Rohit Kumar

Experience

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  Sum Up Magazine

  Dec 2012 - Apr 2014

  Contributor

  I worked as a contributor in this Chattisgarh based National Magazine. Some of the published pieices included stories on Fradulent scams in India and second on Narendera Dabholkar and Anti-supersition Bill

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  HT Media Group

  Dec 2012 - Jan 2013

  Intern

  Hindustan times was my first media internship where I interned both on desk as well as on field. I assisted the Branch head in a breaking story on a murder case and also got some of my feature stories published in the City edition. I covered the reactions on Damini rape case from all over Amritsar and handled Hospitals, Education and Municipal Corporation beats.. I also assisted the Feature writer in interviewing Madhur Bhandharkar, a leading movie director and interviewed personally Suneet Singh Tulli, CEO of Datawind Company and runner up of Grasim Mr. India 2009. Show less

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  Webberz Educomp

  May 2013 - Jul 2013

  ESL Assistant

  Webberz Educomp is an Amritsar based British Council awarded IELTS Training institute. I worked here as an English as a Secondary Lanaguage (ESL) Assistant to a Trainer. My primary responsibilities included correcting daily writing sheets, handling mock test preparation, assisting Trainer in research for Reading, Writing and Listening modules of IELTS Test and training students with intermediate level English language in their verbal communication skills.

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  National Human Rights Commission.New Delhi

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2013

  Research Intern

  As an intern with National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), I went through some of the investigation files on various cases taken up by NHRC. I, alongwith the team of four lawyers, also visited "Bal Sahyog", a juvenile home established by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and made a report on the living conditions of inhabitants and gave some suggestions to improve the system. I also worked on a research topic on the "Role of NHRIs in cooperation with civil society in peaceful transition to democracy" with a team of fellow research interns. Show less

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  The Indian Express

  Dec 2013 - Dec 2013

  Internship

  I worked closely here with the best of the minds of investigative journalism in the region and tried to learn as much as possible on investigative reporting.My assignments included working on the beats like cyber crime, e governance, lokpal bill and its implementation in the Union territory and art&culture. I also had hands on experience in crime beat in the city while working as shadow reporter with Crime Reporter.

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  The Greys of Politics

  May 2014 - Jun 2014

  Blogger
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  The World Reporter

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Content Intern

  The World Reporter is an open online students’ journal with a motive of making news media open and more free, changing the traditional way of how news is delivered. Students are the most active and promising pillar of a democracy, we at The World Reporter provide students around the world an established platform to express their views on the global issues or the issues in their country that needs international attention.I did internship here writing pieces on International Relations, Conflict Studies, World Polity and Indian PoliticsFind my articles at http://www.theworldreporter.com/author/rohit-sachdeva Show less

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  The Hindu

  Jun 2014 - Jun 2014

  Intern

  I reported in Metro Plus, City Edition of The Hindu covering events related to food, fashion, arts and culture.Some of the personalities I interviewed included Neha Dhupia, Irfan Khan, Abhay Deol, Chef Kunal Kapoor, Carnatic Vocalist Dr. Sumitra Nitin, Historian Dr. Chitra Madhavan, Poet and Writer Dr. Laksmisree Banerjee.

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  PRS Legislative Research

  Jun 2015 - May 2016

  Legislative Assistant to Mr. Varun Gandhi

  -Preparing Parliamentary Questions and notices for sessions and background material for parliamentary interventions (on soil fertility, agro-climatic research in the country and impact of changing climate on health of the population. Crop Insurance, Human Trafficking and Unorganised Labour, Manual Scavenging, Non Performing Assets (NPAs), The Aadhar Bill and various legislative pieces introduced in Lok Sabha for Budget and Monsoon Session)-Drafting Resolutions for Private Member Business in Lok Sabha.-Analysing Railways and Union Budgets and preparing briefs for Demands of Grants Speeches during Budget SessionPrivate Member bill drafted: National Asylum Bill, 2016 Show less

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  Office of Mr Varun Gandhi

  May 2016 - Nov 2016

  Research Assistant

  -Working on Policy Briefs and providing research material for Parliamentary interventions (on E-Waste, Medical Debt, Judicial Reforms, National Electric Vehicles Mission, Civil Aviation Policy, New Education Policy, Parliamentary Reforms)-Working on speeches for various academic institutions, bills and interventions in Parliament and constituency tours-Stakeholder management by drafting proposals and communications for ministries on various issues and concerns as received from civil society organisations-Providing Background research material for articles to be published for various newspapers;-Managing the proposals and coordination with district authorities for allocation of various projects under MPLADS FundPrivate Member Bills drafted: The Constitutional Amendment on appointment of Election Commissioners, Amendments in Representation of People’s Act and Labour Exchanges for formalising unorganised labour Show less

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  Dua Consulting

  Jan 2017 - Jun 2020

  Associate Consultant

  Devising and executing Government Relations strategy (advocacy campaigns, government communications,technical analysis, go-to market strategies for government business etc.) for multinational companies enteringthe Indian marketo Stakeholder management/communication throughout the chain of GR (Government Relations) strategyincluding client servicing, government stakeholder management, Liasoning with industry bodies, Key OpinionLeaders (KoLs) and field experts to implement the strategieso Regular policy and regulatory affairs research and tracking of specified areas of clients’ interesto Drafting white papers and government messaging for specific policy askso Client assistance in regulatory filings in the areas of Drugs and Cosmetics, Biodiversity, Medical DeviceRegistration etc. Show less

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  BSAG Consulting (strategic partner of McLarty Associates)

  Jul 2020 - Nov 2021

  Policy Consultant

  Devising and executing go to market, and government business strategy for some of the largest companies inworld, including world’s largest cannabis company, two Fortune 100 companies working in communicable andnon-communicable diseases, and the largest education assessment company in the world.o Regular policy and regulatory affairs tracking of specified areas of clients’ interesto Research and market strategy design for various possible business investments for sovereign wealth funds, and Private Equity (PE) Funds Show less

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  Zoom

  Dec 2021 - now

  • Head of Government Relations, India

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Government Relations Specialist - India

    Dec 2021 - Oct 2023
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  B20 Brasil

  Jan 2023 - Aug 2023

  • Member, Task Force on Future of Work, Skilling and Mobility

    Jan 2023 - Aug 2023

  • Member, Task Force on ESG in Business

    Jan 2023 - Aug 2023