Nida Yousaf Sheikh is a social innovator creating sustainable change for water-deprived communities affected by climate challenges. In 2023, she became the first Pakistani to win One Young World’s LEAD 2030 SDG6 (Water) Challenge and was selected for UN Women's prestigious 30 for 2030 cohort in 2024, where she represents and advocates for Pakistan in areas of climate change, rural women, and technology & innovation.With an MSc in Economic Psychology with distinction from the London School of Economics, Nida’s research on rural female entrepreneurship has been recognized and published. Her expertise in behavioral design and understanding of socio-economic systems through this program has allowed her to bring innovative and sustainable approaches to policy-making.Her impactful work, especially her significant contributions to climate disaster response inPakistan earned her the LUMS Vice Chancellor's Alumni Achievement Award in 2023.As CEO of Tayaba, she leads H2O Solutions, providing clean water and sanitation to ruralareas across Pakistan. In under three years, Tayaba has positively impacted over half amillion lives, inspiring others and promoting climate action in the country’s most vulnerableregions.She also has experience as an impact-driven policy and grants analyst at the World Bank in emerging markets. Career Highlights: First Pakistani social innovator to win the Lead 2030 Award under SDG6 (acceptance rate < 1%)Recipient of the prestigious LUMS VC AAAward 2023 recognising her impactful social innovation journey.Selected for the prestigious UN Women, 30 for 2030 cohort! Led Tayaba, a social enterprise to impact half a million lives directly in record time of three yearsSpearheaded one of the first NFT fundraisers and Tokenised Philanthropy Designed a $5m program and created 3000+ jobs/entrepreneurs in the most impoverished areas of Punjab, Pakistan.Publications:Co-Authored “The Entreprenoorial Journey-Exploring the Identity Transitions of Female Entrepreneurs in Rural Pakistan” (2020)Co-Authored “Reducing Consumer Rejection for Cultivated Meat”(2019)Authored “Understanding Unmet Need and Joint Decision Making for Family Planning Programming” - published by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/UNFPA (2018)Areas of Expertise and Prior Experience:•Strategic planning •Organisation Development •Blockchain for Good •NFT Fundraising •Grants Implementation •Change Management •Qualitative and Quantitative Research •Female Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies •Behavioural Insights •Organisational Psychology
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Chief Executive OfficerTayaba.OrgLahore, Pk
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Member, 30 For 2030Un Women May 2024 - PresentMember, 30 for 2030 in areas of Climate Change, Technology & Innovation, Rural Women and Mental Health.A selective and prestigious youth network of gender equality champions driving dialogue, action and positive change.The 30 for 2030 thought leaders and experts are determined change-makers to accelerate progress toward the 2030 Agenda from a feminist perspective, break down gender barriers and make gender equality a working reality in their spheres of influence. The network acts as a voluntary advisory community and an accelerator of exceptional people with the vision, courage, and influence to drive positive change for a gender-equal world. -
Chief Executive OfficerTayaba.Org Jan 2023 - Present
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Head Organizational DevelopmentTayaba.Org Aug 2020 - Dec 2022Strategizing for resource mobilization, product innovation, implementation and evaluation at a social start-up (recipient of Forbes Asia 2020 & Points of Light awards) addressing the grave issue of water-scarcity to improve the accessibility, storage and transportation of clean water across Pakistan• Acting as a liaison and advisor to the board of directors and facilitating water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) specific initiatives across the organisation. •Developing the organizational operating model and supporting an end to end implementation of all programmes and projects.• Spearheading the research and development for launching sustainable and impactful additional features to existing products and initiatives. • Analysing business processes and identifying opportunities to generate additional resources for scale-up• Spearheading the integration of Web3 for good technologies for transparent and trackable social good.•Led the implementation of one of the "first NFT (Non-Fungible Token) fundraisers by a not-for-profit organization" using Block Chain Digital Asset technology marketing and sold NFTs worth 2 million on International Charity Day.
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FounderH2O Technologies | H2O Air Oct 2024 - Present -
AmbassadorOne Young World Oct 2023 - PresentOne Young World is the global forum for young leaders. The annual One Young World Summit convenes the brightest young talent from every country and sector, working to accelerate social impact. Delegates from 190+ countries are counselled by influential political, business and humanitarian leaders.One Young World's Lead 2030 Challenge is a globally renowned initiative powered by leading businesses with a mission to accelerate solutions for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) created by young leaders under the age of 30. With an acceptance rate of less than 1%, the program is highly competitive and represents the gold standard for impactful, youth-led initiatives.As a young leader and the CEO of Tayaba.org, I was recognised as one of the top ten winners of LEAD 2030's $500,000 fund for Sustainable Development Initiatives. This accomplishment places Tayaba as one of the standout organizations to represent Pakistan on the global stage, and I became the first Pakistani social innovator to be recognized with the Lead 2030 award, marking a historic moment for the under-represented Pakistan on the global stage. -
Member-Water & Climate Working GroupYoungo Apr 2024 - PresentYOUNGO is the official children and youth constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). YOUNGO is a vibrant, global network of children and youth activists (up to 35 years) as well as youth NGOs, who contribute to shaping the intergovernmental climate change policies and strive to empower youth to formally bring their voices to the UNFCCC processes.YOUNGO’s vision is to empower children and youth to take action and works to enhance their skills and capacity to drive the necessary and ambitious climate actions and policies at all levels towards a livable climate just future. YOUNGO representatives make official statements, provide technical and policy inputs to negotiations and engage with decision-makers at the UN climate change conferences, and promote youth participation in climate change projects at local and national levels. -
ConsultantFreelance Jan 2020 - Aug 2020Provided consultancy services to both for-profit and not-for-profit organisations to help them improve their business performance in terms of change-management, structure, sustainability and strategy. Some of the key projects and achievements include: • Collected data on and analysed challenges and knowledge sharing practices of marginalised entrepreneurs in developing countries. The research was presented at the British Academic Management Conference (2020)• Assisted in developing an evaluation framework for a $1m donor funded project• Developed an organisational development framework along with detailed business plans for a private for-profit organisation. Trained a team of 15 employees, witnessing their transformation into change agents for sustainable revenue and profit enhancement
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Associate GrantsThe World Bank Mar 2017 - Sep 2018Lahore, Pakistan•Associate Program Design and Grants Management at the Punjab Population Innovation Fund (PPIF), established by the World Bank and the Government of Punjab, Pakistan to render financial and technical assistance to stimulate innovative entrepreneurial approaches to better sexual and reproductive health services and population development.http://ppif.org.pk•Authored a Research Paper titled “Understanding Unmet Need and Joint Decision Making for Family Planning Programming” which was selected out of a highly competitive pool of submissions for presentation at the Bill & Melinda Foundation’s co-hosted International FP Conference•Conceived, designed and developed the PPIF's second programme cycle through consultations and workshops with local and international players, sector specialists and non-traditional players Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Marie Stopes International, Rutgers Netherlands, Options- Innovative Approaches, UNFPA, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, DFID, WHO, USAID, UNICEF among other international stakeholders were consulted•Developed foundation documents like the Strategic Framework and Program Manual for strategizing for incubation and scale up of successful innovations•Identified key strategic partnerships for resource mobilization and grant implementation•Drafted quarterly reports for Process Monitoring and Evaluation and knowledge management for best practices• Programme due diligence of prospective partners and donors•Provided administrative, research and technical support by preparing briefs, reports and summaries•Assisted in managing communications from the relevant department and provided content for publishing/printing or dissemination on social media or the conventional media•Awarded a shield by the Managing Director for outstanding contribution to the success of the program -
Assistant PsychologistUnited Nations Population Fund (Unfpa) Oct 2016 - Mar 2017Lahore, Pakistan•Assisted the Head Clinical Psychologist in the administration of the Adolescent Cell at Jinnah Hospital, one of the 16 Family Health Clinics in Punjab set up under the joint agreement between United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Population Welfare Department, Govt. of Punjab.•Aided the psychologist in counselling and therapeutic work by administering preliminary psychological assessments through interviews and compiling reports and accurate records of clinical work•Researched on current issues within practice of psychology and compiled current scholarly research within the discipline•Prepared detailed presentations on the aims and objectives of the cell and lectures on abuse, harassment and violence •Designed surveys and questionnaires to distribute to patients at the cell and conducted supplementary interviews with them on pertinent issues (such as their particular mental health challenge and their experience with the Cell) -
Export ManagerAl-Sheikh Enterprises Jun 2014 - Aug 2016•Oversaw basic bookkeeping, designed and implemented export strategies and ensured adherence to all project requirements•Monitored all existing and prospective markets in Asia and Europe in order to identify appropriate business opportunities; independently earned export contracts of significant strategic and monetary value. -
Teaching AssociateLahore University Of Management Sciences Jan 2016 - May 2016•TA-ed Econ 230 -Statistics and Data Analysis: By Dr. Saher Asad•Effectively managed the myriad of tasks and situations that occurred in the classroom (of 70+ students) and maintained an atmosphere that enhanced learning•Graded large number of STATA based lab assignments and quizzes weekly while ensuring that the data was being entered in the online grade book accurately and in a timely fashion•Gave tutorials and one-on-one guidance to students during weekly office hours•Routine administrative duties like managing exam venues, fixing computer networking issues in laboratories before class time, marking attendance and creating seating charts were successfully conducted through working in coordination with members of the Economics Department, the Registrar Office (RO) and the Information Systems and Technology (IST) department at LUMS -
Hr ManagerPrimetime Employment Jun 2013 - Aug 2013Mississauga, Ontario, Canada•Involved in recruiting and conducting orientation and training programs•Post completion of the training program, was responsible for selling the services (of temp employees) to potential clients through prospecting and cold-calling.
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InterneeMcb Bank Limited Aug 2011 - Sep 2011Lahore, Pakistan•Worked in Remittances, Advances, Foreign Exchange and Customer Services Office
Nida Yousaf Sheikh Skills
Nida Yousaf Sheikh Education Details
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Economics
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Economics, Psychology, Mathematics
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Nida Yousaf Sheikh attended The London School Of Economics And Political Science (Lse), Lahore University Of Management Sciences, Lahore Grammar School.
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