Oct 2022 – Sep 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Led Early Childhood Education Program strategy, design and operations in partnership with Govt of UP and Haryana
• Led research design, grants and report development for a flagship study: Building Strong Foundations: Examining ECE in India
• Managed a 6 member Technical and Project Management PMU to:
• Influence State ECE strategy, budgets, and roll-out of the new ECE cadre
• Develop academic materials and professional development for a new cadre of educators
• Advocate for quality ECE with Central Govt. and State officials (eg. hiring criteria for ECE cadre, budgets,etc.)

Oct 2020 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

Jul 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

Oct 2018 – May 2019 · 7 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Working with Dr. Faryal Khan, Education Specialist at UNESCO and visiting scholar at HGSE. Research existing peace curriculum framework and develop K-12 curriculum standards, tools and plans for preventing violent extremism.

Jun 2016 – Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Hyderabad Area, India

• Managed the performance of 16 Fellows working in government and affordable private schools.Coached and trained Fellows in classroom management practices, leadership skills, subject content and pedagogy. Their classrooms achieved ~1 years of growth in reading between July-March 2018 and made 23% (the highest) math growth across 140 Hyderabad Fellows in 2016-17
• Trained ~50 incoming secondary school Fellows on content, curriculum and pedagogy at Teach For India’s summer Institute in June-July 2017
• Created impact reports, proposals and facilitated meetings with Hyderabad’s education officers, collector and the state education department to forge partnerships and get the necessary permissions for Teach For India to continue working in government schools in Hyderabad (Apr-Jul ‘18)
• Managed multiple projects aimed at Fellow development and classroom impact including Educational Landscape Research for Hyderabad (Aug-Dec ‘16), Annual Strategy and Budget Planning for 2017-18 (Nov ’16-April ‘17) , Annual Fellow retreats (Jan and Sept ‘17) and training for 20 high performing second year Fellow Advisors (Jul ’17- Apr ‘18)
• Conducted assessment centers (ACs) and interviews to select the incoming cohort of Teach For India. Lead a team of on-site selectors to efficiently conduct 4 ACs

Jun 2014 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos · Hyderabad

• Taught 51 students in a grade 3 classroom at Government Primary school, CPL
• Achieved an average growth of 1.2 year in English and 56% average math mastery in the first year of fellowship by continuously evaluating student data, reworking strategy and using a differentiated approach to teach students of all learning levels and learning styles
• Nominated along with 22 other fellows for the Transformational Impact Journey (TIJ) in Hyderabad
• Pursuing a Be The Change Project- UMEED to empower 4 women from the Amberpet community
• Trains and works with 35 teachers in a low cost private school- Hymavathi High school, Amberpet as a part of a teacher training and support project

Mar 2016 – May 2016 · 2 mos · Hyderabad

• Part of a team that designs a MOOC program for Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) aspirants to prepare for the exam
• Developed courses for 'addressing the needs of the disabled' and 'place of mathematics in the curriculum'

Jul 2015 – Apr 2016 · 9 mos · Hyderabad

• Undertook a community engagement project with 4 women of the Amberpet community
• Empowered them with the skills, values and mindsets required to work outside their house
• Taught the skills to make handicrafts of optimum quality using cheap raw material.
• Sold the products at local flea markets and corporate offices.

Apr 2015 – Jun 2015 · 2 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Worked with the Teachers Choice team at Talent Sprint
• Facilitated teacher training sessions at Chirec International School, Hyderabad over a span of 3 days in June, 2015; with a NPS of 66%
• Researched and planned training sessions for teachers in Growth mindset, self awareness and character development.

Jul 2013 – Dec 2013 · 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Simulated a high-speed DDR3L interface to check for Signal Integrity with Simultaneous Switching Output (SSO)
• Simulation using Sentinel-SSO and correlation of the results with HSPICE simulations
• Gave feedback for Sentinel-SSO debug and software enhancements and suggested temporary workarounds for some bugs in the software

May 2012 – Jul 2012 · 2 mos · Hyderabad

• Worked with the Ramayamma International Eye bank to develop innovative methods for eye donation awareness
• Conceptualized, video graphed and recorded a short video on eye donation awareness in Hindi, Telugu and English
• Re-designed an awareness pamphlet for the Ramayamma International Eye bank