Aastha Mathur

Aastha Mathur

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  • About me

    Business Development Manager, Aperanta FZE

  • Education

    • Lancer's Convent, Rohini

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      English, Psychology, History, Political Science and Economics

      Activities and Societies: • Vice Head Prefect, School’s Students’ Council (2005-2006) – Maintenance of discipline, Organization of Sport’s Activities and encouraging participation. • Cultural Executive, School’s Students’ Council (2005-2007) – In-charge of organizing cultural activities in school, inter and intra school events. • Active member of English dept's literary society, "LITSOC"• Awarded the 2nd position in the ‘Spin a Yarn’ competition in the English Language week organized by Bal Bharti School.• Worked as an editor for the college’s annual magazine• Worked as an editor for school magazine Vibhuti for 2 years• Prolific debater since school (taken part and won prizes in many intra school competitions and inter school debating championships).• A voracious reader of fiction, non-fiction… Show more • Active member of English dept's literary society, "LITSOC"• Awarded the 2nd position in the ‘Spin a Yarn’ competition in the English Language week organized by Bal Bharti School.• Worked as an editor for the college’s annual magazine• Worked as an editor for school magazine Vibhuti for 2 years• Prolific debater since school (taken part and won prizes in many intra school competitions and inter school debating championships).• A voracious reader of fiction, non-fiction, biographies and auto biographies.• Avidly participated in dramatics, mime, debating, poetry writing, recitation, street plays on environmental issues, essay writing, paper presentation and awarded accolades in several events at inter and intra school and college level. Show less

    • Delhi University

      2007 - 2010
      Master's degree English Language and Literature, General

      Studied Literature as my major and undergraduate course from Delhi University.

  • Experience

    • UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

      Dec 2010 - Apr 2011
      Protection outreach officer's aid
    • The YP Foundation

      Jun 2012 - Jul 2013
      Programme Manager

      a. Overseeing project development and focus:1. Conceptualising project process and focus in the beginning of the year; developing the project brief and related documents.2. Being responsible for day-to-day functioning of the branch, including overseeing documentation, filing, and monthly expenditure and Coordinator reports.3. Working with the Senior Programmes Manager on developing the annual calendar for The Butterfly Project and securing key partners for the same. 4. Working with ODC through the 4-phase planning and evaluation process of The YP Foundation to track growth of the issue and impact assessment.b. Maintaining partnerships1. Maintaining relations/communications with access professionals and other organizations working with the films, digital stories and literature.2. Databases developed must be handed over to the organization and shared across programmes. The Project Head may be asked to assist with organizing databases, if the need so arises.c. Child Mapping and Evaluation1. Overseeing all location visits and doing a quality and quantitative check2. Mapping the child’s growth. 3. Working on with the children and community, volunteers on programme evaluation and impact assessment.d. Fundraising:1. Identifying and approaching possible funders/sponsors/grant makers, developing material for the same and being responsible for all accounting and reporting deadlines pertaining to grant maker applications. 2. Looking at small scale fundraising, involving team members, equipping them with relevant skills and monitoring the execution of the same. e. Training and Curriculum development:1. Developing a curriculum on technical skills and issue based training that needs to be given to the stakeholders and peer-educators.f. Volunteer Management System (VMS): 1. Developing accurate volunteer job profiles.2. Developing volunteer targets for every month. Show less

    • The Heritage School, New Delhi

      May 2014 - Dec 2015
      TGT English

      Assessing and evaluating learner's progress in the language.Designing and implementing the curriculum for middle school learners

    • Amity School, Dubai

      Mar 2017 - Sept 2018
      Teacher

      a) Responsible for planning, managing and improving the learning of all the learners, working with other teachers.b) To manage the learning of the students, maintaining records, collaborating with other teachers and promoting staff development in a pro-active manner.c) Responsible for planning and participating in professional development opportunities to further their own knowledge, skills and abilities.d) To manage all facilities and activities related to achieve student learning.e) To play a leadership role in role-modeling behavior, attitudes, and learning behaviors for students.f) Responsible for achieving the set learning outcomes in students, and therefore supervise all student activities and processes to ensure outcomes.g) To develop and maintain teaching materials. Show less

    • Grammar School

      Oct 2018 - Mar 2019
      English Language Teacher
    • Stirado Digital

      Apr 2019 - Jan 2022
      Business Development Manager

      1. Identify the business gaps for clients and plug them by offering customized digital marketing solutions.2. Monitor the ROI per account vis-à-vis deliverables3. Ensure the ethos of Stirado to deliver highest level of client servicing is maintained and is always a notch above the competition.4. Drive new business initiatives for Stirado in Middle East and Asia Pacific region.

    • Australian Council for Educational Research

      Feb 2022 - Nov 2023
      Project Officer
    • Aperanta

      Nov 2023 - now
      Business Development Manager
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • B.Ed

      University of Delhi
      Jun 2012
  • Volunteer Experience

    • bridging the gap between urban young people and children living in urban slums

      Issued by The YP Foundation
      The YP FoundationAssociated with Aastha Mathur