Ved Prakash Sharma is a skill development and rural livelihoods promotion professional with over 30 years of experience. Besides Skilling, he has led large-scale impactful initiatives in both farm and non-farm sectors to support youth. He is currently serving as CEO of B-ABLE Foundation, one of the leaders in the social sector. Prior to this, he has also served B-ABLE, India News, krishi Jagaran, Agriculture Today, CARD, Agriwatch and ISAP.

His work spans across the incubation and strengthening of micro-entrepreneurship models, especially for rural youth, combining deep grassroots understanding with strategic leadership. Ved holds a Master’s in Political Science, a Bachelor’s in Education, PGDM from IMT and Alumni of ILSS .