Naveen Kumar Deekonda is a Senior Project Consultant in Business Consulting at EY since November 2024. Previously, Naveen worked as a Consultant at Grant Thornton Bharat LLP from March 2024 to October 2024, focusing on the implementation of the Systematic Cluster Intervention Programme in the Warangal Power Loom Cluster, Telangana. Prior to that, Naveen served as a Consultant at the National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises from January 2021 to January 2024 and at APITCO LIMITED from February 1995 to January 2021, contributing to the SIDBI-MSME Cluster Intervention Programme Project in Coimbatore. Naveen holds a Master’s degree in Public & Personal Management from Osmania University, completed between 1998 and 2003, and an SSC from GNHS, Siddipet, covering the years 1984 to 1986.