ASHITA SHARMA

• Lead a team of five batch managers supporting over 700 students across cohorts, while personally managing the academic progression, well-being, and engagement of 120 first-year CSAI students.
• Conduct a series of capacity-building sessions for the team on empathy, communication, psychological first aid, and identifying early signs of distress.
• Provide counseling and individual support to students facing issues such as anxiety, depression, self-harm tendencies, and relationship challenges, while creating action plans to maximize student effort, consistency, and potential.
• Serve as a bridge between data-driven startup goals and student-focused university culture, creating systems that balance accountability with empathy.
• Designed and implemented structured one-on-one and group sessions to build rapport, map student journeys, and encourage help-seeking, and peer support.
• Introduced peer-bonding and reflection initiatives to foster a supportive student led culture.

• Group Sessions: Conducted promotive and preventive sessions to enhance student mental health awareness, understanding, and coping skills using Art Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Circle Time.
• Early Identification: Identified children in need, and coordinated with intervention partner IHBAS (Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences).
• Counseling Services: Provided individual, family, and crisis counseling services in school settings, completing over 500 hours of supervised therapy under the guidance of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) faculty.

Lead Life Skills

• Curriculum Development: Developed a research-based Life Skills curriculum on mental health for the Delhi government, receiving a letter of appreciation from the education minister.
• Team Management: Led a team to develop a developmentally mapped, experiential curriculum for grades 6-12.
• Consortium Leadership: Convened expert organizations in Emotional Intelligence, Internet Safety, Gender Sensitization, Substance Use, etc., to form a Life Skills consortium under the Delhi Government's leadership.

• Teacher Training: Conducted training sessions for government school teachers.
• Mental Health Awareness: Raised awareness of mental health and developmental concerns.
• Supportive Environment: Promoted the creation of a sensitive and supportive school environment.

• Team Leadership: Trained and managed a team of eight psychologists, overseeing a caseload of 35 to 40 clients per month.
• Counseling Services: Provided individual, family, and group counseling for women and children with history of trauma, violence, anxiety, depression, family conflict, and severe mental illness.
• Psychological Assessments: Planned and conducted assessments, as well as preventive and promotive workshops.
• Regular counseling cases: handled cases from:
• Child Welfare Committees (CWC) across Delhi.
• Delhi Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR)
• Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA)

• Mental Health Helpline: Served as a first-line psychologist on a 24/7 global helpline run by Manas, powered by AXA.
• Educational Outreach: Conducted seminars and created interactive modules for institutions such as Sanskriti School, IIT, NSIT, etc.
• Community Outreach: Coordinated Camp Kumaon in Uttarakhand, a community outreach project.
• Training Initiatives: Trained paralegal volunteers in Chhattisgarh on mental health for UNICEF.
• Client Acquisition and Management: Developed client acquisition strategies and managed sessions as the OPD coordinator.
• Capacity Building: Organized training sessions and discussions for mental health teams as the capacity-building coordinator.

• Study Plan Preparation: Prepared individualized study plans and detailed notes to meet identified goals.
• Learning Strategies: Applied effective learning strategies to improve students' study skills and retention.

• Hands-On Learning: Facilitated hands-on learning for students in various educational institutions, such as Birla Vidya Niketan, DPS, Springdales, Lotus Valley, etc.
• Curriculum Development: Collaborated with colleagues on curriculum development, and prepared engaging lesson plans.