Ajay Tankha has over 35 years of experience as an academic and consultant in development studies, rural finance and microfinance. He has served as International Head of Microfinance of ActionAid UK and as Economist with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. He has been associated with CARE-India’s CASHE project, GTZ (now GIZ) Rural Financial Institutions Programme, American India Foundation, Sa-Dhan, Access Development Services, EDA Rural Systems and Small Industries Development Bank of India. In addition, he has taught at leading universities of India, the Netherlands and Vietnam.
He has authored three books on microfinance self-help groups including his last work Banking on Self Help Groups: Twenty Years On (2012). He has published several research papers and publications on microfinance and rural livelihoods.
