Somya Bajaj Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Responsible for coordinating implementation of the Africa Human Capital Plan to propel investments to improve human capital, developing knowledge sharing material, lead on knowledge mangement, supporting, supporting partner countries with analytics and strategy.- Urban Specialist with the World Bank Kenya team on a slum upgradation reform. Providing technical and implementation support to Government of Kenya in the implementation of World Bank-funded Kenya Municipal Program (KMP) and the slum upgrading Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Project (KISIP). Leading delivery of policy analysis, responsible for conducting quality review to ensure high-quality output, technical support to project components related to urban planning and land tenure regularization

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Analyst with the Global Solutions Group (GSG) on Territorial Development. The GSG provides technical expertise on territorial development to teams across the World Bank, and to clients directly. Applying a strategic spatial lens to development policy, planning, and management, we support on issues such as regional development planning, urbanization, support to lagging areas and local governance coordination- Lead an Impact Evaluation study and developing a monitoring framework for a Property Rights project in India impacting 600,000 families in Odisha

India

CPL is an independent and nonpartisan movement focused on advocating for progressive public policy in India. We aim to develop the next generation of public leaders who possess the right skills and the mindset required to shape the future of our country.

New York, New York

Designed the implementation plan of Brazil’s New Education Policy including redesigning curriculum monitoring mechanism and roll out mechanism across all the schools in the country

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Partnering with the Department of Education on implementing the BNCC standards adopted in 2017 across the country involving multiple stakeholders, power structures and ensuring improving in quality of education and syllabus reform

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Abidjan

The investment strategy for pharmaceutical investment, IT park investment and implementation plan across 4 African countries in 4 different regions.

Bangalore

EcoFolk is a Bangalore-based community, entirely volunteer-managed and volunteer-run. The offline and Online activities are aimed at awareness-building and fostering collaborative networks and communities around sustainability.

New Delhi Area, India

• Consulted Himachal Pradesh Government on state-wide and systemic Education Transformation across 15,000 schools with the CM, ACS and Directorate of Education• Project on Identifying winners in Medium and Small Industries for the Make in India Award, by India Today Group. Conducted extensive interviews with 100+ MSMEs and a metric to short list and finalise 10 winners. Published in a Special Edition of the India Today Magazine, released by Union Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman • Project with Centre for Policy Research with Confederation of Indian Industries, to study and publish initiatives under Swachh Bharat Mission, released by Union Minister, Venkaiah Naidu. Conducted field research across 7 states and interviewed over 150 people in India to verify the data collected through secondary research

Managed 6 cities in India including over 200 interns. Created partnerships with funders like Adobe and Microsoft as well as 4 shelter homes. Managed operations, mentored interns & counselled children.

Kolkata, India

Studied & analysed Warren Buffet’s investment strategies and its applicability for Indian conglomerates. Developed an Investment plan inspired by those strategies with the Director of Investments, RP-SG Group.

Bengaluru Area, India

Summer intern on the Tax Team of Goldman Sachs. Successfully implemented a project and received a Pre-placement offer for the same in the Global Investment Research Department.

Masters In Public Affairs, Economics And Public Policy

Activities and Societies: Courses taken: Politics of Public Policy Quantitative Analysis for Public Policy Microeconomic Analysis.

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

Activities and Societies: Editor of the University Economics magazine, Ephemeris Representative of the Student council Model United.

Economics, High Distinction

Activities and Societies: Games Captain District level badminton player Treasurer, Rotary Interact Club Treasurer, Rotaract Club, Rotary.