Professional Experience:
MBA with 24 years of experience at Leadership roles in domains such as Public Health services (preventive care for NCDs, RMNCH+A, HIV/AIDs), integrated child care, Education, Environment, Inclusive workspaces for PwDs, Safe drinking water, Dry Recyclable Waste Management and Income Generation for SHGs.
Core competencies into Strategy & design, Innovative Pilot Programs, Program/Operations Management & Implementation, Community engagement & mobilization, System strengthening initiatives, Public Private Partnership (PPP) Models,
As a regular employee: I worked and contributed in the projects/programs such as Aspirational Districts Collaborative; "Proof of Concept" Innovative POC Programs for preventive care of NCDs in Public Health at Piramal Swasthya; "Integrated Child Care – Family based care model" at SOS Children’s Villages of India; Maternal & Child Health – ANANYA Program; "Environment Services – Dry Recyclable Waste Management – WOW Program" by ITC Limited under a PPP Model; Transition Management of TI’s under "India AIDS Initiative" – AVAHAN; Safe Drinking Water Program on a "Pay per use" model; Prevention of STIs among Bridge Population – "Key Clinics" & "PROJECT SHAKTI" - "Corporate – SHG Linkage" PPP Model on Income generation for SHG women.
As an Evaluation Consultant: worked for (Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society) APSACS as an External evaluator for the Targeted Interventions of Core High Risk Groups, Migrants and Truckers Programs.
Acquired key skills: Diagnostics & Strategy, Program Design, Planning & implementation, Operations Management, Innovation Pilot Programs, People Development through CB&T, Process improvement, Community Development, Stakeholder Engagement, Community System Interface through Collaboration and Convergence, New Channels identification & Development; Behavioral integration into Performance Management system; Monitoring & Evaluation.
Adept at handling Administration & Management of Project offices, Operations, Implementation of NGO Project/Program Management units, Rural & Social Marketing, Capacity building & development of Field Force, Classroom sessions on Personality development, Professional grooming to the newly recruited Field Teams.
Experience in Developing Data driven annual plans and Budgeting for NGO Programs; dissemination of plans and setting KRAs to the team; Data Analysis; Dissemination activities including workshops, conferences, policy briefings; Performance management & assessment, review and evaluation of the programs at Unit level. Documentation of the Evaluation reports & Reporting to the Top Management.
MODELS CONCEPTUALIZED / DESIGNED / IMPLEMENTED
- Corporate – SHG Linkage Model (Income Generation Program)
- Social Franchising & Marketing – Key clinics (HIV/AIDS Preventive Care)
- Pay per Use (BOOT) Model – Community based Safe Drinking Water Systems
- Wellbeing out of Waste (WOW Model) – Source segregation of Dry Recyclable Wastes
- Proof of Concept Programs (POC Pilot Programs) – NCD and RMNCH Preventive Care Models
- Aspirational Districts Collaborative – 3 levers of Theory of Change (Cab Building, Community Action & Governance)
- Grassroot Academy – Community led immersive Model towards building inclusive workspaces in Rural Areas
RESEARCH INITIATIVES
- Co-authored an article on “Cancer Awareness and Stigma in Rural Assam India – A baseline study – published in Annals of Surgical Oncology – July 2021
- Primary Research study on “Community Participation and Ownership in Health Action in Bihar” – 2020-21
- Primary Research study on “Exploring Weaving as a Process for Community Engagement” in Public Health - in eight districts across five states: Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana - Aug to Oct 2022