Gurpreet Kaur — CEO

She is a veteran in leading turnkey projects in Community Engagement across various social domains for national and international organizations such as the World Bank, UNICEF, AusAID, IFRC, TERI, and NIUA. Her expertise lies in Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) strategies focused on Water, Health, Sanitation, and Waste Management. Currently, she serves as a Consultant for HCL's Clean Sector project. Her impactful work has positively influenced over 20,000 individuals, earning her accolades like the Best Capacity Builder award from Weaving Synergies and the title of Master Trainer by the Municipal Commissioner of Faridabad for the Swachh Faridabad Campaign. As a Solid Waste Management Expert at the Centre for Environment Education, she developed and implemented a strategic outreach plan for the Clean Sector Project in Noida, in collaboration with HCL, during the pandemic. This initiative contributed to Noida’s improved ranking in the Swachh Survekshan over the past three years. Leading the non-profit Action in Community and Training, she spearheaded the UNDP-SGP-GEF initiative on "Waste to Livelihoods," recycling Tetra Pak into paper and empowering grassroots women financially while benefiting the environment. As a CSR leader, she directed the "Leukemia Crusaders" initiative for Gionee Mobiles, transforming it from a budding organization into a five-year-old pan-India entity. The initiative supported 15 hospitals across 7 states, assisting over 500 children in their battle against leukaemia. In her role as Organization Development Manager at the International Federation of Red Cross, she established and operationalized the Red Cross Branch of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, successfully raising funds for it from the Danish Red Cross. As a consultant with the Centre for Environment Education for the Aawam (Achieving Action in Waste Management) project, she advanced livelihood initiatives through waste management with SHGs in Puri, Orissa. Leading the Pilot Project on Waste Management in the Bhalaswa Resettlement Colony under the Yamuna Action Plan Awareness Project, which achieved the 3Rs of waste management. She facilitated the creation of various small-scale ventures on livelihoods from waste among the underprivileged. At the onset of her career, her commitment to the UNICEF UBS project socially empowered women in Rourkela Steel City and enabled them to establish small enterprises through SHGs, microcredit, and bank linkages, leading to their financial empowerment.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Community Engagement and Social Development expert with a focus on Waste Management and Health initiatives.

Location: Faridabad, Haryana, India

Experience: 30 yrs

Skills

Solid Waste Management
Program Management
Corporate Social Responsibility
Capacity Building
Training Development
Project Management

Career Highlights

Led impactful community engagement projects for global organizations.
Awarded Best Capacity Builder for significant social contributions.
Transformed leukemia support initiatives into a national program.

Work Experience

WICCI-Corporate Sustainability Council

President , Faridabad Council (1 yr)

Centre for Environment Education

SWM Expert (6 yrs 4 mos)

Leukemia Crusaders

Director (4 yrs 8 mos)

SAR Electric Mobility

Senior Manager -CSR (2 yrs)

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Organisational Development Manager (3 yrs 4 mos)

Jps Associates Private Limited, Management Consultants

Senior Social Development Consultant (1 yr 9 mos)

Centre for Environment Education

Associate Consultant (11 mos)

TERI - The Energy and Resources Institute

Capacity Building Consultant (1 yr 5 mos)

National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)

Capacity Building Consultant (1 mo)

Practical Action

Capacity Building Consultant (1 mo)

AICURD

Project Manager (1 yr 4 mos)

National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)

Training and Monitoring Associate (4 yrs)

Government Of National Capital Territory Of Delhi

Assistant Project Officer, Urban Basic Services , UNICEF Project. (9 yrs 8 mos)

UNICEF PROJECT - Rourkela Municipality

Community Development Officer (4 yrs 11 mos)

Education

Master's degree at National Institute of Technology Rourkela

Master of Arts - MA at Kurukshetra University

B.Sc at Government College Rourkela

Gurpreet Kaur

CEO

Faridabad, Haryana, India30 yrs experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led impactful community engagement projects for global organizations.
Awarded Best Capacity Builder for significant social contributions.
Transformed leukemia support initiatives into a national program.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Community Engagement and Social Development expert with a focus on Waste Management and Health initiatives.

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Skills

Core Skills

Solid Waste ManagementProgram ManagementCorporate Social ResponsibilityCapacity BuildingTraining DevelopmentProject Management

Other Skills

Business StrategyChange ManagementCoachingCoordinationEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsEntrepreneurshipFundraisingHuman ResourcesInterpersonal SkillsLeadershipManagementOperational PlanningOrganization SkillsOrganizational Development

About

Experience

Wicci-corporate sustainability council

President , Faridabad Council

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Faridabad, Haryana, India · Hybrid

Centre for environment education

SWM Expert

Nov 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 4 mos · Delhi, India

Solid waste Management Expert ,
Social Development & CSR Consultant
E-waste Management Expert

Public SpeakingSolid Waste Management

Leukemia crusaders

Director

Oct 2013 – Jun 2018 · 4 yrs 8 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Development and Management of the Corporate Trust with the Board of Trustees. Strategy and Programme Planning and Management . Overseeing the Financial Budget provisions .

Interpersonal SkillsOrganizational DevelopmentOrganization SkillsProgram Management

Sar electric mobility

Senior Manager -CSR

Oct 2011 – Oct 2013 · 2 yrs

As Senior Manger -CSR Managed the functioning of the corporate Trust. Strategy , planning and Management of Philanthropic initiative of the Trust as well as the Rural Entrepreneurship Project.

Interpersonal SkillsOrganizational DevelopmentOrganization SkillsCorporate Social Responsibility

International federation of red cross and red crescent societies

Organisational Development Manager

Nov 2007 – Mar 2011 · 3 yrs 4 mos

As OD manager my role was of Capacity building of the Red cross state branches on how to develop their state branch . Advisory and Managing role for the HR , Finance , communications and administative set up at the national head quarters. Shoulder the responsibility of Country head in his absence .

Public SpeakingInterpersonal SkillsOrganizational DevelopmentOrganization SkillsCapacity Building

Jps associates private limited, management consultants

Senior Social Development Consultant

Jan 2006 – Oct 2007 · 1 yr 9 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

Project management for World Bank projects on Rural water & sanitation.

Centre for environment education

Associate Consultant

Feb 2005 – Jan 2006 · 11 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Project Management , Training & Capacity Building of Waste Management Project.

Teri - the energy and resources institute

Capacity Building Consultant

Aug 2003 – Jan 2005 · 1 yr 5 mos · TERI , New Delhi

Capacity building of the field facilitators & NGO’s on Participatory techniques, formation of Self Help groups,Water quality monitoring, organizing Jal Dhara samiti’s , safe water & hygiene.

Public SpeakingCapacity Building

National institute of urban affairs (niua)

Capacity Building Consultant

Jun 2003 – Jul 2003 · 1 mo · New Delhi

Developing the training module & course material for the respective Trainings & Capacity Building of the staff for formulating Area Development Plans & City Action Plan to achieve Participatory action in the water & sanitation sector at Ludhiana

Public SpeakingTraining Development

Practical action

Capacity Building Consultant

May 2003 – Jun 2003 · 1 mo · New Delhi Area, India

Capacity Buiding of SHG’s under the Livelihood initiatives of Goatery , Poultry and Cattle rearing in Uttar Pradesh (various villages in Vrindavan ,Mathura, Agra , Dholpur )

Public SpeakingCapacity Building

Aicurd

Project Manager

Dec 2001 – Apr 2003 · 1 yr 4 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

Team Leader for Project Management for the Pilot on Waste Management through Public Private Participation in the Yamuna Action Plan (JBIC)

Public SpeakingProject Management

National institute of urban affairs (niua)

Training and Monitoring Associate

Jan 1995 – Jan 1999 · 4 yrs · New Delhi Area, India

Project management & capacity building of the staff in the education project named Primary Education Enhancement project at Delhi .

Public SpeakingProject Management

Government of national capital territory of delhi

Assistant Project Officer, Urban Basic Services , UNICEF Project.

Aug 1991 – Apr 2001 · 9 yrs 8 mos · ITO Delhi

Planning & Developing a system to run the Urban Basic Services program (UBS) of UNICEF effectively in the South Delhi clusters.

Public SpeakingTeam ManagementOperational PlanningCapacity BuildingProgram Management

Unicef project - rourkela municipality

Community Development Officer

Sep 1986 – Aug 1991 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Rourkela , ORISSA · On-site

Empowerment of women through Livelihoods - Microcredit and Microfinance Project. Formation of SHG's Organising various Livelihood training from Government Institutions like Shramik Vidyapeeth, Achieving Bank linkages and training them on being Small Business women.