Govind is an Assistant Professor in the OB-HR area at Navrachana University, Vadodara (Gujarat). He carries a cross-functional experience of more than 13 years. He has extensive grassroots experience working with the DHAN Foundation and the South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies (SIFFS). His development practice & professional experience includes working on themes such as Water & Livelihoods, Microfinance & Livelihoods, Information Technology for Development (ICT4D), Building People Institutions & Community Based Organizations, Watershed Development & Renovation of Traditional Water Bodies, Collective Action & Cooperation, Managing Nonprofit Organizations, Entrepreneurship Development, Human Resource Development, Impact Assessment, and Monitoring & Evaluation.He specializes in Organizational Behavior, Ethical Workplace Climate, and Nonprofit Organizations. His research expertise includes Mixed-Methods & Sequential Research Design, Psychometric Measurement & Analysis. He is also associated with the Institute of Rural Management (IRMA) as a Doctoral Fellow.
Tarun is the Director of Education Futures, UK, where he provides consultancy support for foundations and startups working in Early Childhood Education. He co-founded Social Solar, an off-grid solar power company for rural schools & communities in India. Tarun graduated with an MSc in Child Development and Education and MBA from the University of Oxford, where he was a Pershing Square Scholar. During his Masters, he helped scale up a chain of Montessori pre-schools in South Africa. He interned at Primo Toys, an award-winning early coding startup where he wrote their education strategy. Tarun is a former Teach for India fellow where he taught at a primary school in New Delhi. He is extremely interested in education, learning and its impact on people and has extensive research experience in the development sector. In 2014, he conducted a longitudinal study for an alternative school in New Delhi examining the influence of alternative education on students and their eventual career trajectories. He has also undertaken primary research in Odisha to analyse bottlenecks in creating livelihood opportunities. Tarun holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Delhi University where he scored the highest grade for his senior year thesis on Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation.
Nitya has 28 years of experience in policy analysis, advocacy, strategic planning, knowledge management and project planning in the development sector. He has served as the National Policy Head at Water Aid India where he was involved in developing the communications and branding strategy, research and writing on water, sanitation and hygiene, analysis of central and state policies and writing policy papers on safe sanitation, open defecation, hygiene, safe drinking water and district-wide approach to sanitation. Prior to working with Water Aid India, he had worked with organisations like Centre for Science and Environment, Water Community, Solutions Exchange, Write Shop Infotech Pvt. Ltd. and One World South Asia. Nitya also has over 10 years of experience in the media sector where he worked in various capacities ranging from reporter to producer to a special correspondent in big media houses like United Television, Business India Television, The Pioneer Newspaper, Down to Earth (a prestigious academic journal), Business Standard, and Financial Express.
Mousumi comes on-board with more than 20 years of experience in designing methodologies and analysing quantitative and qualitative data to address complex socioeconomic and political issues. She has worked with associations, lobbyists, political campaigns, community groups and government agencies at the local, state, national and international levels to help them further their missions and reach their goals. She currently serves as an Expert for Outline India advising on methodological questions and issues. She also leads the Research and Innovation team at the Council for Professional Recognition, a U.S. based organization that credentials the early childhood education workforce. Mousumi served as Assistant Survey Director for Housing Surveys at the U.S. Census Bureau and led a variety of short and long-term research and evaluation efforts for a variety of issue-based and government organizations.
Shilpa has 23 years of cross-sectoral experience in social sector practice, research, and evaluation. She has served as an expert Monitoring and Evaluation person, and worked and consulted with several respected organizations and INGO’s such as IFMR, Hand in Hand, MSSRF, The Banyan, RGNIYD and UNICEF, UNDP etc. Her most recent work engagement was with the UNDP(India), where she was placed in the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) for research and policy work on the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA. As part of her MoRD work, Shilpa engaged with state line departments, relevant departments in the centre and with researchers and think tanks in India and abroad. Shilpa’s work with NGOs and other social sector organisations has focused on using research and evidence to advocate for the inclusion of the poor and marginalised, using large-scale data analysis as well as thick qualitative data and participatory work. In the last 10 years, in particular, she has worked on poverty, gender, health, nutrition, education, skill development, youth development, social accountability, and livelihoods. She is a co-founder of Dreampath Foundation, an NGO which works with adolescents and youth on work, career, and livelihoods. Academically, Shilpa has been deeply interested in Indian Psychology and culture and has maintained a connection with psychological and social science scholarship. Currently, she is working on multiple projects relating to nutrition, social accountability, psychoanalytic work of Sudhir Kakar and Indian Aesthetics.
Devahuti comes onboard as a Monitoring & Evaluation and thematic expert with over 12 years of experience in the development sector, particularly in the financial services space where her work has focused on low income segments, especially women. She has previously worked with Grameen Foundation India as the Associate Director - Client Insights for Impact. She has also held various positions at International Finance Corporation (WBG), IntelleCash Microfinance Network Private Limited and Bharat Financial Inclusion. She has an extensive experience of leading projects pan-India for clients like Water.org, Cherie Blair Foundation, J.P. Morgan Philanthropy, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and DFID UK. She has also authored strategy notes on Financial Inclusion for the Bharati group and authored the section on Payments Banks in the State of the Sector report - Inclusive Finance 2018. Currently, Devahuti works as an independent consultant engaged with different for/non profit entities broadly in the strategy development, program design and M&E space.
Laxmi comes on-board with an experience of 16 years across the thematic areas: Natural Resource Management, Climate change and Agriculture. She has worked with CSRs like APMDC Foundation and was involved in knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, content development, anchoring training and capacity development programs. She also has rigorous experience in qualitative research starting from designing a methodology to strategising data collection to data analysis and report writing. She is empanelled as Rehabilitation Expert in the Expert Group constituted by the Telangana Government and evaluated over a dozen Social Impact Assessment reports submitted to different Collectorates in the state. In her stint with the government agencies, her primary concern has been the plight of the Project Displaced Families (PDFs) and Project Affected Families (PAFs)
Dr. Richa is a professional with 13+ years of experience across CSR, healthcare, social entrepreneurship, and consulting domains. She is a proud army kid & risk-taker. Post her graduation in Dental Surgery (BDS) she has obtained several certifications, including 'CSR & Value Creation' from Audencia Nantes School of Management, GRI certificate for Sustainability Reporting, and Professional Diploma in Financial Management. Dr. Richa has Managed vertical P&Ls and led end-to-to project implementation in intrapreneurial roles across organizations - NGOs, MNCs, UN agencies. Given her excellent communication skills, she has represented her organizations in many roundtable conferences and CSR forums as a speaker and jury member. She has been advising and mentoring high-growth social impact ventures. In 2018, she was honored to be selected in the Global list of ‘100 most impactful CSR leaders’ by World CSR Congress.
Prerna does a little bit of everything. She likes data, research, and believes fieldwork builds character. She believes in the idea of independent, non-partisan research and hence our for-profit business model.
In the last 8 years, She has worked on developing a strong presence of Outline India across 9000 villages in 26 states and interviewing over 4 million stakeholders.
Prerna just launched Track Your Metrics (TYM) - an easy-to-use tech tool for quick impact assessment by small NGOs, government bodies, and big funders equipping the former with means to secure more funding and the latter to hold their grantees accountable. The Android app/web-based platform aims to change the way we track and finance social programs at ~0 unit cost.
TYM recently won at an accelerator program in India and California and at the Dell startup challenge.
Prerna was featured on Fortune magazines’ 40 under 40 list for her disruptive work with ground-level data in 2017 and again in 2018. She was featured among the top 25 businesswomen in India by Forbes magazine in their annual issue featuring women leaders running profitable companies in 2018. She was also among the top 40 women changemakers in the 2018 annual list released by India Today. She was listed among the 25 most powerful Businesswomen in India, by the BusinessToday, of India today group in 2019.
In 2018, she was awarded the Chevening Fellowship at Oxford University by Rolce Royce and the UK government. She was also declared a Raisina Fellow in 2017, awarded by the Ministry of external affairs and ORF. She is an Australia India Youth Dialogue fellow, 2015.
She has prior research experience working at Centre for Policy Research and holds an MA in Economics from Boston University.
Rajma Chawal
Being on time
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Aditya is the legal counsel at Outline India. He is a litigator practicing before various Courts and tribunals in India on commercial and personal law issues. Aditya also advises start-ups and early stage ventures and provides contractual, regulatory and IP solutions. He has worked extensively with companies in varied sectors such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, data collection and analysis, logistics, event management, e-commerce and the media industry.
He has a Masters degree in Law from Harvard University.
Coffee
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John Hoffmire is Director of Employee Ownership at Teamshares, Research Associate at the Centre for Mutual and Co-owned Business at the University of Oxford. He is also chairman of both Cadence Innova, a change management consulting firm, and Oxford Pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Hoffmire has over 20 years of experience in equity investing, venture capital, consulting, and investment banking. His work and research have been referenced in numerous publications including the Financial Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. He also worked as a consultant for Bain & Company, as vice president for Ampersand Ventures and as a senior investment officer for American Capital.
Dr. Hoffmire holds a Ph.D. in international development from Stanford University and was presented with the Darwin Nelson Public Service Award. He helped lead the Personal Finance Employee Education Fund for six years and is now on its board.
Nidhi comes with over 14 years of experience in the development sector in the thematic areas of WASH, waste management, and NRM; working across non-profit organizations, think tanks, academics, government, and consulting organizations. She has led multiple complex multi-stakeholder projects spanning responsibilities ranging from conceptualization, financial planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, training, business development, and partnership management. Nidhi brings on board rigorous experience in qualitative research, research processes, documentation, M&E, and knowledge management. She also has extensive field experience of working for projects across both rural and urban regions in India in nearly 15 states. This comes as an added advantage in the development of research design and ME assessment frameworks.
Nidhi is currently working as an independent Consultant on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) issues undertaking research, monitoring and evaluation, and strategy development assignments. She also serves as an Advisor at the Indian Pollution Control Association IPCA on waste management and is responsible for business development, stakeholder engagement, and knowledge management. In her previous work at WaterAid and Centre for Science and Environment, she worked extensively on decentralized water/wastewater management and WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene). At WaterAid, she independently developed and managed research on WASH in both urban and rural contexts to generate robust knowledge and evidence for supporting policy advocacy and programming strategies to strengthen WaterAid’s position as a key WASH sector player. She was responsible for work on watershed development and water security, hygiene and behavior change, school WASH, fecal sludge management, disaster risk reduction and WASH, climate change, urban and rural WASH issues, water quality, and WASH in health care facilities; using the lens of rights, gender, equity and inclusion.
She has a doctorate in Environment and Natural Resources Policy from the State University of New York- College of Environmental Science and Policy (SUNY-ESF), Syracuse, New York. She also has a Masters in Public Administration specializing in Environment Policy from the prestigious Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, New York.
Vithal holds a Doctorate in agricultural development. He specializes in multiple fields such as agriculture, seed systems & policy, forestry agroforestry, environment, and ecology. He holds a certificate degree in project management. He was a recipient of the Young Scientist award in 2007 by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria to conduct advanced research on forestry, carbon sequestration & climate change. He has 20+ years of international experience in developmental projects in 15 countries in Africa and Asia. He has worked with Indian forest-based industries and NGOs, coordinated international technical assistance programs with the ministry of agriculture in Ethiopia and Afghanistan, implemented international development projects, higher education, and foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in Africa. He has worked for international projects supported by USAID, GIZ, World Bank, DFID, Rockefeller Foundation, CSIRO, IFAD, and corporate houses.
His areas of interest are forestry & climate change, organic farming, hydroponics, tree improvement & clonal forestry. He has a wealth of knowledge on business opportunities in Africa in the areas of international trading, agricultural investment, international development, and higher education.
A Data Scientist and M&E Expert, Narendra is an experienced and well-rounded research professional with great interest and extensive skills in Data Analytics. He is passionate about solving business and development sector problems that require diagnostic, predictive, and/or prescriptive analytics using data science. He is adept at building Machine Learning models, creating interactive dashboards, data mining, and data visualization.
With nearly two decades of diverse industry upbringing, he brings to table a rare combination of skills and knowledge across sectors such as Marketing Research, Development Research, M&E, Software Development, and Data Science. His professional history includes positions such as Manager – Projects at Public Affairs Foundation, Programme Manager at Kavin Corporation, Research Manager at Sigma Research & Consulting, and Consumer and Market Insights Executive at Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
Ira Joshi is an educational expert with 15 years of experience in developing evidence-based Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) curriculum and resources. In her previous engagement with Sesame Workshop India, she spearheaded their education vertical and led the development of educational objectives across multi-media platforms like television, radio, print and digital. With expertise in conceptualizing and designing child-friendly research protocols, she has supported several research organizations in assessing young children’s engagement and comprehension of print and mass-media resources. She has provided technical expertise to grant proposals and worked closely with cross-functional teams at all stages of program planning and implementation. She is currently an independent consultant and an advocate for play-based learning in children. Ira holds a Master’s degree in Child Development from Lady Irwin College, New Delhi.
Suchandra has over 22 years of experience in the development sector in the thematic areas of Livelihood, Urban and Rural Development, Poverty Alleviation, Panchayati Raj and Local Governance, WASH, Health and Family Welfare, Gender Issues, and Education. Suchandra was working as Director Client Solutions in the Social & Public Enterprise Division of Nielsen India Pvt. Ltd. till September 2020, having joined the organization in 1998. In her previous work in Nielsen, she has successfully managed more than 100 studies for the Government of India, State Governments, Bilateral and Multilateral Agencies, Local and International NGOs, and Think Tank Organisations. She has led almost all types of surveys – baseline, midline, end line, concurrent monitoring, impact assessments, training needs assessment, KAP surveys, and census and has traveled extensively across India for monitoring of fieldwork.
Suchandra has a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Jadavpur University Kolkata and master’s in urban planning from School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. During the initial years of her career, she was involved in a number of GIS projects and was part of the team involved in preparing digital maps for close to 100 large cities in India and geo-demographic analysis. Suchandra undertook a short-term assignment at Nielsen MMRD (Yangon, Myanmar) (July 2019 - Dec 2019), she has played a key role in establishing social research unit in Myanmar.
Sukanya works closely with the founder on communications and coordination. She helps in project management and coordination with the field staff and research team. She also works on translations, coordinates with vendors, drafts invoices and handles finances, and the HR account.
Sukanya has previously worked as a History Teacher in Jorhat and has a Masters Degree in History from the University of Delhi.
Looking at food pictures.
Popping bubble wraps.
People wearing strong perfumes or with body odour in the metro.
Super organized desktops.
Anupam has joined as a communications and business development specialist who is responsible for analysing the latest trends in communication to develop a cohesive outreach strategy for Outline India. He is responsible for overseeing and expanding OI's visibility and presence and coordinating with the Business Development team for developing outreach.
Anupam has a double master's from King's College London and OP Jindal Global University, Haryana. His research interests are developmental communications, tourism, sustainability, gender, and climate change.
Food
Football
Sleep
Loud noises
Ranveer is working as a Senior Researcher at Outline India and is responsible for implementing various qualitative and quantitative research studies, managing fieldwork as well as developing partnerships, and working on grants & challenges for OI.
His experience in research is varied, having worked in areas of substance abuse, HIV/AIDS,
sexual and reproductive health, livelihood, skill development, urban homelessness & gender
violence.
Football
Classic Rock
Northeastern Cuisine
Loud people
She has an overall experience of 6 years. Prior to Outline India, she has been working on women's rights and Her journey with HRLN began four years ago as a Researcher. She was associated with the Reproductive Rights & Women's justice initiative, HRLN. She works towards the promotion of sexual and reproductive health and rights that includes issues of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity, family planning, adolescent sexual health, child marriage, the right to food and nutrition, LGBTQIA rights, discrimination against the marginalized section like domestic violence, acid attacks. Her work involved conducting fact-finding visits in Assam, Manipur, Chattisgarh to assess the kinds of healthcare facilities and services for pregnant women and adolescents.
Her skills include documentation, reporting, project management, and gender studies.
Shaoni earned her Masters in Sociology from CSSS, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India and has a graduation degree in Sociology from St. Xaviers College, Kolkata.
traveling, photography, and checking out new food joints
Unpunctual people
Arushi Chaudhary has joined Outline India as an Operations Manager and She is responsible for monitoring HR, administration, and operations-related things like internal HR Systems and databases, performance reviews, payroll and salary processing, and employees’ queries. She is also responsible for vendor management, reimbursements, expense management, and all other operations-related tasks.
Arushi has completed her bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Administration from IP University, Delhi. She has more than 7 years of experience in HR, Admin, and operations. In the past, she had worked with Smart Joules Pvt. Ltd. and Hindustan Media Ltd.
Painting, dancing, cooking, listening to 90’s music, reading, and having ice cream.
Rude and ungrateful people.
Gurjot holds multifaceted experience in Computer Science and Development field. His interests lie in solving problems related to Natural Language Processing, Text Extraction and Development sector using modern Technology. He holds Bachelors and Masters in Computer Science Engineering. Currently, pursuing a PhD in Computer Science from Punjab University, Patiala. He has published various research papers in International and national journals/conferences. He has previously worked on multiple projects under Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, and Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning, GOI. His areas of competency are Python Programming/Scripting, M&E, Data Science, Machine Learning, and Data Visualization using various software tools and libraries
MARVEL Fan, Travelling
Manual work, when things can be automated
Swati has joined our team as a Quantitative Researcher. Her responsibilities at Outline India include assisting the implementation of various research studies by coordinating the field-work and facilitating data management and analysis. She has previously worked with the Ministry of Commerce & Industry and Indian Institute of Foreign trade as a researcher.
Swati has a Bachelor's degree in Economics from University of Delhi and a Master's degree in Economics with a specialization in Trade and Finance from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
Travelling in Over-crowded Metro
Aarushi has joined our team as a research associate . Her responsibilities at Outline India include assisting the implementation of various research studies by collecting qualitative data, coordinating the field-work and facilitating data management and analysis.
She has previously worked as a research associate in the chemical industry. Aarushi has a Bachelor's degree in Science and a Postgraduate degree in Chemistry from Central University of Rajasthan.
Traveling, reading, sleeping, watching random web series
Traffic
Diksha has joined our team as an Associate - Strategy and Business Development and is responsible for implementing a cohesive outreach strategy for Outline India. She has previously worked with both government agencies and civil society organizations at the intersection of research, program management and M&E.
Diksha has a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and a Post Graduate Diploma in Conflict Resolution and Peace Building from Lady Shri Ram College.
Planners and journals
Films on shark attack
Everyday sexism
Riding the airside transfer bus
Aditi is a development professional working at the intersection of communications and research. She has written widely on issues of water and governance - documenting best practices and proofs of concepts from across India. At Outline India, she handles communications and outreach, helping the organization strengthen their visibility.
Her on field experience has been bolstered with certificate courses in “Management and Governance of Groundwater” and “Historical, Social, Institutional and Legal Dimensions of Water” from ACWADAM and Shiv Nadar University. Her special interest lies in story-telling in areas of gender, intersectionality, ecology, and performing arts. She holds a Masters in social work with a specialization in Community Organization and Development Practice from Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
dogs, dancing and documenting beauty in the mundane
unkind people and calls than can just be an email
Anoushka is a graduate in international affairs with a specialization in economic development and foreign policy from O.P Jindal Global University. While the real life manifestations of world politics fascinates her, she is equally enthralled by multiple theories and principles governing the world we live in today. She has a keen interest in understanding the influence of social media on our thinking.
Dogs
The Big Bang Theory
Friends
Animal cruelty
Pooja has joined as a junior frontend developer in the "Track Your Metrics" Team. She is responsible for developing the frontend part of Outline India's new tech product (TYM) and testing it as well.
She has done master's degree in computer applications from IP university, Delhi.
Overcrowded Places
Kailash is responsible for managing the administrative and operational work at Outline India. He supports the research and business development team.
Kailash has a graduate degree in B.Com from Delhi University (SOL).
Sketching
Fighting
Nabasmita works closely with the operations team. Her responsibilities include handling employment relations issues such as grievance and employee welfare; focusing on employee engagement workshops and setting up events and outings; assisting in payroll preparation by providing relevant data and also supervising recruitment.
Exploring new recipes
Drawing & Painting
Lipstick
Phone's overcrowded status bar
Frizzy hair
Sukriti has completed her M.A. in Economics from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, and also holds an MBA in International Business and Finance from Amity University. She has 6 years of experience in research analytics and management. She has worked with the International Labour Organisation as a consultant and also has experience if working with an IT start-up as a business development manager. With high energy levels and a self-driven personality, she strives to achieve her personal and professional goals.
Traveling, watching movies and reading
Dishonesty
Jafar is a researcher with a keen interest in child protection and child rights. In the past, he has worked in the field of child rights by working in collaboration with law enforcement agencies, civil society organizations, community members and other functionaries engaged in child protection across India and his research experience is varied, having worked on sexual and reproductive health, Autism spectrum disorder, Understanding vulnerabilities in the context of Covid 19 etc.
Jafar is an undergraduate in social work and a postgraduate in development studies. Jafar knows Hindi, English and Urdu.
Chai and Qawwalis
People who always do small talk
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