Shekhar Jain, PhD

Associate Consultant

Delhi, India6 yrs 7 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in urban transportation and informal economy.
PhD focused on standardization in the informal sector.
Extensive policy experience with government departments.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Public Policy and Transportation expert with a focus on informal economy and standards.

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Skills

Core Skills

Policy ResearchProject ManagementPublic PolicyPublic EngagementPublic InfrastructureQualitative & Quantitative Research MethodologiesAnalytical SkillsStrategic ThinkingProblem Solving

Other Skills

CommunicationLegislationGovernmental AffairsSecondary ResearchGoogle SheetsReport WritingPresentation SkillsAttention to DetailQuantitative ResearchEconomicsPolicy AnalysisTime ManagementPolicy DevelopmentPolicy AdviceQualitative Data

About

I am a science, technology and policy scholar with expertise in urban transportation, informal economy, standards. I have completed PhD from the Center for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, focusing on standardization of innovation in informal economy considering the case of informal transportation. My research also extends to small and medium-scale industries and the informal sector, examining aspects such as value chain, innovation, standardization, legitimacy, governance, and frugality. In addition, I have extensive exposure of the policy space, and have worked with Cabinet Minister (Transport, IT, Law, AR, and Revenue), GNCTD from Sep 2019 to Aug 2022. Additionally, I have been working with children and women at margin for past decade.

Experience

6 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 3 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Delhi legislative assembly

Associate Fellow

Sep 2019 – Aug 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos

During the course of fellowship worked with several department of Delhi government and provided project management, diagnostic, research, and data management support in several projects such as Electric Vehicle policy implementation, Online driving learners license test, Zero fatality project, Transport faceless scheme, One Delhi App, Women driver hiring for DTC buses, Bus Aggregator Scheme, Odd Even Policy, COVID relief to DBT, CCTV deployment in buses and its command-control center management, HSRP portal development.

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Delhi university

Assistant Professor

Sep 2014 – Apr 2015 · 7 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

CommunicationSecondary ResearchStrategic ThinkingPolicy ResearchQualitative & Quantitative Research MethodologiesProblem Solving+6

Tecesq

2 roles

Senior Research Associate

Promoted

Mar 2014 – Sep 2014 · 6 mos

CommunicationSecondary ResearchAnalytical SkillsProject ManagementStrategic ThinkingQualitative & Quantitative Research Methodologies+6

Research Associate

Feb 2013 – Feb 2014 · 1 yr

CommunicationSecondary ResearchAnalytical SkillsProject ManagementStrategic ThinkingQualitative & Quantitative Research Methodologies+5

Sagacious research

Patent Analyst

Jun 2012 – Jan 2013 · 7 mos · Gurgaon, India

Secondary ResearchAnalytical SkillsStrategic ThinkingProblem SolvingGoogle SheetsPresentation Skills+1

Defence research and development organisation (drdo)

Trainee

May 2011 – Jul 2011 · 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Worked on Graphene and CNT growth by APCVD (Atmospheric pressure chemical deposition) method and their Characterization. The other aspect of the training was Low Pressure CVD system installation and operation.

Secondary ResearchStrategic ThinkingProblem SolvingPresentation SkillsAttention to Detail

Sri venkateswara college, delhi university

Editor and Designer-College Magazine

Aug 2009 – Aug 2010 · 1 yr · New Delhi

Strategic ThinkingProblem SolvingPresentation SkillsAttention to Detail

Live on campus, india

Intern

Jul 2008 – Apr 2009 · 9 mos · New Delhi Area, India

This Internship entailed promoting this new concept of a campus news portal within the college and motivating students to write and express their views about the campus.

Secondary ResearchStrategic Thinking