Paramita Ghosh
Navi Mumbai
Summary
A development professional passionately believes in transformative power of social change along with a commitment towards rights of children and gender particularly. Leader, program evaluator, capacity to multitask and add value beyond role definition.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
CSR Lead
Tata Consulting Engineers Limited
2023.08 - Current
- I am in charge of end-to-end management of CSR programs including strategy design, budget plan, program design, stakeholder management, development, execution, monitoring & reporting
- Also regular program reviews to assess program impact outcomes and efficacy is also part of my role
- As CSR lead I also ensure compliance with CSR regulations and governance processes.
Independent Consultant
2023.01 - 2023.08
- I was working project basis with selected non profits on: Designing M and E system, Helping with grant proposals and budgeting, Capacity building
Consultant
Sahayog Foundation
2022.03 - 2023.01
- I was leading the team to develop the program and processes, facilitate the partnerships between NGOs and Funders and setting up monitoring and Evaluation system to measure the impact of the model.
Senior Lead
EdelGive Foundation
2017.09 - 2022.02
- I was in charge of leading investment strategy for portfolios alongwith heading Education portfolio, under which I managed 18 non profit partners as well as a coalition involving Govt and other stakeholders
- These included end to end scoping to grant management and evaluation processes along with developing investment strategy, engaging with organizations to build their capacity, finance and legal compliance, assisting them to facilitate partnerships, and measuring the grant processes including target settings and managing goal metrics
- I also contributed towards the strategic exercise of GROW fund as part of the core team.
Deputy Head Research and M&E
Kotak Education Foundation
2015.04 - 2017.08
- I was leading the programme team, to develop a Monitoring and Evaluation framework for 9 interventions spread across 30 schools
- Along with that I was providing strategic input for the future plan of the organization on the basis of the programme data
- My responsibilities include writing for social/development communication, partnership building, advocacy and program design and support in Education, Health and select issues of vulnerabilities; planning and managing research, developing training content and monitoring and evaluation.
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist and Research Coordinator
Muktangan
2013.10 - 2015.03
- I developed monitoring and evaluation framework for the teachers training and school program, which is a new model of education providing quality, child centered, inclusive English-medium schooling to thousands of underprivileged children in Mumbai
- Beside working with the Programme team in terms of Monitoring and Evaluation, Research, I am also providing strategic inputs for Strategy, Outreach and Scale, as the member of the Senior Management Team in Muktangan
- I not only contribute in knowledge building but also give strategic inputs based on my rich rural field experience
- Part of the Strategic Team I also do donor management in case of very special donors.
Research Officer
Committed Communities Development Trust
2010.07 - 2013.09
- My job responsibilities were to design and conduct quality internal research in the fields of health, education, and issues related to vulnerability, developing indicators for monitoring projects and evaluating the impact of the projects, setting data flow and reporting systems for the smooth data capturing
- Addition to this also to enable the organisation to take positions on advocacy issues by generating a knowledge base and providing reports and concept papers on policy issues.
Research Fellow
Indian Statistical Institute
2004.05 - 2010.06
- I worked on various projects related to social inequality in rural India
- I was involved in designing the studies, planning, managing and conducting fieldwork, data management, and report writing
- During later part of my tenure I was working on my doctoral thesis 'Patterns of achievement and deprivation in school education: Studies in rural Andhra Pradesh'
Education
Post Graduate in Sociology - undefined
Sociology Department, University of Pune
Graduate with Sociology Major - undefined
Fergusson College, Pune
Skills
Program and Grant Managementundefined
Personal Information
Age: 43 Years
Publications
- A chapter in Socio-Economic Surveys of Three Villages in Andhra Pradesh: A Study of Agrarian Relations, Edited by V. K. Ramachandran, Vikas Rawal and Madhura Swaminathan,2009.
- A chapter on (with Jayanta Kumar Basu) 'Interventions of the NGOs Caring for HIV Infected/Affected Children in India' in Principles of Perinatal and Paediatric HIV/AIDS, eds., Mamtha M Lala & Rashid H Merchant, Jaypee Publishers, 2011.
- Co-authored and presented 'Literacy and Schooling in Rural India: Case studies from Andhra Pradesh' a paper in International workshop on Environment, Agriculture and Socio-economic Change in Rural India organised by Kyungpook National University and University of Tokyo, 2010
- Authored and presented a paper on 'Pedagogy of Change: Case study of Muktangan' in London International Conference in London on November 2014
References
- Dr. Arun Kumar, Ex CEO 'Apnalaya'
- Mr. Ganesh Raja, CEO, Kotak education Foundation Mumbai
- Mr. Atul Gandhi, COO, EdelGive Foundation
Timeline
CSR Lead
Tata Consulting Engineers Limited
2023.08 - Current
Independent Consultant
2023.01 - 2023.08
Consultant
Sahayog Foundation
2022.03 - 2023.01
Senior Lead
EdelGive Foundation
2017.09 - 2022.02
Deputy Head Research and M&E
Kotak Education Foundation
2015.04 - 2017.08
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist and Research Coordinator
Muktangan
2013.10 - 2015.03
Research Officer
Committed Communities Development Trust
2010.07 - 2013.09
Research Fellow
Indian Statistical Institute
2004.05 - 2010.06
Post Graduate in Sociology - undefined
Sociology Department, University of Pune
Graduate with Sociology Major - undefined
Fergusson College, Pune
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