ADRIJA UPADHYAY
New Delhi
Summary
Meticulous research professional with a strong background in sociological and anthropological discourse. Skilled in project management, strategic planning and capacity-building with a key interest in education and gender studies. Practical, methodical thinker with a strong attention to detail.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Director
Nimaya
02.2023 - Current
- As Director, designed the curriculum and implemented skill development training programs for underrepresented women in India. With operations in Delhi and Mumbai, up-skilled over 300 women within 4 months, achieving 85% work placement success.
- Developed partnerships with FICCI Flo Mumbai Chapter, Adani Foundation, Escorts Kubota Limited and SEWA Gram Mahila Haat among others to design training programs & dedicate funds and grants for the purpose of improving female labour force participation and entrepreneurship skills in India.
- Headed impact-evaluation of training programs using qualitative and quantitative analysis tools that indicated 100% improvement in social behaviors among learners.
Programme Co-ordinator
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, SEO, Corporates, Consulting, Technology, and Insurance
11.2021 - 02.2023
- Designed, managed and Implemented Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategies along with stakeholders for Google, McKinsey&Co., Lloyd's of London, and Goldman Sachs among others, resulting in increased diversity by 20% in these organizations and large investments in Early-talent diversity partnerships.
- Managed team of 5 working towards educating and developing employability skills (both technical skills as well general employability training) among students from underrepresented backgrounds i.e. ethnic minorities, low-social economic groups and women. Mentored and guided over 500 students launch professional careers in banking, corporate and consulting firms like Citi, J.P Morgan, Spotify, M&S, Bain &Co. among others. Over 40% of the candidate pool is now employed in the work force.
- Managed strategic research projects around education levels and barriers to women's careers in STEM in the UK. Conducted interviews and focus groups with girls aged 18-22 and communicated findings to stakeholders. Resulted in the redesigning of the HerCapital programme to empower women in the workplace.
Communications Manager (Part-time)
The Collective Conciousness
09.2022 - 02.2023
- Managed and recruited a team of 3 to design communications strategy to support business direction.
- Negotiated partnerships with communication agencies, corporate firms for Project Devi that seeks to de-stigmatize menstruation and make education accessible to all children.
- Planned, designed, produced and scheduled social media campaigns on four channels including LinkedIn and Instagram to achieve increased social presence.
Project Associate
Global Entrepreneurship Network, GEN Global
05.2021 - 09.2021
- Increased organisation's presence and engagement in Africa by 25% by producing comparative analysis of levels of entrepreneurial networks between Europe and Africa, focusing on female labour force participation, gender pay gap and barriers to women's work in Africa.
- Boosted female labour force participation (entrepreneurs) in Nigeria, Zimbabwe & Botswana by 14% after conducting 1:1 workshops on financial literacy and banking skills for women.
- Wrote high quality reports analysing large quantitative and qualitative datasets on female labour force participation in developing countries and presented findings and future strategies to senior management.
Project Coordinator and Volunteer
Humanity Welfare Council
06.2019 - 01.2021
- Led Project Shristipath in the Bundelkhand district of U.P. to help Bundelkhand farmers rise above poverty and allow young girls and boys to attain basic education levels. Through crowdfundraising and youth mobilsation (70 students), raised >Rs.20,000 that helped girls from 20 families to attend school in rural U.P.
- Along with a team of 7 visited 16 households in Bundelkhand dist. with a mission to improve basic literacy levels, financial lietracy, skill development for over 60 children.
- Increased secondary educational enrolment rates by 12% in Bundelkhand dist. of U.P. which was a significant achievement for the team.
Research Assistant
The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI
05.2019 - 07.2019
- Analyzed the status of implementation of The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights Act), 2006, at the national level.
- Appointed as the spokesperson of the organisation during Focus Group Discussions with forest dwelling tribes in Dhamtari and Raipur districts in Chhattisgarh. Designed reports and presentations for state-governments to draw on some policy interventions
- Performed literary searches to generate high-quality literature reviews in support of research projects. Also, generated research interview questions, transcribed results and summarized evidence for TERI, India.
Education
Master of Science - Social Anthropology and Development
London School of Economics And Political Science
London09.2021
Bachelor of Arts - History
St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi
New Delhi, India 07.2020
ISC - Economics, Psychology, History & Pol. Science
La Martiniere Girls' College, LMGC
Lucknow 05.2017
Skills
- IT SKILLS: Highly proficient in Salesforce, Ms Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Google Docs, Google Sheets, Zoom, Microsoft Teams
- Programme development and management
- Stakeholder relations and business development
- Partnership development
- Organizational Leadership
- Curriculum Development
- Compliance Management
- Grant Management
- Performance standards and analysis
- Exemplary written and verbal communication
- Literature review
- Evidence synthesis
- Primary & secondary data collection and analysis
- Report writing
Timeline
Program Director
Nimaya
02.2023 - Current
Communications Manager (Part-time)
The Collective Conciousness
09.2022 - 02.2023
Programme Co-ordinator
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, SEO, Corporates, Consulting, Technology, and Insurance
11.2021 - 02.2023
Project Associate
Global Entrepreneurship Network, GEN Global
05.2021 - 09.2021
Project Coordinator and Volunteer
Humanity Welfare Council
06.2019 - 01.2021
Research Assistant
The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI
05.2019 - 07.2019
Master of Science - Social Anthropology and Development
London School of Economics And Political Science
Bachelor of Arts - History
St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi
ISC - Economics, Psychology, History & Pol. Science
La Martiniere Girls' College, LMGC
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