidyut Sakhi” project in the state of Uttar Pradesh to improve the revenue of discoms and generate income generating opportunities for rural women through self-help groups SHGs.

Suva is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from the MIT College of Engineering, Pune and did his MBA in Rural Management from XIM University Bhubaneswar (XIMB). His focus areas were rural livelihoods, gender equity, natural resource management, finance and marketing, and agri-value chains.

Suva loves to cook and finds himself in the kitchen during weekends conducting experiments. He also has a list of adventure sports which he wants to do before he turns 50. He is a motorcycle enthusiast who has fallen romantically for retro and antique motorcycles.

Suva loves to travel and has a dream to explore the world. Japan is his dream destination. Sweet Child O’ Mine from Guns N’ Roses and Bohemian Rhapsody from Queen are two of his favourite songs amongst a list of many.