Mr. Sharma has 14+ years of experience in Governance, Public Policy Analysis, Agri-business Development, Value Chain Development, and Youth Leadership. He serves as a freelance consultant, offering qualitative research, training, and strategic document preparation to social organizations.
Elevating Performance Process & People
Introduction
Research and Development Management (RDM) Consultancy Pvt. Ltd is a social impact consulting firm; established in 2009 by dedicated individuals and professionals. RDM is led by a young working cohort, most of whom are development professionals with diverse academic backgrounds. RDM specializes in offering consulting services in Governance and Institutional Development, Sustainable Development, Private Sector Engagement and Media mobilization. RDM has wealth of experiences in Project Cycle Management, Capacity Development, and Policy Analysis, Agri- business Development services, Preparing Strategic documents and Project evaluations for its client. RDM grew out of the need to cater a wide range of project management services to development organizations and private companies in a professional way. RDM believes that aspiration for systemic changes can only be realized if improvements are sought in performances of organization; adopt correct procedures and mobilize people power. Hence, its products and services are designed to improve performances, strengthen processes and empower/mobilize people. RDM also provides opportunities for young graduates and experts to use their valuable time and knowledge for better performances. As a matter of policy, RDM reinvests its operational income into upgrading the institution and conducting further research of implementing development projects aiming to strengthen the overall project management ecosystem in Nepal.
Vision
Professional, Creative and Innovation led Solution for best performance and achieve the goal.
Core Values
Innovation: RDM applies innovation in all three planes of project cycle management- design, implementation support and evaluation. Innovative methods of inquiry give shape to all the knowledge management products developed for clients by RDM.
Confidentiality: RDM adheres to strict criteria for understanding clients’ requirements and managing confidential information. The client will only have sole authority to decide on the usage of the information, data, agreements and other program logistics in consensus with RDM.
Integrity: The health and reputation of our Company depends and thrives on trust, integrity, openness and fairness at all levels of the organization
Empowerment: We understand empowerment as “an artful combination of autonomy, commitment and trust”. The fundamental aim of empowerment is to restore meaning to work for organization and individual, based on a clear set of goals. Empowerment fosters a team spirit among employees, consultants and clients while encouraging initiative and risk-taking.
Our esteemed Clients
Areas of expertise
Evaluation, Research and Development
One of the core areas of RDM is Research and Development. Since its establishment, RDM has commissioned many qualitative researches in areas of labor migration, informal workforce, gender and social inclusion, disaster risk reduction, Child Protection and Development, Women and Development, and Media and Development. It uses instruments such as consultants’ roster, advisory panel, full-team membership and subcontracts to increase its pool of expertise with respect to demands of the assignments.
- Action research
- Policy Research
- Baseline and End line Evaluations
- Ex-post Evaluation
- Need Assessment
- Organization Capacity Assessment
- Support on professional development and writing (proposal, reports etc.)
- Capacity Development (Organizational and Individuals)
Our Capacity development interventions focus on holistic development of organizational leaders/members starting from shaping aptitude, developing outlook and attitude to guiding improved work performances. Most of these interventions are executed through training programs while we also use other measures such as counseling, knowledge sessions, and coaching. Our intervention programs include:
- Coaching and counseling
- Developing Organizational Policies and Guidelines
- Support in adopting changing market situation to full the demand of organizations and communities
- Development of curricula, manual and toolkits
Formulating Plans, Policy and Strategy:
RDM's major strength is to support formulation of policies, plans and strategies for a wide range of organizations -public, private and foundations. RDM uses management tools such as Forced- Field Analysis, Policy Network Analysis and Political Economy Analysis to arrive at the suitable policies and strategies. Besides, RDM has in-house experts to lead the policy review, policy formulation, developing position papers and strategic plans.
Cooperative Governance and Business Development:
RDM has a wealth of experience in cooperative governance and management. RDM has provided governance related training to both production-oriented cooperatives as well as savings and credit cooperatives. RDM has expertise in Governance, Cooperative Business Development, Record Keeping and Bench Marking and Supporting small and medium size enterprises.
Our Services
We work with our clients to design projects that are based on situational analysis, followed by rigorous assessments and preliminary research
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Team
Raju Sharma
Co-Founder/Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Arjun Bhattarai
Co-Founder/Director for Partnership and Networking
Arjun Bhattarai excels in program planning, management, monitoring, advocacy, capacity assessment, training, toolkit development, project evaluations, and development journalism. He has written articles on social enterprise, SDGs, business and human rights, and democratization.
Hari Bhusal
Senior Administration Officer
Hari Bhusal is a development professional with experience in project management, monitoring and evaluation, capacity development, and disaster risk reduction. Mr Bhusal has worked with various organizations at national and international level in senior management positions.
Purushottam Bista
Co-Founder/Director- Strategy & Innovation
Mr. Bista is highly experience professional offering specialized expertise in international development, MEAL and Program Strategy. With a 20-year track record across Nepal, Eastern Africa, and Canada, He provides services in leading complex Research and Evaluation assignments (having directed over 25 studies), Strategic Monitoring and Learning (MEAL) framework design, and high-level program Management. Deep thematic knowledge includes youth/Adolescent Development, Livelihood & Enterprise development, Climate action, Education and Emergency Response. Ready to deliver immediate value by designing research tools, ensure data quality assurance, managing multi-country donor compliance (USAID, DFID, UNICEF, NORAC), and strengthening local CSO Capacity. He is also available for short-or long-term high-impact assignments.
Contact
- Janata Sadak, KMC-32, Koteshwor, Katmandou, Népal