Sonal Daftuar

Program Manager at The Foundation

Delhi

Program Implementation

Education

Middle Mgt (Regional/ Zonal Manager, AVP, State /Regional Head)

Summary

5 years of work experience in the education and mental health sectors.

Professional Experience

  • Research InternNov-2013 - Dec-2013

    Alexis Centre for Public Policy and IR

    Wrote a research paper on Formation of Telangana and selected as research associate for being one of the best interns

  • InternSep-2013 - Oct-2013

    Bhumi

    Represented Bhumi in schools and colleges and identified campus ambassadors to engage in social activities, identified NGOs to the ambassadors, coordinated, tracked, validated and updated volunteering activities of all participating institutions

  • InternMay-2016 - Jun-2016

    Oxfam

    Data analysis with DISE, tabulation and analysis of out of school children and village adoption on education, research and report writing on RTE, education status of girls and future field studies for the same.

  • InternDec-2015 - Dec-2015

    Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty

    Conducted surveys of SHG food entrepreneurs, data compilation, data cleaning, conducted transect walk of the village

  • Relationship AssociateMay-2017 - Apr-2019

    India School Leadership Institute

    Reaching out to and building relationships with school leaders of budget private schools and having conversations around school development practices, conducting classroom observations and teacher feedback sessions, supporting program managers and city head with workshop planning and implementation.

  • Counselor (Intern)Sep-2019 - Oct-2019

    ETC Centre for Disability

    One-on-one counseling sessions with children with physical/intellectual/learning disabilities and parents, managed counseling department, planned and conducted workshops for parents, observation and documentation of different departments, maintained intake sheet, process recordings, made reports.

  • Program ManagerJan-2020 - Current

    The Foundation

    Managing and implementing Imphal project, working with children (16 to 18 years), mentoring, counseling, planning and facilitating workshops, communicating with all stakeholders, creating program budgets, looking at their emotional, social, academic and financial requirements of the children.

  • Consultant- FacilitatorJun-2019 - Jan-2020

    Antarang Foundation

    Implementing and facilitating training workshops for college students of low income background, mentoring and guiding students and their parents through specific career decision issues, documenting their progress on tracker

Volunteering Experience

  • Counselor Nov-2012 - Jan-2013

    The Yuva Ekta Foundation

    Conducted workshops at Juvenile Justice Board, personal and group counseling of the delinquents, conducted discussion meetings with program coordinators and delinquents, conducted English classes for the delinquents.

  • Event ManagerSep-2013 - Sep-2013

    Centre for Social Research

    Organised and conducted competitions in colleges on gender sensitive topics, promoted the organisation in different colleges for its work

Awards & Certifications

  • Lit for Life ParticipationFeb-2014

    The Hindu

  • Participant in Lok Sabha talk showNov-2011

    Lok Sabha Speaker, Parliament of India

  • Child Protection Policy SeminarJan-2020

    The United Way

  • First Prize in Inter-School Hindi DebateJun-2008

    Akhil Bharatiya Sanskritik Parishad