Annesha Mahanta

Experience

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  Kasitan Foundation

  Feb 2018 - now

  Program Coordinator
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  U&I Trust

  Mar 2018 - Apr 2021

  • Manage the learning centres of the chapter • Manage a team of 18 leaders • Drive the city’s maiden tuition curriculum project • Work on team building and initiate community building spaces• Started 2 new learning centres •Started the Guwahati chapter of the non profit organisation • Started three new learning centres in about two years • Lead the recruitment team of the city • Functioned as the city driver for the organisation’s crowd funding campaign.

  • Chapter Leader

    Apr 2020 - Apr 2021

  • Centre Fellow

    Mar 2018 - Mar 2020
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  CRY - Child Rights and You

  Mar 2018 - May 2018

  Intern
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  The Souled Store Pvt. Ltd.

  Apr 2018 - Aug 2018

  Marketing Intern
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  Mission Smile

  Jun 2018 - Feb 2020

  Field Intern

  • Worked primarily with the children born with Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate • Counselling Parents into agreeing for the free surgery under the ‘Cleft Free Assam’ Project • Did house to house outreach across various districts of Assam and list the beneficiaries and conduct awareness sessions •Aided and worked closely with Accredited Social Health Activists

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  Maharshi Vidya Mandir

  Aug 2018 - Apr 2020

  Debate Trainer

  •Teach children from Grade 6th- Grade 10th on the various formats of debating • Instruct and guide the teams for Model United Nations competitions • Coordinate various debate club initiatives happening in the school premises and beyond.

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  Warner Bros. Discovery

  Aug 2018 - Oct 2018

  Interpreter and Crew Assistant
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  The Second Chance

  Feb 2019 - Oct 2020

  Project Associate

  It’s a Sweden based organisation which focuses on operating individuals who have been otherwise refused surgeries. My work is inclusive of:•Conducting interviews with the beneficiaries•Interpretation in documentaries made under the banner of the organisation •Lead the side project ‘Kasitan’ under which slum children of Guwahati are being sent to residential schools

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  Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan

  Oct 2019 - Nov 2019

  Field Work Intern

  • Worked under the tutelage of Medha Patkar for the movement’s ‘Jeevan Bachao initiative’ that focuses primarily on the evacuation of slum dwellers from Mahul, a locality in Chembur deemed inhabitable by the district court but is awaiting relocation of the residents to a better place. •Worked in the social inclusion initiatives of the movement in the Govandi area• Worked in data handling of the organisation •Organised Health camps in Mahul • Conducted case studies on the situation in Mahul Village in Mumbai Show less

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  Youth Center for Research

  Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Summer Research Fellow

  • Did a comparative research analysis on the outreach of micro-finance and the level of women empowerment through it in Bangladesh, India and PakistanHonours and Awards: 1. Best Individual Action Plan Award 2. Best Research Presentation Award

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  India Migration Now

  Jun 2020 - Sept 2020

  Research Intern
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  United Nations OCHA

  Jul 2020 - Jul 2021

  • Spearheaded the GIMAC - DFS South Sudan Project, Somalia Project and Sudan Project in the summarisation stage • Led a team of 16 UNV Researchers on the country project • Mentored 20 new UNVs, trained them on DEEP and oriented them on the use of the GIMAC Framework • Coordinated the Recruitment Process by screening 150 applicants and collated a list of 10 applicants suited for the GIMAC projects - Worked on the GIMAC Ethiopia Field Request Project and GIMAC Iraq Field Request Project• Perform secondary data review tagging in DEEP - SDR, create leads and entries and export SDR• To do secondary data summary - summarise SDR, summarise key findings in parts of the framework. • To document potential trends, assumptions and limitations. • To identify response gaps (international and national response framework)

  • Team Leader - GIMAC (UNV)

    Dec 2020 - Jul 2021

  • Secondary Data Review Analyst

    Jul 2020 - Jul 2021
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  Samanway Foundation

  Oct 2020 - Dec 2020

  Research and Field Intern
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  The YP Foundation

  Dec 2020 - Mar 2022

  • Research Fellow - Safe Abortion For Everyone Programme

    Oct 2021 - Mar 2022

  • Field Youth Advocate

    Mar 2021 - Sept 2021

  • Field Consultant

    Dec 2020 - Feb 2021
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  Data Friendly Space (DFS)

  Mar 2021 - Mar 2024

  Data Friendly Space (DFS) is a US 501c3 nonprofit organization. DFS works across sixcontinents making modern data systems and data science accessible to the humanitarian anddevelopment communities. DFS renders informed, effective, and targeted aid the norm – not theexception – by supporting the global aid community through responsible, resource-efficient innovation.DFS is the principal technology partner of theDEEP.io - a collaborative platform for humanitarian analysis and secondary data review, governed by UNOCHA, UNHCR, OHCHR, UNICEF, IFRC, and more Show less

  • Analyst - Ukraine and Sudan

    Aug 2022 - Mar 2024

  • Junior Analyst

    Jul 2021 - Jul 2022

  • Quality Control Analyst

    Mar 2021 - Jul 2021
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  The Organization for World Peace (OWP)

  Aug 2021 - Oct 2022

  - Developed info-graphics for the conflicts in South Asia – War in Afghanistan, Kashmir Conflict, and the Indo-China dispute. - Monitor crises, trends, and urgent issues in the allocated sub-region on a voluntary basis.- Provided analysis and advice to the regional Advisor on the sub-regional environment, and on ways to improve Crisis Index content.- Coordinated regularly with the Crisis Index Director, including advice on changes to the current situation in the region, descriptions of crises that are developing and being monitored, updates to the various page sections and new content ideas. Show less

  • Crisis Index Analyst - South Asia

    Jun 2022 - Oct 2022

  • Advisor - Crisis Index

    Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

  • Senior Correspondent

    Aug 2021 - Jan 2022
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  Gender At Work

  Feb 2022 - Apr 2022

  Research Associate
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  United Nations OCHA

  Feb 2022 - Jan 2023

  Team Lead - IMAC UN Volunteers

  - Led a team of online volunteers for the secondary data review of OCHA’s Ukraine joint analysis project in collaboration with global clusters and UNHCR.- Collected and analyzed quantitative and qualitative datasets from local Ukrainian news sources, draft preliminary reports on the daily situation. Maintained a hostility tracker, locating and identifying oblasts with active military operations.

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  United Nations

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Common Country Analysis Team Leader - Philippines (UNV - UNDCO)
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  TheDEEP

  Jul 2024 - now

  Analyst and Coordinator - DEEP Remote Surge Analysis Team
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  Data Friendly Space (DFS)

  Sept 2024 - now

  • Analysis and Capacity Building Coordinator - DEEP Desk

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Humanitarian Analyst and Coordinator - Lebanon and Sudan

    Sept 2024 - now