Dr. Devesh Kumar, a Doctorate in Management, is a project manager - Marketing & Innovation with Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (JEEViKA).

He has over 13 years of experience in enterprise promotion for rural & marginal sections of society. His areas of expertise include FPO promotion and nurturing, creating agri-commodities market linkages & related innovations, business establishment & development, setting up processing industries at the grass root level, infrastructure arrangements at the farm gate, and organizing fairs like Saras Mela at a national and state level. At present, he is involved in various innovative business models for women members of Bihar.