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Varun Yadav

New Delhi

Summary

Analytical professional with technical knowledge and critical thinking skills to thrive in data-driven environments. Tackles challenges with positivity and drive to overcome. Works great alone or with others and consistently exceeds expectations.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Consultant-Research, Assessment & Studies

Randstad India Pvt. Ltd. (M/s-KPMG Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd.)
Mumbai, Maharashtra
12.2024 - 03.2025

Project: Sustainability Projects Unit (SPU) for planning, implementation and monitoring of climate-resilient, sustainable service delivery, and improving efficacy in the water and wastewater sector

Consultant (Hybrid-Independent)

Institute of Economic Growth & Flame University
New Delhi
04.2024 - 11.2024

Project: Concurrent Monitoring of SAM Children, Their Treatment, and Outcomes.

  • Conduct surveys in 6 high-burdened SAM prevalence states
  • Managed field operations, monitoring, and team coordination.
  • Data Management and Analysis.
  • Develop KPIs and create fact sheets and dashboards to track project progress and impact metrics.
  • Delivered regular progress evaluations to government stakeholders.

National Consultant- Monitoring & Evaluation

National Center for Vector Borne & Disease Control, MoHFW, GoI
New Delhi
07.2023 - 03.2024

Project: Intensified Malaria Elimination Program (IMEP-2)

  • Programme Planning and Implementation,
  • Surveillance Programmatic Gap Identification through real-time data, actionable inputs to address critical gaps, and strengthen program outcomes.
  • Budget Assessment: Programme Implementation Plan (PIPs), Monitor NG-SR activities and budgets utilization.
  • Regular review meetings with states, conducting regional review meetings, and trainings.
  • Develop the EoI for the tender process, and support the development of the project budgetary activities.

Senior Specialist-Health System & Policy Research

International AIDs Vaccine Initiative
Gurugram, Haryana
04.2022 - 07.2023

Project: Exemplar Project on Child Nutrition.

  • Lead the quantitative analysis for the project.
  • Develop quantitative protocols, quantitative research strategies, statistical and analytical frameworks.
  • Generate evidence using large-scale, cross-sectional secondary data sets.
  • Integrate findings for policy analysis, and for qualitative analysis.
  • Operational: Stakeholder Engagement and Identification.

Associate-Monitoring & Evaluation

Indian Health Action Trust- UP-TSU
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
12.2019 - 04.2022

Project: Surveillance (COVID-19 and Vaccination Coverage), and Strengthen RMNCH Program through Community Outreach.

  • Surveillance and Data Management of COVID-19 and COVID Vaccination in Uttar Pradesh.
  • Program scripting for data transformation and report automation.
  • Program Planning and Implementation (RMNCH, RI)
  • Support the program team in developing KPIs to track the program's progress, and identify gaps using program data. Discuss gaps and recommend the program team to fill the gaps.
  • Capacity building of block outreach coordinators for monitoring and evaluation, online data collection, and to use the digital application.

Research Analyst

Institute of Economic Growth
New Delhi
08.2018 - 11.2019

Projects: a) Assessment of IFA Supply Chain Management (Sikkim, Mizoram, West Bengal); b) Concurrent Monitoring of Mahatari Jatan Yojana (Chhattisgarh); c) Assessment of National Dairy Plan-1 (eight states); d) Evaluation of the Integrated Child Development Programme.

  • Research, conduct field surveys (qualitative and quantitative), data management and analysis, report writing, and documentation.

Senior Research Fellow

MS Swaminathan Research Foundation
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
06.2017 - 07.2018

Project: Farming System for Nutrition

  • MIS Management, Data Analysis- Primary & Secondary Data sets, Evidence Generate according to project scope, Focused Policy Advocacy & Research

Project Officer

International Institute for Population Sciences
Mumbai, Maharashtra
10.2016 - 11.2016

Project: National Family Health Survey - 5

  • Monitoring and supervision of field activities.
  • Ensure first-level data quality check and its accuracy for the states.
  • Stakeholder management on agencies' work within the different states.
  • Provide support in the capacity building of field investigators for data collection.

Education

Post Graduate Diploma - Health Economics, Health Financing And Policy

Indian Institute of Public Health-Delhi
New Delhi, India
12-2017

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) - Population Studies And Demography

International Institute For Population Sciences
Mumbai, Maharashtra
05-2015

Master of Science - Population Studies And Demography

International Institute For Population Sciences
Mumbai, Maharashtra
05-2014

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics & Statistics (H)

Ranchi University
Ranchi, Jharkhand
08-2009

Skills

  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Statistical & Data Analysis: Stata/R
  • Project planning and implementation
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Team coordination
  • Research: qualitative and quantitative methods
  • Predictive modeling
  • Data visualization - Power BI
  • Spatial analysis: ArcGIS
  • Technical writing and documentation
  • Event Management

Certification

  • Power BI Desktop & Service
  • Time Series Analysis in Python

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Hindi
Native
Native

Publications

  • Women as drivers of change for nutrition sensitive agriculture: Case study of a novel extension approach in Wardha, India (2019)
  • Ageing, Work and Self-Rated Health in India (Pipeline)
  • Drivers of decline in Stunting in India: An Exemplar Analysis (2025)

Timeline

Consultant-Research, Assessment & Studies

Randstad India Pvt. Ltd. (M/s-KPMG Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd.)
12.2024 - 03.2025

Consultant (Hybrid-Independent)

Institute of Economic Growth & Flame University
04.2024 - 11.2024

National Consultant- Monitoring & Evaluation

National Center for Vector Borne & Disease Control, MoHFW, GoI
07.2023 - 03.2024

Senior Specialist-Health System & Policy Research

International AIDs Vaccine Initiative
04.2022 - 07.2023

Associate-Monitoring & Evaluation

Indian Health Action Trust- UP-TSU
12.2019 - 04.2022

Research Analyst

Institute of Economic Growth
08.2018 - 11.2019

Senior Research Fellow

MS Swaminathan Research Foundation
06.2017 - 07.2018

Project Officer

International Institute for Population Sciences
10.2016 - 11.2016

Post Graduate Diploma - Health Economics, Health Financing And Policy

Indian Institute of Public Health-Delhi

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) - Population Studies And Demography

International Institute For Population Sciences

Master of Science - Population Studies And Demography

International Institute For Population Sciences

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics & Statistics (H)

Ranchi University
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