Hailing from a small village in Pune district, Dinesh completed his B.Tech in Agriculture from Rahuri Agriculture University. He has over 10 years of experience working in Integrated Rural Development project supported by BFTW and Jalyukt Shivar project. He worked with Kamalnayan Bajaj Foundation, Wardha, where he was engaged with Yashoda River Basin Project. Since October 2020 onwards he is working as Civil Expert with Cohesion. At Cohesion he is working as agriculture expert providing inputs in the areas of soil and water conservation, recharge structures and livelihood activities.