Chowhan Balaji Singh has over 35 years of experience working for business and social development sectors including 20 years in the field of Fund Raising and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), primarily focussed on disaster preparedness and response. He held senior positions in different International and National NGOs, and USAID formulating and driving disaster risk reduction strategies. He comes with a rich experience in project design and management. He has more than 15 years of experience in leading fund raising as well as evaluation of funding proposals for grant making, and monitoring their implementation. Many of these efforts pertain to CSR initiatives of India Today group. Balaji also consults with major INGOs on their fund raising initiatives at the institutional, corporate as well as individual levels.