Overview
Work History
Education
Academicprojectsandresearch
Fieldworkfellowships
Coursescompleted
Certificationsandconferences
Positions Of Responsibility
Awards
Extracurricular Activities
Timeline
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TILOTTAMA SARKAR

Tamil Nadu

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Community Member

The Forest Way
7 2013 - Current

Project Coordinator

Samrakshan Trust
07.2012 - 06.2013
  • Worked with Samrakshan Trust, Madhya Pradesh as a Project Coordinator to file for Community Forest Rights under the Forest Rights Act 2006 with the Sahariya Tribal Community, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PTVG)
  • Work involved organising ground level Gram Sabha meetings, following the procedures of filing for CFR under the Act, conducting the necessary meetings with the Community, liaisoning with District Level Forest and Administrative officials, documenting and mapping their traditional forest usage, burial grounds, traditional norms of harvesting specific plants and trees, seasonal grazing route etc, and finally collating it all to make a case for CFR over their traditionally accessed areas.

Project Coordinator

Lokhit Pahu Palak Sansthan
05.2011 - 06.2012
  • Worked with Lokhit Pahu Palak Sansthan, Rajasthan as a Project Coordinator; main work involved filing Community Forest Right under the Forest Rights Act 2006 with the Raika camel herders over their traditional grazing areas in Pali District, Rajasthan
  • This involved organising ground level Gram Sabha meetings, following the procedures of filing for CFR under the Act, conducting the necessary meetings with the Community, liaisoning with District Level Forest and Administrative officials, documenting and mapping their traditional grazing routes, researching historical records to submit as proof of their grazing tradition, and finally collating all the documents together to make a comprehensive application to file for their rights.

Consultant

Greenpeace India
04.2011 - 05.2011
  • Work involves issue based research on environment related policies and projects and assimilating them into comprehensive reports for the website

Intern

New Delhi Television, Delhi (NDTV)
04.2008 - 04.2008
  • Worked with various departments including camera, studio, production, editing, shadowing reporters to understand the basics of television news reporting

Intern

Mindshare (Group M Companies), Kolkata
04.2007 - 05.2007
  • Extensively worked on market research for a leather accessories brand
  • Held customer surveys, researched potential advertising options and created a comprehensive advisory report with the information

Education

M.A. Sociology -

University of Delhi

B.A. Sociology - undefined

Mumbai University

All India Senior School Certificate Examination (CBSE) - undefined

Birla High School

West Bengal Board of Secondary Education - undefined

Modern High School

Academicprojectsandresearch

  • 2009 - 2011, Examining the view that commercialisation of agriculture has led to the widening of gap between the rich and the poor
  • 2009 - 2011, Analysis of South West Asia as an object of inquiry in the 21st Century using Said’s ‘Orientalism’ as a point of departure
  • 2009 - 2011, Examining the limits of legislating moral offenses from a jurisprudence perspective
  • 2009 - 2011, Discussing the idea that ‘whether a development project succeeds or fails, the discourse of development continues to flourish.’
  • 2006 - 2009, Quantitative analysis on the ‘Perception of Spirituality among the Youth’
  • 2006 - 2009, Status of Women in Hindu Society from the early 18th Century

Fieldworkfellowships

  • May 2010, Krishna Raj Fellowship in collaboration with the EPW Foundation, Received a grant for a field study on Human Wildlife Conflict. Presented a paper based on the study titled ‘“Human-Wildlife Conflict near Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh” which analysed losses in crop and livestock due to wildlife attacks and reviewed the existing compensation scheme in the area as a part of a team.
  • June 3 2010 – August 3 2010, KCCI Summer Internship Programme by UNICEF India, Selected for a two month project by UNICEF India. Conducted an extensive field work which sought to do an ethnographic study of the “Challenges to Elementary Education” in the Narayankhed District of Andhra Pradesh and presented a paper on the same to the Ministries of Education at the State level and Centre.

Coursescompleted

  • June 01 2009 – June 30 2009, Centre for Science and Environment, Delhi, Agenda for Survival, Undertook a summer certificate course on the policies, politics and practices of environmental management in India. As a part of the final assignment, the team reported, edited and designed a magazine
  • June 2006 – March 2007, Mumbai University, UGC certified course in Women’s Empowerment, Provided a theoretical framework to women’s studies and a practical orientation to social work. Visited rural women’s centres to get familiarised with the problems faced by rural women

Certificationsandconferences

  • 2013, International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) Conference, Kitafuji, Japan, Selected for the Prof. Elinor Ostrom International Fellowship on Practice and Policy on Commons 2013 for a fully funded paper presentation at the 14th IASC Conference. Link of the paper: https://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/items/b42a2bab-e1e2-4f7d-958a-99b3d128507c
  • 2011, Student Conservation Biology Asia Symposium, Participated at the 'Student Conservation Biology Asia Symposium 2011 on 'Conservation and Livelihoods: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Understanding Conflict and Coexistence' and presented a paper on 'Issues and Challenges in implementing the Forest Rights Act 2006 among the Raika Pastoralist herders in Rajasthan'

Positions Of Responsibility

  • June 2008 – March 2009, Sophia College, Student Body President, Led the College Union Committee in organising all college activities and directing College Associations. Directed the activities of the Placement Cell Committee
  • June 2008 – March 2009, Kaleidoscope, Sophia College, Executive Committee Member, Part of the 5 member core team organising the Annual National Inter-College festival, Kaleidoscope. Responsibilities included leading the 100 member team to bring in sponsors, planning and organising the 6 day festival which had an over-all foot-fall of more than five thousand people from 56 local and national colleges
  • June 2007 – March 2008, Sophia College, Sports Secretary, Encouraged and initiated students into participation in various sports offered by the College. Initiated the formation of the College Hockey team. Organised treks and hiking trips for College students as part of the Association activities
  • June 2005 – March 2006, Birla High School, General Secretary, Nature Club
  • June 2003 – March 2004, Modern High School, House Vice-Captain and Prefect

Awards

  • College Golden Jubilee Gold Pendant for Personal and Social Responsibility and Participation in Co-curricular Activities
  • College Scholarship for consistent academic performance and responsible involvement

Extracurricular Activities

Rowing, Represented West Bengal in National Rowing Competitions organised by the Rowing Federation of India, and won at many of these Regattas. Was a part of the 25 member State team for the 32nd National Games, Hyderabad Football, Member of the District Football Team, Mumbai District. Active member of the College Football team Music, Trained for 9 years in Hindustani Classical Vocal. Actively participated and won at Inter-School Music Competitions

Timeline

Project Coordinator

Samrakshan Trust
07.2012 - 06.2013

Project Coordinator

Lokhit Pahu Palak Sansthan
05.2011 - 06.2012

Consultant

Greenpeace India
04.2011 - 05.2011

Intern

New Delhi Television, Delhi (NDTV)
04.2008 - 04.2008

Intern

Mindshare (Group M Companies), Kolkata
04.2007 - 05.2007

Community Member

The Forest Way
7 2013 - Current

M.A. Sociology -

University of Delhi

B.A. Sociology - undefined

Mumbai University

All India Senior School Certificate Examination (CBSE) - undefined

Birla High School

West Bengal Board of Secondary Education - undefined

Modern High School

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