Varsha Sivaram Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Leading technical components to produce geospatial insights for $10 million+ gender & health portfolios across 20 countries with sector expertise in researching and mapping public health, gender, social norms, social behavior change, and energy & electrification. Key clients including The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, FHi 360, Johnson & Johnson Global Public Health Team among others. Managing end to end technical projects from survey and measure development, survey programming and data collection, modeling large household surveys, spatial data, and satellite imagery to client engagementEngaged in internal technical R&D on CATI survey methodology, geospatial modeling, and scale development for surveysDeveloping dashboards & deliverables for practitioners and academics at foundations, governments, and for profit enterprises

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Leading field research for a multi-million dollar randomized trial (RCT) on labor markets, gender, and digital microfinance with Principal Investigators (PIs) from World Bank (Xavier Giné), University of Maryland (Jessica Goldberg) and The Graduate Institute, Geneva (Lore Vandewalle) in partnership with BRAC and bKash Engaged in large administrative data handling, primary data collection for 15+ surveys with 20000+ respondents using SurveyCTO, developing high-frequency checks on STATA, producing diagnostic outputs, budgets, and tracking financialsDirectly supervised 8 research analysts and managed field teams of 200+ enumerators and supervisors. Acting as a liaison with PIs, BRAC, bKash and funders (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, IGC, IFC, BRAC, Swiss National Foundation, DIFD)

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Collaborated on a multi-year multi-country survey with the Global Data and Research Support (GRDS) team and 11 IPA country offices by designing nationally representative surveys, CATI surveys and conducting data quality checksDeveloped automated data management systems using APIs on STATA to produce summarized outputs for PIs at Northwestern University (Dean Karlan, Andrew Dillon, Christopher Udry) and IPA (Steven Glazerman)

London, Gb

Project: Plastics Management Index (2021)- Undertook secondary research and survey on 31 qualitative policy indicators for United States and Ghana- Areas: Plastics regulation, market incentives for sustainable disposal of plastic waste, local and national plastic waste systems, sustainable infrastructure and community programsProject: 2018 and 2019 Worldwide Educating for the Future Index for Ghana- Undertook secondary research and survey on 20 qualitative policy indicators- Areas: National education strategy, curriculum and assessment frameworks, quality of teacher education, technology access and extracurricular education while interviewing government officials, academics and education expertsProject: 2018 Global Illicit Trade Index, a 84-country benchmarking exercise designed to evaluate the environment for illicit trade around the world.- Engaged in data collection and secondary research on 30 indicators- Areas: Government policy, customs environment, transparency in trade & supply-demand analysis- Conducted qualitative surveys with trade experts in India, Pakistan and South Africa.

New Delhi, Delhi, In

With Prof Supratik Guha, conducted a literature review to study the health and socioeconomic effects of water contamination on 3 major rivers (Ganga, Godavari, Brahmaputra) in IndiaPerformed correlation analysis, seasonal analysis, developed indicators for comparing water quality, and produced summary statistics for physical and microbial parameters Conducted preliminary risk analysis for the impact of water-, marine- and vegetable-borne pathogens, water treatment quality, and water pollutants on disease incidence, urbanization, food security, and employment outcomes

Chicago, Il, Us

With Prof Ariel Kalil and Prof Susan Mayer, led data cleaning, preliminary regressions and produced visualizations (using STATA) for the Parent Engagement in Early Math Activities RCT Supervised the behavioral intervention implementation and data collection in 12 schools in Western and Southern Chicago

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Project - Strengthening Teacher Accountability to Reach All Students (STARS) project in collaboration with the World Bank, UNICEF (Ghana), and the Ghana Ministry of Education (MoE) in 283 UNICEF-supported schools Implementation support: - Conducted field visits to 10 schools to monitor the pilot implementation- Developed tools for monitoring and evaluation of the project (class observation forms, spot check forms)- Developed materials for project implementation and training (manuals, surveys, content for behavioral interventions)- Collaborated and conducted stakeholder review meetings for revision of program and materials with MoE and UNICEF- Prepared baseline reports for funders (World Bank, UNICEF)- Supported documentation, communications and led reporting for the Ghana Education Evidence Summit (2018)Research support: - Performed data cleaning for baseline data from seven survey instruments on STATA and Excel - Visualized key indicators for preparing policy briefs and baseline reports- Prepared field report for baseline surveys- Assisted with data cleaning on Christopher Udry's Community Engagement Assistants project in Tamale, Ghana

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Led a virtual team of 130 editors and writers working across three continents under the Editorial Team and Writing Program. Involved in content & resource strategy, recruitment, performance review and contributor engagement (over 500 contributors spanning 30 countries). Engaged in conceptualizing, reviewing and editing of articles for a readership from over 46 countries – partnered with World Economic Forum, Harvard Economics Review, Chicago Booth Review, London Business Review, World Policy Blog.

New Delhi, Delhi Nct, In

Project: Emerging Trends in India-Pakistan Trade (collaborators - Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India and the United States Institute of Peace) - Designed and conducted primary surveys across three cities in India; interviewed over 80 stakeholders- Undertook secondary research, qualitative and quantitative analysis for mode wise (sea, rail, road) and commodity wise (over 10,000 traded commodities) trends using Excel- Drafted reports and wrote policy documents for submission to the Ministry of Commerce. - Assisted in data mining, analyses and editing of research projects on India’s trade relations with SAARC nations, China and UAE.Published 'Emerging Trends in India-Pakistan Trade' and ‘Recent Trends in Trade’ as ICRIER Working Papers

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, In

Scripted over ten reports for ‘Economy: Macro, Micro and More’ section under the mentorship of Mr Javed Sayed

In

Interned with Dr N. R. Bhanumurthy - Co-authored and published a research paper titled “Economic growth and Social Development” in Yojana, a national development monthlyInterned with Dr H. K. Amarnath - Undertook data collection, analyses(Excel) and report writing for two projects on Millennium Development Goals - - MDG Country Report analyses for South Asian countries - District wise analysis of MDG indicators in relation to public expenditure for Madhya Pradesh

Co-authored a research paper on “Do laws in India promote Samaritan Behavior?” - Involved primary and secondary data collection - Analysed civil rights, legal provisions and citizen participation under the mentorship of Dr. G.S. Tiwari. - Awarded the ‘Best Study’ prize among 20 projects- Part of an advocacy campaign to the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways Impact: The Ministry issued an official notice ensuring a safe environment for Samaritans in May, 2015.

Master Of Public Policy, Ralph W. Nicholas Fellow, Harris Alumni Fellow

Indrapastha College For Women, Bachelors With Honors In Economics

Economics, Mathematics, Accountancy, Business Studies, English