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	\| name = Aloysius Prakash Fernandez		\| name = Padmashree Mr. Aloysius Prakash Fernandez
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	\| occupation = Economist, social worker		\| occupation = Economist, social worker
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	\| awards = [[~~Padma Shri~~]]<br>Caritas India Jubilee ~~20O0~~ Award		\| awards = [[Padmashree]]<br>Caritas India Jubilee Award 2000<br>Sa-Dhan Lifetime Achievement Award 2025
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	'''Aloysius Prakash Fernandez''' is an Indian economist, social worker and the Chairman of the ''NABARD Financial Services Limited'' (NABFINS),<ref name="~~Nabfins~~">{{cite web \| url=http://nabfins.org/Chairman \| title=Nabfins \| publisher=Nabfins \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> a [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]] (NABARD) subsidiary, formed with the participation of several banks in India.<ref name="Nabfins Home">{{cite web \| url=http://nabfins.org/ \| title=Nabfins Home \| publisher=Nabfins \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> Considered by many as a pioneer of [[~~microfinance~~]] and [[Self-help group (finance)\|Self Help Group]] concept in India,<ref name="Micro Capital">{{cite web \| url=http://www.microcapital.org/pioneers-in-microfinance-aloysius-p-fernandez-of-myrada-and-sanghamithra-rural-financial-services/ \| title=Micro Capital \| publisher=Micro Capital \| date=1 April 2008 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> he was the executive director and is the member secretary of ~~'''Myrada'''~~,<ref name="Purple Shoots">{{cite web \| url=http://blog.purpleshoots.org/an-amazing-indian-gentleman-microfinance-and-self-help-groups-in-india/ \| title=Purple Shoots \| publisher=Purple Shoots \| date=16 January 2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014 \| archive-url=https://archive.today/20141229172351/http://blog.purpleshoots.org/an-amazing-indian-gentleman-microfinance-and-self-help-groups-in-india/ \| archive-date=2014-12-29 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> a non governmental organization working for the eradication of poverty, gender equality and social development.<ref name="Myrada Goals">{{cite web \| url=http://myrada.org/myrada/Millennium%20goals \| title=Myrada Goals \| publisher=Myrada \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104134716/http://myrada.org/myrada/Millennium%20goals \| archive-date=4 January 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref>		'''Aloysius Prakash Fernandez''' known as Father of SHG Movement<ref>{{Cite web \|first= \|date=17 November 2021 \|title=Reimagining Citizen Particiaption \|url=https://pria.org/knowledge_resource/1637775316_WBR%2013_Participation%2C%20Representation%20%26%20Accountability.pdf \|url-status=live \|website=Pria}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2013 \|title=16 annual report 2012-13 \|url=https://nabfins.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Annual-Report_2012_13.pdf \|url-status=live \|website=Nabfins}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=SiCAN FinServe \|url=https://sican.in/pages/mentors.html \|access-date=2025-11-19 \|website=sican.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=IDR {{!}} The limits of AI in Social Change \|url=https://rohininilekaniphilanthropies.org/resources/idr-the-limits-of-ai-in-social-change/ \|access-date=2025-11-19 \|website=Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2017 \|title=NABARD- 25 Years of SHG Movement \|url=https://nabard.org/auth/writereaddata/Flipbook/2017/Publication/Nabard-17-25-Years-Of-SHG-Movement/files/assets/basic-html/page10.html \|url-status=live \|website=NABARD}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Thakur \|first=Sangeeta \|last2=Patel \|first2=Bhupendra Singh \|date=2014-09-10 \|title=Self Help Groups (SHG): A Tool for Empowerment of Women \|url=https://ijrrssonline.in/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2014-2-3-4 \|journal=International Journal of Reviews and Research in Social Sciences \|language=English \|volume=2 \|issue=3 \|pages=166–172}}</ref> is an Indian economist, social worker and the First Chairman of the ''NABARD Financial Services Limited'' (NABFINS),<ref name="NABFINS">{{cite web \| url=http://nabfins.org/Chairman \| title=Nabfins \| publisher=Nabfins \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> a [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]] (NABARD) subsidiary, formed with the participation of several banks in India.<ref name="Nabfins Home">{{cite web \| url=http://nabfins.org/ \| title=Nabfins Home \| publisher=Nabfins \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> Considered by many as a pioneer of [[Microfinance]] and [[Self-help group (finance)\|Self Help Group]] concept in India,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2021 \|title=MYRADA Rural Management Systems Series Paper- 71 \|url=https://myrada.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/RMS-71-The-Self-Help-Groups-and-the-Grameen-Bank.pdf \|url-status=live \|website=MYRADA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2022 \|title=MYARDA Rural Management System series Paper-73 \|url=https://myrada.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/RMS-73_2.pdf \|url-status=live \|website=MYRADA}}</ref><ref name="Micro Capital">{{cite web \| url=http://www.microcapital.org/pioneers-in-microfinance-aloysius-p-fernandez-of-myrada-and-sanghamithra-rural-financial-services/ \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905193916/http://www.microcapital.org/pioneers-in-microfinance-aloysius-p-fernandez-of-myrada-and-sanghamithra-rural-financial-services/ \| url-status=usurped \| archive-date=5 September 2009 \| title=Micro Capital \| publisher=Micro Capital \| date=1 April 2008 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=IDR Interviews {{!}} Aloysius Fernandez \|url=https://idronline.org/features/idr-interviews/interview-with-aloysius-fernandez-pioneer-of-self-help-groups-in-india/ \|access-date=2025-11-19 \|website=India Development Review \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Vaid \|first=Devanshi \|date=2019-05-16 \|title=India's most significant innovations have roots in civil society \|url=https://idronline.org/indias-most-significant-innovations-have-roots-in-civil-society/ \|access-date=2025-11-19 \|website=India Development Review \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=The limits of AI in social change \|url=https://idronline.org/article/technology/the-limits-of-ai-in-social-change/ \|access-date=2025-11-19 \|website=India Development Review \|language=en-US}}</ref> he was the executive director and is the member secretary of [https://myrada.org/ MYRADA],<ref>{{Cite book \|title=Sanghamithra: A Micro Finance Institution with a difference \|date=July 2004 \|publisher=National Printing Press \|location=Banglore \|pages=92–93 \|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Purple Shoots">{{cite web \| url=http://blog.purpleshoots.org/an-amazing-indian-gentleman-microfinance-and-self-help-groups-in-india/ \| title=Purple Shoots \| publisher=Purple Shoots \| date=16 January 2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014 \| archive-url=https://archive.today/20141229172351/http://blog.purpleshoots.org/an-amazing-indian-gentleman-microfinance-and-self-help-groups-in-india/ \| archive-date=2014-12-29 \| url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Aloysius \|first=P. Fernandez \|date=July 2007 \|title=History and spread of the self-help affinity group movement in India The role played by IFAD \|url=https://www.findevgateway.org/sites/default/files/publications/files/mfg-en-paper-history-and-spread-of-the-self-help-affinity-group-movement-in-india-the-role-played-by-ifad-jul-2007.pdf \|url-status=live}}</ref> a non governmental organization working for the eradication of poverty, gender equality and social development.<ref name="Myrada Goals">{{cite web \| url=http://myrada.org/myrada/Millennium%20goals \| title=Myrada Goals \| publisher=Myrada \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104134716/http://myrada.org/myrada/Millennium%20goals \| archive-date=4 January 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYrL9x3qaKQ \|title=Seeds of Change: How NABARD's SHGs Sparked A Revolution Transforming Rural India Forever \|date=2024-10-28 \|author=((HISTORY TV18)) \|access-date=2025-11-19 \|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63kesmZEjEk \|title=Padma Shri Aloysius Prakash Fernandez: Pioneer in Development and Social Change \|date=2021-01-01 \|last=Rajiv Gandhi Foundation \|access-date=2025-11-19 \|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okaJcuh4Rxk \|title=Shri Aloysius P Fernandez \|date=2022-11-16 \|last=Sa-Dhan Association \|access-date=2025-11-19 \|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2021 \|title=Empowering women through the Self-Help Group Bank Linkage Programme \|url=https://academic.oup.com/cdj/article/58/2/283/6374653?login=false \|url-status=live \|website=Community Development Journal}}</ref>

	Fernandez, born in Karnataka,<ref name="Purple Shoots" /> secured a post graduate degree in ~~Arts~~ from [[Central University of Karnataka]] and obtained advanced diplomas from the [[University of louvain-la-neuve\|University of Louvain]], Belgium on ''Sociology and Research Methodology'' and from [[Oxford University]]<ref name="Purple Shoots" /> on ''Development Studies''.~~{{cn\|date~~=~~January 2020}}~~ His early career was with Caritas India and then abroad, with the [[World Bank]] and the [[Canadian International Development Agency]] before his return to Bengaluru in 1982.<ref name="~~Nabfins~~" /> Besides holding the chair of NABFINS,<ref name="~~Nabfins~~" /> he is the secretary of Myrada,<ref name="Myrada Board">{{cite web \| url=http://myrada.org/myrada/our%20board \| title=Myrada Board \| publisher=Myrada Board \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104115301/http://myrada.org/myrada/our%20board \| archive-date=4 January 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> executive director of The Myrada Davinson Training Centre<ref name="Myrada">{{cite web \| url=http://www.myrada.org/rms/rms49.htm \| title=Myrada \| publisher=Myrada \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> and the Chairman of Sanghamithra Rural Financial Services.<ref name="Micro Capital" /> He is known to be a prolific writer<ref name="OCLC">{{cite web \| url=http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=%22Fernandez%2C+Aloysius+P.%22 \| title=OCLC \| publisher=OCLC \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Worldcat">{{cite web \| url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2005207871/ \| title=Worldcat \| publisher=Worldcat \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> and is credited with several publications.<ref name="Agriculture Network">{{cite web \| url=http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/india/finance-for-farming/marginal-and-small-farmers-require-freedom-and \| title=Agriculture Network \| publisher=Agriculture Network \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Sanghamitra">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9D6sHAAACAAJ \| title=Sanghamithra: A Micro Finance Institution with a Difference \| publisher=Sanghamithra \| author=Aloysius Prakash Fernandez \| year=2004 \| pages=130}}</ref><ref name="Marginal and small farmers require freedom and options, not financial inclusion">{{cite journal \| url=http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/india/finance-for-farming/marginal-and-small-farmers-require-freedom-and/at_download/article_pdf \| title=Marginal and small farmers require freedom and options, not financial inclusion \| author=Aloysius Prakash Fernandez \| journal=Leisa India \|date=June 2010 }}</ref> Fernandez was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2000, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Padma Awards \|date=2014 \|accessdate=11 November 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archivedate=15 October 2015 }}</ref> He also received the Caritas India Jubilee ~~20O0~~ award the same year.<ref name="Myrada recognition">{{cite web \| url=http://myrada.org/myrada/Recognition \| title=Myrada recognition \| publisher=Myrada \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref>		Fernandez, born in Karnataka,<ref name="Purple Shoots" /> secured a post graduate degree in arts from [[Central University of Karnataka]] and obtained advanced diplomas from the [[University of louvain-la-neuve\|University of Louvain]], Belgium on ''Sociology and Research Methodology'' and from [[Oxford University]]<ref name="Purple Shoots" /> on ''Development Studies''.<ref name=":1" /> His early career was with Caritas India and then abroad, with the [[World Bank]] and the [[Canadian International Development Agency]] before his return to Bengaluru in 1982.<ref name="NABFINS" /> Besides holding the chair of NABFINS,<ref name="NABFINS" /> he is the secretary of Myrada,<ref name="Myrada Board">{{cite web \| url=http://myrada.org/myrada/our%20board \| title=Myrada Board \| publisher=Myrada Board \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104115301/http://myrada.org/myrada/our%20board \| archive-date=4 January 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> executive director of The Myrada Davinson Training Centre<ref name="Myrada">{{cite web \| url=http://www.myrada.org/rms/rms49.htm \| title=Myrada \| publisher=Myrada \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> and the Chairman of [https://sanghamithra.org/ Sanghamithra Rural Financial Services].<ref name="Micro Capital" /><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Governance – Sanghamithra \|url=https://sanghamithra.org/governance/ \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|language=en-US}}</ref> He is known to be a prolific writer<ref name="OCLC">{{cite web \| url=http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=%22Fernandez%2C+Aloysius+P.%22 \| title=OCLC \| publisher=OCLC \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Worldcat">{{cite web \| url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2005207871/ \| title=Worldcat \| publisher=Worldcat \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> and is credited with several publications.<ref name="Agriculture Network">{{cite web \| url=http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/india/finance-for-farming/marginal-and-small-farmers-require-freedom-and \| title=Agriculture Network \| publisher=Agriculture Network \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Sanghamitra">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9D6sHAAACAAJ \| title=Sanghamithra: A Micro Finance Institution with a Difference \| publisher=Sanghamithra \| author=Aloysius Prakash Fernandez \| year=2004 \| pages=130}}</ref><ref name="Marginal and small farmers require freedom and options, not financial inclusion">{{cite journal \| url=http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/india/finance-for-farming/marginal-and-small-farmers-require-freedom-and/at_download/article_pdf \| title=Marginal and small farmers require freedom and options, not financial inclusion \| author=Aloysius Prakash Fernandez \| journal=Leisa India \|date=June 2010 }}</ref> Fernandez was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2000, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Padma Awards \|date=2014 \|accessdate=11 November 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archivedate=15 October 2015 }}</ref> He also received the Caritas India Jubilee 2000 award the same year.<ref name="Myrada recognition">{{cite web \| url=http://myrada.org/myrada/Recognition \| title=Myrada recognition \| publisher=Myrada \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> At the 20th [https://www.sa-dhan.net/ Sa-Dhan] National Conference (13–14 November 2025 at New Delhi) on [[Inclusive growth\|Inclusive Growth]], he was recognized by the Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS), Government of India with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions to [[Women's empowerment\|Women's Empowerment]] and [[Financial inclusion]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=#sadhanconference #lifetimeaward #financialinclusion #womenempowerment #microfinance {{!}} Sanghamithra Rural Financial Services {{!}} 11 comments \|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sanghamithra-rural-financial-services_sadhanconference-lifetimeaward-financialinclusion-activity-7395324565494726656-3gur \|access-date=2025-11-25 \|website=www.linkedin.com \|language=en}}</ref>

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	'''Aloysius Prakash Fernandez''' is an Indian economist, social worker and the Chairman of the ''NABARD Financial Services Limited'' (NABFINS),<ref name="Nabfins">{{cite web \| url=http://nabfins.org/Chairman \| title=Nabfins \| publisher=Nabfins \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> a [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]] (NABARD) subsidiary, formed with the participation of several banks in India.<ref name="Nabfins Home">{{cite web \| url=http://nabfins.org/ \| title=Nabfins Home \| publisher=Nabfins \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> Considered by many as a pioneer of [[microfinance]] and [[Self-help group (finance)\|Self Help Group]] concept in India,<ref name="Micro Capital">{{cite web \| url=http://www.microcapital.org/pioneers-in-microfinance-aloysius-p-fernandez-of-myrada-and-sanghamithra-rural-financial-services/ \| title=Micro Capital \| publisher=Micro Capital \| date=1 April 2008 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> he was the executive director and is the member secretary of '''Myrada''',<ref name="Purple Shoots">{{cite web \| url=http://blog.purpleshoots.org/an-amazing-indian-gentleman-microfinance-and-self-help-groups-in-india/ \| title=Purple Shoots \| publisher=Purple Shoots \| date=16 January 2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014 \| archive-url=https://archive.today/20141229172351/http://blog.purpleshoots.org/an-amazing-indian-gentleman-microfinance-and-self-help-groups-in-india/ \| archive-date=2014-12-29 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> a non governmental organization working for the eradication of poverty, gender equality and social development.<ref name="Myrada Goals">{{cite web \| url=http://myrada.org/myrada/Millennium%20goals \| title=Myrada Goals \| publisher=Myrada \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104134716/http://myrada.org/myrada/Millennium%20goals \| archive-date=4 January 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref>		'''Aloysius Prakash Fernandez''' is an Indian economist, social worker and the Chairman of the ''NABARD Financial Services Limited'' (NABFINS),<ref name="Nabfins">{{cite web \| url=http://nabfins.org/Chairman \| title=Nabfins \| publisher=Nabfins \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> a [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]] (NABARD) subsidiary, formed with the participation of several banks in India.<ref name="Nabfins Home">{{cite web \| url=http://nabfins.org/ \| title=Nabfins Home \| publisher=Nabfins \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> Considered by many as a pioneer of [[microfinance]] and [[Self-help group (finance)\|Self Help Group]] concept in India,<ref name="Micro Capital">{{cite web \| url=http://www.microcapital.org/pioneers-in-microfinance-aloysius-p-fernandez-of-myrada-and-sanghamithra-rural-financial-services/ \| title=Micro Capital \| publisher=Micro Capital \| date=1 April 2008 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> he was the executive director and is the member secretary of '''Myrada''',<ref name="Purple Shoots">{{cite web \| url=http://blog.purpleshoots.org/an-amazing-indian-gentleman-microfinance-and-self-help-groups-in-india/ \| title=Purple Shoots \| publisher=Purple Shoots \| date=16 January 2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014 \| archive-url=https://archive.today/20141229172351/http://blog.purpleshoots.org/an-amazing-indian-gentleman-microfinance-and-self-help-groups-in-india/ \| archive-date=2014-12-29 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> a non governmental organization working for the eradication of poverty, gender equality and social development.<ref name="Myrada Goals">{{cite web \| url=http://myrada.org/myrada/Millennium%20goals \| title=Myrada Goals \| publisher=Myrada \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104134716/http://myrada.org/myrada/Millennium%20goals \| archive-date=4 January 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref>

	Fernandez, born in Karnataka,<ref name="Purple Shoots" /> secured a post graduate degree in Arts from [[Central University of Karnataka]] and obtained advanced diplomas from the [[University of louvain-la-neuve\|University of Louvain]], Belgium on ''Sociology and Research Methodology'' and from [[Oxford University]]<ref name="Purple Shoots" /> on ''Development Studies''.{{cn\|date=January 2020}} His early career was with Caritas India and then abroad, with the [[World Bank]] and the [[Canadian International Development Agency]] before his return to Bengaluru in 1982.<ref name="Nabfins" /> Besides holding the chair of NABFINS,<ref name="Nabfins" /> he is the secretary of Myrada,<ref name="Myrada Board">{{cite web \| url=http://myrada.org/myrada/our%20board \| title=Myrada Board \| publisher=Myrada Board \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104115301/http://myrada.org/myrada/our%20board \| archive-date=4 January 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> executive director of The Myrada Davinson Training Centre<ref name="Myrada">{{cite web \| url=http://www.myrada.org/rms/rms49.htm \| title=Myrada \| publisher=Myrada \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> and the Chairman of Sanghamithra Rural Financial Services.<ref name="Micro Capital" /> He is known to be a prolific writer<ref name="OCLC">{{cite web \| url=http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=%22Fernandez%2C+Aloysius+P.%22 \| title=OCLC \| publisher=OCLC \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Worldcat">{{cite web \| url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2005207871/ \| title=Worldcat \| publisher=Worldcat \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> and is credited with several publications.<ref name="Agriculture Network">{{cite web \| url=http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/india/finance-for-farming/marginal-and-small-farmers-require-freedom-and \| title=Agriculture Network \| publisher=Agriculture Network \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Sanghamitra">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9D6sHAAACAAJ \| title=Sanghamithra: A Micro Finance Institution with a Difference \| publisher=Sanghamithra \| author=Aloysius Prakash Fernandez \| year=2004 \| pages=130}}</ref><ref name="Marginal and small farmers require freedom and options, not financial inclusion">{{cite journal \| url=http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/india/finance-for-farming/marginal-and-small-farmers-require-freedom-and/at_download/article_pdf \| title=Marginal and small farmers require freedom and options, not financial inclusion \| author=Aloysius Prakash Fernandez \| journal=Leisa India \|date=June 2010 }}</ref> Fernandez was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2000, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Padma Awards \|date=2014 \|accessdate=11 November 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~6U68ulwpb?url=~~http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archivedate=15 ~~November 2014~~ }}</ref> He also received the Caritas India Jubilee 20O0 award the same year.<ref name="Myrada recognition">{{cite web \| url=http://myrada.org/myrada/Recognition \| title=Myrada recognition \| publisher=Myrada \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref>		Fernandez, born in Karnataka,<ref name="Purple Shoots" /> secured a post graduate degree in Arts from [[Central University of Karnataka]] and obtained advanced diplomas from the [[University of louvain-la-neuve\|University of Louvain]], Belgium on ''Sociology and Research Methodology'' and from [[Oxford University]]<ref name="Purple Shoots" /> on ''Development Studies''.{{cn\|date=January 2020}} His early career was with Caritas India and then abroad, with the [[World Bank]] and the [[Canadian International Development Agency]] before his return to Bengaluru in 1982.<ref name="Nabfins" /> Besides holding the chair of NABFINS,<ref name="Nabfins" /> he is the secretary of Myrada,<ref name="Myrada Board">{{cite web \| url=http://myrada.org/myrada/our%20board \| title=Myrada Board \| publisher=Myrada Board \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104115301/http://myrada.org/myrada/our%20board \| archive-date=4 January 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> executive director of The Myrada Davinson Training Centre<ref name="Myrada">{{cite web \| url=http://www.myrada.org/rms/rms49.htm \| title=Myrada \| publisher=Myrada \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> and the Chairman of Sanghamithra Rural Financial Services.<ref name="Micro Capital" /> He is known to be a prolific writer<ref name="OCLC">{{cite web \| url=http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=%22Fernandez%2C+Aloysius+P.%22 \| title=OCLC \| publisher=OCLC \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Worldcat">{{cite web \| url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2005207871/ \| title=Worldcat \| publisher=Worldcat \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> and is credited with several publications.<ref name="Agriculture Network">{{cite web \| url=http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/india/finance-for-farming/marginal-and-small-farmers-require-freedom-and \| title=Agriculture Network \| publisher=Agriculture Network \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Sanghamitra">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9D6sHAAACAAJ \| title=Sanghamithra: A Micro Finance Institution with a Difference \| publisher=Sanghamithra \| author=Aloysius Prakash Fernandez \| year=2004 \| pages=130}}</ref><ref name="Marginal and small farmers require freedom and options, not financial inclusion">{{cite journal \| url=http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/india/finance-for-farming/marginal-and-small-farmers-require-freedom-and/at_download/article_pdf \| title=Marginal and small farmers require freedom and options, not financial inclusion \| author=Aloysius Prakash Fernandez \| journal=Leisa India \|date=June 2010 }}</ref> Fernandez was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2000, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Padma Awards \|date=2014 \|accessdate=11 November 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archivedate=15 October 2015 }}</ref> He also received the Caritas India Jubilee 20O0 award the same year.<ref name="Myrada recognition">{{cite web \| url=http://myrada.org/myrada/Recognition \| title=Myrada recognition \| publisher=Myrada \| date=2014 \| accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref>

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'''Aloysius Prakash Fernandez''' is an Indian economist, social worker and the Chairman of the ''NABARD Financial Services Limited'' (NABFINS),<ref name="Nabfins">{{cite web | url=http://nabfins.org/Chairman | title=Nabfins | publisher=Nabfins | date=2014 | accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> a [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]] (NABARD) subsidiary, formed with the participation of several banks in India.<ref name="Nabfins Home">{{cite web | url=http://nabfins.org/ | title=Nabfins Home | publisher=Nabfins | date=2014 | accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> Considered by many as a pioneer of [[microfinance]] and [[Self-help group (finance)|Self Help Group]] concept in India,<ref name="Micro Capital">{{cite web | url=http://www.microcapital.org/pioneers-in-microfinance-aloysius-p-fernandez-of-myrada-and-sanghamithra-rural-financial-services/ | title=Micro Capital | publisher=Micro Capital | date=1 April 2008 | accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> he was the executive director and is the member secretary of '''Myrada''',<ref name="Purple Shoots">{{cite web | url=http://blog.purpleshoots.org/an-amazing-indian-gentleman-microfinance-and-self-help-groups-in-india/ | title=Purple Shoots | publisher=Purple Shoots | date=16 January 2014 | accessdate=29 December 2014 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20141229172351/http://blog.purpleshoots.org/an-amazing-indian-gentleman-microfinance-and-self-help-groups-in-india/ | archive-date=2014-12-29 | url-status=dead }}</ref> a non governmental organization working for the eradication of poverty, gender equality and social development.<ref name="Myrada Goals">{{cite web | url=http://myrada.org/myrada/Millennium%20goals | title=Myrada Goals | publisher=Myrada | date=2014 | accessdate=29 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104134716/http://myrada.org/myrada/Millennium%20goals | archive-date=4 January 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Fernandez, born in Karnataka,<ref name="Purple Shoots" /> secured a post graduate degree in Arts from [[Central University of Karnataka]] and obtained advanced diplomas from the [[University of louvain-la-neuve|University of Louvain]], Belgium on ''Sociology and Research Methodology'' and from [[Oxford University]]<ref name="Purple Shoots" /> on ''Development Studies''.{{cn|date=January 2020}} His early career was with Caritas India and then abroad, with the [[World Bank]] and the [[Canadian International Development Agency]] before his return to Bengaluru in 1982.<ref name="Nabfins" /> Besides holding the chair of NABFINS,<ref name="Nabfins" /> he is the secretary of Myrada,<ref name="Myrada Board">{{cite web | url=http://myrada.org/myrada/our%20board | title=Myrada Board | publisher=Myrada Board | date=2014 | accessdate=29 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104115301/http://myrada.org/myrada/our%20board | archive-date=4 January 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> executive director of The Myrada Davinson Training Centre<ref name="Myrada">{{cite web | url=http://www.myrada.org/rms/rms49.htm | title=Myrada | publisher=Myrada | date=2014 | accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> and the Chairman of Sanghamithra Rural Financial Services.<ref name="Micro Capital" /> He is known to be a prolific writer<ref name="OCLC">{{cite web | url=http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=%22Fernandez%2C+Aloysius+P.%22 | title=OCLC | publisher=OCLC | date=2014 | accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Worldcat">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2005207871/ | title=Worldcat | publisher=Worldcat | date=2014 | accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> and is credited with several publications.<ref name="Agriculture Network">{{cite web | url=http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/india/finance-for-farming/marginal-and-small-farmers-require-freedom-and | title=Agriculture Network | publisher=Agriculture Network | date=2014 | accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Sanghamitra">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9D6sHAAACAAJ | title=Sanghamithra: A Micro Finance Institution with a Difference | publisher=Sanghamithra | author=Aloysius Prakash Fernandez | year=2004 | pages=130}}</ref><ref name="Marginal and small farmers require freedom and options, not financial inclusion">{{cite journal | url=http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/india/finance-for-farming/marginal-and-small-farmers-require-freedom-and/at_download/article_pdf | title=Marginal and small farmers require freedom and options, not financial inclusion | author=Aloysius Prakash Fernandez | journal=Leisa India |date=June 2010 }}</ref> Fernandez was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2000, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2014 |accessdate=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 }}</ref> He also received the Caritas India Jubilee 20O0 award the same year.<ref name="Myrada recognition">{{cite web | url=http://myrada.org/myrada/Recognition | title=Myrada recognition | publisher=Myrada | date=2014 | accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref>

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