Suvojit Chattopadhyay Email & Phone Number

Nairobi

Nairobi County, Kenya

Responsible for country management, government relations and project delivery. Sectors: Public Financial Management, State building, Resilience, Territorial Planning, Security Sector Reforms

Responsible for project delivery in Myanmar; Sectors: Agriculture and Community Driven Development)

Dhaka

Research and advocacy on green growth policies in key economic sectors, engagement with journalsts and civil society on environmental protection issues.

Nairobi

Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor on UK's bilateral education portfolio in Kenya (worth $40m). M&E and Value for Money analysis on a wide variety of projects across the company covering Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Nigeria, Ghana and Pakistan.

Nairobi

New Delhi Area, India

Accra

Evaluation management: Technical Supervision to portfolio of experimental studies covering multiple sectors – financial services, education, health, agriculture; managed teams across multiple locations; Managed two large-scale field studies for Yale University and The World Bank with Institute for Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Ghana. Evaluation design: national pilot of remedial education programme in collaboration with Ghana’s Ministry of Education and ten regional (sub-national) governments; pilot covering 500 primary schools across Ghana; engaged senior officers in central ministries and regional governments in programme design, roll-out and implementation monitoring. Survey management: designed survey instruments; organised technical and logistical support for field work; monitored data collection; established data management protocols; led project communications. Research uptake and policy outreach: with central ministries in Ghana (Education, Health, Agriculture, Youth and Financial Services) to expand space for evidence-informed policymaking; appraised Ghana’s Education Strategic Plan: 2010-20 for Education Development Partners as part of preparation of Government of Ghana’s application to the Fast Track Initiative (FTI).

Multiple short-term research assignments in sectors - Social Protection in South Asia; Growth and Development; User fees in public services; Private sector and governance

Chennai

• Managed five impact assessments and two product design experiments in collaboration with Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), MIT • Developed partnerships with government policymaking and regulatory bodies, partner NGOs and MFIs, and academic institutions for knowledge sharing and dissemination

Mohuda, Odisha

• Managed portfolio of community-led development projects in strengthening local governance, water supply and sanitation, watershed development and skill development trainings - covering 50,000 households in rural Orissa • Developed monitoring and evaluation formats for interventions, with particular focus on physical and financial sustainability of projects• Responsible for on-site field assessments to provide feedback to senior management; assisting in refining programme strategy • Prepared annual organisational budgets and led work on successful project proposals securing funding from national and international agencies

Ma, Governance And Development, Distinction

Post Graduate Programme In Rural Management

Ba (Honours) Economics, Economics

Activities and Societies: President, Economics Society (2001-02) Dhani Ram Medal, 2002; Hora Medal, 2003