Lahari Datta Punjala
Hyderabad
Summary
Skilled political science professional successful at leveraging expertise to assist stakeholders with making forward-thinking plans and capitalizing on dynamic areas of political trends. Decisive problem-solver with proven research, persuasion and strategic policy development experience.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Political Associate
Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC)
03.2023 - 10.2023
- Worked as Field Core Team Member in engaging and managing YSRCP stakeholders of three assembly constituencies of Vijayawada West, Vijayawada East, and Vijayawada Central in Andhra Pradesh project.
- Conducted series of rigorous primary research through in-depth interviews, social listening, focus group discussions by developing networks on ground and secondary research through government acquired data to understand political and geographical demographic and detecting political pulse
- Actively involved in strategizing and implementing on-ground political campaigns of Jagananna Ma Bhavishaythu Campaign (JMB), Jagananna Suraksha Campaign (JS), Jagananna Arogya Suraksha Campaign (JAS), Bus Yatra Campaign (JS Bus Yatra)
- Worked as Field coordinator, coordinating and managing team of 8 and 13 assembly constituencies of Visakhapatnam, Araku Districts
- Involved in drafting detailed work plan for coordinating with field team and political stakeholders
- Coordinated with internal teams of digital media, data analytics, strategic research, and operations to achieve campaign aims.
Content Creation Intern
Little Heights- Little Hyderabad Stories
06.2020 - 06.2020
- Crafted SEO-friendly content for Little Heights websites and Little Hyderabad Stories Instagram blog posts to increase organic traffic.
- Edited and proofread content to confirm proper grammar, quality, and consistency with AP style.
- Conducted thorough research on assigned topics of using trending social media platforms.
- Coordinated with teams of designers, editors, and marketers to create content for client campaigns like Tinder.
- Formatted content to adhere to Little Hyderabad Stories-specific style guides.
- Created content on different Instagram trends relating to the city, researched and ideated campaigns for various brands, and
influencers.
Intern
Pledge A Smile
05.2020 - 05.2020
- “Project Seva” focused on providing food kits to daily wage labourers who are affected by pandemic lockdown.
- Collected highest donations, crossing given target by 5%
- Learnt hands-on about social media outreach, spreading awareness about their work through various social media platforms
- Interacted with customers by phone, email, or in person to provide information.
- Maintained accurate records and documentation of projects to inform stakeholders of progress and updates.
Education
Master of Science - International Relations
University of Aberdeen
Scotland, United Kingdom06.2023
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science Economics Public Administration
St. Francis College For Women, Osmania University (OU (DTU)
Hyderbad03.2021
Skills
- WordPress
- IBM SPSS
- Microsoft Office Suite: Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
- Content Writing
- Team Briefing Reports
Certifications Courses
- Bootcamp on Taiwan & China: Decoding the Security Conundrum, Indian Forum for Public Diplomacy (IFPD), 10/23
- CPPR Academy: India and the Global South in the Indo Pacific, Centre for Policy Research (CPPR), 07/23
Awards
Secured 2nd Place in ACTON-SASFL Essay Competition, 2018 conducted by Students for Liberty on the topic of "The Paradox of Incentives: Why Private Sector Serves the People Better than a Big State?"
Extracurricular Activities
Committee Member of Employee Welfare Committee, IPAC, 2023
Class Representative for courses Religion, Conflict and Security and Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Aberdeen, 2022
Member of Aberdeen Students Union Association, University of Aberdeen, 2022
Head, Hospitality Team, 'Model United Nations', St. Francis College for Women, 2019
Student Quality Cell Representative (SQCR) actively took responsibility as a medium between the students and college administration, 2019
Rhetoric Wall magazine committee: Actively covered current international political issues through articles, conversations and comics, 2019
Rhetoric Club Secretary organised and coordinated events such as guest lectures and cartoon making related to current sociopolitical issues and made them a great success, St. Francis College for Women, 2018
Projects
Anti-Politics Machine in India: A Case Study of Development Intervention in Northeast India After Decades of Neglect, June 2023–Sep 2023
Application of James Ferguson’s theory, Anti-Politics Machine, in regard to the development projects being conducted by
the government of India after years of neglect in northeast India.
Aarogyasri Scheme: The Finest Healthcare Programme with a Vision of Developing a Healthy Telangana: A Comparative Study on the Districts of Adilabad and Warangal, June 2019–March 2020
Evaluate and compare the performance of the scheme in the state between 2007 and 2008 and 2017 and 2018. Learnt about the effects of a healthcare insurance scheme in different parts of Telangana over a period of 10 years.
People’s Preference to Private Jobs, November 2018–January 2019
As a primary data analyst, learnt hands-on about analysing the collected primary data using MS Excel and SPSS tools. MS Excel
and SPSS
Timeline
Political Associate
Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC)
03.2023 - 10.2023
Content Creation Intern
Little Heights- Little Hyderabad Stories
06.2020 - 06.2020
Intern
Pledge A Smile
05.2020 - 05.2020
Master of Science - International Relations
University of Aberdeen
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science Economics Public Administration
St. Francis College For Women, Osmania University (OU (DTU)
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