Our Faculties

Dr. Sanjay Patra

sanjay@cpaschooloflearning.org

Dr. Sanjay Patra has experience of 30 years in the Voluntary & Development Sector. He is currently the Managing Director of CPA Services. He is actively involved with many other national as well as international organizations and renders his services to them in various ways. He specializes in the areas of Financial Management, Legal Issues, Governance, and Transparency & Accountability related matters pertaining to the Voluntary Sector. In the year 2005‐07 he was a member of the Task Group formed by the Planning Commission for drafting policy on the Voluntary Sector. Dr. Patra has authored books on financial audit & has written several articles in various journals as well. He is also a visiting faculty for Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida and Haggai Institute, Singapore and Hawaii. He has also undertaken various evaluation assignments of development projects across the world.

Puran Jha

puran@cpaschooloflearning.org

Mr. Puran Jha is Financial Management Professional with more than 14 years of experience in Grant Management, Accounting, Monitoring, Financial Review, Control System, Good Governance, Project Implementation, Systems Development and Legal Compliance. He has also been involved in training and system development of various charitable organizations. He has conducted 100+ workshops & training programme for many organizations across South East Asian countries.

Mr. Sandeep Sharma

sandeep@cpaschooloflearning.org

Mr. Sandeep Sharma has an extensive experience of working for the development sector. He is an MBA in Finance with specialization in Rural Finance and Management. He has provided consultancy services to numerous Indian and International agencies such as Axis Bank Foundation, Essar Group Foundation, IDEA Foundation, Tara Society, Sphere India, Marie Stopes India, Population Services International, PRADAN, Reach India, BftW, ICCo, NETZ, CBM, kindermissionswerk(KMW), Dan Church Aid, Denmark, DFID, MISEREOR, Geneva Global Inc, British Red Cross Society, cbm, Welthungerhilfe, OXFAM, Christian Aid, Wider Vision Foundation, Cordaid, Save the Children, Solidaridad Network, etc. for conducting Financial reviews and evaluations, Financial monitoring, System reviews, Accompaniment process and Financial Investigations of donor funded projects in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. One of his core competencies is in the area of training and facilitation. Further, Sandeep has undergone master trainer’s course from Mango, UK. He has also conducted more than 200 trainings & workshops for development organizations.

Sujata Samal

sujata.samal@cpaschooloflearning.org

Ms. Sujata Samal is a Director – Advisory & Accompaniment Services at CPA Services. With more than 9-year association with CPA Services in multiple capacities, she handles diverse portfolio including System/Financial Review, Grant Management, Pre-Funding Assessments, Due-Diligence, Accompaniments and Legal Compliance reviews, Accounting Systems among others, statutory audits, concurrent and internal audits and tax related assignments. With respect to trainings and hands-on services, she has facilitated various workshops for the partner organisations on a wide range of topics such as Financial Management, Legal compliances and Internal controls. In addition, she has the experience of coordinating/running online courses on NGO financial management, Governance and PME.