Dipankar Bhattacharya

Experience

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  Nielsen

  Feb 2001 - Jul 2004

  Sr. Client Service Executive

  Responsible for project management; tool development, analysis, reports, and presentation for different development sector clients including projects funded by the Government of India, multilateral and bilateral donors, development partners, and international NGOs.

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  FHI 360

  Aug 2004 - Nov 2005

  Research Officer

  Responsible for providing technical support in HIV/AIDS/STI research and evaluation to NACO, implementing partners, research contractors, and bilateral projects.

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  International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)

  Nov 2005 - Apr 2008

  Technical Specialist

  Leadership role in research, monitoring, and evaluation, and programmatic work on population and reproductive health issues, particularly on several youth and adolescent projects in India.

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  Technical Support Group - National AIDS Control Organisation, Govt. of India

  May 2008 - Jan 2010

  National Manager - Research, Monitoring & Evaluation

  The Technical Support Group (TSG) was set up under NACP-3 to facilitate condom promotion through targeted social marketing. As the Research, M&E vertical lead, Dipankar has led the coverage and distribution studies; supply chain analysis; analyses of demographic, media, and behavioral data for segmentation analysis; audience profiling and strategic planning; and analysis of MIS data to guide the social marketing operations..

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  Mott MacDonald India

  Feb 2010 - May 2010

  Consultant

  Led the public expenditure review and evaluation of 2009 drug policy of Madhya Pradesh for MPTAST, DfID

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  The World Bank

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Consultant

  Facilitated the planning and implementation of a periodic program monitoring tool as part of overall Bank support to National Vector Borne Disease Control Program of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

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  Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

  Sept 2010 - Aug 2011

  Manager, Strategy & Operations

  He was assigned with overall programme management, technical and M&E support project for Reproductive and Child Health (RCH II) programme, National Rural Health Mission of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Also associated in First Referral Units (FRU) project and an assessment of JSY referral transport mechanisms for incentives to clients.

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  Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt. Ltd.

  Sept 2011 - Oct 2013

  Sr. Vice President, Research and Advisory Services

  Spearheaded design and execution of several research and evaluation assignments. Advised on business development and strategies; conceptualization and design of study protocols and ethical clearances; producing quality outputs viz. reports, discussion papers etc.

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  IMRB International

  Nov 2013 - Aug 2014

  Group Business Director

  Managing client relationships with quality service delivery; developing business in the development sector; achieving growth and managing financials; new initiatives; people management; capacity development and mentorship support; Providing leadership and advisory support to the projects in India and overseas

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  Save the Children International

  Jan 2015 - May 2017

  Monitoring And Evaluation Advisor

  Led the M&E, research, and learning under the Saving Newborn Lives (SNL) grant in India. His role comprised of Principal Investigator to a comprehensive assessment to inform the design and development of city-specific, city-wide strategic planning to improve the maternal and newborn health services for the urban poor in the Pune and Bhubaneswar city corporations in collaboration with the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM). Also led the MEAL planning, implementation, and evaluation of the management of neonatal sepsis program to improve newborn survival as part of the Integrated Family Health Initiative in Bihar. Show less

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  National and International NGOs; Research and M&E Consultancy Organizations

  Jun 2017 - Dec 2017

  Independent Consultant

  Principal Investigator to the impact evaluation of the ‘Making Periods Normal’ program in Bihar, India implemented by Simavi Netherlands, Rutgers, and NPL Fund in collaboration with Bihar Voluntary Health Association, SEWA, Pratham, and Restless Development. Also, served as the National M&E Advisor to John Snow Inc., India, and guided the M&E components for the project Vriddhi by USAID; maternal, infant, young children feeding, and nutrition (MIYCN) project for strengthening the medical colleges for the Alive and Thrive program. Show less

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  Swasti

  Jan 2018 - Mar 2021

  Knowledge Catalyst

  Knowledge led the knowledge partnership program with USAID/India Health Office (HO) called the Learning4impact (L4i). The program systematically facilitates learning and sharing, across RMNCH+A, TB, and HIV, to ensure portfolio impact results are utilized for improved decision making.

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  International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union)

  Apr 2021 - Apr 2024

  Lead - Knowledge Management, Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation

  At The Union, Dipankar led the knowledge management and MLE portfolio for the iDEFEAT TB - USAID's flagship TB project in India. The iDEFEAT TB- Institutional Strengthening to Accelerate Actions for TB and Drug Resistant TB (DR-TB) project provides support to the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) at national and sub-national levels and contributes significantly towards achieving India’s National Strategic Plan (NSP), 2017-25 and targets set forth at the United Nations High-Level Meeting (UNHLM) on TB, 2018. Show less

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  PopulationCouncil Consulting Private Limited

  May 2024 - now

  Senior RMEL Expert

  Dipankar has been leading impactful programs through data-driven insights at Population Council Consulting. At Council, as Deputy Chief of Party of the USAID/India Learning Hub, he has led various strategic initiatives, strengthened program effectiveness by streamlining performance monitoring, effective knowledge management and fostering collaboration with implementation partners. He has led the Rapid Response Unit (RRU), ensuring timely responses to the emerging requests from Government of India and USAID. Currently, he manages grant writing, MEL execution and resource mobilization at Council to advance meaningful initiatives.#Leadership #Impact #MEL #Collaboration Show less