Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos

• The Bidesia Project (TBP) is a not for profit initiative that aims to conserve Bhojpuri folk culture by archiving, reviving and promoting oral music traditions. TBP works with folk musicians from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to ensure that the age-old folk songs, part of India’s oral tradition, are conserved.

Mar 2017 – Feb 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Managing a global legal pro bono program – TrustLaw – in South Asia and identifying impactful NGOs and Social Enterprises and the strongest law firms and corporate in-house legal teams to expand our network in the region.
• Managing relationships with key TrustLaw members and facilitating their engagement with the service, through hosting events and regular communications.
• Representing TrustLaw and the Thomson Reuters Foundation by speaking publicly about our work at conferences and other events.
• Managing cross-border research programmes in South Asia that addresses the most critical social and policy needs of the development sector, with a particular focus on environment and climate change.
• Supporting the Communications Team in creating and delivering a communications strategy that includes member events and promotion of TrustLaw publications.

Feb 2014 – Feb 2017 · 3 yrs · Mumbai Area, India

• Development and evaluation of project ideas from not-for-profit organisations, including appraisal of proposals, due diligence, review of annual and financial reports to identifying grant making opportunities in the field of Media, Arts and Culture.
• Handling grant management processes for over 20 projects, involving a fund disbursal of about Rs. 60 million. Clients/Benefactors include NGOs, Universities and Colleges, Government agencies, Institutions amongst others.
• Monitoring and evaluation of the projects across India. This includes project quality audit and implementation monitoring, financial checks and assessment of project impact.
• Managing the Tata Trusts’ Online portal and overall grant disbursal process that involves project visits, review of narrative and financial reports, consultant reviews etc.

Dec 2012 – Jan 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo · Malvan, Sindhudurg

• Providing support to the State Forest Department and the Sindhudurg District Administration for engaging with coastal communities for effective implementation of the marine conservation project.
• Promotion of sustainable fishing and agriculture related techniques such as Ornamental Fish Breeding, Mussel and Crab Culture, System of Rice Intensification etc. in coastal areas through exposure visits, field demonstrations, workshops, film screenings etc.
• Developing a communication strategy and generating a range of communication products such as documentary films, photo essays, reports, brochures etc. for media and stakeholder engagement.
• Managing social media for GOI-UNDP project including Website, Facebook and YouTube Channel.

Jul 2012 – Sep 2012 · 2 mos · Brighton, United Kingdom

• Identifying, analysing, evaluating and synthesizing information related to the concept of “Sustainable Energy Security”.
• Drafting a concise report on the topic for advocacy and influencing policy-makers in the United Kingdom.

Jun 2006 – Sep 2011 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai, India

• Reporting on issues related to environment, development, railways and defence and publish news stories and feature articles for the newspaper and website of the media house.
• Assisting sub-editors in editing, coordinating for photographs, graphics, statistics etc.
• Published more than 1,000 articles on a range of issues on a range of issues that includes man-animal conflict in Mumbai, climate change negotiations, railway budget and piracy in Somalia etc.