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Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Accomplishments
Additional Courses
Volunteering Experience
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Navoneela Chakraborty

Siliguri, West Bengal, PIN Code: 734007

Summary

Dedicated and detail-oriented Geography graduate with a strong background in spatial analysis, GIS, and environmental research. Proven ability to conduct comprehensive field studies, secondary research, analyze complex data sets, and present findings clearly and effectively. Adept at using various geographic and statistical software tools.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Research Associate

The Celestial Earth
Gurugram
08.2023 - Current

Projects:

a. Enabling Low Carbon Resilient Development in Goa and Kerala (Client: World Bank)

  • Roles and responsibilities:

-Prepared detailed reports summarizing experimental findings.

-Created presentations to explain research findings to clients.

-Assisted in disaster vulnerability assessment using ArcGIS and InVEST model.

-Assessed climate adaptation needs and calculated adaptation costs.

b. Development of dashboard for District Climate Action Plan for Uttar Pradesh (Client: State Govt. of Uttar Pradesh)

  • Roles and responsibilities:

-Contributed in preparation of a prototype dashboard template using MS Excel.

Intern

Centre for Environment Education
New Delhi
06.2022 - 07.2022

Project:

Waste management under Phase IV of Clean Noida Project (Client: HCL Foundation)

  • Roles and responsibilities:

-Developed IEC materials.

Research Intern

Centre for Science and Environment
New Delhi
05.2022 - 06.2022

Project:

Identification of Lake Victoria's pollution hotspots and waste management around it

  • Roles and responsibilities

-Prepared a report on change in the lake's water quality over time, its major sources of pollution, and the waste management practices around it.

-Mapped the pollution hotspots using ArcGIS.

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Education

Master of Arts - Geography

Jamia Millia Islamia
Delhi
06-2023

Bachelor of Arts - Geography

Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi
Delhi
06-2021

Higher Secondary -

BSF Senior Secondary Residential School
Siligri, West Bengal
05-2018

Matric -

New St. John's High School
Siliguri, West Bengal
04-2016

Skills

-Hard skills: Report writing, proposal writing, qualitative and quantitative research, data mining and analysis, literature review, fieldwork

-Technical skills: ArcGIS, QGIS, InVEST, SPSS, MS Office

-Soft skills: Communication, teamwork, leadership, critical thinking, time management

Languages

Bengali
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2

Accomplishments

  • Recipient of UGC Indira Gandhi PG Scholarship for Single Girl Child, 2022
  • Achieved AIR 27 in the general category in Jamia Millia Islamia Entrance Exam (Postgraduate level - Geography), 2021
  • Achieved AIR 82 in BHU PET (Geography) 2021
  • Qualified CUCET (Geography) 2021
  • Achieved AIR 134 in JNUEE 2021.

Additional Courses

  • ‘COP+25 International Climate Action Course’ organized by IARF (October 2019-
    February 2020)
  • 'Backyard Meteorology: The Science of Weather' course by Harvard University (April
    2020 -May 2020)
  • 'Water: Addressing the Global Crisis' course by SDG Academy (July 2020-August
    2020)

Volunteering Experience

  • Worked as a content writer in the writing and editorial team, Geography Department,
    Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi (2019-2021).
  • Aprils a volunteer faculty member Bodhi Tree Foundation and taught underprivileged children (January 2020 – April 2020)
  • Worked as a content writer in the ‘Environmental Affairs’ team at a youth
    organization, Youth Ink (April 2021-September 2021)

Timeline

Research Associate

The Celestial Earth
08.2023 - Current

Intern

Centre for Environment Education
06.2022 - 07.2022

Research Intern

Centre for Science and Environment
05.2022 - 06.2022

Master of Arts - Geography

Jamia Millia Islamia

Bachelor of Arts - Geography

Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi

Higher Secondary -

BSF Senior Secondary Residential School

Matric -

New St. John's High School

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