Samrat Kumar Ghosh is the SOs former DSS Specialist who designed and developed Information Systems to support the implementation of World Bank-assisted livelihoods projects in India. Samrat worked intensively with projects to build its monitoring capacity, from developing monitoring guidelines and designing books of progress records, to identifying and defining measurable indicators that need to be monitored, as well as designing information systems that can track these indicators. Prior to joining the SO, Samrat worked with Intrahealth International in designing, developing and implementing IT and ICT products on livelihoods, education, microfinance and health. Samrat has a Master’s degree in Agriculture from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal as well as a Management degree in Rural Development from KIIT School of Rural Management, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.