Summary

I am a public relation professional with close to 20 years journey of working and learning with organizations as varied as diplomatic missions and international NGOs which gave me opportunities to peep into diverse worlds and nurture my urge to learn more. After an enriching experience of 8 years at International Center for Research on Women ICRW I am now looking for a job with new roles and responsibilities. I started my journey with ICRW as the Sr. Administrative Assistant to the Regional Director and worked directly with him for 4 years. Later I was given the responsibility of being the Business Development Coordinator. I have an almost 6 years experience of content writing and editing. In my recent profile I was responsible for the Business Development coordination. I used to prepare organizational and administrative documents required for the proposals. This included, but not limited to preparing and editing organizational capacity statements and CVs of the proposed team. I also w

Professional Experience

• Owner & Founderoct-2016 - nov-2017

  Whistling Ovens

  I am currently pursuing my passion for baking through 'Whistling Ovens'. I bake theme based cakes. I wish to go back to a full time job thus applying here.

• Secretary & Administrative Assistantsep-2004 - jan-2005

  Fiji High Commission

  • Assist First Secretary and Second Secretary in organizing meetings, calendars and appointments. Taking notes, minutes and drafting official letters. • Managing office affairs, such as ordering stationery maintaining computers. • Assist in the organization of official functions hosted by the High Commission. • Assist in other promotional activities involving the Mission and its staff members. • Undertaking Internet research, compiling and circulating current affairs from India and Fiji from the web. • Assist in secretarial duties to the High commissioner in absence of the PA, as and when required.

• Program Associate to EDfeb-2005 - mar-2006

  United States-India Educational Foundation

  Manage the office of Executive Director • Manage visitors to the Executive Director ED office, check for appointments, and ED availability. • Organize meetings as required or directed by the ED. • Draft reports, letters, minutes, memos and faxes. • Maintain and keep updated all the files and records physical as well as electronic including program, policy, staff matters, strategic issues, and minutes of meetings in ED office. • Follow-up with staff for meeting program and event deadlines including submission of various reports, budget etc., and info required for ED office, ED programs and outreach visits. • Receive and review all incoming mail, both external and internal, before it goes to the ED. • Coordinate all programmatic and logistic arrangements related to a. participation of ED in various events meetings including information documents required, coordination with the organizers, travel transport arrangements, b. outreach visits by ED including researching and setting up app

• Sr.Admn.Asstt. to RD & BD Coordinatoraug-2008 - sep-2016

  International Center for Research on Women

  June 2008 – July 2016, International Center for Research on Women ICRW, Asia Regional Office, New Delhi 2008 – 2012, SR. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO REGIONAL DIRECTOR Principal Responsibilities and Tasks In this position I was responsible for providing complex and routine administrative assistance and management support to advance institutional priorities. I served as initial contact to the office of the Regional Director Asia and managed the schedules for both internal and external engagements. I planned, scheduled and organized all travel commitments and also assisted with the preparation of drafts and finalize correspondence and reports, as well as perform and summarize background research on key initiatives and projects. As the sr. administrative assistant I provided administrative support to meetings chaired by the Regional Director Asia or as requested, and manage the coordination of project meetings, materials, and activities as needed. Responsibilities as Administrative

Volunteering Experience

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Awards & Certifications

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