Omkar Tanaji Deshmukh is Program Associate in Project Delivery team of CEGIS Karnataka. He has completed his MA in Public Policy And Governance from Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. This course helped in navigating and shaping his interest area which is Research & Evaluation in the sector of Public Service Delivery, Rural Development & Governance, Women Empowerment, etc. At Azim Premji University, he was part of a year-long project on improving drinking water service delivery in peri urban Bengaluru. He has closely studied the role of Self Help Group women in the delivery of Public Distribution System in Madhya Pradesh. Recently, he interned with the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj department of Karnataka. In this role, he conducted an assessment study of various subjects under rural governance and implementation of government orders in Bidar district.