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Merine John

Mumbai,Maharashtra

Overview

21
years of professional experience

Work History

Essar Foundation

DGM CSR
11.2018 - 12.2020

Job overview

  • Provided advice and recommendation to business in relation to environmental and social sustainability initiative
  • Launched the Diversity inclusion initiative – Rainbow project for transgender persons skill training for livelihood, entrepreneurship development
  • Building awareness and change the narrative of perception towards transgender community via social media
  • Partnered with Transgender activist in Tamil Nadu to support starting of India’s first Dairy owned and managed by transgender community
  • Thus, providing sustainable livelihood for 30 transperson
  • During Pandemic coordinated and facilitated distribution of over 2 lakhs meals, monthly ration kits to nearly 2000 transperson in and around Mumbai, Tamil Nadu and Delhi
  • Medical protection kits over one lakh to Government and Municipal Hospitals in Mumbai, Pune and Surat, police professionals in Mumbai
  • Successfully designed and launched trial version of unique menstrual hygiene awareness mobile application- Sahej in partnership with UNICEF Maharashtra
  • Distributed over nearly one lakh Sanitary Pads packets in slum communities of Mumbai and also in rural villages of Kashmir during pandemic
  • Executed Employee volunteering initiative impacting nearly 200 children residing in children’s home
  • Representation in different forums.

Amazon Sellers Service Pvt Limited

Manager CSR
03.2014 - 08.2015

Job overview

  • Launched a special education initiative - E-library pilot for government school in Bhiwandi (Maharashtra) and similar initiative in Mewat (Haryana)
  • 2500 children benefitted through this initiative
  • Built partnership with AICCA and supported business team in connecting over 10000 rural artisans to support them in on-boarding for 'home decor category of the Amazon E-commerce portal'
  • Set up rural development and women empowerment initiatives in Bhiwandi (Outskirts of Mumbai) and Mewat (Outskirts of Gurgaon) impacting more than 20000 families
  • Set up a unique 'Gift A Smile' online initiative, empowering customers to gift with ease to social causes of their choice and enabling NGOs to list the products as per the project needs
  • The project impacted over 50000 beneficiaries within a short period of one year
  • Building systems, SOPs and project tracking mechanism with service partner for CSR initiatives
  • Employee engagement initiatives impacting more than 2000 children in government schools and children’s home in Bengaluru
  • Facilitated getting approval for business to get license to operate from the relevant local government and maintaining positive relationship with local stakeholders.

ACC Ltd

DGM - CSR Regional Head South & West
03.2014 - 08.2015

Job overview

  • Built in a structured CSR initiative, enabling scaling up of projects to over 100 villages spread across 11 States in India impacting over three Lakh people
  • Set up livelihood initiatives which enabled more than 10000 rural young men and women get employment - both in the market place and around plant locations
  • Built special education support programs in government school of Kudithini (Karnataka), and neighbourhood villages
  • Initiated projects with schools in Chaibasa, Jharkhand, Chanda (Maharashtra), Dungri (Orissa)
  • Developed and institutionalized within the company, social development projects in partnerships with Key stakeholders- Government, NABARD and NGOs across country
  • Mobilized more than Ten Crores funding from these partnerships for various community development projects
  • This was the first time the company had initiated such partnership projects
  • Set up and nurtured over 3000 women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) across India
  • Designed and implemented farmers support programs across country
  • Promoting organic farming and integration of advanced farming
  • Enabling the farmers to enhance their income through on farm and off-farm livelihood activities
  • Impacting more than 1000 farmers across the country
  • Creating awareness on the importance of water management, watershed development and rainwater harvesting and well recharging projects in Kudithini, Thondebavi (Karnataka), Sindri and Chaibasa (Jharkhand), Asansol (West Bengal), Mandi (Himachal Pradesh)
  • Designed and facilitated setting up community women owned Garment Manufacturing Unit impacting over 100 women livelihoods
  • Engaged with stakeholders and supported constructions of nearly 500 toilets in Wadi (Karnataka)
  • Construction of unique 70 flood resistant houses in Bihar for women headed and families with special need family members
  • Developing and implementation of unique CSR planning and designing tool - CSR Score Card
  • SD reporting on community engagement and facilitating in getting AA1000AS assurance
  • Awards won by the projects include: ACC won the Asia Enterprise Award 2012– for the category of Community engagement based on processes and systems institutionalized in ACC in the said categories
  • Global CSR Excellence and Leadership award in the unique CSR initiative of PPP model green initiative in the World CSR Day Forum and again also won an award in the British Council Social Awards
  • Designed and executed domestic solid waste Management program in in Madukkarai (Coimbatore) impacting 33 Wards and sustained over 5 years
  • The project won multiple National and State Level Awards
  • It also had a special recognition in Swachh Bharat Initiative of GOI.

Bombay Dyeing

Consultant CSR
12.2006 - 11.2007

Job overview

  • Successfully implemented Clean and Green Mumbai in partnership with government bodies, NGOs and people's groups
  • Area Beautification - and ensuring self-sustainability of the initiative by formation of Citizens body - Advanced Locality Management Group, and linking up with Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
  • Mobilized nearly 50 lakhs funds from local corporators and others stakeholders for the project
  • The ALM won special recognition award from BMC for their active role in maintaining the zone and engagement with BMC
  • Adoption and maintenance of select public garden as part of the company's environment protection and Green Mumbai initiative
  • Employee engagement initiative- participation in Mumbai Marathon 2006
  • Railway Station Restoration and beautification initiative
  • Clean station Drive at Bandra Terminus.

State Level Resource Centre

Coordinator (Resource Centre & Child Protection)
12.2004 - 05.2006

Job overview

  • Conceptualizing and setting up Resource centre to combat human trafficking
  • Distinction of facilitating the development of State Plan of Action to combat human trafficking through multi stakeholder dialogues
  • Facilitating development of State Rules on Immoral Traffic Prevention Act and building consensus amongst multiple stakeholders
  • Distinction of initiating first formal inter-state networking of Government departments and Voluntary organizations for setting up victim friendly repatriation processes for children and trafficked victims
  • Training of children's home (orphanages, juvenile homes) professionals, probation officers, Police, Child Welfare Committee members in creating child friendly systems based on child Rights.

Coordination Committee for Vulnerable Children

Network Coordinator
08.2003 - 08.2004

Job overview

  • Coordination and implemented a model child friendly rescue operation
  • It was for the first time a mass rescue operation of 88 child labourers from Zari Industry in Mumbai was done
  • This paved way for the Government to take massive action and build processes for rescue and rehabilitation of child labourers, and initiating criminal proceedings against employers & traffickers
  • Revived the network operation and increased its membership from 25 NGOs to 43
  • Organised Fun fair for 3000 street children as part of Children’s Day celebration
  • Raised Rs
  • Four lakhs funding for the secretariat within 2.5 months and created opportunity for the network to raise Seven Lakh each year.

Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) of Bombay

Program Coordinator
04.2001 - 04.2003

Job overview

  • Developed new course Curriculum in keeping with the market demands
  • Demonstrated excellence in initiating 2 new income generation programmes - canteen management & costume jewellery
  • Enabling nearly 50 women to become entrepreneurs
  • Setting up formal staff Appraisal and in-house training programs
  • Motivated and nurtured local 2 women to stand for Municipality elections
  • Management of Vocational Training Institute impacting over 200 young girls from economically backward communities.

CHILDLINE India Foundation

Asst. Program Secretary
06.2000 - 01.2001

Job overview

  • Accountable for facilitating and ensuring quality output of teams in 7 cities namely Trivandrum, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Goa, Jaipur & Varanasi
  • Distinction of building a strong network with Government and Non-Government Organizations for rehabilitation of the children
  • Demonstrated excellence in streamlining of programmes, thereby yielding good results in increase in case calls and successful case interventions in each of the cities.

Timeline

DGM CSR

Essar Foundation
11.2018 - 12.2020

Manager CSR

Amazon Sellers Service Pvt Limited
03.2014 - 08.2015

DGM - CSR Regional Head South & West

ACC Ltd
03.2014 - 08.2015

Consultant CSR

Bombay Dyeing
12.2006 - 11.2007

Coordinator (Resource Centre & Child Protection)

State Level Resource Centre
12.2004 - 05.2006

Network Coordinator

Coordination Committee for Vulnerable Children
08.2003 - 08.2004

Program Coordinator

Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) of Bombay
04.2001 - 04.2003

Asst. Program Secretary

CHILDLINE India Foundation
06.2000 - 01.2001

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