Devayani Khare Email & Phone Number

I support communication work on 1 plastic pollution project: corporate accountability, and have taken on communication work on a wide range of plastic issues, for member organizations across South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh & Nepal - with more in the pipeline).Skills: Stakeholder Engagement · Media Strategy · Content Strategy · Web Content Writing.

I support communication work on 2 plastic pollution projects: corporate accountability and waste trade.

I've been contributing regularly as a writer, and editor to the Geobites blog supported by the American Geophysical Union (AGU). I also handle the @_geobites Twitter handle to help publicise our summaries.

Bangalore

I helped facilitate and organize outreach events, on-campus events, workshops and conferences, campus tours, and delegate visits, as also covered the events via blurbs, photos and videos.I was involved in the day-to-day reporting of news at the Bangalore Life Sciences Cluster, including but not restricted to news coverage, popular science articles.

Bali Province, Indonesia

Copyedited content for websites and marketing collateral for a few sustainable projects in Indonesia

Freelance

As an independent consultant, I created engaging content and designed strategic communications across the verticals of ecology, wildlife, geology & geography, alternate education, sustainability, mythology, health & wellness, among others. I am also adept at cartographic creatives - story maps, crowdsourced map widgets, map-based infographics, to better.

Gurgaon, India

* Responsible for ideation, developing and strategically pitching fresh content, products and itineraries for an experiential travel company* Creating content for newsletters, blogs and optimizing outreach through social media channels* Updating all website content and following SEO best practices* Involved in database creation, management and maintenance.

I researched the open data badges, and designed guidelines for its adoption by the Journal of Threatened Taxa. I also applied (unsuccessfully) for grants to spearhead the open-access, open-science South Asian Threatened Taxa Monitoring System.I also handled the social media for Zoo Outreach's 'the Journal of Threatened Taxa', an open-access, peer-reviewed.

Bangalore

* Field work, data collection and mapping for a research paper on trends of industrial development within the context of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notifications in Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, India* Publication: find the link below

Pune Area, India

* Designed and delivered a holistic curriculum for middle school Science and English* Developed hands-on tools and a methodology for the delivery of the curriculum* Assessed the outcomes of the curriculum* Facilitated an inter-disciplinary learning

Pondicherry

* Coordinated operations for an Open Access platform for information on the biodiversity hotspot of the Western Ghats, India, later integrated into a nation-wide biodiversity platform, funded by Conservation International* Responsible for team coordination, communication and collaboration, as well as networking with a wider community of students.

Pune Area, India

* Received grants from Ford Foundation for a dissertation on understanding groundwater regimes of an arid area and plotting an urban lake’s recharge potential to mitigate water shortages in Bhuj, Gujarat, India

Pune Area, India

* Ran environmental awareness & outreach programmes with local schools through creative workshops, local rallies and environment fests

Master’S Degree, Geography (Specialization In Geomorphology), First Class

Bachelor’S Degree, Geography, First Class With Honours

Higher Secondary Certificate Arts - 12Th Grade, Arts

School, 10Th Grade