Dr.S.Nagoor Ali Jinnah, an agricultural graduate from Tamil Nadu
Agricultural University, post graduated in Management from IIM, Ahmedabad,
earned a Certificate in Training & Development from Centre for Rural Development
& Training, University of Wolverhampton, UK, and is a CAIIB. He has been awarded
a Ph. D from TNAU.
He has vast experience of over 36 years in NABARD and headed Karnataka, Tamil
Nadu ROs and also the Rural Infrastructure Development Funding departments of
NABARD and retired as the Chief General Manager of NABARD. Dr. Jinnah was
involved in the Microfinance movement and played a key role in nurturing
SHG-Bank and JLG movement in Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and
represented NABARD in the Preparatory Microcredit Summit organized by
Consultative Group to Assist the Poor CGAP, World Bank in Washington in 1996.
Dr. Jinnah was a nominee director of Govt. of India on the Board of Anantapur
Grameen Bank, and was also on the Boards of KSCB, TNSCB banks, NABKISAN,
NABSAMRUDDHI, NABFINS, the subsidiaries of NABARD, and the private sector
commercial Bank , the CSB Bank Ltd.
After his retirement in NABARD, Dr Jinnah served as the Financial Consultant,
Finance Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu in Secretariat.
Having had exposure in various states of the country, his main areas of interest
embrace all 4 Es for sustainable development: Environment: natural resource
management based sustainable farm livelihood, Empowering agriculture: funding
for ‘in’ and ‘for” agriculture, Equity: ensuring equity through microfinance and
community institutions such as SHGs and Employment: creating sustainable farm
and nonfarm sector employment for the local youth.