Shreya Samant Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Worked as an intern for the Girl Empowerment Initiative led by an Entrepreneur in Residence at Central Square Foundation. The Girl Empowerment Initiative aims to increase Female Labour Force Participation through Life Skills Education focusing on employability. As an intern, I was responsible for -• Landscape Assessment for Life Skills Education in India• Curriculum compilation and first draft of curriculum design for the Girl Empowerment Initiative• Creating tools and metrics for assessment of Life Skills Education programs

Mumbai Area, India

Worked as an intern for 'Impact Evaluation & Analysis at Budget Private Schools' in Mumbai at Nisaba Godrej Foundation for Education. Main responsibilities included -• Arranging logistics for carrying out assessments in Literacy and Math for K-2 Grades in 10+ partner budget private schools in Mumbai• Checking assessment papers and tracking data • Contributing insights to analysis and learning from the data

Mumbai Area, India

• Led school relations with 30 + MCGM and private school Headmasters and school leaders• Coached and supported 200+ Fellows and 10+ Program Managers on child protection, school and community related issues• Supported with research for expansion and placements in the city• Built and strengthened critical partnerships with 20+ government officials, 10+ external partner NGOs• Designed and executed an effective community and parent engagement strategy for the city of Mumbai

Mumbai

• Taught 50 grade 2 and 3 students at Goregaon East MPS, Mumbai as a part of my Teach For India fellowship• Raised more than Rs. 70,000 over two years from various donors in India and abroad• Conducted Parent Teacher Meetings to invest and inform the parents of the students • Inducted, trained and maintained volunteers who came in to help some students with specialized learning• Started extra curricular activities in school such as dance, drawing and craft, sports etc • Partnered with different organizations such as Arpan, Deloitte, Lifebuoy etc to conduct trainings and awareness programmes in school• Set up classroom library and a small school library with more than 200 books for students of Nursery to Grade 10.• Visited the houses and communities of the students to better understand their realities.

Mumbai Area, India

• Planned and strategized with the Recruitment team to ensure a smooth recruitment cycle of the year 2016-2017• Analyzed data from all the deadlines to strategize on how to maximize our outreach.• Called and spoke to over 200 people who were interested in applying for the fellowship and helped them with their application.• Conducted coffee chats and classroom visits for the perspective fellowship candidates.

Mumbai Area, India

• Conducted HM (Headmaster/Headmistress) surveys to check and track the growth of the fellows in schools.• Build and maintained relations with the various officers at BMC.

Mumbai, India

• Assigned to teach basic level 1, 2 and 3 ( A1 and A2) of Spanish• Planned and executed result driven Spanish lessons for a group of 10-12 professionals • Designed and took regular assessments to track growth• Undertook different activities to improve spoken language of the students

Mumbai, India

• Conducted research for the expansion projects of multiple global schools• Made spreadsheets with data of the existing K-12 schools • Market research to understand the current trends

Master Of Arts - Ma, Education And International Development, Distinction

Coursework: 1) Education and International Development: Concepts, Theories and Issues 2) Understanding Education Research 3) Planning.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Political Science And Government, First Class (63%)

• Completed Masters in Political Science Part 1 and 2 (2015-2017) • Studied various aspects of local, national and international politics.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics, A

Activities and Societies: •Was a part of the Economic Association and attended trainings on Corporate Finance, Game Theory •Member.

Humanities