Ashish has a keen interest in improving the livelihoods of the vulnerable populations at the grassroots level and believes in realistic and practical solutions to complex problems. Ashish has diverse work experience working in livelihood promotion, public service delivery, skill development and education in Odisha, Haryana and Uttarakhand. He has also extensively worked on SDG Localisation and monitoring driving SDGs agenda at the state and district level while working in UNDP. He has done his post-graduate studies for the National Institute of Rural Development in Rural Development Management.