PRANAV KEERTHAN PAKEER
Melbourne
Summary
Motivated and self-driven postgraduate student pursuing a Master’s in Public Policy, with a keen interest in policy- related administration, research, organisation, and volunteering, with an aspiration to work individually and as a team in synthesizing and advocating for collaborative and inclusive policymaking, to create equitable and tangible policy outcomes.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Policy and Research Intern
STATE PLANNING COMMISION, TAMIL NADU – GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Chennai
12.2025 - 01.2026
- Worked directly with the State Institution for Transformation (SIT) team, a multisectoral expert team where work was designated by the Health and Social Welfare, Education and Employment, and Finance and Economics sector experts.
- Undertook policy analysis and tracking of policy trends from 1950s onwards by analyzing budgetary and fiscal reports, and flagship schemes to determine progression of the State in a policy and sociopolitical and economic lens and to determine the transition of the State from the primary sector to a service sector-oriented State, and schemes that enabled the transition.
- Worked with the SIT in tasks oriented with the introduction of the upcoming Tamil Nadu Policy and Governance Experiential (TNPAGE) Centre, an one-stop AI-driven experiential centre aimed to streamline policy analysis and best use-case governance by creating a singular location to view and take learnings from compiled policy and governance data across 38 Districts of the State, with public access to the associated website to view and track the development across the State based on policy implementation and best practices used.
- Performed sector-tagging and consolidation of bulk 'Best Practices in Governance' submitted by various public and private stakeholders across the State to inform the dataset for TNPAGE, creating a singular template to streamline administration and management of data to feed into TNPAGE’s AI vector table and backend access of administrators.
- Assisted in the creation of the book 'Best Practices in Governance', to be launched by the State Planning Commission, encapsulating the dataset of best use-cases formatted for TNPAGE website and physical centre in words for publication and distribution of the State’s policy work.
- Assisted in the launch of Tamil Nadu’s CSR Matchmaking Initiative, a flagship website aimed to facilitate CSR undertakings and relations between the State Government and CSR partners, where available projects are uploaded with requirements and budgetary information for CSR partners to choose from, and are matched after reviewing proposals.
Head Student Editor of Department Newsletter
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
Chennai
11.2023 - 04.2024
- Created teams for content creation, design, and other support branches.
- Ensured unbiased and relevant documentation of functioning of the department to encourage transparency and proper record-keeping.
- Reviewed and edited content, maintaining correct grammar and adherence to company style.
- Employed students with relevant skills after detailed scouting and networking.
- Encouraged exposure of students' creative work.
General Secretary of the Department
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
Chennai
04.2023 - 04.2024
- Led a student cabinet responsible for the welfare and supervision of 100+ students.
- Introduced pragmatic approaches to streamline functioning of the department.
- Ideated the creation of a department newsletter and executed proposal successfully.
- Conducted and led student forums targeted at transparency and democratic functioning.
- Facilitated conflict resolution through diplomatic and pragmatic problem-solving.
- Drafted budgetary details and collaborated with external sponsors for funding.
- Represented overall student body in meetings with the department of study and other University administrative bodies.
- Responsible for overseeing various department events, including a yearly inter and intra- University cultural and literary event 'Woodstock', alumni meet, and workshops, including formation of teams and appropriate delegation.
- Allocated and delegated duties to peers and subordinates to meet strategic and operational aims and objectives.
- Led and organized negotiations with external agencies to meet collaborative agendas.
Trek and Relief Organizer and Volunteer
CHENNAI TREKKING CLUB
Chennai
03.2014 - 03.2019
- Collaborated with veteran trekkers and organizers as a mentee to sharpen leadership and organisation skills.
- Aided in planning and executing various environmental clean-up drives in forest areas, villages, and natural water bodies.
- Provided hands-on support during community clean-up initiatives.
- Played active role in flood relief through food donation, shelter coordination, and executing safety protocols.
Environmental Aid Volunteer
ENVIRONMENTALIST FOUNDATION OF INDIA
Chennai
04.2016 - 05.2018
- Avid involvement in clean-up drives focusing on forest areas, beaches, villages, and local water bodies.
Environmental Aid Volunteer
AINTHINAI GREEN FOUNDATION
Chennai
04.2014 - 05.2018
- Green plantation and forestation drives.
- Waste collection drives for compost manufacture.
- Transport organisation to interconnect aid campuses.
- Restoration of plantation in urban and government-owned landscapes, with active involvement in awareness drives to increase knowledge regarding environment aid in schools.
Education
MASTER OF PUBLIC POLICY -
Monash University
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia08.2026
BACHELOR OF ARTS - ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Madras Christian College
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India04.2024
HIGH SCHOOL - CBSE
St. Britto's Academy
India04.2020
Skills
- Communication
- Organization
- Comprehensive Writing
- Leadership
- Editing and Review
- Research and Analysis
- People and Project Management
- Conflict resolution
- Mediation
- De-escalation
Certification
- The Art and Science of Economic Policy, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore
- Working With Children Check (Victoria), 3262207A-01
Accomplishments
- Elected as the General Secretary of the department during my undergraduate.
- Introduced a department newsletter as stated in my election manifesto.
- Spearheaded the first-ever alumni meet of the department for its 10-year anniversary in 2024 during my undergraduate course.
- Extensive volunteering and social upliftment through blood and environmental drives, and other opportunities.
Projects
Undergraduate thesis titled 'The Bakhas of India: Why Mulk Raj Anand's Solutions for Untouchability Failed', Exploring the condition of manual scavengers in pre-Independence and present-day India, by employing literary theories such as structuralism and Dalit studies to show how policy-making and legislature has been inadequate in addressing the inhumane practice, and how Gandhian approaches prove to be futile in correcting a caste-conscious society.
Languages
- Tamil
- English, Proficient
- Tamil, Native/Bilingual
Languages
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Tamil
Native
Native
Timeline
Policy and Research Intern
STATE PLANNING COMMISION, TAMIL NADU – GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
12.2025 - 01.2026
Head Student Editor of Department Newsletter
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
11.2023 - 04.2024
General Secretary of the Department
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
04.2023 - 04.2024
Environmental Aid Volunteer
ENVIRONMENTALIST FOUNDATION OF INDIA
04.2016 - 05.2018
Environmental Aid Volunteer
AINTHINAI GREEN FOUNDATION
04.2014 - 05.2018
Trek and Relief Organizer and Volunteer
CHENNAI TREKKING CLUB
03.2014 - 03.2019
MASTER OF PUBLIC POLICY -
Monash University
BACHELOR OF ARTS - ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Madras Christian College
HIGH SCHOOL - CBSE
St. Britto's Academy