Dr. Lochan, PhD

Experience

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  One Sky Foundation

  May 2017 - Jun 2017

  UN Volunteer

  A 4-week online research project on expanding the existing database of One Sky Foundation on unregistered orphanages(children's homes) in Thailand by identifying new homes as well as gathering data on previously identified children's homes already in the database. All of this research was conducted online.

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  Jawaharlal Nehru University

  Jul 2017 - Jul 2023

  Ph.D. Scholar [UGC-JRF/SRF Fellow], CSMCH

  Thesis: Quality of life and Care for Children and adolescents with developmental disabilities: A case study of Palwal district, Haryana (India)

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  The University of Göttingen

  Oct 2017 - Mar 2018

  Exchange Student

  Erasmus+Exchange Semester to University of Goettingen, Germany. Coursework involved papers namely:1. Concept of Body and the Individual [ARTs and the question of gender and health]2. Economic Reform and Social Justice in India3. Socio-economics of rural development and food security4. Problems and Debates of Indian Economic Development5. Medical Anthropology in Africa

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  CGRN [https://cgnetworks.org/]

  Jan 2018 - now

  Peer Reviewer

  Peer Reviewer for several journals at CGRN ['Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal', 'International Journal of Health, Wellness and Society', 'The Diversity Journal Collection']

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  Centre for Equity Studies

  May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Research Intern

  Tool testing, data collection, translation and documentation of data, for a Labor-Adda Survey in Delhi

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  Central University of Odisha

  Feb 2020 - May 2021

  Guest Faculty, Anthropology

  Anthropology

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  Sangath India

  Nov 2021 - Aug 2023

  Intervention Coordinator, AANAND

  Developing, Designing and Testing a positive-psychology based intervention for an RCT project (AANAND) to check it's effectiveness in improving the psychological wellbeing of frontline community health volunteers (ASHAs) in rural MP, India

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  Development Solutions

  Oct 2023 - Nov 2023

  Research Consultant

  Providing research consultancy services to undertake baseline assessment for UNFPA-funded project (through qualitative interviews with stakeholders at health facilities and One-stop centres) on preparedness and responsiveness towards Gender-Based Violence in Bhopal and Raisen districts of Madhya Pradesh, India

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  NCPEDP

  May 2024 - Sept 2024

  Research Consultant

  Designing and Conducting a gap-analysis research of RPwD's implementation across higher education institutions in India in making it more accessible for students with disabilities