Dr. Prema Narasimhan has 4 years of teaching experience in Gandhi gram Rural University, 7 years of experience in curriculum planning, technology integration and teacher training, 4 years of experience in designing research and curriculum and implementation in schools and Teacher Training Institute, 7 years of experience in higher education and personality development.
She also had a great Banking experience. She managed a branch of a commercial bank leading to a large increase in turnover and profit and she also managed the entire operation of the bank like deposits, advances, customer service, statements etc. Dr. Prema Narasimhan handled critical situations, lead the team of staff members and made crucial decisions leading to the growth of the branch. Overall, she had 11 years of experience in Banking services.
In Addition, she led a research team responsible for the development of sustainable models for rural water management and sanitation. She also, documented such models which are widely used throughout the country. As a whole she had 5 years of experience in intensive research.
She had a great Entrepreneurship and Business Development Experience. She Trained more than 2000 women on empowerment and entrepreneurship development leading to creation of 1000 and more sustainable businesses with credit support of nearly 2 crores rupees mainly in rural areas of Karnataka. She also Developed a unique and innovative experiential training module (4S approach) suitable to grassroots women. The same module is used by many organizations involved in entrepreneurship development. She has been a Key support in publishing case study book on rural women entrepreneurs, practice manual for food incubator, business directory, CD rom and other publicity material.
Dr. Prema Narasimhan led a team of coordinators responsible for implementing projects worth several crores in multiple states and she successfully generated funds for various projects from National and International agencies. She was the one to introduce professionalism in the organizations (AWAKE and KVK) by adapting MIS, ZOPP, PERT, LFA etc.
As a National Head, Dr. Prema Narasimhan headed a programme implemented in multiple states with serious partnership with respective States and Governments at Azim Premji Foundation.