Kirit Shelat

Who is Kirit Shelat?

Dr. Kirit Nanubhai Shelat was a public administrator for the government of Gujarat, India. He is currently associated with NGOs and Trusts.

Dr. Kirit Nanubhai Shelat is Ph.D in Public Administration. He recently retired from the Indian Administrative Service. During his career of 40 years, he started from the grass-root level. He has his hand in the formulation and implementation of policies for Agricultural, rural and Industrial development for Government of Gujarat, India. He has worked as Head of various Government Departments and Public Undertakings.

He has designed and implemented large-scale projects for poor families, farmers, and micro entrepreneurs and remote rural areas. He has made a significant contribution in the development process of Gujarat, Inda. He developed guidelines for Micro-level planning with focus on individual poor family and village development plan. He was responsible for “Cluster development approach’ for small industries and “Step up project for rural micro level Entrepreneurs. He developed micro level production plan module for individual farmer and has his hand in restructuring the Gujarat agriculture sector.