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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
Born
Karnataka, India
OccupationEconomist, social worker
AwardsPadma Shri
Caritas India Jubilee 20O0 Award

Aloysius Prakash Fernandez is an Indian economist, social worker and the Chairman of the NABARD Financial Services Limited (NABFINS),[1] a National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) subsidiary, formed with the participation of several banks in India.[2] Considered by many as a pioneer of microfinance and Self Help Group concept in India,[3] he was the executive director and is the member secretary of Myrada,[4] a non governmental organization working for the eradication of poverty, gender equality and social development.[5]

Fernandez, born in Karnataka,[4] secured a post graduate degree in Arts from Central University of Karnataka and obtained advanced diplomas from the University of Louvain, Belgium on Sociology and Research Methodology and from Oxford University[4] on Development Studies.[citation needed] 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.[1] Besides holding the chair of NABFINS,[1] he is the secretary of Myrada,[6] executive director of The Myrada Davinson Training Centre[7] and the Chairman of Sanghamithra Rural Financial Services.[3] He is known to be a prolific writer[8][9] and is credited with several publications.[10][11][12] Fernandez was honored by the Government of India, in 2000, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.[13] He also received the Caritas India Jubilee 20O0 award the same year.[14]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Nabfins". Nabfins. 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Nabfins Home". Nabfins. 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Micro Capital". Micro Capital. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Purple Shoots". Purple Shoots. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ "Myrada Goals". Myrada. 2014. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Myrada Board". Myrada Board. 2014. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Myrada". Myrada. 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "OCLC". OCLC. 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Worldcat". Worldcat. 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Agriculture Network". Agriculture Network. 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  11. ↑ Aloysius Prakash Fernandez (2004). Sanghamithra: A Micro Finance Institution with a Difference. Sanghamithra. p. 130.
  12. ↑ Aloysius Prakash Fernandez (June 2010). "Marginal and small farmers require freedom and options, not financial inclusion". Leisa India.
  13. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Padma Awards. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "Myrada recognition". Myrada. 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
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