Soumita Basu

Co-Founder

Kolkata, West Bengal, India12 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of an inclusive fashion brand.
  • Expert in design thinking and strategic communications.
  • Strong background in policy research and advocacy.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Social Impact Entrepreneur with expertise in Inclusive Design and Policy Advocacy.

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Skills

Core Skills

Design ThinkingCreativity And InnovationCommunication

Other Skills

Qualitative ResearchProgram EvaluationCapacity BuildingResearchInternational DevelopmentPolicy AnalysisCorporate Social ResponsibilityProgram DevelopmentNonprofitsProposal WritingCommunity DevelopmentReport WritingGrant WritingProgram ManagementPublic Policy

About

A solution finder in a 'world of unreason'. Entrepreneur focussed on social impact. Started as a journalist and evolved in the practice of design thinking and systems thinking. Today universal design and Inclusive communications forms the core of my work. Inclusion, livelihoods, health, and governance tend to make my brain go on an intense workout. What I like most is actually just meeting people, hearing their stories, sharing a few moments - where agenda doesn't matter

Experience

Catalyst management services

Communications Lead

Aug 2020Mar 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos · India

CommunicationDesign Thinking

Zyenika inclusive fashion

Founder

Jan 2020Present · 6 yrs 2 mos · India

  • Zyenika is an award-winning market disruptor in the fashion space. Its purpose is to leverage technology to make fashion inclusive and adaptive. Zyenika designs and caters to all body types, abilities and identities, ensuring independence, dignity and self-expression.
  • Alongside, Zyenika is also enabling other fashion brands to become more inclusive.
  • Zyenika is a pioneer in this field with patented designs in India.
  • Zyenika believes in inclusion in every aspect of its business and hence, takes affirmative action to engage with workers and partners from marginalized communities.
Creativity and InnovationDesign Thinking

International institute of social studies (iss) of erasmus university rotterdam

Research Assistant

Mar 2014Jun 2014 · 3 mos

  • Assisted in literature review on Environmental Justice for an encyclopaedia entry

Independent consultant

Policy Research & Communications

Jan 2014Aug 2020 · 6 yrs 7 mos

  • Social Audit, Course development and Training Delivery(Fairwear Foundation, UNDP)
  • Report writing, Documentation, and proposal writing (ARROW, Merci Corps, SAWF, Feminist Approach to Technology, Best Practices Foundation);
  • Research Design and analysis services (Best Practices Foundation for Huairou Commission)
  • Copyediting services for academic papers and books (Conversation & Society, IIMs, ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Warwick amongst other academics from universities in USA, UK, Europe and India)
  • Content writing (Karvy, Vantage Magazine, yourstory.com amongst others)
Creativity and InnovationCommunication

Azim premji foundation

Specialist, Knowledge Resource Centre

Apr 2011Jun 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • As member of the Knowledge Management Team, assisted in Master course design and delivery at the University, Designed and implemented Action Research, conducted policy advocacy (based on experiential learning), copy edited popular and academic papers and books, data visualisation of large quantitative data, and creating audio visuals for dissemination focused on the themes of Assessment Reform and Community’s Role in the Education System.

Best practices foundation

Research Associate

Jan 2008Jan 2010 · 2 yrs

  • Core member of team working on Evaluations and Action Research in the field of Governance, Livelihoods
Design Thinking

The university of edinburgh

Associate Researcher

Jan 2006Jan 2008 · 2 yrs

  • Research and Publication for the project ‘Tracing pharmaceuticals in South Asia: regulation, distribution and consumption’ under principal investigator Roger Jeffrey. This project's outcomes have been used to assist the development of
  • effective interventions to improve Millennium Development Goals and other health outcomes, thereby contributing
  • to poverty-reduction strategies.

Soas university of london

Research Assistant

Jan 2006Jan 2006 · 0 mo

  • On dowry related domestic violence and death in India

Unicef india

Programme Communications

Jan 2006Jan 2006 · 0 mo

  • Designing communication tools for Behaviour Change Communication
Creativity and InnovationCommunication

Asian news international (ani)

Co Producer

Jan 2005Jan 2006 · 1 yr · New Delhi Area, India

  • Reported on External Affairs, Social Development and Business. Co-produced
  • South Asia Newsline, a weekday news bulletin covering major development and issues in South Asia.
Communication

Unicef

International Intern

Jan 2005Jan 2005 · 0 mo

  • Documented UNICEF’s intervention to prevent and eliminate child labour and disseminated through documentary film and published reports
Communication

Education

Asian College of Journalism

PG Diploma in Journalism — Broadcast Journalism

BBC World Service Trust

Certificate in Broadcast Journalism

International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam

Master's degree — Public Policy and Governance

University of Calcutta

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) — Sociology

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