Summary

Functional Summary A social development professional committed to humanitarian issues; have about 15 years of hands on experience in Programme Management Planning Monitoring, Formative Research, Capacity Building, Social Communication Advocacy, Community Mobilisation; Projects handled – Gender Adolescent Empowerment, Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurial Skills Development, Education, Public Health RCH HIVAIDS, Post-Disaster Relief and Resettlement. Core Competencies Strategic analytical thinking, effective planning optimal utilisation of resources, strong monitoring, result oriented, quality time bound project implementation, NGO team management, communication networking, managing stressful critical situations, culture gender sensitive. Computer friendly and proficient in various professional applications. Worked in both Social and Corporate sectors; currently associated with RMSA – TCA National Secondary Education Initiativeat Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, previous associ

Professional Experience

• State Consultant - Adolescent Field Programmingaug-2010 - sep-2014

  UNICEF

  State Consultant – Gender Adolescent Field Programming, UNICEF, Mumbai – Aug 2010- Aug 2014 Deepshikha - Adolescent Girls Young Women’ Empowerment Initiative Third party contract from Sep ’11 o Programme Planning, Implementing and Coordination –Responsible for development and execution of state work plan; Conceptualised and initiated programme activities for community volunteer facilitators on child protection gender rights through adolescent girls and women’ groups and SHGs and their involvement in village community development process; Provided support in school based life-skills education initiatives; Developed strategic plans and ensured operationalization of work plans for volunteers’ retention, networking and community mobilisation for life-skills education, community development, entrepreneurial skills and livelihood activities including microfinance; Coordinated with state implementing partners government departments, NGOs, educationalmanagement and other

• Project Development Manageraug-2008 - sep-2009

  NIS Sparta - ADAG Rilence Group

  o Project Development Manager Social Sector - NIS Sparta Reliance ADAG, Delhi - 2008-‘09 Handled HIV AIDS Awareness and Adolescent Education Programme UNFPA for school teachers o Provided training solutions on various social issues of donor government organisations; approached tenders and other technical procedures through training proposals, strategies budgeting and presentations o Conducted training needs assessment; developed training modules and tools, BCC and IEC materials; pre-testing, conducted ToTs for master trainers and monitored training workshops o Developed and implemented project monitoring, quality check and documentation systems, ensured adherence though-out the projects; organised steering meetings, periodical final reporting

• Research & Training Managermay-2006 - aug-2008

  HLFPPT - Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust

  Research Training Manager – HLFPPT Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust, Mumbai - 2006-‘08 Handled HIV AIDS prevention and Condom Social Marketing Project in Maharashtra o Piloted Female Condom Social Marketing operational research project focusing gender issues and promoting gender equality among the marginalised groups; Conceptualised and developed project implementation strategies, BCC and IEC campaign and on-ground activities focusing female condom as a tool and providing required skills to take control of their own life; Supported programme scale up strategies o Conducted Operational Research on thematic groups of the most at risk population; Developed Qualitative and Quantitative Research concepts, methodology, protocols; Carried out Condom Quality Testing Research and advocated issues related to Quality Condom and Condom Social Marketing o Developed training tool-kit for Condom Promotion Social Marketing of NGOs, pre-tested, conducted ToTs for various stakeho

• AGM - CSRmay-2016 - feb-2017

  Torrent Power Ltd

  Asst. General Manager CSR Education – Torrent Power Ltd Ahmedabad, Gujarat, May 2016 –till date - ICT based teaching and learning project for primary teachers and students • Responsible for developing annual work plans, proposals, budgets for Corporate CSR activities • Lead implementation, monitor and evaluate all project activities • Establish Integrated Management System, processes; Review project activities, develop reporting and documentation structure • Supervise, guide and mentor project team; Coordinate with implementing agencies; Facilitate project fund requests and processes • Liaison with government departments authorities, NGOs CSR projects

• Data Management & Use Specialistsep-2014 - mar-2016

  RMSA - TCA

  Data Management and Use Specialist – RMSA TCA Technical Cooperation Agency of Rashtriya Madhyamik Sikshan Abhiyan, Bhopal, MP – Sept 2014 - Mar 2016 • Facilitate activities related to data management and monitoring, and qualitative and quantitative research; support in developing concept notes, monitoring indicators, methods, reports and other supporting documents for data analysis and use; Coordinate with state and national team to oversee the implementation of Data Management component • Support Capacity Building activities including development of training manuals, tools and other processes; provide implementation and operational support • Liaison with government officials, SCERT and other stakeholders • Communicate and documentation of TCA programmes activities

Volunteering Experience

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Awards & Certifications

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