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Policy Specialist, UN Women, India
Policy Specialist, UN Women, India
POLICY ADVOCACY for inclusion of under represented groups (women, persons with disability, LGBTQIA+. and grassroot enterpreneurs in the overall startup ecosystem of the G 20 economies.
Draft policy paper
https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/639ecca066f41623b6090b98/64a6730324111bab22f62e92_Policy%20Paper_Inclusion%20Taskforce.pdf
Senior Researcher at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru, India
Senior Researcher at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru, India
● Project management, maintain finances, logistics, mentoring the team, organizing/ participating in meetings, workshops
● GIS thematic mapping of the region, Census population and socio-economic data analysis, field work, designing survey, building network and partnerships with state and non state stakeholders
● Report writing and presentation of findings
● Dissemination and engagement through social media platforms (Twitter, Instagram, Citizen science web-portal)
Conceptualized and led the Indian Youth Water Network (200+ members).
Himalayan Adaptation, Water and Resilience (HI-AWARE) Research on Glacier and Snowpack Dependent River Basins for Improving Livelihoods
Oxfam Cambodia, End of the Evaluation program, TROSA
Research Associate, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, India
Research Associate, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, India
● Programmatic Strategy Building, Grant Writing
● Collaborations with state and non state actors
● Collaborations with early career and senior researchers from Global South and Europe in partner institutions (academic, bi-lateral and multi-lateral organizations and donor agencies)
● Research on climate change led vulnerability and adaptation mechanisms in South Asia and South East Asia
● Contribution to good practice database of Partnership on Transparency in the Paris Agreement, the UNDP Low Emission Capacity Building Programme and the NDC Support Cluster with case study on STRATEGIC MAINSTREAMING OF ECOSYSTEM-BASED ADAPTATION (EBA) IN VIETNAM. 2018.
Projects:
● Himalayan Adaptation, Water and Resilience (HI-AWARE) Research on Glacier and Snow-pack Dependent River Basins for Improving Livelihoods, Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) consortia. 2016-2018
● Understanding Mountain Peoples’ Approach and Practices to Combating Climate Change in the Indian Himalayan Region: Research to Renewal and Reforms. 2016
Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation (MLE) at Oxfam International, Remote
Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation (MLE) at Oxfam International, Remote
Country level evaluator for Oxfam's Transboundary Rivers of South Asia (TROSA) program in India and Myanmar.
● Key contextual information on water use and access in relation to poverty reduction in the program areas
● Methodology and data collection instruments (Force-field analysis and Theory of-Change processes)
● Field visits, interviews and meetings and additional virtual interviews with program staff in India and Myanmar
● Evidence and findings, evaluation reports, learning brief and presentations in key evaluation meetings on findings, conclusions, and recommendations
Senior researcher, People's Science Institute, Dehradun, India
Senior researcher, People's Science Institute, Dehradun, India
Research and Action Research; Project Design and Implementation; Strategy Advisory; Organizational Development
Projects:
Irrigation Hydro-power Nexus in Ganges Headwaters, University of Arizona, 2015-2016. Delhi University, Integrated Mountain Institute and International centre for integrated mountain development (ICIMOD). Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE), CGIAR
Assessment of Environmental Flows for Ramganga River, 2014. WWF India, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (Indian council for agricultural research), Garhwal University, Rhodes University
https://wwfin.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/ramganga_e_flows_report_2018.pdf
https://support.wwfindia.org/annexure/Annexure_2_D_Socio_Cultural_and_Livelihoods.pdf
Uttarakhand flood disaster and role of hydropower projects, 2013-2014. Dr Ravi Chopra, chairman of the Expert Body, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Policy advocacy and outreach
Support in authoring, reviewing and editing of report
Participation in review meetings of the committee, and consolidation support in inputs from various committee members and members of the community groups in hydropower project affected areas
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