• Managed a team of associates to implement the competency-based capacity building approach in the States of Assam, Odisha and Tamil Nadu covering 1000+ public officials of the Urban, Health and Finance Departments- on critical functional and leadership competencies around policy design and delivery• Led strategic partnerships with funders, ensuring compliance with grant requirements

Designed the strategy and the intervention prototype for competency-based recruitment of 5.5 million contractual positions of the Govt of India; Built a goal setting and performance management framework for 50 ministries and departments of the Govt of India

State Reform- Haryana

Programme Management: Implementing the Prime Minister’s Skill Development Programme (PMKVY), India’s largest (USD 2 bn) skilling programme to skill 10 million youth across the countryo Strengthening programme management units of 30+ State Govts through institutional capacity-building of 70+ govt functionarieso Developed 4 tools to feed into the M&E framework and revised guidelines and systems to implement learningso Led over 30 capacity building workshops across 25+ States and facilitated 400,000+ enrollments• Government Advisory and Knowledge Managemento Advisory support to the Govt of Jordan and The World Bank in establishing a private sector-led digital skills enhancement modelo Advisory support to the Govt of J&K to draft a State Skill Policy by laying processes for mapping demand and supply of labouro Curated 4 knowledge products for State Govts to standardize processes and under State-funded skilling programmes• Policy Advocacy: Drafted 3 policy proposals accepted for implementation by the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship on-o Centralized Counseling Model to reach over 10 million youth using a hub-and-spoke prototype across Indiao Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) programme led by State Govts to certify 5 million contractual workforceo Employer-led Model to galvanize private-sector engagement and create a demand-driven model for skill training

Koan Advisory Group is a Delhi-based research-driven public policy firm, which works specifically towards shaping the country's tech and IPR policy. -Worked on diverse research projects ranging from means of enhancing domestic electronics production with a focus on security standards, to countering the anti-immigration rhetoric of the Trump Administration, and building a post-SAARC framework for regional cooperation in south and south-east Asia. -Anchored a conference organized by Koan Advisory on unleashing the potential of the creative economy. -Participated in round-table discussions on subjects ranging from cybersecurity to digital payments. -Produced independently researched white papers which were published in policy journals, and co-authored op-eds in major offline and online platforms on themes developed at Koan.

Selected from a cohort of 1500 applicants to work as a Legislative Aide in the office of Mr. B. Vinod Kumar, MP, TelanganaKey Achievements Ideated, drafted and successfully introduced two Private Member Bills- The Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2017 and the Orphan Child (Provision of Social Security) Bill 2016- in the Budget Session of the Lok Sabha Increased parliamentary interventions by ~ 10%, Hon’ble MP adjudged the best performing parliamentarian from Telangana in March 2017 Ideated and successfully lobbied with Telangana Chief Minister for a Right to Public Services legislation, to be introduced in the State Assembly in the upcoming session Successfully highlighted national issues like vacancies in CBI, inclusion of heat waves as natural disasters, institution of AIIMS Hyderabad, pending cases in higher courts and absolute right to appeal in Supreme Court in the Lok Sabha

-Helped in drafting credit proposals of applicant companies by analyzing company financials and preparing business profiles of clients leading in sectors like FMCG, Infrastructure and Pharmaceuticals-Learnt steps in preparation of Credit Monitoring Arrangement (CMA) and using it to assess working capital requirements of a company-Prepared a comprehensive Project Report on ‘Working Capital Finance’ detailing the methods of assessment currently acceptable, along with recommendations

-Extensive study of the commodities and derivatives markets and investment analysis-Studied the price trends using Fundamental and Technical Analysis tools and predicted future price levels-Actively traded on simulator trading terminals and analyzed live markets and price fluctuations-Built a statistical regression analysis by studying a model to forecast prices of sugar in the commodities market