Annapurna Neti
Areas of Interest & Expertise
- CSR
- Livelihoods
- Microfinance and financial inclusion
- MSME
- Social enterprises
- Organisations in the social sector
- Farmer producer organisations
Biography
Annapurna has 20+ years of work experience covering practice, research, consulting and teaching. Her expertise is in the areas of livelihoods development, MSME, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, and farmer producer companies.
Her current research interests include urban informal livelihoods, financial inclusion, CSR and farmer producer companies.
Annapurna has a PhD from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. She has worked with Small Industries Development Bank of India and has been a consultant to multiple organisations in the social sector. She also served as an Expert Director on the board of an all-women dairy producer company for several years.
Courses
Project Planning and Implementation
Manage the execution of project tasks efficiently, while achieving the project goals effectively
Fundamentals of Financial Management
Plan, organise and monitor the financial resources of an organisation to achieve its objectives
Project Management for Development Interventions
Learn to plan, implement, and monitor social sector projects effectively
Understanding social sector organisations
The course will help students to gain familiarity with various forms of organisations and critically assess the need for different forms.
Critical Perspectives on Financial Inclusion
What is the institutional architecture of financial institutions in India?
Professional Development Courses
Strategies for Effective CSR
Broadening the narrow focus on ‘maximising shareholder benefits’ to a larger sense of social responsibility
Rural India and its Transformations
This one week intensive course is for management trainees of development organisations to help them broaden their understanding of rural communities, lives and livelihoods.
Gender and Livelihoods: A Gender Transformative Approach
Enabling practitioners to introspect on their work and integrate a gender transformative approach in their programmes.
Reports
Farmer Producer Companies Report II: Inclusion, Capitalisation and Incubation
Annapurna Neti, Richa Govil (2022)Farmer Producer Companies: Past, Present and Future
Richa Govil, Annapurna Neti (2020)
Surveys
Report: Covid-19 crisis: Survey on internal challenges faced by social sector organisations
Annapurna Neti, Nazrul Haque, Rajesh Joseph
Publications
Journal Articles
- Govil, R. & Neti, A. (2024). Incubating Farmer Producer Companies: The Missing Middle. Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers, 49(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/02560909241302202
- Guha, P., Neti, A., Lobo, R. (2021). Merging the public and private spheres of women’s work: Narratives from women street food vendors during Covid-19 crisis. Gender, Work & Organization, 29(6), 1935– 51. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12772
- Govil, R., Neti, A & Rao, M. (2019). Farmer Producer Companies: Demystifying the Numbers. Review of Agrarian Studies, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.25003/RAS.09.02.0009
Chapters in Edited Books
- Guha, P., Neti, A. & Lobo, R. (2023). Reclaiming their place in the city: Narratives of street food vendors of Bengaluru during the Covid crisis. In A.Fazli and A.Kundu (Eds) Reimagining Prosperity: Social and Economic Development in Post-COVID India, Chapter 14, Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978 – 981-19 – 7177-8_14
- Govil, R. & Neti, A. (2021). Strengthening Rural Economy through Farmer Producer Companies. In: V. I. Lakshmanan, A. Chockalingam, V. Kumar Murty & S. Kalyanasundaram (Eds) Smart Villages — Bridging the Global Urban-Rural Divide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978 – 3‑030 – 68458-7_18
Chapters in Reports
- Govil, R. & Neti, A. (2021). Farmer Producer Companies: From Quantity to Quality. In Biswajit Sen (Eds) State of India’s Livelihoods 2021. Access Development Services.
- Neti, Annapurna. (2018). Review of Microinsurance. In M.S.Sriram (Eds) Inclusive Finance India Report 2017, Sage Publications Pvt Ltd.
- Neti, Annapurna. (2021). Small Finance Banks: Coming of Age In N.S.Vishwanathan (Eds) Inclusive Finance India Report 2021. Access Development Services.
- Sriram M.S., Vaibhav Chaturvedi and Annapurna Neti. (2012). Too big to fail versus too small to be counted, BIS Papers chapters, In Bank for International Settlements (Eds) Financial sector regulation for growth, equity and stability, 62, pages 93 – 118, Bank for International Settlements.
Reports
- Neti, A. and Govil, R. (2022). Farmer Producer Companies: Inclusion, Capitalisation and Incubation. Report. Azim Premji University, Bengaluru.
- Govil, R., Neti, A and Rao, M. (2020). Farmer Producer Companies: Past, Present and Future. Report. Azim Premji University, Bengaluru.
- Neti, A., Haque, N., Joseph, R., and Lobo, R. (2021). Covid-19 crisis: survey on internal challenges faced by social sector organisations. Report. Azim Premji University, Bengaluru.
Newspaper Articles
- Annapurna Neti and Richa Govil. 2021. “Social Stock Exchange should allow listing of producer companies”. Deccan Herald. https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/social — stock — exchange — should — allow — listing — of — producer — companies — 1023759.html
- Puja Guha, Annapurna Neti and Roshni Lobo. 2020 “Can Bengaluru’s street food vendors tide over Covid 19 Lockdown?” Citizen Matters. https://citizenmatters.in/bengaluru-covid-lockdown-street-food-vendors-impact-cholera-eviction-street-vending-act/
- Annapurna Neti, Puja Guha. 2020. Corona Virus Lockdown: Impact on microenterprises. Deccan Herald. https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/coronavirus-lockdown-for-caring-and-sharing-831209.html