Vineeta Sinha

Experience

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  Sahbhagi Shikshan Kendra

  Jun 1994 - Nov 1996

  Program Manager

  A. Program Management• Program management for Panchayati Raj Institutions in UP. Capacity Building of elected members of PRIs w.r.t their powers, responsibilities for Local Self-Governance, Gender & Empowerment• Organisational Development of local NGOs, Institutional Capacity Building for local NGO partners in Jharkhand, Bihar, M.P. Uttaranchal, • Development of IEC print material for the 73rd Amendment; local self-governance programs.• Lobbying, advocacy with Govt. of UP for decentralization of financial powers to the elected members of the PRIs • Lead Trainer with State Govt officials for PRI members. • Developed Training materials for training for Panchayati Raj: ToT and 2nd level training materials, IEC materialsB. Communication & Networking• Have delivered speeches at the All India Radio on women’s empowerment through Panchayat Raj• Major Specialisation was involved in the New Panchayati Raj Act and Gender Issues as a Program Coordinator. • Written documents on TOT manuals for partner NGOs on Panchayat Raj and some reading materials for the elected leaders of Panchayats of UP• Training of Trainers in Panchayati Raj from State Institute of Rural Development, Lucknow, Participatory research in Asia {PRIA, Delhi}, National Institute of Rural Development• Organized two days seminar for elected women Panchas of UP by the Coordination Unit of International Women's Conference, Beijing in 1995• Partnered with 45 NGOs in UP• Lobbying, advocacy with Govt. of UP for decentralization & devolution of financial powers to the elected members of the PRIs. Show less

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  CARE India

  Nov 1996 - May 2001

  A. Program Management• Strategy development for Alternative Education and Residential Bridge schools for Girls’ Primary Education Project in UP (DFID), (Primary Education and Pre-school Education), • Partnership building with local NGOs for program operations, development of MoUs, Capacity Building• Curriculum development, Cohort material development, training of teachers, community schools established, residential bridge course for adolescent girls. • Networking and Influencing the State level Policy Decision-making through advocacy, strategic in-house review meetings, and divisional briefings for Executive Board members. B. Human Resource Management• Team mgt of 2 partner NGOs: director and Program Coordinators• Reporting to State Administration and Director of GE at HQC. Communication & Networking• Working closely with Developing communication materials for Community Mobilisation Show less

  • Free-lance consultant(Documentation)

    Jul 2000 - May 2001

  • Project Coordinator

    Nov 1996 - Jul 2000
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  CommonWealth (CEMCA) and IGNOU

  Jun 2001 - Sept 2003

  National Manager

  A. Program Management• Program management with Adult Learning/State Resource centers and MSSF for ICT skills based leaning for Adult Literacy Project for Commonwealth of Learning (COL), selection of compatible partners, grant making processes and signing the MoUs, Project coordination, management with partner NGOs & quasi-Govt. NGOs in advocacy • Development Communication materials (ICT based), participatory training-TNA, Instructional design, monitoring and evaluation, partnership building, advocacy, research, awareness of HIV/AIDS among communitiesB. Human Resource Management• Team mgt of 9 members. Capacity Building through training in instructional design methods to partner NGOs in three States of India. • Responsible for the selection of compatible partners, grant making processes and signing the MoUs with partners. • Team Management: 3 State resource centers in 3 states: Raj, MP, TN• Reporting to Asia Regional DirectorC. Communication & Networking• Project coordination, management with partner NGOs & quasi-Govt. NGOs in advocacy, Capacity Building through training and administration. Computer literacy manuals for adult neo-literates, Process Documentation of community Tele-learning centers• Conducted a web-based research on ICT integration with education projects across South-Asian Countries : available at the following linkhttp://www.unescobkk.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ict/e-books/metasurvey/3country_south.pdf; http://www.scribd.com/doc/31191295/ICT-in-Education-India Show less

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  MART Global Management Solutions LLP

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  RESEARCH

  Behaviour and KAP study for Comunication strategy for UNICEF on watsan issues in Rajasthan

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  UNICEF

  Oct 2003 - Oct 2004

  Research Manager

  Qualitative and Quantitative Research1)BCC study for UNICEF-Rajasthan- for Water and Sanitation project Participatory Planning, Team management, tools development, Advocacy-Govt. of Rajasthan (GoR).2)identification of Indicators for Poverty Assessment through participation

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  World Links

  Nov 2004 - Dec 2006

  National Manager

  A. Program Management• Program development and management of Telecenters with Dept of Social Welfare, Municipal Corporation of Delhi Schools for Capacity Building of youths in IT skills• Set up the India operations while the Supervisor was based out of US. Developed partnership with Deptt of Social Welfare, MCD for establishing tele-learning centers• Entrepreneurship skill building through Integrating ICT initiatives for adolescent youths for vocational skill development for livelihood opportunities, funded by Microsoft Community Affairs. Providing guidance to Accenture ICT initiatives in Maharashtra in partnership with Govt. schools. Team Leader in Research for livelihood opportunities in villages for adolescent youths, counseling of adolescentsB. Communication & Networking• Spearheading of transferring of project learning between initiatives within India and outside India through online teleconferencing, quarterly reporting to HQs and other country offices• Liaising between World Links global program management team and India-wide initiatives;• Nurturing of partnerships and cordial relationships with senior level MCD and Delhi Govt. officials, partners, and outside vendorsC. Human Resource Management• Management of all project finances in the country, including project budgeting, staff expenses and salaries, disbursements and financial reporting and directly reporting to HQs in US.• Oversight of a team of 13 Personnel, focused on launching of Microsoft Community Affairs project and supporting community technology learning center initiatives in Delhi, ICT initiatives to promote livelihood among women and girls• Reporting to Program Director in US Show less

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  ISF, a CSR of NASSCOM

  Jan 2007 - Jul 2008

  Director, Program-Operations

  •Grant making to partner NGOs for strengthening Education projects; Institutional Capacity Building for partner NGOs in Education projects (Primary Education and Pre-school Education), curriculum devt, planning, CB of teachers: Providing technical expertise in pedagogy and teacher development for primary education.•Develop framework for M&E •Brand building at external forums. Learning outcome assessment of children.• Write Annual Reports and send these to the donors in a timely manner.• Devise smooth administrative systems to govern the office operations• Ensure compliance with all legal and fiscal requirements, such as the audit. Prepare and monitor program budgetsProgrammatic responsibilities• Develop an annual operational plan, Design and implement Alternate Education programs in line with the goals and objectives of the project: Taking Education to the Streets funded by Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. The project is targeting the Street and Working Children.• Develop an MIS reporting systems for the project.• Develop systems to design the curriculum, monitor the progress of children, retention, reducing drop-outs, integrating child-friendly activities in teaching-learning sessions, health lesson plans • Conceptualized the library and story-telling sessions for children, created an activity bank integrated with the curriculum.• Training of extension workers for programmatic approach in implementation. Writing reports for donors, ministry, media, and visitors.• Monitor the utilization of budgetPedagogy and Training:• Providing supportive supervision to partner NGOs regarding the technical and academic inputs, Multi-level multi-grade teaching methodologies for teaching curriculum accomplished.Advocacy; •Networking and advocacy with NIOS for mainstreaming of students• Advocacy with MCD, other NGOs who have been working with street children.• Networking with Children’s Book Trust, National Book Trust for establishing libraries. Show less

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  Great Indian Dream Foundation

  Aug 2008 - Feb 2009

  National Manager

  • Program Management• Spearheading all Pre-school and Primary Education projects in 8 states (Gujarat, M.P., Assam, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Delhi).• Curriculum development, for 66 schools (Primary Education and Pre-school Education) and 27 middle level functionaries from the state offices, Preparing Annual Reports, monthly reports, consolidated reports; liaise with Governing Board to fulfill the strategic objectives. Lobbying and advocacy with SCERT, DIET for training support and material support for field level teachers Show less

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  Save the Children UK

  Mar 2009 - May 2012

  Grants Coordinator (Institutional Fundraising-Resource Mobilisation Team)

  • A. Program Management• Ideating, concept development with State offices for proposal development for themes-Education, Health and Nutrition, Child Protection• Monitoring and evaluation, Capacity building of local partners on thematic and M&E B. Resource Mobilisation• Spearheading donor relations management for education projects and creating a positive environment for collaboration and increased funding opportunities for the organization-Public Private partnerships, Institutional Partnerships, local and international (ECHO, EU, USAID, UNICEF, Big Lottery Fund, Comic Relief, Grand Challenges)• Preparing MIS for Grants management, forecasting of budgets, donor reporting, clearing the observations of audit for compliances• Follow Request for Proposals (RFP) and Expressions of Interest (EOI), meting out donor compliances. Content creation for reports, proposals for educationC. Human Resource Management• Team management of 6 personnel, Reporting to Director-Program Operations & Head Fundraising Show less

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  Sightsavers

  May 2012 - Sept 2012

  Senior Manager

  • Resource Mobilisation• Created strategy for Institutional Fundraising from Indian Institutions such as Trusts, Foundations (Non-Corporate); Public Sector Undertakings & the Government-Local/State/Central, including setting targets & milestones• Worked closely with other key Program teams in the organization

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  Http://eqfi.org/

  Sept 2012 - Jan 2014

  Senior Manager

  EQFI is a not-for-profit Trust registered in 2007 in New Delhi. EQFI has experience in conducting baseline and endline learning outcome assessment for various interventions across India, and has been formally accepted as an institutional member of the Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific (NEQMAP). NEQMAP has been convened by UNESCO Bangkok to strengthen education systems and improve the quality of education in the Asia-Pacific region through collaborative efforts. EQFI has developed its own 'Quality Accreditation' standard document for school accreditation. It is a proud achievement to be selected as one of the empanelled agencies by CBSE for school accreditation Show less

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  CRY - Child Rights and You

  Feb 2014 - Aug 2015

  General Manager

  Activities Performed ► Program Management from 4 Regional offices, 33 states with partner NGOs► Development and establishing the National level Monitoring Dashboards with established indicators for thematic areas of Child Protection, Education, Health, Skills and vocational education.► Developed Position Papers for Programming in Education, health and Child Protection for the organization.► Presented papers with Department of Social Justice about progress and showcase of case studies, successful demonstration of projects.► Worked in partnership with Navarun the Rising Ray, North East Educational Trust, NGOs in Guwahati for, Education & health, disaster affected areas, rehab and relief.► Advocacy with the government for Child Rights, in the states of India► Monitor program selection and implementation with a view to ensure that they address issues and are responsive to needs of stakeholder communities. ►Help the Regional Offices to create, support and maintain relationships, networks and movements that influence policy formulation and implementation.►Design and implement partner training programs at a national level. To input and value add to partner training programs at region levels. . ►Developing M&E framework for Results Based Management Systems (RBMS) ►Anchor capacity building in SSA and RMSA education programs ► Alliance Building at national level and ensure alignment with State Alliances, State Child Protection committees, Juvenile justice boards ►Support and contribute in the annual planning process for development of goals, articulating annual objectives and formulating budget projections. ►Research – Documenting lessons from field to feed into the programming sector. ►Ensure overall quality, effectiveness and impact of development programs. Help the volunteers be associated with programs, gain on the job-training and skills to be enrolled with the development sector, ►Thematic sectors of intervention: Education, Child Protection, Nutrition, Health. Show less

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  Smile Train

  Oct 2015 - Aug 2016

  Regional Manager-Programs (East India and Nepal)

  B. Program Management• Managing and supporting existing treatment partners and grant recipients for their administrative needs, to ensure that programs are aligned with the overall goals, mission, priorities and policies of the organization, complying with safety and/or quality standards mandated by the Medical Advisory Board.• Identifying and developing suitable hospitals and surgeons for partnership development in underserved areas within the assigned territory, to expand the coverage of Smile Train partnerships and programs.• Facilitating and coordinating periodic quality checks/ audits (both Financial and Medical), to ensure that partner hospitals reflect consistent standards. C. Human Resource Management• Reaching out to potential donors and CSR events for brand development• Keeping the Regional Director-South Asia continually informed through periodic reports on major developments, key issues and progress against agreed targets.D. Resource Mobilisation• Anchor networks and forums for business development, through content development and presentation• Supporting the Communications & Fundraising team in implementing Marketing and PR strategies and events in the assigned region, to enhance Smile Train’s visibility among potential donors, in alignment with the organization’s overall goals of financial self-sufficiency.• Building and nurturing strategic linkages with suitable external partners, e.g. local corporates, medical educational institutions etc. that can function as ‘force multipliers’ to bolster Smile Train’s fundraising plans in India.E. Communication & Networking• Generating content (case stories and photographs) from the field, collating impactful stories to support the marketing team locally as well as globally. Show less

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  Extramarks Education Foundation

  Dec 2017 - Jul 2018

  General Manager

  Identification of Govt schools for partnership for IT based educationCapacity building of teachers in digital pedagogy in Govt schoolsStrategy development for impact assessment of digital classrooms, content, awards etcAdvocacy, networking, leadership in program management Set up and provide on the job support for smart classes in Govt schools

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  Smile Foundation

  Sept 2018 - Nov 2018

  General Manager

  Resource Mobilisation by writing proposals for projects benefiting Women and children in the thematics of Education, Health, LivelihoodsWriting proposals for Awards in Education of women's empowerment

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  FWA - Federation for World Academics

  Dec 2018 - Jun 2022

  Co-Director, Health & Wellness, honorary position

  ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/federation-for-world-academics/► Organising HR Conclaves, events with Higher education Institutions► Research on IIRF (Indian Institutional Ranking Framework) ► The Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF) is an authentic ranking framework in India, published by the Education Post since 2016. The ranking framework is intended to help students, parents, professionals, and consultants explore career options by listing all the top institutes in India in a single list. Advocacy for improving quality in Higher Education, ► Developing parameters for Ranking of higher education Institutions from Engineering, B-schools, Architecture, Management, Law, Design, Medicine, Universities► Writing articles for Education Post news Publication► HR Conclaves, Interviews of University and HR heads on Industry integration► Worked in close collaboration with NSDC, Sector Skill Councils to integrates skill development in Higher education Universities like Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies, SRM University, Amity University, International management Institute, Shri Venkateshwara UniversityResearch and Development, . Skill upgradation and facilitate networking of academiciansD. https://worldacademicsfederation.org/ Show less

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  KPMG

  Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

  State Education Specialist

  A. ► Providing advisory to the Directorate of School Education, Nagaland for capacity building in Governance and School Leadership► Monthly meetings with World Bank Program Leadership on the progress of the project► Advisory to the Directorate of School Education on creation of Cluster and Hub school model for effective utilisation of resources► Technical support to revision of curriculum and text books to the State of Nagaland as per NEP with inclusion of local content. ► Strategy development for capacity building of the education leaders ► Capacity building for school leaders, schoolteachers on exam reforms► Preparation of Terms of Reference for hiring external consultants for monitoring dashboards for attendance, student and teachers’ data.► Working closely with Leadership teams across Education, Environment, Social work Departments, and other community decision makers. ►Strategy development for micro plans for school development and community mobilization ►Integration of Virtual Labs content for secondary education with Amrita University on DIKSHA portal. ► Coordination with PSS Central Institute of Vocational Education (PSSCIVE) for establishment of innovative model of Vocational Education in Schools, development and design of content for Employability skills as per NEP 2020. Consultancy assignment for World bank funded project for Government advisory for State Education Project, Nagaland Education Classroom Teaching and Resources (NECTAR, World Bank Project)B. Strategy development for capacity building of the education leaders (SCERT, DIET) for strengthening quality of education . Strategy development for capacity building of SMCs/SMDCs for developing microplans for school development and community mobilisation.Developing ICT based curriculum and integrated TLMs and training to execute the classroom pedagogy and e-learning platforms in adverse conditions. Show less

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  Ernst & Young Global Consulting Services

  Nov 2022 - Feb 2023

  ►The Epic turnaround Journey of DIKSHA content review, content partners, design SoPs, school transformation with a holistic approach. ►Designed Learning outcomes mapped with curriculum for content development and onboarding on DIKSHA platform. ►Designed Micro-learning initiatives for Education leadership for Capacity building and digital content creation for Classroom transaction. ►Government advisory for e-learning platforms of NCERT in Foundational learning, Children with Special Needs, Teacher training courses. ►Briefing meetings with Director, Joint Secretary for program progress. ►Content review for Outreach on social media of NCERT for reaching out to parents, caregivers, stakeholders. ►Set up The KPIs and synergy established with different departments and stakeholders in education like NITI Aayog, Department of Science and Technology, Environment, Microenterprise. ►Ensuring convergence of all schemes, policies, data dashboards wrt integration of Skills with National Education Policy (NEP). ►Developed and implemented an outreach strategy for various programs of NCERT. Research on Bagless Days as envisioned in NEP 2020 ►Coordination, infrastructure and software enablement for analytical visuals for States/UTs for Vidya Samiksha Kendra ►Research for universalizing the screening indicators for CWSN students in schools, capacity building of Special Educators, development and management of mobile application – PRASHAST, designed for Skill Development of teachers in the initial screening of children with disabilities. ►Integration of Virtual Labs content for secondary education with Amrita University on DIKSHA portal. ►Coordination with PSS Central Institute of Vocational Education (PSSCIVE) for establishment of innovative model of TVET in Schools, development and design of content for Employability skills as per NEP 2020. ►Skill building of teachers (NISHTHA) in Cyber Security, Digital content creation in 36 States and UTs. Show less

  • Program Manager

    Jan 2022 - Feb 2023

  • Senior Education Consultant

    Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
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  Plan International

  Mar 2023 - Aug 2023

  Education Specialist @ Plan International

  The position was funded by Reckitt Benckiser ► Plan India implements three major programmes funded by Reckitt India, namely, Dettol School Hygiene Education Program, The Birds and Bees Talk and Reach Each Child. Together the programmes cover 12 major states of India and reach 15 million individuals. Plan India implements three major programmes funded by Reckitt India, Durex, namely, Dettol School Hygiene Education Program, The Birds and Bees Talk and Reach Each Child. Together the programmes cover 12 major states of India and reach 15 million individuals.►Launched with the support of respective state governments, TBBT has a 2-level interactive, animated curriculum that covers growing up and life skills, to promote the core principles of inclusion, awareness, consent, awareness and protection in 6 North East States (NES) of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim. ►Program design and Development with a Logical Framework, ideating the Inputs, Outputs, Outcomes, Activities aligning the long-term vision ►Build thematic understanding and provide regular opportunities for the Project teams to share best practices, build capacity and strengthen delivery and for bringing wider impact. ►Designing of Monitoring Dashboards with SMART indicators for progress monitoring. ►Development of KPIs for Program development, Monitoring and Evaluation, Impact assessment. ►Set Up Atal Tinkering Labs in partnership with Department of Science and technology, Environment, Education in 5 schools in Uttar Pradesh. ►Training strategy development for adolescents in TVET, in 6 states of North East. ►Worked in close collaboration with Water management and Plumbing Skill Council, Sports, Physical Education, Fitness & leisure Skills Council, Beauty & Wellness Sector Skill Council, Electronics Sector Skills Council, Healthcare Sector Skill Council, Management & Entrepreneurship and Professional Skills Council, Media & Entertainment Skill Council Show less

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  Ernst & Young Global Consulting Services

  Nov 2023 - now

  Program Manager

  National Digital Library, Rashtriya e-Pustakalaya leading in 19 States including 7 Sisters from North-East. Expanding to the remaining States further after the launch►Crowdsourcing of content, meta-tagging, content management for developing Mobile application for Library, an ambitious project under the aegis of Ministry of Education, Department of School Education. The mobile app was launched by the Honorable Education Minister, Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan on Feb 10, 2024. ► Meta tagging, Metadata, Mobilisation of book titles from Publishers► Sourcing of books from States (SCERTs), Publishers► Book descriptions, tagging Genre, categories for uploading of content.► Liaison and networked with SCERTs of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Mizoram for books for e-library.► Negotiating with State and National Publishers for acquisition of books for elibrary.► Development of Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) for setting up elibrary for national Book Trust-Acquisition, Rights of Publishers, Print, digital rights► Development of dashboard for analytics on usage of elibrary by consumers across all ages wrt Genre, book titles, preferences, reading time, choice of authors, publishers etc.► Development of KPIs for Monitoring dashboards, analytics, identify and analyze improvement areas for decision making and program gaps that need immediate attention► Managed the counter at World Book fair for NCERT at NBT inaugurated and launched by Hon’ble Education Minister Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan in Feb 24.► Developed strategy for outreach, establishment of library clubs in States and schools across all states in India. Show less