AKHILESH BAKSHI

• Coordinated development of Best Practices Document for PHED’s Amphan cyclone response and PHED Preparedness and Response planning templates in partnership with UNICEF. (2021)
• Jointly developed SOP for State Integrated Disaster Control Centre (Uttar Pradesh, Govt.) in partnership with UNICEF. (2020)
• Jointly developed District Heatwave Action Plan Formats and SOP (Uttar Pradesh, Govt.) in partnership with UNICEF. (2020)
• Jointly developed District Flood Action Plan Formats and SOP (Uttar Pradesh, Govt.) in partnership with UNICEF. (2020)
• Jointly developed Lightning Action Plan for the state of Uttar Pradesh in partnership with UNICEF. (2020)
• Jointly developed SOP for Cold Wave Response for the state of Uttar Pradesh in partnership with UNICEF. (2020)
• Jointly developed SOP for Uttar Pradesh SDRF Mock Drill and Capacity Building for the state of Uttar Pradesh in partnership with UNICEF. (2020)
• Facilitated and led partnership of RedR India with NISWASS (Social Work Institute in Odisha, India) and PECUC (Regional NGO in Odisha, India).
• Coordinated ISO 9001:2015 certification of RedR India.
• Developed and submitted RedR India’s programme service bids and proposals as an institutional focal point for partnerships.
• Provided technical support to Training and Project verticals of RedR India in delivery of assignments.

• Conducted Evaluation for HelpAge International for their project titled, “Building Preparedness of Vulnerable Communities through Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction Initiatives.” (2020)
• Conducted Endline Evaluation for Christian Aid Bangladesh of their project titled “Integrated Emergency Humanitarian Response to the Rohingya Population in Cox’s Bazar.” (2019)
• Designed capacity building activities and coordinated with group of experts working on Training Module/Training Material.
• Coordinated and delivered RedR India’s capacity building services along with the training team.
• Oversaw the functions of training administration and logistics in close coordination with the operations team.
• Developed concept notes and proposal for external clients/partners and internally on flagship programmes/projects of RedR India.
• Conducted session on MEAL in Sphere Standards Training organized by RedR India. (2019)
• Coordinated conduct of training courses for clients - NSE, PLAN, Unicef and developed training reports with training evaluation.

• Conducted in-depth interviews of healthcare provider/frontline workers.
• Conducted in-depth interviews of mothers/caregivers of the small and sick neonates.
• Transcription-cum-translation of audio recordings of the interview in English.
• Compilation and submission of field notes along with the verbatim transcription cum translation of interviews.

• Taught courses on Social Policy, Planning and Implementation; Development Theories; and Development Communication for M.A. Social Work fourth semester students (2016-18 Batch).
• Prepared research tools for Bartan system research study.
• Trained students on quantitative and qualitative data analysis software – SPSS and Atlas.ti.

• Cleaned WoW MIS data, coded and developed SPSS variables in discussion with Azad Team.
• Submitted final file in SPSS format in prescribed timeline.
• Prepared a qualitative report titled – “Perceptions of Women on Change noticed in Attitude and Behavior of Men associated with MGJ program.”

• Developed Six Monthly Progress Report and Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation System for Rajasthan Agricultural Competitiveness Project (RACP): tool development; data collection; data analysis and report writing.
• Developed Baseline Report and presentation for Rajasthan Agricultural Competitiveness Project (RACP – World Bank Funded).

• Project Management of Monitoring and Evaluation (As an M&E Agency for Rajasthan Agricultural Competitiveness Project (World Bank Funded)).
• Coordination with client (RACP team) and consultation with domain experts (Agriculture, Watershed, Surface Water, Livestock) on specific deliverables as per the timeline.
• Periodic reporting to the client on day to day activities carried under scope of work.
• Coordination, Planning and Conducting trainings.
• Bidding for the prospective projects and proposal presentation to potential clients.

• Worked upon qualitative research component across the two projects – Gender Equity Movement in Schools (GEMS) and Family Planning - Monitoring, Learning & Evaluation (FP-MLE).
• Conducted coding of the In-depth Interviews (IDIs) and Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) on Atlas.ti for the two projects.
• Conducted preliminary data analysis on Atlas.ti for coded qualitative data on GEMS project and FP-MLE project.
• Developed qualitative study tools for Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) under FP-MLE project.
• Conducted KIIs in the field (Districts of UP and Bihar state of India) at study implementation sites.

Conducted trainings for 30-40 Master-trainers (at each location) under the (Internet Sathi Program of Google and associates at Dumka, East Singhbhum and Deoghar districts of Jharkhand state in India.

• Coordinated and conducted social mapping exercise across 60 selected villages in Dholpur district of Rajasthan (India).
• Planning and supervision of the weekly and daily team movement plans along with respective project coordinators of ICRW and Pradan.
• Monitored and maintained quality of data collected.
• Cleaned and compiled the qualitative data for the analysis.

• Conducted ‘Working with Communities’ course for M.A. Social Work batch.
• Coordinated academic field activities for students - rural camps, organizations field visits.
• Coordinated exposure visits for other organizations to the Institute.
• Organized co-curricular activities for the students - street theatre, academic quizzes etcetera.
• Coordinated events at the Institute – Workshops, Conferences, Training programs.
• Program Management of Bachelor of Vocation programme initiated by NISWASS in partnership with TISS, Mumbai.

• Project Implementation and Monitoring of three projects of the organization on ‘Pro-poor Climate Change’ interventions.
• Monitoring of Project Budget.
• Reporting on Periodic Field visits and project related Financial Reporting.
• Donor Communication – Narrative reporting on progress of Projects and Audited financial reports.
• General Administration.

• Project Monitoring and Implementation at Block administration level.
• Monitoring of Women Self Help Groups (SHG) formation and Community Mobilization.
• Liaisoning of SHGs Bank Linkage at Block administration level.
• Monitored RSETI (Rural Self Employment Training Institute) at District administration level.

• Documentation of Best Practices of Mahila Samakhya (a DFID funded project on women empowerment & literacy) across 6 states of India.
• Drafting and Compilation of Case Studies of the Best Practices of Mahila Samakhya across 6 states of India.
• Drafting and Editing of toolkit on Panchayat Literacy for women (Mahila Samakhya, DFID funded).
• Primary Data collection, Data Analysis, Secondary Data Collection and Report Preparation.
• Preparation and Execution of Process and Impact Indicators vis-à-vis decentralized governance processes followed by local self-governance institutions.
• Process documentation of one of the partner organizations’ intervention.

• General administration of the organization.
• Coordination of Induction programs for Volunteers, Orientation & Supervision of the volunteers’ work at the organization.
• Project Implementation & Supervision.
• Team Capacity Building.