Jaagruti Didwania

Operations Associate

United Arab Emirates5 yrs experience

Key Highlights

Columbia MPA graduate focused on sustainable development financing.
Experience in cross-sectoral advisory for social and climate impact.
Worked on projects across Asia and Africa.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a consultant with expertise in sustainable development and social impact across diverse sectors.

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About

Recent Columbia MPA graduate with concentration in financing models for sustainable development goals. Background in cross-sectoral advisory for governments, businesses and foundations with the underlying mission of scaling social and climate impact across Asia and Africa. Exploring aligned roles.

Experience

5 yrs

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Ifc - international finance corporation

Graduate Consultant

Jun 2024 – Aug 2024 · 2 mos · Singapore & Timor-Leste

Supported IFC Financial Institutions Group's Upstream and Advisory team in Asia-Pacific on MSME banking focused projects in Timor-Leste

Sall family foundation

Graduate Consultant

May 2024 – Aug 2024 · 3 mos · United States

Supported the foundation in building their energy and environment portfolio with a focus on providing catalytic philanthropy support for climate mitigation solutions in Asia and Africa

Sustainable investing research initiative (siri)

Teaching Assistant

Jan 2024 – May 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos · New York, United States

Assisted professors teaching courses under SIRI at Columbia SIPA and Climate School

Independent

Growth Consultant

Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 · 2 yrs · India · Remote

Drove business development and product management for mission driven enterprises in the digital finance sector.
Clients included Haqdarshak, Mahila Money, SHEROES, SEWA, SwaraVOW.

Fsg

Strategy Consultant

Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 · 2 yrs · India, Uganda, Singapore & Malaysia

Supported FSG's inclusive market work in India, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Key cases:
National market-based sanitation strategy for Uganda
Strategy overhaul for financial sustainability for Think City, a Malaysia-based urban planning firm
Series B fundraise for NamZ, Singapore-based nutrition focused food-tech company

Precision development (pxd)

Research Associate - Product Development

Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 · 1 yr

Built and improved product features for Precision Development's IVRS digital extension service for 1Mn+ farmers in India (Precision Development is a J-PAL partner organization)