Alok Arunam

Experience

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  GE

  Jan 2011 - Jul 2011

  Research Assistant- Renewable Energy

  Multi-Input Damage Equivalent Load: A computational approach to transformcomplex structural loads into simplified loads

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  Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Centre

  Aug 2012 - May 2013

  Office of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam

  Social Stock Exchange as Standardized Social Dialogue

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  Takshila Educational Society

  Jul 2013 - May 2016

  Parivartan- Takshila's Grassroots Movements

  - Initiated and led early education project (Baal Ghar Aangan and Kislay) to design a child-centricenvironment for 1500 AWCs and school going children

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  Tata Trusts

  Mar 2017 - Apr 2018

  Zila Swachh Bharat Prerak (Sanitation Lead)

  - Assisted District Magistrate (DM) to facilitate sustainable transition of entire rural district to OpenDefecation Free (ODF) through targeted monitoring and field level evaluations/strategies- Facilitated institutional partnership towards community-led-Solid Liquid Resource Management (SLRM)- Implemented Swacch Darpan index based monthly ranking of 13 blocks on SBM-G MIS indicators- Facilitated Community led Decentralized Wastewater Treatment in GramPanchayats: Design and Planning through multi-stakeholder consultation Show less

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  Tata Trusts

  Aug 2018 - Apr 2019

  Aspirational Districts Fellow (Health and Nutrition Lead)

  - Assisted District Administration in setting-up and running TADP Cell, towards plan preparation andreal-time progress monitoring in 49 indicators across 5 thematic areas- Improved functioning of facility based care (NRCs) of severe/moderate malnourished children through capacity building, community-based interventions and knowledge partnerships- Designed and implemented revised quality of care (QoC) framework for Community Health Clinics (CHCs) around maternal and newborn care

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  MicroSave Consulting (MSC)

  Jul 2020 - Jun 2021

  Project Lead (Monitoring and Evaluation)- NITI PSU, Sewapuri Vikas Abhiyan

  - Assisted Program Support Unit (PSU) in sectoral strategy plan formulation, rolling out Gram Panchayat Competition and community-wide behavior change strategy as part of NITI Aayog's Sewapuri Vikas Abhiyan, Model Block Development project, precursor to Aspirational Blocks Program- Facilitated PSU’s engagement with development partners consortium for health systems strengthening- Drafted framework for identification of 33 KPIs and data collection approaches for Gram PanchayatCompetition as part of Sewapuri Vikas Abhiyan, NITI Aayog’s Model Block development project- Facilitated district and block government officials in identification of 14 sectoral outcome level parameters Show less

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  J-PAL South Asia

  Jul 2021 - Mar 2023

  Senior Associate- CLOP/Project Lead- IP Office

  - Conceptualised and piloted competency-based HR management framework for frontline health workers (ASHA, ANMs and CHOs) with iHAT (UP Technical Support Unit)- Initiated and strengthened relationship with potential content providers like edX, SDG Academy, Empower Health, Wadhwani Foundation, Harappa on content quality framework, onboarding criteria on iGOT Karmayogi- Supported Civil Service Training Institutions such as IIPA, ISTM, LBSNAA on competency driven engagement (C-DE) process under Mission Karmayogi- Maintained a database of 90k+ courses to streamline tools such as CR, PLB to automate competency tagging process and assist content providers in developing new competencies- Analyse personnel data of 150 public officials from various MDOs to establish correlation between roles hierarchy and identified competencies Show less

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  Centre for Effective Governance of Indian States (CEGIS)

  Mar 2023 - May 2024

  Senior Program Manager/Engagement Manager-Capacity Building Commission

  I joined the Personnel Management vertical at CEGIS as part of CLOP-CEGIS transition. - Facilitated Annual Capacity Building Plan (ACBP) preparation and implementation for 1200+ Patents, Trademarks, Designs officials in consultation with Capacity Building Unit (CBU) at the Office of Controller General of Patents, Design and Trademarks (CGPDTM), Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Government of India- Led a team to support the Capacity Building Unit (CBU) in institutionalising competency-led capacity building at the Intellectual Property Office (such as competency profiling, competency assessments, iGOT KY courses and non-training interventions etc.)- Coordinated with and supported the Capacity Building Commission on critical pieces such as content quality review, phygital transition, training institute accreditation etc. Show less

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  Samyak

  May 2024 - now

  Climate and Health Data Fellow

  Designing city-level Climate-Health Decision Support system, to be piloted in one Municipal Corporation, one Municipal Council and 3-5 Nagar Panchayats in Uttar Pradesh part of Aspirational Cities Program

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  J-PAL South Asia

  May 2024 - now

  Climate-Health Data Fellow