Roomi S. Hayat is a renowned trainer and facilitator known, both nationally and internationally, for his innovativeness in course design and organization.
As Director of the NRSP- Institute of Rural Management, Mr. Hayat has designed and conducted over two hundred national and international training events. As team leader-IRM, he leads a team of highly motivated and dedicated professionals based at the head office and NRSP regions and works through teamwork and participatory decision-making. Being a senior team member of NRSP, he is directly involved with developing short/ long term plans, developing innovative programmes, guidance to staff for career planning and development and recruitment an formulating training policy.

He has also served as Human Resource Development (HRD) Specialist with the Rural Support Programme Network, thereby assessing and guiding the HRD related initiatives of other Rural Support Programmes. He is also the chairperson of the Human Resource Development Network (HRDN) - a platform for government and non government agencies for pooling of their resource, empowering individuals and experience sharing.

Mr. Hayat was also part of the United Nations international missions to develop a Master Plan for Youth in Cambodia. He was a member of the Training Formulation Mission of UNDP multi-national team for World Bank "National Drainage Programme". He was also the Team Leader of a multi-RSP team that conducted the TNA of Rural Support Programmes. He is also an active trainer for UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UN ESCAP). He has developed a training module for Post Literacy Programmes in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan. He also conducted a study on Developmental Activities of NGOs in Pakistan (sponsored by Japan Bank for International Cooperation).

He has also conducted a study of Punjab Small Industries Corporation and Govt. of Netherland’s Center for Agricultural Machinery Industries. The study aimed at developing a plan for setting up a training programme for vocational and managerial training, including training modules.
Mr. Hayat has authored a "Training of Trainers" module for United Nations ESCAP training course on "HRD for Poverty Alleviation" and conducted workshop for UN staff in Thailand. He also designed and supervised province wide (NWFP) Technology and Training Needs Assessment Survey (TTNA) in the capacity of Manager- Training and Research Department, Small Industries Development Board, Govt. of NWFP, Pakistan.

Mr. Hayat obtained his Master's degree in Engineering in 1989 from NJIT, USA. He is a fellow of LEAD Inc., an international NGO working for environment and development.

Area of Expertise

	Management- policies
	Project management
	Literacy and Post Literacy
	Team Building
	Training of Trainers
	Primary Education
	Institutional Development
	Social Mobilization
	Situation Analysis

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