Mr. B L Parthasarathy, Director. (Masters in Agri Economics and a Management Graduate from IIM-B). He has over 33 years of work in the development sector, specializing in financial inclusion, micro-banking and rural financial services. He was part of the team involved in establishing BASIX India in 1996, which was the pioneer in microfinance. He has held senior positions within BASIX group, including being the MD & CEO of KBS Local Area Bank, Hyderabad, India and MD & CEO of BASIX Consulting, MD & CEO of Alliance Microfinance in Myanmar. As part of consulting work, he has led consulting assignments in India, Bhutan, Nepal, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Timor Leste, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea as well as in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Cameroon in Africa.