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India

• Sustainable Value Chain Development and Supply Chain ManagementCollaborated with companies to develop and implement projects generating sustainable value chains, ensuring risk mitigation, and improved working.
• ⁠ ⁠Facilitated project development and implementation, driving sustainable value chain creation
• ⁠ ⁠Conducted risk assessments and mitigation strategies to ensure compliance and brand protection
• ⁠ ⁠Improved working conditions and labor practices across supply chains
• ⁠ ⁠Managed documentation support, research studies, and report development for projects and campaigns
• ⁠ ⁠Trained and managed local consultants for project implementation and onsite assessments for clients like Twentyfifty, Colosseum Athletics Footprints:

India

• Visionary Leadership: Spearheaded development and implementation of new training policy, enhancing organizational capabilities.
• Technical Training Program: Designed, implemented, and debuted Textile Exchange standards training at 2023 London Conference, ensuring:
• Industry credibility
• Stakeholder knowledge expansion
• Global best practices
• Conceived and planned the in-person training initiative, creating a comprehensive plan for its delivery, to ensure effective knowledge transfer, executed by trained facilitators

India

• International Project Leadership and Workshop Facilitation
• ⁠ ⁠Led the implementation of the Worldwide Enhancement of Social Quality (WE) project in India, supported by Tchibo, aiming to improve working conditions in Asian production facilities through dialogue-oriented.
• ⁠ ⁠Successfully led the project in India, driving improvements in working conditions and labor practices
• ⁠ ⁠Conducted various worker-management workshops in India, fostering collaborative relationships and enhancing communication
• ⁠ ⁠Contributed to the global WE project through active participation in international workshops: - WE Workshop, Hong Kong (2015) - WE Workshop, Hanoi, Vietnam (2016)Footprints:
• ⁠ ⁠Enhanced working conditions and labor practices in Indian production facilities

China And Vietnam

• Suppliers' Sustainability Program Development and Management for enhancing workers' rights and working conditions in global supply chains.
• ⁠ ⁠Collaborated with Colosseum Athletics, an FLA-accredited participating company, to develop and manage a Suppliers' Sustainability Program for their South East Asian supply chains.Key Achievements:
• ⁠ ⁠Designed and implemented a comprehensive program to enhance workers' rights and working conditions
• ⁠ ⁠Established Internal Management Systems in factories to meet campaigner requirements
• ⁠ ⁠Conducted training and capacity-building for suppliers to ensure program adoption and sustainability
• ⁠ ⁠Monitored and evaluated program progress, providing guidance and support for continuous improvementFootprints:

India

• Gender Discrimination Dialogue Trainings for Ready Made Garment(RMG) sector workers for promoting inclusivity and improving working conditions in the garment industry.
• ⁠ ⁠Facilitated dialogue trainings on gender discrimination for workers and their representatives in Ready Made Garment (RMG) factories in Delhi-NCR, as part of the "RAGS" program by Social Accountability International.
• ⁠ ⁠Trained workers and representatives to identify and address gender discrimination in the workplace
• ⁠ ⁠Fostered inclusive dialogue and collaboration to promote gender equality
• ⁠ ⁠Contributed to the RAGS program's goals of improving working conditions, reducing gender discrimination, and enhancing factory-level engagement with homeworkers in the supply chainFootprints:
• ⁠ ⁠Enhanced awareness and understanding of gender discrimination among RMG workers and representatives

• Technical Member, Good Weave Guidelines CommitteeGood Weave USA (2010-2011)Development of Generic Guidelines for the Rugs Industry with Good Weave International (GWI)Key Achievements:
• ⁠ ⁠Collaborated with the committee to establish clear, comprehensive, and achievable standards
• ⁠ ⁠Provided technical guidance on labor practices, working conditions, and environmental sustainability
• ⁠ ⁠Ensured standards were practical, effective, and adaptable for industry-wide adoption
• ⁠ ⁠Participated in stakeholder engagement and feedback incorporationFootprints:
• ⁠ ⁠Enhanced Good Weave's mission to end child labor and promote ethical labor practices in the rug industry

• Key Achievements in Social Compliance and Supply Chain Management
• ⁠ ⁠Spearheaded social compliance and supply chain management initiatives for renowned US and European brands in India, ensuring adherence to rigorous standards.
• ⁠ ⁠Ensured PVH and Liz Claiborne's Indian supply chains met social compliance requirements through: - Regular monitoring and risk assessment - Proactive mitigation and remediation strategies - Collaborative stakeholder.
• ⁠ ⁠Transformatively elevated Triburg's supplier compliance from "zero tolerance" to fully compliant, meeting diverse brand requirements
• ⁠ ⁠Conducted comprehensive accreditation assessments and evaluations for: - Fair Labor Association (FLA) - Audits for Nike, PVH, Liz Claiborne, and Nordstrom
• ⁠ ⁠Played a pivotal role in implementing Factory Improvement Programs led by: - Nordstrom - NextFootprints:

Ambala, Haryana, India

• ⁠ ⁠Successfully implemented National AIDS Control Society's Targeted Intervention project on HIV/AIDS at the grassroots level.
• ⁠ ⁠Led a team of 20 members to achieve project goals and objectives.
• ⁠ ⁠Facilitated the development of innovative tools for mapping and tracing High-Risk Groups (HRG), enhancing program effectiveness.

India (North Zone)

• A national level NGO working foreman Rights and Livelihood issues in the unorganised labor sector majorly at farms and contract labour. Lead Various ESG interventions like:
• Recommendation to Tribal bill for Forest conservation and Tribal Land Rights in Forest areas of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh for devising discussions in the Indian parliament.. Encouraging Regenerative farming.
• Facilitating leadership for the Water distribution issue between Gujarat and Rajasthan and conservation and harvesting of water in desert areas of Rajasthan
• Instrumental in strategic planning of Polythene ban movement towards reducing Land pollution and land fills in hills of Himachal Pradesh. Training on topics like:
• Regenerative farming techniques and practices
• Sensitization trainings on organic farming and inorganic practices and Hybrid/GM seeds

Post Graduate, Human Rights

Activities and Societies: Completed Thesis on " Role of Punjab State Human Rights Commission in monitoring Human Rights"

Bachelor Of Social Studies, Economics & Mathematics