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Hi There!
I’m Kavita Desai

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About

Ever since I can remember I have liked to explore the world, go on adventures, discover new things. And ever since I started out in the working world I knew one other thing: that you needed resources and money to do good things, to advance the ball, to save the world.


And so I started a career (and one that has stayed relatively consistent through 10++ solid years) in business development and fundraising for global development projects. I have worked for small and large, corporate and non profit, governmental and non-governmental organizations, relentlessly chugging through 500-page proposals to bid for contracts from large players like USAID, DFID, and the World Bank.


The Million to Billion

It's been a journey and I am proud of the milestones along the way. In 2011 I won my first large bid for US$1.6 Million. Five years later I led a team to capture a US$1.6 Billion bid.  I like my work, I am decent at it, proud of my record thus far, and hope to use my skill set for broader, more strategic, upstream assignments in future. 

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Core Competencies

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Project (and Proposal) Management

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Strategy, Planning, and Operations

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Market Research & Data Analysis

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Leadership Skills

Raising the Bar

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Cross-cultural team leadership

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Engaging with senior leadership 

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Mentoring and Training Workshops

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"Kavita and I were both new senior associates together in a team where our main responsibility was to manage multiple proposal life-cycles. Even one of these projects are stressful; several of them, and in a new environment? Thank goodness Kavita was my partner! "

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Work Experience

Over a decade of experience in development economics, project finance, and international aid. Spanning projects in 42+ countries across 5 continents. 

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Manager & Team Lead, ABT

June 2025 - April 2026

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Senior Associate, IESC

January 2023 - June 2024

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Founder, DDC Consulting

July 2024 - May 2025

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