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Pimpri-Chinchwad, MH, IN

Delhi, India

Project management and stakeholder communications. Prepared inception reports planned data collection, and drafted research reports. Oversaw data entry for dashboard development, and identified data gaps that enhanced decision-making

Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Overall project management and business development role for end-to-end execution and delivery of public policy and research projects at the organizational level.
• Scoping opportunities with potential clients. Engagement, coordination, relationship building & management with state and local government officials and private stakeholders.
• Knowledge management and data gathering from research projects for evidence-based proposal writing and pitching it to potential funders to convert them into projects.
• Project design, monitoring, execution, and delivery in a time-bound manner.
• Team management and standardization of organizational practices to streamline the processes.
• Networking and communications for organizational growth.

Mumbai Area, India

Primarily responsible for Project Management Unit (PMU) resource person for client management and delivery of the promised services. Provided guidance, handholding, and solutions to day-to-day tasks for the municipal SWM departments of four major municipal corporations in the state of Maharashtra. Developed a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for.

Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

Developed and led the Research, Advocacy, and CSR vertical as the program manager. Built and managed a team for research, program implementation, and project delivery. Conducted research projects on social and environmental issues and prepared project proposals taking key inputs from the research writeups. Business development, outreach, communications.

Mumbai Area, India

Working as an associate and the only employee of Janaagraha in Mumbai, I was involved in almost all the business operations, business development, and client engagement activities. Communications with urban local body officials, data collection and follow up for preparing reports, data analysis were my responsibilities for the policy advocacy report.

Mumbai

As a young professional, I handled the financial inclusion department at the state headquarters in Mumbai. My key responsibilities were to streamline the interest subvention payment to SHG members, resolution of policy program operational challenges for district teams, communicate and coordination with bank and district leadership for ease of policy.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

As an intern at CEE, I assisted the team on a city transport infrastructure project to assess the socio-economic impact project would create on the low-income group people like street vendors and shopkeepers along the BRTS corridor. I conducted thorough qualitative research and data collection through surveys and focused group discussions with the.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Urban Policy And Governance

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Information Technology