Akhil Sharma

Experience

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  University of Technology Mauritius

  Jun 2014 - Sept 2014

  Exchange Participant - IT4ALL

  - Taught English and Computer applications to underprivileged children inunderserved areas of Mauritius. - Organised activities and events for the holistic learning experience of the children.

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  Association des Pour la Rehabilitation d'Infirmes Moteurs (APRIM)

  Jul 2014 - Aug 2014

  Volunteer

  - Taught French and English to Cerebral Palsied and Paraplegic children.- Assisted in their communication and intellectualdevelopment, and physiotherapy.

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  Essor IT Solutions Pvt Ltd

  Jul 2016 - Feb 2017

  Junior Software Engineer

  Worked on front-end using HTML, CSS, PHP, Java, C#, etc. to build appealing UX for international clients.

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  Busibud Solutions Private Ltd

  Sept 2017 - May 2018

  Content Strategist

  - Worked on the design, content (blogs, infographics, etc.) and SEO fora CSaaS website.- Spearheaded an organic marketing campaign and helped to turn thebusiness model from an outbound to a completely inbound one.- Hired and lead a team of in-house and freelance programmers anddesigners to transform the architecture and design of websites.

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  Teach For India

  May 2019 - May 2023

  - Coached a team of 17 teaching fellows impacting the education outcomes of 403 students across 5 government schools in underserved communities across South Delhi.- Set up robust performance management systems for fellows, constantly monitoring and enabling their growth on Teach For India's Leadership Development KPIs and creating differentiated support plans based on their individual needs. - Enabled a culture of collective learning and growth for all the fellows.- Selected as Instructional Trainer for 2022 Teach For India Summer Institute; trained 43 fellows on content and pedagogical skills.- Led the Policy and Governance Depth Track 2022-23, upskilling and coaching 17 selected fellows to monitor and enable last-mile implementation of National Education Policy 2020 and Sustainable Development Goal - 4 (Quality Education) in their communities. Show less - Taught Science and Mathematics to 100+ students hailing fromdisadvantaged communities, in a government boys' school andmentored them while maintaining an atmosphere of academic, socialand emotional learning and development of critical thinking skills.- Mobilized the students to develop a scientific approach to work for the development of their local communities.- Designed a curriculum to address sexual education, consent, bullying,and objectification of women for boys' schools. Show less

  • Program Manager

    May 2021 - May 2023

  • Fellow Mentor

    Mar 2020 - May 2021

  • Teaching Fellow

    May 2019 - May 2021
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  Project Bhaav

  Aug 2020 - Aug 2021

  Head Of Communications

  - Hired, oriented and managed a diverse team for seamless internal and external communications.- Spearheaded social media campaigns, fundraisers, and events.- Built partnerships and collaborated with other organisations.- Designed creative and insightful reports, infographics, newsletters, and mailers.- Ideated and created powerful videos to reflect and build brand image.- Handled different social media platforms to increase engagement.

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  GenderBenders

  Aug 2020 - now

  Co-Founder

  Designing a constructivist gender curriculum and gender-sensitive pedagogy, and investing students, educators and parents to create gender-equal classrooms and communities to smash the patriarchy.