Aug 2020 – Mar 2021 · 7 mos

Apr 2019 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos · Pune Area, India

• Setting up the Communications team and work process for building awareness of the cause, outreach
• Strengthening M&E structures at SAF
• Exploring potential partnerships to increase the reach of interventions in India
• Led the revamp of www.safindia.org

Aug 2018 – Apr 2019 · 8 mos · Pune Area, India

• - Co-managed SAF's first flagship project that provides holistic career guidance to grade 10 students of all state board schools in partner states

Mar 2018 – Aug 2018 · 5 mos · Pune Area, India

• Co-led the Digital Pune Mission along with Pune Municipal Corporation and Pune City Connect which had trained over 32,000 people till then
• Designing and standardized processes (assessed current mobilization methods and prepared an outreach mobilization kit for centre staff, SOP for household mapping to assess % of households trained in Digital Literacy)
• Data Management (Go-to person for CRM tool, Documentation of enrolled and assessed from 27 centres, Validation, Impact assessment)
• Monitoring and evaluating day-to-day work of implementation partners (regular visits to the centre, capacity building of centre staff, quality check, etc.)

Aug 2017 – May 2018 · 9 mos · Pune Area, India

• Led the social media marketing business of the company
• Supported in marketing communications for attracting candidates for retail as well as on-site training
• Designed courses for soft skills for different segments

Jun 2016 – Jul 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Over 3 years, led the program at Mentor Me India (MMI) since its early days and grew the intervention from 30 children to nearly 900 children and youth being impacted across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane in Maharashtra
• Contributed in the recruitment process for over 900 volunteers; achieved an overall 60% year-on-year retention rate of volunteer mentors and over 90% year-on-year retention rate of mentees
• Planned and drove organization-level goals to maintain the quality of the program by leading a team of 7 Program Coordinators at MMI
• Achieved scale while ensuring that the quality of the program is maintained
• Oversaw design and implementation of the program and evaluated the impact of the intervention on children and mentors
• Strengthened MMI’s curriculum and support to primary stakeholders
• Built and maintained relationships with local NGOs and school partners as well as donor partners

May 2015 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Mentored Program team and initiated partnership with different NGOs and schools
• Managed 30 mentor-mentee pairs across 2 centres
• Co-led ideation and implementation of India’s first National Mentoring Conference which saw 50+ NGOs participating that led to strategic partnerships

May 2014 – May 2015 · 1 yr

• Matched and supported 60 mentor-mentee pairs across 2 centres while managing relationships with school partners
• Co-facilitated training for mentors and children throughout the year

Mar 2014 – Mar 2014 · 0 mo · Ullon, South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal

Aug 2013 – Sep 2013 · 1 mo · Satara District, Maharashtra, India

• Conducted field action research on implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Satara District, Maharashtra.

Jul 2012 – Mar 2013 · 8 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Nov 2011 – Dec 2011 · 1 mo · Pune

May 2011 – Jun 2011 · 1 mo · Pune Area, India

Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 · 0 mo

• Portfolio of Articles: http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/topic/shwetadandekar/

Nov 2010 – Dec 2010 · 1 mo

May 2010 – Jun 2010 · 1 mo