Saanjuli Gupta

Experience

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  Kaivalya Education Foundation

  Jul 2015 - Jun 2017

  Gandhi Fellow

  Worked as a leadership consultant to the headmasters. Assigned with five municipal schools and nearby communities, to hone leadership competencies of the head of the school, namely Head Master or a Senior Teacher, and to increase student learning outcome. Generated skills and reflected on through processes like community immersion, public system project, classroom teaching, learning journey, and Vipassana. These processes helped to build competencies like striving for excellence, self-awareness, and collaborative work.Achievements:● Advanced leadership skill of Head-Masters and Teachers of 6 government schools to find strategic solutions to administrative problems ● Increased student learning outcome by 36% by influencing teachers to understand and adopt inclusive growth approach while teaching● Improved learning outcome by 23% of ~120 adolescents by raising Rs 15k by crowdfunding to process out ‘Science for Change Project’ Show less

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  Pratham Education Foundation

  Apr 2017 - Apr 2017

  Internship Program

  Worked in the Pratham Council For Vulnerable Children ( PCVC) vertical of PRATHAM. Engaged with Government Departments and the rescue team to understand the rescue and rehabilitation process of the child laborers. Visited Central Government-run children's jail to sense the child's physical and mental condition.

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  Ministry Of Drinking Water and Sanitation

  Jun 2017 - Jun 2018

  District Consultant

  Acted as a key resource of Ministry of District Water and Sanitation, Government of India, and assigned to District Magistrates to support the implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) in the Districts. Facilitated a variety of program management, managerial and administrative tasks towards making the District Open Defecation Free and to achieve the SBM Objectives. Supported the District administration in planning and organizing programs and activities towards improved implementation of SBM. And reports to the District Magistrate and has an interface with the State Mission Director and SBM Mission Director at the National level.Achievements:● Shortened incentive disbursement time to the eligible beneficiary by 50% by strengthening Direct Beneficiary Transfer (DBT) system.● Increased sanitation coverage from 23% to 82% in 8 months by implementing Swachh Bharat Mission- Gramin (SBM-G)● Supported administration to make 443 out of 683 GP’s Open defecation free (ODF) by administering the block level staff● Analyzed micro and macro–Management Information System (MIS) data to provide grant-making actionable insights to administration● Organized 5 days residential training for 75 participants in collaboration with Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council Show less

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  Foundation For Ecological Security(FES)

  Oct 2018 - Oct 2018

  Internship

  Conducted a study on Commons and Local Governance in Village Institution by immersing there for 21 days. Through research assessed that 40% of the eligible beneficiaries are not able to access the benefits of Central and State Government policies.

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  Center for Child and the Law

  Dec 2018 - Jan 2019

  Research Assistant

  Data Screening and analysis for the project titled "Legal Landscape of food security and nutrition in India with special reference to children: Scope, Issues and Challenges", supported by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi.

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  Genpact

  Feb 2019 - Feb 2019

  Internship

  Worked under Corporate Social Responsibility Policy for the cluster transformation project. Prepared 5-year action-plan by specifying quarterly and yearly targets with the partnered NGO, Mantra Social ServicesDesigned the School Transformation Framework and the Impact Assessment Dashboard to monitor the project’s quarterly progress.

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  Quality Council of India(QCI)

  Oct 2019 - Nov 2019

  Intern

  Focused on the “Open Defecation Free, Open Defecation Free Plus, and Open Defecation Free Plus Plus protocol of Swachh Bharat Mission Urban. Primarily assigned to analyze the Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organization (CPHEEO) norms and carry out a quality check for the implementation of sanitation policies in the Urban Local Bodies Pan India on the basis of protocol given by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India.Conducted markedly reliable research to assimilate and draft a detailed concept paper on the varied technological interventions in the treatment of faecal sludge or sewage generated in urban areas. In addition to that, carried out field study to Mathura, Surat, and Gwalior to explore and contribute to draft recommendation document on the ‘Water Plus Protocol’ to MoHUA. Show less

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  Human Rights Advocacy and Research Foundation

  Nov 2019 - Feb 2020

  Intern

  Analyzed the condition of 15 vulnerable groups (like Gond, Sex workers, Construction workers etc) on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) with the help of software like STATA, SPSS and Tableau.

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  Tata Trusts

  Apr 2020 - May 2021

  Policy Consultant

  Working as a Policy Consultant for Transformation of Aspirational District Program (TADP) under NITI Aayog and Ministry of Home Affairs for Left Wing Extremist (LWE) Aspirational District Gumla, Jharkhand. Supporting district administration in planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating Centrally Sponsored Schemes under Health and Nutrition, Education, Agriculture, Basic Infrastructure, Skill Development and Financial Inclusion sectors, to achieve targets of SDGs. I have been using qualitative and quantitative research, behavioural solutions like effective use of Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) and Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) activities, data management, problem solving and critical thinking approach to improve policy outcomes.Achievements: Education- Facilitated the implementation of Model Anganwadi, Science Labs, Libraries and Kitchen Garden in 100 High Schools  Health and Nutrition- Mapped out process for regular testing, recording, treatment, and counselling of 2 lakh Anemic Women Agriculture- Simplified micro irrigation and plantation of 1,800-acres cultivable land by facilitating 36 Solar based Lift Irrigation projects Skill- Organized training and placement of ~400 youths by enabling short term skill development in Apparel, Agriculture, and Electronics  Livelihood- 1) Accelerated self-employment of 40 SHG to earn 60k annually by providing infrastructure and training on poultry farming. 2) Impacted ~4000 adolescent girls by surveying, designing, and setting-up Solar Sanitary Napkin Production Unit in 2 blocks Show less

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  IPE Global Limited

  Jun 2021 - Nov 2021

  Senior Analyst

  1. Tracked business opportunities and writing technical proposals to enable partnership with bilateral & multilateral organizations, philanthropies, and CSR fundings2. Lead the assessment of Government of Odisha’s flagship programme Odisha Millet Mission in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP)

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  Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India

  Dec 2021 - now

  Quantitative Policy Analyst

  1. Conducted granular data analysis for 7.5 million Self Help Groups under NRLM from the lens of equity and social-inclusion. Findings were used to conduct pan-India reviews by central government [Python, PowerBI]2. Helped design "Fund Planning Tool" for data-driven annual fund allocation and planning by States and CBOs [PowerBI]3. Create GIS based decision support tool for helping Block officers to formulate VO to CLF mapping strategy [GIS, PowerBI]4. Reviewed 150+ NREGA public reportsfor streamlining, de-duplicacy and accuracy.5. Conducting GIS analysis on NREGA assets to identify clustered assets, untouched habitations etc [Python, GIS, Google Earth Pro]6. Conducted multiple field visits, FGDs and structured interviews with beneficiaries, CBOs, frontline functionaries to identify pain-points and validate desk data analyses7. Revamped Janmanrega app to enhance transparency for MGNREGA workers to view Attendance & Payment, raise concern. Improved UI/UX led to user increase from 4.2lakhs to 1Cr. in 6 months. [Figma, Wireframe]8. Developed a dynamic dashboard as a centralised platform to monitor the progress of over 100+ central government schemes nationwide, saving 1-2 administrative hours weekly. [Policy Analysis, PowerBI] Show less