PALAS SHARANGI

A result-based professional with wide experience in implementing and monitoring large-scale national/state initiatives, and World Bank/UNICEF/USAID funded projects in 5 Indian states on issues related to Adult Education, Early Childhood Care & Education, Child-Friendly Schools & Systems, Teachers' Professional Development, Skill Development, WASH, Nutrition, etc. Collaborative; provided leadership in managing 11 large-scale programs, conducting professional development of around 0.17 million subject teachers; developed strategy and facilitated roll out of 9 state-wide campaigns; prepared 23 training modules & collaterals; created around 138 contents; designed tools for monitoring and quality assurance of 25+ project interventions; captured 50+ case studies on good practices, etc.

• Earned the National Award for the preparation of reading materials for the Neo-Literates under the National Adult Education Program (NAEP)., 01/01/86
• Represented the Text Book Committee of West Bengal state, and prepared the contents related to Environment, WASH, School Safety, Child Rights, etc. for the textbooks.
• Nominated as the National Evaluator by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for the evaluation of Children's Literature., 01/01/93
• Represented the State Resource Group of the State Resource Centre for Adult Education of West Bengal and prepared 7 Reading Materials for neo-literates on health, nutrition, sanitation, and climate change., 01/01/87 - 01/01/95

• Development and roll-out of the protocol of Child-Friendly Schools & Systems (CFSS) in 93000 schools of West Bengal state resulting in the integration of RTE, climate change, school hygiene, disaster management, child rights, etc. in curriculum and engaging around 0.14 million trained teachers in classroom transaction and activity-based learning., 11/01/10 - 11/30/13
• Development of CFSS evaluation scale based on the norms and standards of RTE and its rollout in the state of West Bengal resulting in benchmarking of schools according to STAR ratings and integration of School Awards in the state budget of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan for incentivizing good practices., 01/01/13
• Development of the program design for gender mainstreaming in the construction industry and its implementation in Ranchi district of Jharkhand state under the National Initiative for Promoting Upskilling of Construction Workers (NIPUN) resulting in shifting 232 unskilled/semi-skilled women helpers to skilled masons with a 46% increase in monthly work days and 72% in wage rate., 01/01/23

• Collected and analyzed data and prepared Fact Sheets on the trends and quantum of CSR spending by 100 companies in the last 3 years., 01/01/22
• Collected, analyzed, and interpreted secondary data on Swachh Bharat Mission implementation in India and provided leadership in preparing the Annual Report., 01/01/16
• Collected, analyzed, and interpreted secondary data on Swachh Bharat Mission implementation in identified laggard states and districts and provided leadership in preparing the State/District Fact Sheet., 01/01/16
• Collected, analyzed, and interpreted secondary data on implementing Social Protection Schemes in Jharkhand state., 01/01/22
• Developed the study tool and facilitated the Rapid Assessment of Swachh Bharat Mission implementation in Madhya Pradesh state under the IIM-Indore’s Rural Immersion Program, analyzed data, and prepared the report., 01/01/18
• Collected, analyzed, and interpreted primary data on Swachh Bharat Mission implementation in the Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh state, captured human interest stories and case studies, and prepared the report on equity and inclusion in Swachh Bharat Mission., 01/01/18