MEET OUR MASTERS PROGRAMMES, 2016-18 GRADUATES PLACEMENT BROCHURE The cover design seeks to represent Azim Premji University as a space for growth and inclusion where students and faculty work together to contribute to the realization of a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society.
The illustration on the cover, through the medium of Warli art, seeks to represent a community which is equitable and sustainable. This artwork is part of an illustration developed by Warli artists, Naresh and Dileep, from rural Maharashtra.
The inner sections depict artwork, by Radhakrishna Bandagadde from Sagar, Shimoga who has been working long with the Hase Chitra art of Karnataka. Hase Chitra is a traditional tribal art form that represents motifs from day to day life, using geometric patterns and symbols, and painted with natural colours which are made using different soils of the region.
We would like to thank students for some of the photograph used in the brochure.
MEET OUR MASTERS PROGRAMMES, 2016-18 GRADUATES PLACEMENT BROCHURE Contents
Developing Leaders for Social Change 4
Azim Premji University: An Introduction 6
University Degree Programmes 10
Vibrant Academic Environment 13
Master of Arts in Education (M.A. Education) 16
Master of Arts in Development (M.A. Development) 20
Masters of Arts in Public Policy and Governance (MPG) 24
LL.M. in Law and Development 26
Placements Overview 28
Students’ Profile M.A. Development 35
Students’ Profile M.A. Education 71
Students’ Profile Masters of Arts in Public Policy and Governance 97
Students’ Profile LL.M. in Law and Development 107
Guidelines for Organizations Participating in the Placement Process 113 Developing Leaders for Social Change Azim Premji University was established by the Azim Premji Foundation in 2010. It was founded with a clear social purpose, as part of a larger strategy to contribute to the education and development sectors in the country.
Our vision is “Education for social change, to contribute to the realization of a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society”.
The University started with offering two post graduate programmes, M.A. Education and M.A. Development in 2011, and currently has eight specializations on offer within these programmes.
The Undergraduate programme and the M.A. in Public Policy and Governance were introduced in the year 2015, and last year we have started the LL.M. program with a focus on Development. Our program strategy and their design arise directly from our purpose.
Students from across the country choose to come to our University because of its social purpose. Our rigorous admission process considers both the relevant capacities and the social commitment of the applicants. Once at the University, the students have a learning experience that builds on their inherent motivation and develops the capacities of independent thinking and sustained action. Our faculty have deep academic expertise along with decades of experience in the social sector. They work with students inside and outside the classroom to make their experience a genuine crucible of learning.
Having gone through this experience, our graduating class is a group of capable and committed people wanting to go out and make a genuine difference. In the past five years, over 1000 students have successfully graduated, almost all of whom have chosen to work in the social sector. They have taken up a range of roles, including program implementation and evaluation, policy formulation, mobilization, advocacy and research. Specifically, the graduates of M.A. Education are contributing in, capacity enhancement of teachers and education functionaries, curriculum development and school management, amongst other areas and the graduates of M.A. Development are contributing in roles across the domains of livelihood, health and nutrition, sustainability, governance and other integrated development issues. Today, our alumni are contributing in these roles, spread across the entire country, with very many of them in some of the most disadvantaged parts of the country.
The batch of 2016 - 18 with over 300 graduates from the M.A. Education, M.A. Development, M.A. in Public Policy and Governance and LL.M. in Law and Development programmes is now seeking opportunities to work with organizations such as yours, with the purpose of contributing to building a better society.
This document gives you a glimpse of this energetic and committed group of people. We look forward to engaging in a dialogue with you to take this forward. Anurag Behar
Anurag Behar
Vice Chancellor
Azim Premji University
4 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 5 Azim Premji University: An Introduction
Azim Premji University was established by the Azim Premji Foundation in 2010. The Foundation’s vision is to contribute to the realization of a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society. To realize this vision the Foundation has been working since 2001 towards making deep, large scale and institutionalized impact on the quality and equity of education in India, along with related development areas.
Currently, the Foundation works in eight states across India, and has a dedicated team of over 1200 members. The work of the Foundation is organized through its field institutions. The institutionalized nature of the work is informed by the reality that long term and consistent engagement with multiple stakeholders is necessary for educational change. This deep, on the ground engagement includes capacity development of teachers, head teachers and other education functionaries, and it also involves work on e.g. curriculum, assessment, policy issues at the State and National level.
6 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 The roots of the University lie in 2015. In 2016, the University added the learning and experience of a new Masters in Law, in Law and the Foundation. The Foundation Development (LL.M). This expansion established the University for an is guided by a clear framework that explicit and clear social purpose, as addresses the need, quality and a part of a larger strategy to contribute relevance of the programmes to to the Education and Development our core social purpose. sectors in the country. In the last seven years, the University The University started in 2011, offering has enrolled more than 2000 students two post graduate programmes; M.A. and built a dedicated team of 250 Education and M.A. Development and faculty and staff. This year on currently has eight specializations on campus, there are 663 post graduate offer within these programmes. The and 225 undergraduate students. Undergraduate programme and Over 700 students have graduated a new M.A. Programme in Public Policy in the past four years, most of them and Governance were started in June working in the social sector.
In the last seven years, the University has enrolled more than 2000 students and built a dedicated team of 250 faculty and staff. This year on campus, there are 663 post graduate and 225 undergraduate students. Over 700 students have graduated in the past 4 years.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 7 Vision
Education for Social Change To contribute to the realization of a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society.
Mission Arising from the vision of education for social change, to realize a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society, the University aims to create outstanding and effective programmes that:
• Prepare graduates with great competence, integrity and social commitment • Expand the frontiers of knowledge in education, development and allied fields through research • Support and enhance the work of the education and development sectors in the country through continuing education • Contribute to change in policy and practice in the Indian education and development sectors through advocacy and public communication
8 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 University Structure
To enable academic and operational professionals. Over the last six years, focus, the University is organized into it has designed and delivered several 5 schools – capacity enhancement programs, largely for district/state level 1. School of Education government functionaries from states 2. School of Development and also NGOs engaged in grassroots 3. School of Policy and Governance envelopment work. These programs are typically 1-2 weeks and cover a 4. School of Liberal Studies very wide range of areas within the 5. School of Continuing Education education domain, livelihoods, public These schools have ownership for policy etc. In 2016 - 17 alone, more the programmes and key initiatives than 100 workshop have been done, in their respective domains, and an reaching over 2200 participants. overarching coherence and alignment University Research Centre is an with our coresocial purpose. important initiative of the University Illustratively, the School of Education which coordinates and facilitates has ownership of the M.A. Education research projects of faculty and programme, and initiatives like the members from our field institutions ‘Philosophy of Education’ ‘Work and and also offers grants for research Education’ etc. Similarly, the M.A. in areas of interest for the Foundation. Development, M.A. Public Policy The University Working Paper Series and Governance, LL.M. in Law and complements existing publishing Development and the Undergraduate activities of the University by programmes are owned by respective providing a regular venue for schools. presenting research undertaken by School of Continuing Education is its member. responsible for the design and development of all in-service programmes. It has a direct impact in enhancing the capacity of practicing
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 9 University Degree Programmes
Programme Structure The degree programmes at Azim Premji University aim to develop competent and committed professionals for the education and development sectors in India.
The Master of Arts in Education programme aims to help individuals develop into reflective education professionals with a conscious alignment towards humanitarian and social concerns.
The Master of Arts in Development programme aims to provide students with a sound grounding in core areas of development theory, research and practice from a multidisciplinary perspective.
The Master of Arts in Public Policy and Governance (MPG) will prepare students to become critical and analytical thinkers who can develop effective and equitable solutions to public policy and governance challenges.
The postgraduate programme in Law and Development seeks to initiate a decisive, novel and meaningful intervention at the intersection of the domains of Law and Development in India.
In alignment with these program goals, our placement objective is to see all our students engaged with and contribute to the social sector, in a variety of roles.
(i) As grass root field practitioners on the ground where their expertise and competence is much needed
(ii) As contributors to policy making, implementation and evaluation
(iii) As researchers adding to knowledge in their chosen domains
10 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Degree programmes at the University follow a credit based system
Master of Arts in Education Master of Arts in Development (Full Time, 2 years, 72 Credits) (Full Time, 2 years, 72 Credits)
Specializations Specializations 1. School Organization, Leadership and Management 1. Livelihood
2. Curriculum and Pedagogy 2. Public Health
3. Early Childhood Education 3. Law, Governance and Public Policy
4. Teacher Professional Development 4. Sustainability
Master of Arts in Public Policy and Masters’ program in Law - LL.M (Law and Governance Development) (Full Time, 2 years, 72 Credits) (One year, full time, 36 credits)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and of Science (B.Sc.) with option of an Honours degree (Full Time, 3 years, 84 Credits)
Specializations 1. Economics Bachelor
2. Combined Humanities
3. Biology
4. Physics
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 11 Our Faculty, Teaching and Learning Process
Over the last few years we have built a very committed faculty team of 140 members. Most faculty have doctoral degrees in relevant domains and many have personally contributed to the social sphere and have been actively engaged in setting up and running NGOs and schools across the country. The blend of academics and field experience among the faculty creates a very vibrant, rich and collegial environment. Added to this, the wealth of experience and practice related expertise of Azim Premji Foundation’s field institution members, guestlectures from several practitioners and academicians from outside have immensely benefited students.
We expect the education at the University to be an important beginning or continuation, not the final stage, of a process of learning.
Our programmes aim to
(i) promote excellence in learning appropriate to the diverse contexts that students come from
(ii) ensure that they reflect the University’s social purpose and
(iii) nurture students who are capable of making sensitive ethical choices, are socially engaged and capable of thoughtful and skillful action.
In line with this, the teaching and learning processes inside and outside the classroom are designed to ensure that students and faculty engage each other in dialogue, questioning and also address issues of inclusion and diversity. Faculty are facilitators of learning, creating an environment that is not competitive, but one that focuses on the students own accomplishments in learning.
Detailed profiles of faculty are available at: http://azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/people
12 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Vibrant Academic Environment
Events We have made significant resource commitments in creating platforms for learning, networking and knowledge sharing, given their criticality to nurturing a vibrant academic environment. These events are of varying nature, both in their design, participant profile and reach. Key among them are: a. International Seminars like ‘Philosophy of Education’ and ‘Law and Goverance’ are in their fifth year now, providing a platform for national and international scholars to come together. Each of these are focused on specific themes; Social Justice and Education, Policy Issues in Education, Legal System Reform, Right to Welfare, Public Policy, Understanding Governance in India etc. Several other workshops, seminars and conferences have been held in collaboration with other reputed institutions like the Humboldt University, Germany, University of Chicago, Indian Institute of Human Settlements etc. b. University Colloquiums are a weekly event, where academics and practitioners are on campus, sharing their research / field experiences with the students and faculty body. We have hosted more than 300 such talks. c. Public Lecture series has been very successful in creating and sustaining an ongoing dialogue around key social issues. We have done more than 50 such lectures over the past six years. d. MANTHAN, the annual research conference, brings together researchers from the University and field locations. In its fourth year now, MANTHAN consists of panel discussions with experts, research presentations and capacity building workshops. It has established a unique place for itself by bringing field practitioners and academics to a common research platform. e. Kathavana is the annual children’s literature festival that brings together hundreds of young children and teachers, instilling in them the love for literature. Plays, workshops on drawing, puppet making, other performances, and book exhibitions are all part of this grand event. f. Summer schools / workshops are typically for 5 -10 days on specific domain areas / themes and participants are usually people already working in these areas. Recent ones include summer schools on ‘Philosophy of Education’, ‘Changing Nature of Public and Private in Education’ in collaboration with TISS and Kings College, London, ‘Advanced Graduate Workshop in Indian Development’ for doctoral students, in collaboration with Institute of New Economic Thinking, New York.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 13 Student Initiatives
The immense diversity in the student • The University Social Enterprise Cell cohort has ensured that campus is a vibrant platform where many life is vibrant and enjoyable. Several students are trying to come up with student led activities have become innovative solutions to some of part of daily life on campus and each the most complex social problems. one has contributed to their learning The cell enables students to share, in multiple ways. debate and discuss those ideas and network with individuals and like- • Pahal is the umbrella under which a minded groups. large number of students are actively • Debating Development is a forum engaged with social causes ranging for interested students to come from education of disadvantaged together and debate contemporary children, working with the community social issues. around the campus, environmental concerns, blood donation camps etc. • Unmukt, the annual cultural festival, occupies a special place in • The Kaapi Aur Charcha series invites the hearts of every member of the practitioners from various fields to University community. engage in informal talks with the students. • Student clubs have been formed, catering to different interests; • Student publications Karvan and Cinema, Theatre, Literature, Quiz, Student Journal of Education and Photography, Sports etc. Development are into their third edition now.
14 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Admissions and Students’ Support
Integral to our vision and core purpose, • 60% of our students are women is the commitment to inclusion and • Over the last few years, around 40% diversity. The University strives to of our students have prior work ensure that students from experience at NGOs, in teaching or disadvantaged backgrounds can at corporates. access quality higher education. Equally critical is our commitment • Diversity is also reflected in their to ensure that they are supported background of undergraduate to overcome disadvantages and study in Arts, Science, Commerce, realize their potential. Our admission Engineering, Social work, Business process, extensive reach, selection Management and Journalism. process of tests and interviews and Student wellbeing is central to extensive financial support for the University’s functioning and students are all aimed towards this. we are keen on building a caring community. We recognize that many Our student profile reflects the students need intensive support diversity and sensitive care to realize their • We currently have students from 25 potential. states
• Over 45% of students are from small towns and rural areas
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 15 Master of Arts in Education (M.A. Education)
The Master of Arts (M.A.) in Education is designed for students seeking a multifaceted liberal exposure to the disciplinary domain of education, commitment to societal goals and an emphasis on the study of education as a fundamental human social activity.
A graduate of the programme is expected to become a reflective practitioner having the perspective, social concerns and motivation to create a basis for action; understand the possibilities, successes and setbacks of action taken and take steps that help develop educational theory and practice by finding contextually grounded solutions.
Programme Structure This is designed as a 72 credit, two-year, full-time, postgraduate degree programme. It is organized in four semesters with field engagements throughout the two years. Each student is required to take the prescribed core courses and is given a choice of elective and open courses.
16 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Elective Courses Open Courses Students are required to take 26 These courses are open to all credits from elective courses, of which students enrolled in the degree one must be a pedagogy course. The programmes. Students are required remaining courses can be used to to enroll for two such courses during specialize in any one area of their their study; the programme requires choice. Students also have the option the student to obtain 4 credits from of pursuing an independent study of open courses. An exciting range their own in place of an elective. The of open courses are offered every current batch of students have the semester in different areas like Art, option to specialize in Curriculum Cinema, Photography, Music, Dance, and Pedagogy, School Organization, History, Science, Sports etc. Leadership and Management, Teacher Professional Development and Early Childhood Education.
An illustrative set of core courses, electives and open courses are as follows
Core Courses Courses offered in M.A. Education (Illustrative) Philosophy of Education, Sociology of Education, Child Development and Learning, Curriculum Studies, Introduction to Research.
Electives Courses offered in M.A. Education (Illustrative) Curriculum and Pedagogy - Science Education, Mathematics Education, History and Social Science Education, Literacy Pedagogy, Early Childhood Education, Inclusive Education, Teaching English in India, Curricular Materials Development, Educational assessment
General Electives - Policies, Principles and Practices in Early Childhood Education, Curriculum and Pedagogy in Early Childhood Years, Arts in Early Years Education
Introduction to School Leadership and Management, Educational Governance and Decentralisation, Educational Policies and Programmes, School Management in India.
Teachers and Teaching, Education of teachers, Continuous professional development, Curriculum, pedagogy and assessment in teacher education.
Contemporary Social theory, Advanced Social Research, Vocational Education, Discourses on Nationalism, Introduction to Epistemology, Class, Caste and Gender, Ethics and Education.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 17 M.A. Education Field Engagement
Engagement with field practice forms an integral part of M.A. Education Programme. It attempts to help students develop a deeper understanding of the implications of the theoretical and conceptual ideas being developed in the programme. The objective is to expose students to a variety of field settings in Indian educational contexts in order to sensitize them to issues related to the practice of education. Field practice is held in all the semesters, either during the semester or in the intervening period between semesters.
Weekly Practicums Field Immersion, Sem I One day per week Two Weeks
Short Description Short Description Practicums are field experiences comprising an The key objective of the first semester field engagement organized set of activities outside the classroom is to provide students with exposure to different levels with the aim of embedding theoretical learning of the government education system and to offer first- in practical experiences. They run in parallel hand experience. They will be provided with a variety of with the courses and students learn to alternatives in terms of levels and contexts of exposure conceptualize, plan and implement, critically to the different structures, processes and activities that examine some of the practices in various are important parts of the education system. institutions. They also learn to work in groups.
18 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Research Project, Sem II Independent Field Project, Sem III and IV Two Weeks Six Weeks
Short Description Short Description The primary objective is to provide students a This is aimed at providing students a focused chance to work independently on a research opportunity to work on a specific issue/problem related project. They will be in field settings, conducting to the practice of education. The work will develop and recording observations and interviews, capacities in students in all phases of a project from to complete a small, supervised research reading and planning, to implementation, analysis and project. All phases of the research project from reflection, and oral as well as written reporting.The field conceptualization to implementation, analysis engagement work of the third semester will be linked and writing will be completed through guidance to the students’ areas of specialization. The work could received through the “Introduction to Education take a variety of forms such as Research, Teaching, Research” course. Internship and Curriculum Development. Each student will have a mentor at the placement institution, along with the University faculty member.
Independent Study The independent study is conceptualized as a minimum 3 credit course. The independent study component is structured so as to allow students the freedom to go beyond the syllabus and explore a topic of their interest, in depth.
Career Opportunities Students can look forward to contributing to the education sector working with NGOs, in government and private school systems, in teacher education and also in various professional capacities as, curriculum designers, social entrepreneurs, policy specialists and researchers. Students may also work with the government on education specific projects.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 19 Master of Arts in Development (M.A. Development)
This programme aims to prepare individuals who are capable of informed and thoughtful development action and are aware of the complexity, depth and scope of the discourse of development, its ethical imperatives and its implications for policy and action with special reference to the Indian context. This requires conceptual rigour and sensibilities in students. Through this Programme, students acquire a core understanding in and across the disciplines that contribute to the domain of development and relate them to situations on the ground. These conceptual frameworks learnt are then related to dimensions of development that are targets of public action and policy such as health, education, livelihoods and sustainability. The Programme provides students with opportunities to encounter and critically engage with instances of challenging problems and attempted interventions. A graduate of the programme is expected to explore the ethical and personal dimensions of their social context to locate themselves actively within it.
Programme Structure The programme is designed as a 72 credit, postgraduate degree programme organized in four semesters. Each student is required to take the prescribed core courses and is given a choice of elective and open courses.
20 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 An illustrative set of core courses, electives and open courses are as follows:
Core Courses
Courses offered in M.A. Development (Illustrative) - Sociology of Development, Ecology and Development, Economics for Development, Political Philosophy and Politics in India, Theory and Philosophy of Development, Social Interventions, Law and Governance, Introduction to Research
Electives
Public Health - Health and Development, Law, Governance and Public Policy - Introduction Measuring Development, Public Health, Policy, to Public Policy, Programme Implementation and Planning and Programmes, Health Education Evaluation, Empirical Policy Analysis, Implementing and Communication, Health Systems - Welfare Rights, Policy Implementation and Feedback, Organization and Financing, Health, Nutrition Policy Making and Governance Networks Law, and Education, Social Determinants of Health. Governance and Development, Legal System Reform, Governance Challenges in India, Law and Development, Ecological Justice in India.
Livelihoods - Policies, Practices, and Challenges, Sustainability - An interdisciplinary Exploration Competencies for Livelihood Interventions, Agrarian concerns, Food security and Sustainability Understanding Livelihoods: Concepts and in modern India, Sustainability: A socio-ecological Theory, Coastal Livelihoods, Livestock systems perspective, Energy, Environment and Social Production System: Ecology and Development, Change, Cultural and political framing of sustainability. An Introduction to Forests and Livelihoods.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 21 M.A. Development Field Engagement
Field Practice forms an integral part of the M.A. Development programme. It helps develop a deeper understanding of the practical implications of the learning acquired through course work. The Field Practice allows students to reflect on their role as change agents in the development domain and build skills for development action effectively.
Field practice is held in all the semesters, either during the semester or in the intervening period between semesters
Weekly Practicums Field Immersion, Sem I One day per week Two Weeks
Short Description Short Description Practicums are field experiences comprising Field Immersion is the first of the field experiences of an organized set of activities outside the for the students in the M.A. Development programme. classroom with the aim of embedding The focus is on immersing oneself, experiencing and theoretical learning in practical experiences. connecting with the lived realities of the groups and Students also learn to work in groups. communities, keeping in view the diverse profiles of the students and the fact that, for many, this will be the first time they will be engaging with communities as a learner. The Field Immersion is designed to enable the students to relate and engage with people in rural/ urban/tribal communities, where they are expected to view it from an observer/student point of view rather than from that of an actual participant.
22 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Field Internship End of Sem II Independent Field Project Sem III and IV Six Weeks Eight Weeks
Short Description Short Description Students spend six weeks interning with The eight weeks Field Project is structured to offer the an organization engaged in development students a rich and rigorous field-oriented learning action. This internship is designed in experience. Students are encouraged to focus on a consultation with the host organization specific development issue, identify specific areas to help the students understand various of intervention or study, develop a proposal and development issues through on the ground implement it. The projects are mentored by faculty field experiences. This practical experience from proposal to final report. The field engagement of working with development organizations work of the third semester will be linked to the provides the students with skills and students’ areas of specialization. The work could take understanding that help them relate their a variety of forms such as implementing interventions, course learning to real-world. research etc.
Independent Study The independent study is conceptualized as a 3 credit course. The independent study component is structured so as to allow students the freedom to go beyond the syllabus and explore a topic of their interest, in depth.
Career Opportunities Students can look forward to career opportunities in several government, private and non-government organizations, academia, policy think tanks, politics, corporate social responsibility departments of businesses, funding organizations and media. Our alumni from Development program are successfully contributing in the fields of livelihoods and economic development, ecology and environment, governance, health and education.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 23 Master of Arts in Public Policy and Governance (MPG)
The MPG provides a systematic critical exploration of Public Affairs in India to enable its graduates to make pragmatic and humane contributions of public value. The programme is based on an explicit recognition that Public Policy and Governance in India require meaningful interventions that contribute to institutional mandates, governance processes, and evaluation and implementation capacity. It offers courses that help to examine ideas, mechanisms, practices and outcomes that shape governance problems, provide purposive programmatic solutions and undertake critical and impactful governance research.
Core Courses in MPG Drawing from several social sciences, core courses adopt a heterodox approach to understand the essential values that undergird our Institutions and public affairs, resource allocation by the government and other public actors, the complexities of policy systems and programmatic delivery and the everyday experiences of engaging with the state. Students undergo rigorous methodological training to become adept at research design, survey analysis, and multivariate analysis using interpretive, causal and experimental methods.
24 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Elective Courses that are essentially of policy concern. Elective courses aim to deepen and Courses within the development widen knowledge in specific areas stream in areas of global politics, that are not limited to the Public health, sustainability livelihoods, Policy and Governance domains. For education, and those focused on example, they can expose students to urban governance, land governance, sectoral practices and contexts in a environmental policy, energy manner that will ease their transition security, implementation, strategic into the ‘real world’. They can also planning, legal system reform, choose courses that are informed by technology and citizenship, are a deeper social science inquiry into currently being offered as electives. questions that go beyond matters
Field Engagement in MPG
The field engagement has three collaboration with external agencies. components that are staggered The third and last engagement through the course of the involves students undertaking critical programme so that students can policy and governance research apply classroom learning and through a fellowship mode in an appreciate policy and governance organization. problems and solutions from the Students have undertaken field ground up. By this we mean that work exploring urban and rural the field engagement is structured civic issues, water and sanitation inductively so that students can governance, financial inclusion, understand these domains through urban and rural settlement patterns, first public ‘problems’ then as welfare delivery, public transport, and ‘programmes’ and finally as ‘policies’. environmental sustainability among The first engagement is a problem others. Students have interned identification and framing exercise with policy research institutes, of a civic problem in an area of their social enterprises, non-government choice. The second is a programme organizations and private firms. oriented group internship in
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 25 LL.M. in Law and Development
Objectives The LL.M. in Law and Development is intended to achieve the following objectives (i) facilitate the creation of a diverse cohort of academically proficient and socially engaged scholars and practitioners of law; (ii) introduce students from law backgrounds to the context, debates and imperatives of the processes of development in India, and the significant role of legal institutions in conditioning these processes; and (iii) enable students to critically engage with the possibility and the means of using law as an agency of positive social change. The LL.M. is designed for a small cohort of students to ensure an immersive and intensive educational experience, and is designed for students who seek to make a mark in the legal system, government, civil society, academia and the world of ideas.
Teaching Philosophy In pursuance of the objective mentioned above, the LL.M. in Law and Development integrates a rigorous philosophical and conceptual analysis of legal doctrine with a social scientific enquiry into law and society in India. This LL.M. will integrate two distinct approaches to the study of law & legal institutions in India. The first is to develop a textured, empirical understanding of how law and legal institutions operate in Indian society that avoids a purely
26 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 doctrinal or instrumental approach law through a substantive enquiry to these phenomena. The second is into justice and equity as well as to develop the disposition to use the by gaining skills in legal research professional & academic knowledge methods - Law & Justice in the developed through the LL.M to Globalizing World, Research Methods respond to critical problems in law & Legal Writing, and Comparative and social policy. In this manner, Public Law/ Systems of Governance. the LL.M. in Law and Development In addition, students must complete a at Azim Premji University seeks core course on Law and Development to make an intervention in post- in order to gain an interdisciplinary graduate legal education in India understanding of the law. Students that has the potential to build a new are expected to complete three cohort of legal academics, scholars elective courses over two semesters. and practitioners who will make A wide range of elective courses that significant contributions to India’s intersect the domain of law and other development through legal education related areas such as anthropology, and a critical legal practice. ecology, education and political philosophy are available for students Curriculum Outline to develop their areas of academic The LL.M. in Law & Development is interests. All students will participate a one year programme spread over in a year-long field engagement two semesters. The programme programme that will expose them consists of three components - to an experiential understanding of core and elective courses, field law and society. The students are engagement work and a dissertation. also required to write a dissertation Students must achieve a minimum that will help them develop their of 36 credits spread over these three skills and confidence in conducting components in order to complete the more advanced or independent programme successfully over two research such as a doctoral degree semesters. Students must complete or conceptualizing an independent the following three mandatory research project, or make an courses with the objective of informed social intervention. acquiring an understanding of the
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 27 Placements Overview
Central to realizing our vision is to see our students engaged with the social sector after they graduate. The Placement cell at the University comprising students and faculty mentors work on this aspect. For the fourth year running, the University has had very healthy placements.
In the last five batches, more than 1000 students have graduated. It is heartening that over 70% of these students chose to work in the social sector (with NGO’s, government programs, fellowships, schools and other organizations) and among them more than 80% opted for work at the grassroots in rural areas and small towns, where their competency is most needed. Reflective of the purpose of the University, students have consciously chosen work, that they believe, fulfils their aspiration of contributing meaningfully to social change on the ground.
28 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Breakup of the sectors that students are working in is as follows
Nature of organizaǎons 2013-15 Nature of Organizations 2013 - 15
Funding Organizations 1% Fellowships 1%
Corporate Social Responsibility 4% NGOs 76% Corporate 3%
Training Institutes 13%
Schools 13%
Nature of Organizations 2014 - 16
or orate ocial overnment es onsi ility r anization thers 1 chool 7 un in r anization 7
ello shi 8 7
rainin nstitute
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 29 Nature of Organizations 2015 - 17
For Profit 16% NGO 65%
CSR 1%
Govt. 5%
School Other 6% 7%
30 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Organizations that have participated in the placement process of Azim Premji University are
•• Aajeevika •• Centre for Health and Social •• EQUATIONS Justice •• Aangan •• eVidyaloka •• Christel House India •• AIM for SEVA •• Experifun •• Cipla Foundation •• Akshar School •• EZ Vidya •• CMS •• AMM Foundation •• FitKids Education & Training Pvt. •• Creya Learning Ltd. •• Ansrsource India Pvt Ltd. •• Dakshin Foundation •• Forum For Ecological Security •• Azim Premji Foundation •• Delhi Public School, Warangal •• Foundation for Ecological •• Arghyam Security •• Deshi • •• Aurinko Academy • Funfirst Global Skillers Pvt. Ltd. •• Design For Change • •• BAIF • Gandhi Fellowship •• Digantar • •• Biome Solutions • Gene Campaign •• Door Step School • •• Bosch CSR • Going To School •• Edcite Learning Pvt. Ltd. • •• Cashpor • Gram Vikas •• eDreams Edusoft Pvt.Ltd. • •• Catalyst Management Services • Gramin Shiksha Kendra Pvt. Ltd. •• Educational Initiatives Pvt.Ltd. •• Green Foundation •• CENTA •• Edutel Technologies Pvt. Ltd. •• Greenpeace India •• Central Square Foundation •• Eklavya Education Foundation •• Grey Sim Learning Foundation •• Centre for Civil Society •• Ekya school •• Gyan Prabodhini •• Centre for Equity Studies •• Enable India •• HaqDarshak •• Centre for Good Governance •• ENTECRES Labs Pvt.Ltd.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 31 •• Head Start Educational Trust •• Jeevika •• Medha
•• Head Stream •• Jhamtse Gatsal Children’s •• Meghe group of schools Community •• Hippocampus •• Micro Housing Finance Ltd •• JK Papers •• Humana People to People India •• MKSS •• Justice and Care •• Ibtada •• Mobility India •• Kaivalya Education Foundation •• iDiscoveri Education Pvt. Ltd. •• Next Education •• Karadi Path Education Company •• IHAT Pvt. Ltd. •• PRADAN
• •• IIMPACT • Kherwadi Social Welfare •• Prakriya School Association
•• IL & FS Education •• PRAVAH •• Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat •• Inclen Trust •• Prayas
•• Kotak Education Foundation •• Independent Thought •• Puvidham Rural Development Trust •• Krishi Janani •• India Governs •• QMI Edu trust •• Kudumbashree •• India School Leadership Institute (ISLI) •• Quality Education Support Trust •• LabourNet Services India Pvt. Ltd.
•• Initiatives for Development •• Rahmani Foundation • Foundation • Leeds International School •• Ramana Group • •• InOpen Technologies Pvt.Ltd • Lend A Hand India •• Rang De • •• Institute of Leadership & • Letzdream Foundation Institute of Development (ILID) •• Re:Imagine Learning Community •• Life-Lab • • Inventure Academy •• Reap Benefit •• M/s. Wunderbar Kids Pvt. Ltd. • • Isha Vidhya •• Riverside school •• Magic Bus Foundation • • IT for Change •• Room to Read India •• Makkala Jagrithi • • Jaipur Rugs Foundation •• RPG Foundation •• Malkha • • Janaagraha Centre for •• SaciWATERs Citizenship and Democracy •• Mantra Social Services
32 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 •• Sagar Public School •• Shoshit Seva Sangh / Shoshit •• The Akanksha Foundation Samadhan Kendra •• Salaam Bombay Foundation •• The Bridge Schools •• Shrijan •• Samaj Pragati Sahayog •• The Chipper Sage •• Skills2Succeed •• Samhita Academy •• The Concerned for Working •• SME Make in India Foundation Children •• Sampark •• Smile Foundation •• The Galaxy School •• Sa-Mudra •• Solid Waste Management •• The Glocal University •• Samvada •• Solidarity Foundation •• The Heritage School •• Sankalp Taru •• Spandana Sphoorty Financial •• The Samhita Academy •• Sant Singaji Educational Society Limited •• The Teacher Foundation • •• Saral Services • Sri Atmananda Memorial School •• Thermax Social Initiative • •• Sathi • Sri Sri Vidya Mandir Foundation Matriculation School • •• Savanna • Thinklabs Technosolutions Pvt. •• Sudiksha Knowledge Solutions Ltd. Pvt. Ltd. •• SBI Fellowship •• Timbaktu Collectives •• Sulabh International •• School Direct •• Trans-disciplinary University •• Sunflower Group •• Schools of Equality •• Tribal Health Initiative •• Svadha •• SELCO Foundation •• TVS SST •• Swami Vivekananda Youth •• Self-Reliant Initiatives through Movement • Joint ActioN • Udyogini
•• Swasthya Swaraj Comprehensive • •• Serein • Urmul Trust
•• Swasti • •• Seva Mandir • Usha Martin School
•• Teach For India • •• Shantilal Muttha Foundation • Vanavil Trust
•• Techno Soft • •• Shelter Associates • Varthana Fellowship
•• Tejasvita • •• Shiv Nadar • Vidya Bhawan Society
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 33 •• Vidya Poshak •• Watershed Support Services •• YUVA and Activities Network •• Vignan Group of Institutions •• Zaya Learning Labs •• World School of Design •• VOICE 4 Girls •• Wunderbar Kids •• Vrutti •• Xamcheck •• Walnut school & The wise Buddha Project •• Youth for Seva
34 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Master of Arts in Development (M.A. Development)
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 35 Student Profiles
Aakriti Aditi Vajpeyi
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (H.) Social EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B. Tech. in Work, M.A. Development Biotechnology, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 2 months internship PRIOR EXPERIENCE: in AIIMS (ORBO) as a Researcher and LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi Awareness campaigner FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding the 6 months (2 days in a week) internship in politcal-economic and cultural narrative of Amarjyoti Charitable trust, Delhi Pandukhedi Village, Madhya Pradesh, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English Forest Rights Act - Mobilization, Advocacy FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion at Action and Implementation of the Act in 6 Council Vellarada, Trivandrum for 15 days villages, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. Internship for 2 months as field reseracher Understanding how Smart Cities are with Centre For Science and Environment exclusive and exploitative in context (CSE) on their pilot project with DMFT. of Slum demolition at Charan Khad, Dharmashala. H.P.
Aditya KR. Ajay Kumar Sharma
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. Biology, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. M.Sc. Botany, Post PG Diploma in Resource Agriculture and Rural Development, M.A. Management, Ph.D. in Forestry, M.A. Development Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 96 months as Dy. LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Bengali Director, Agro & Extension Services, MoMSME, Govt of India. FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion to understand development within a different Worked on livelihood improvement of context at Sarang Hills, Attapadi, Kerala. farmers through Medicinal Aromatic Plant cultivation throughout India A socioeconomic study on pros and cons of SRI method of paddy cultivation in Ormanjhi LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Gujarati, block of Ranchi district, Jharkhand. Rajasthani, Assamese Study of impact assessment of Jan Kalyan FIELD EXPOSURE: Worked on Village Mondal Yojna in Santrampur and Kadana Development Plan for villages of Gulberga Block of Mahisagar District, Gujarat with District of Karnataka Foundation for Ecological Security (FES).
36 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Ajith Raj R Akansha
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: BFSc. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Sociology (Bachelor’s in Fisheries Science), M.A. (Hons.), M.A. Development Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi LANGUAGES KNOWN: Malayalam, English, FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion for 2 Hindi weeks in IVDP, Krishnagiri. FIELD EXPOSURE: Immersion to understand Internship for 6 weeks in Bosch CSR alternative schooling with Sarang hills in Attapadi. Internship with Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE) in Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple in Karnataka on Forest Rights Act and forest commons.
Akash Mala Akhil A K Tamang
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W., M.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.B.A, M.A. Development Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 17 months in social PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Volunteered in sector Compassionate Kozhikode Project LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Marathi, LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam Nepali FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion in Pune FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion at Kshitij 1 month internship in Institute of Palliative organization, Pune. Medicine Kozhikode. Internship at SRIJAN Organization, Rajasthan.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 37 Akhila Akshaya Thankappan Sundararajan
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. Nursing, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Economics, M.A. Development Adavnced Cirtificate in Human Resource Management, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Junior reporter with ‘Vasco LANGUAGES KNOWN: Malayalam, Hindi, Watch’. English, Tamil, Telugu 36 months as a life Insurance agent with SBI Life Insurance company. FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for a Co-founder and coordinator in ‘Healers’, Goa, holistic understanding of the village of running projects such as - Green Munch (Cows), Barekarwadi, Pune through Kshitij’s working Nanhe Taare (Slum Classes for children), Bark with strategies. me (Dogs). 18 months in social sector Worked as an intern for the empowerment LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Tamil, Konkani of domestic workers in Center for FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Perungadu Developmental Initiative, Guwahati, Assam. village in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu with ‘People Action for Development (PAD)’. Individual project proposal on Transgender (Transwomen) and working with them on the field to collect their life stories and experiences. Field internship for two months with ‘Hasirudala’, an organization working with the rag pickers and waste management in Bangalore.
Alok Ranjan Anamika Mishra
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., M.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., M.A. Development Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 20 months in accounts PRIOR EXPERIENCE: and finance LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Maithili LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Maithili, FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Araria, German Bihar with Jan Jaagaran Shakti Sangathan, FIELD EXPOSURE: 2 weeks field immersion at focusing on loopholes of NREGA. Lok Panchayat, Ahmednagar, Maharastra. Field Internship at Sola, Himachal Pradesh 6 weeks summer internship at FES, Dahod, with SUTRA, on linkage of dowry with Gujarat. women’s property rights. Internship at Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, with Sankalp, School to School project.
38 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Ananya Aniket Raut
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor History, M.A. Development of Social Work, Master of Social Work, PRIOR EXPERIENCE: M.A. Development LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Spanish PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 27 months in social sector FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion at Jan Jagran Shakti Sangathan in Araria, Bihar LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi Internship at Blank Noise in Bangalore FIELD EXPOSURE: Study of SHG and organic farming at Lok Panchayat, Sangamner, Maharashtra. Ontological study of ideal village Mendha (Lekha) from the livelihood and education perspective of the Gond Tribe at Vrikshamitra organization, Dhanora, Dist. Gadchiroli, Maharashtra.
Anil Chandewar Ankit
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., M.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. (H.) Sociology, M.A. Development Mathematics, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 18 months in social LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Hindi, English sector with SUTRA, Himachal Pradesh FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English ASTITVA Organisation in Pune (Maharashtra). FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Internship at SRIJAN Organisation in Astitva Prathisthan, Pune, Maharashtra Rajsthan. on understanding of the organization’s work for children from the marginalized communities. Field internship at SOPHIA, Dehradun, Uttarakhand to understand the socio- economic conditions of the Van Gujjar community.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 39 Ankita Aggarwal Annu Anna Itty
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (H.) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. Economics, M.A. Development Statistics, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 1.5 months in an PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 11 months with member organisation working with kids in Egypt of parliament under LAMP fellowship Young Leaders for Active Citizenship, LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam, working on rethinking Dravidian politics Hindi with M.P. Tiruchi Siva for 2 months FIELD EXPOSURE: 2 weeks field immersion at LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Punjabi IVDP, Krishnagiri. FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for 6 weeks field internship at AAGAAS 15 days in Pune in a school for migrant Federation. laborers’ kids. 2 months in the Narmada valley, with Narmada Bachao Andolan, Madhya Pradesh.
Anusha CR Aparna Roy
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. History, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Economis & Sociology, Diploma in Human Economics, M.A. Development Rights, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam LANGUAGES KNOWN: Kannada, Hindi, English FIELD EXPOSURE: Worked on water FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at IVDP, commons and forest conservation towards Krishnagiri agricultural based livelihoods in Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), Madhanapally, Internship at Bosch CSR Andhra Pradesh. Facilitated in coordinating the ‘Ferrando Domestic Workers Alliance’ Project in improving the dignity and decent work for domestic workers at Centre for Development Initiatives (CDI), Tinsukia, Assam Study on the unorganized informal women workers at AMTU in Calicut, Kerala
40 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Appu Ajith Aritri Chowdhury
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Des. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Sociology, (Bachelor of Design), M.A. Development M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 3 months internship PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 6 months in mass at the MP’s Office, Thiruvananthapuram, media at ABP Ananda, Kolkata Kerala. 12 months internship in industry, Serein LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam, Bangalore Hindi LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Bengali, Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: 2 weeks at Thambalapalle, FIELD EXPOSURE: Internship in HRLN Andhra Pradesh, understanding ecological (Human Rights Law Network), Kolkata. security measures in a rural area. Field immersion at IVDP, Krishnagiri, Tamil 6 weeks at Attappady, Kerala, with Nadu. Kudumbashree’s Attappady Special Project, understanding the livelihood challenges of Internship with “Apne Aap Women tribal communities. Worldwide”, working with women involved in prostitution.
Ashlesha Nayak Asmi
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Integrated EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) B.A.B.ED with Economic (H.), M.A. History, M.A. Development Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Odia FIELD EXPOSURE: Worked at MKSS, FIELD EXPOSURE: Immersion exposure to Kudumbashree, Hazards Centre, Vellarada caste structures, farmers’ suicide, tamasha Action Council, Centre for Equity Studies workers, and conservation and harvesting techniques. Internship project at TERI on their project “Impact Assessment of climate change, preparedness of risk in the Oil and Natural Gas sector of India”.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 41 Astha Kumari Astika Roy
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Political EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A.(Hons.) Science (Hons.), M.A. Development Economics, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: Bengali, Hindi, English FIELD EXPOSURE: 2 weeks Field Immersion FIELD EXPOSURE: Study of the interventions with Integrated Village Development in farmer suicides lead by Shantivan, an project (IVDP) at Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu to NGO in Beed district of Maharashtra. understand the MGNREGA schemes and Understanding the working of the self- help changes in social and financial status of groups in IVDP, Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu. poor families via SHGs. Understanding the lives of the sex- workers, 6 weeks Field Internship at Social Upliftment through an internship at Durbar Mahila through Rural Action, Jagjit Nagar, Dist. Samanwaya Committee, Sonagachi, Kolkata. Solan, Himachal Pradesh, working with rural women to actively participate in Self Help Groups and creating awareness about the welfare scheme through conducting SHG meetings.
Atreyi Basu Roy Atul Dhotare
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Sociology EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A., M.A. (Hons.) with Political Science and Elective Sociology, M.A. Development English, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Interned with Hope LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Hindi, English Foundation, Kolkata Field immersion in Bharat LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Bengali, Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: Calling Organisation, Madhya Pradesh FIELD EXPOSURE: Immersion in Shantiwan, Beed, Maharashtra to study the daily life Field internship in Chirag Organisation, struggles of farmer suidicide widows, tamasha Uttrakhand and lavani dancers and sex workers and their children. Understanding the functioning of the SHG groups under IVDP, Krishnagiri district of Tamil that works on women empowerment. Understanding the mental and physical health of the trafficked victims, their lives under Sanlaap NGO, Kolkata. Also placed under the project of UNICEF.
42 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Ayushi Jain Ayushi Minj
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (H.) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. Life Political Science, M.A. Development Sciences, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 6 months of University PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 8 months in teaching in Research Project Bhumi NGO, Delhi Chapter LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi 3 months in Teach For India. FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion at Ranjhe LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English District, Pune, Maharashtra with AFARM. FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Case study of Mental Health Patients at Grameen Shramik Pratishthan in Latur, Jawhar, Palghar District, Maharashtra with Maharashtra to explore livelihood BAIF opportunities for disabled people. Summer internship at Central Himalayan Rural Action Group (CHIRAG) in Uttrakhand to understand and analyse the importance to preserve declining spring and process of formation of Jalsamiti in Kumaon hills in Spring Recharge Program.
Barnali Benazir Nazeem Bezbaruah Navaz
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc., M.A. in EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Assamese, M.A. Development Economics, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 96-120 months in PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 24 months volunteering teaching, NGO and corporate sector in e-Governance Sector LANGUAGES KNOWN: Assamese, Hindi, LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam, Bengali, English Hindi, Tamil FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Gramin FIELD EXPOSURE: Study of Socio-economic Vikash Sangtha, from Latur, Maharashtra. profile of Mannur and Nearby Villages in Covenant Centre for Development, Field internship at Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. Institute of Culture. Study on the feasibility of setting up a Migrant Inclusive Health Clinic in Perumbavoor, Ernakulam with Centre for Migration and Inclusive Development, Perumbavoor, Kerala
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 43 Bhalchandra Bijju Chandra Raut
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelors in EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Ancient Social Work, M.A. Development History & Archaeology, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 30 months in Social PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Sector LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Hindi, English FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion with FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion with Vellarda Action Council (Kerala). village community for 15 days at Pradan in Internship with SUTRA (Himachal Pradesh) Dholpur, Rajasthan in Nyaya Panchayat. Field internship to assess the spillover Field project with Seva Mandir in Women effects of BAIF’s intervention for farmers’ empowerment (Udaipur). livelihoods at Jawhar, Palghar district, Maharashtra.
Bushra Khanam Chirikoti Arun Kumar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W. Advanced Diploma in Interior Designing, (Bachelors in Social Work), M.A. Development M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 27 months in teaching LANGUAGES KNOWN: Telugu, Hindi, English sector. FIELD EXPOSURE: Worked with FES on 9 months in Private sector water commons and forest conservation LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Urdu towards agricultural based livelihoods in FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding the ground Thambalapalli, Andhra Pradesh. level reality, socio-economic aspect and Worked on “Gravity Water Project” to provide functioning of SHGs at PRADAN, Rajasthan. purified water for a tribal community and Understanding the working of NGO, study on worked on Online Beneficiary Management determinants of education with respect to and Monitoring System in ‘Integrated Tribal migrant and slum children at Door Step Development Agency’, Vishakapatnam, School, Pune Andhra Pradesh.
44 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Debasmita Dash Deeksha Pandey
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A.(Hons.) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B. A. (Hons.) Economics, M.A. Development English Literature, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months volunteering PRIOR EXPERIENCE: in Make a Wish foundation LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English 12 months volunteering in a youth run FIELD EXPOSURE: Immersion at PRADAN, organization Leaders For Tomorrow, Delhi. Dholpur. LANGUAGES KNOWN: Odiya, Hindi, English 6 weeks internship at KHPT, Bengaluru. FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding SHGs at village Alahpura, Dholpur, Rajasthan, PRADAN. Understanding role of stakeholders as a research intern at Akshaya Patra Foundation HQ, Bengaluru.
Deexa Talukdar Dhruvika Jhala
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. English Economics, M.A. Development Literature, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Gujarati, Hindi, English Assamese, Bengali FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion in Itarsi FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion in (Madhya Pradesh) PRADAN for 2 weeks Field work in Billaspur (Chattisgarh) Internship with North East Network (NEN) for Field work in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) 25 days Internship with Multiple Action Research Group (MARG) for 1.5 months
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 45 Dhwani Lalai Diana Ann Joseph
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. Zoology, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) M.A. Development Economics, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 8 months internship in PRIOR EXPERIENCE: NGO sector (Kalpavriksh, Pune) LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, 3 months part time volunteering in Wildlife Malayalam Biology and Conservation field FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion with LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi, Bharat Calling for 2 weeks in Itarsi, Madhya Kutchi Pradesh for interaction with villagers from FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for 2 different occupational backgrounds and the weeks at Sarang Hills, Attapady Block, state of their children’s education. Palakkad district, Kerala. Summer Internship with Centre for Science Field internship for 6 weeks to understand and Environment for 2 months working on community based conservation and their project for District Mineral Foundation ecosystem management by forest dwelling Trust. communities at Gram Swaraj in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha.
Disha Saraf Divij Kapur
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. Human EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A., M.A. Development, M.A. Development Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months in HR sector PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Bengali LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, French FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion in FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion in Madhya Pradesh for 2 weeks in Bharat Madhya Pradesh Calling to spread awareness on adult Field Internship at Sharana Social & education. Development Organization in Pondicherry Field Internship in Kolkata in Durbar dealing with health and rights of sex workers
46 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Esther Modupe Fani Bhushan Ekoh Prasad Shaw
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Economics, M.A. Development Indigenous Culture Studies, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 20 months in HR sector PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Khortha, FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for 2 Bhojpuri weeks with IVDP, Krishnagiri. FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion at IVDP 1 month internship with Kalap, Dehradun. (Integrated Village Development Project), Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu. Field Internship with CSE (Center for Science and Environment), for making the framework of DMF (District Mineral Fund) and Preparation of District assessment Report, Dhanbad. HUB Project with PAC (Public Affair Center) in the implementation Evaluation of GPDP (Gram Panchayat Development Plan)
Gargi Wale Gopi Naresh
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor of EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (H.E.P), Pharmacy, M.A. Development M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 24 months experience PRIOR EXPERIENCE: in Pharmaceutical Industry LANGUAGES KNOWN: Telugu, Hindi, Urdu, LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Gujarati, English Marathi FIELD EXPOSURE: Worked on women FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion, studying empowerment and rights, sustainable SHG’s, organic farming, basic education, and agriculture, tribal development in Lok health programmes of tribals of the Western Panchayat, Sanghamner, Maharashtra. Ghats at Lok Panchayat, Sangamner, Internship on advocacy for displaced Maharashtra. victims, land development, and livelihood Field Internship to study Traditional Healers for tribal people at ITDS Polavaram, Andhra and Medical Practice at Amhi Ahmchya Pradesh. Arogya Sathi, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 47 Gunjan Narang Haina Hazwary
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.El.ed, M.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) Education, M.A. Development Economics, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 35 months in Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 7 months in BPO LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, FIELD EXPOSURE: 15 days field immersion at Assamese, Bodo Sarang, Kerala FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Lok 30 days field internship at Enfold, Bangalore. Panchayat, Sangamner, Maharashtra. Women empowerment through Ekal Nari Shakti Sanghtan at SUTRA, Solan, Himachal Pradesh
Hansika Singh Harendra Kumar Pandey
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor of EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com. (Hons.) Fashion Technology (Apparel Production), Accounts, M.A. Development M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 36 month in Private PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 36 months as Merchandiser with swedish retailer H&M in India & Sri Lanka sector 9 months with NGO Make a Difference in LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Sadri, Bangalore Bhojpuri 24 Months - Self-Employed (ran a small FIELD EXPOSURE: Study on organic farming business) and volunteering with NGOs in Bangalore in remote village at AFARM, Maharashtra. LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English Study on SHG and livelihood activity at FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion with AFARM PRADAN, Torpa, Jharkhand. in Kalyan village (Pune District). 6 week project with Bengaluru Bus Prayanikara Vedike (BBPV) working on bus commuters rights in the city. Part of an ongoing research project on Sustainable Urban Mobility in Bangalore, with Alternative Law Forum and SUMNet.
48 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Jafar Ali Zaidi Jaykumar Lohar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Political (Bachelor of Social Work), M.A. Development Science), M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Urdu, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Kannada, Arabic Hindi, English FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for 2 FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion in weeks with Bharat Calling NGO working on Shantivan, Beed (Maharashtra) working enrollment of higher education in Itarsi, with children of the underprivileged and Hoshangabad District marginalized sections of society and in Internship for 6 weeks in Saahas Zero waste Sarang, Attapadi (Kerala) understanding an in Bangalore, worked on delivery of services alternative education system. for waste segregation and management. Summer internship in Solapur Zilha Samajik Karya Samittiiee, Solapur, working on the project of HIV/AIDS/STI awareness program amongst migrants.
Jitesh Pandey Jitesh Rustagi
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (H.) Social EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. (H.) Work, M.A. Development Mathematics, Diploma in French Language, PRIOR EXPERIENCE: M.A. Development LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 6 months in Social Sector (with Bhumi in Delhi as Operations FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion at AFARM Coordinator) in Pune LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English Summer internship at Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi. Worked FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion for 2 in the project of DMFT (District Mineral weeks at AFARM, Pune. Foundation Trust) at Chatra district of Internship for 6 weeks at Center for Jharkhand. Science and Environment, working on building District Assessment Report for Chatra District in response to the budget allocations through District Minerals Foundation (Trust).
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 49 Jobin Chacko Kalyani Sarada
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) (Bachelor of Social Work), M.A. Development History, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 24 months in education LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, sector. Malayalam 1 month in journalism. FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion with 10 months in dance. People’s Action For Development. Worked 1 month in social sector. with tribal community in Perumgadu, Kodiakanal, Tamil Nadu. LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Malayalam Summer Internship with AAGAAS Federation in Uttarakhand on Sustainable livelihood. FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion with Worked with bamboo artisans in Uttarakhand. AFARM in Kondanpur village, Pune, Maharashtra. Field internship in Marai kala village, Umaria, Madhya Pradesh with Manav Jeevan Vikas Samiti and Ekta Parishad.
Karun J Kashish Vikram Kulangara
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (H.) (Bachelor of Social Work), M.A. Development Sociology, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam, LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi Tamil FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion with FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion - Action For Agricultural Renewal In Observational Study at AFARM. Kalyan Maharashtra (AFARM) for observation of Village, Pune, Maharashtra. power dynamics, modes of livelihood, Internship at Tropical Institute of Ecological government and non-government schemes Sciences - study on the causes of ongoing in the village. struggle by Kathikudam community against Interned with Kat-Katha, Delhi, working on Neta Gelatin Company, Kerala. their website and recording the experiences of the sex workers and children residing in the GB Road.
50 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Keerthana Kesbar Istar Mannayam
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelors EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A.(Hons.) in Journalism, Mass communication and Social Work, M.A. Development Video Production, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months in NGO PRIOR EXPERIENCE: sector LANGUAGES KNOWN: Malayalam, English, LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Hindi Urdu FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion in Sarang, FIELD EXPOSURE: Study of livelihoods and Attapady, Kerala governance at Vellarda, Kerala. Internship in Sangama, Bangalore Internship at Alfa, Udaipur.
Khanjan Ravani Komal Kisan Wakulkar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelors in EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor of Mass Media (Journalism), M.A. Development Social Work, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 10 months in PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 10 months as a communication sector as an intern Program Associate, at Ekam Foundation, Mumbai. B.S.W. Field Work Experience LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi, with Rangoonwala Foundation India Trust, Gujarati Mumbai ; Sarv Vikas Deep, Mangaon, Raigad; FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for 2 Society for Nutrition, Education & Health Action, Mumbai. weeks in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu with Covenant Centre for Development LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi Field internship with Jal Bhagirathi FIELD EXPOSURE: Internship as a Research Assistant at Indira Gandhi Institute of Foundation (JBF) in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Development Research, Mumbai. (Mahatma Worked on a project to enhance water Gandhi National Rural Employee Guarantee security through traditional rainwater Scheme). Field immersion at Sarang Hills, harvesting structures. Kerala. Summer internship at Shri Bhuvneshwari Mahila Ashram on Livelihood, Health, Child Rights & Protection, Uttarakhand.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 51 Krishna Hemaraj Krishnapriya Ramachandran
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. (Econ.) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W. Economics, M.A. Development (Bachelor of Social Work), M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months as a PRIOR EXPERIENCE: research analyst LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam, Malayalam Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for 2 FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion at weeks at Action Council, Vellarada, Kerala Vellarada Action Council in Trivandrum, Field internship for 30 days at Shri Kerala Bhuvaneshwari Mahila Ashram (SBMA), Internship with SUTRA on domestic violence Gairsain Campus, Uttarakhand and single women empowerment in Himachal Pradesh
Kshema Mallikharjuna Varghese Gowd
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: BASLP EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (HEP), (Bachelors in Speech Language Pathology M.A. Development and Audiology), M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 24 months as speech LANGUAGES KNOWN: Telugu, English language therapist. FIELD EXPOSURE: Worked on ecological 3 months with Kudumbashree Life Skills restoration and conservation of land Project resources in Foundation for Ecological LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam, Security, Andhra Pradesh. Hindi, Tamil To empower and provide better livelihood FIELD EXPOSURE: Immersion at Gramin options through education, health, and skill Sramik Prathishtan, Latur (Disability based training to transgender communities rehabilitation NGO). at Sangama, Bangalore, Karnataka. Internship at Kudumbashree, Kerala.
52 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Manasaguru. B Manukonda Nagaraju
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A., M.A. English, M.A. Development Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Malayalam, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Telugu, FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Lok Kannada, Hindi Panchayat, Maharashtra. FIELD EXPOSURE: Immersion in Pune, Internship at Loveland Art Society, Kerala Maharashtra with the organization KSHITIJ in Kharwale village. Summer internship with Integrated Tribal Development Society (ITDS) in Polavaram region, Andhra Pradesh on Rehabilitation and Resettlement.
Manyu Angrish Mathew T. John
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor of EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W. Arts (Hons.), M.A. Development (Bachelor of Social Work), M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 36 months in education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Block Placement with sector Chepang Tribe, in Chitwan, Nepal during LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Punjabi B.S.W. FIELD EXPOSURE: 15 days field immersion LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam with Kshitij, conducting PRAs in Kolawade FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion with village near Pune. Palliyars Tribe, in Perungadu, Kodaikkanal. 30 days working with Janaagraha preparing Field internship with Kurumba, Muduga and a Citizen’s Handbook for Bangalore and Iruala Tribes in Attappadi, Kerala working with the Citizen Engagement team on the ground.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 53 Mohamed Ashik. Mosin Bikanso K Bajaru
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. Physics, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. M.A. Development Geography, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Malayalam, English, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Kannada, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil English, Telugu FIELD EXPOSURE: Immersion with People’s FIELD EXPOSURE: Socio-economic analysis Action for Development, working with tribal of villages through PRA process in Ausa community in Perumkad, Kodaikanal, Tamil block at Grameen Shramik Pratishthan, Nadu. Latur district Maharashtra. Field internship at Sign Institute of Social Developing block level and Gram Panchayat leadership, Wayanad, Kerala. level database regarding development issues at Foundation for Ecological Security, Bagepalli block, Karnataka.
Mrityounjay Mrunal Patil Kumar Singh
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. (Geography), M.A. Development Electronic, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, English, Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: Immersion at Jan Jagran FIELD EXPOSURE: 2 weeks field immersion Shakti Sangathan, Bihar. with the organisation JJSS (Jan Jagaran Internship at Pradan, (Manjari) Dholpur, Shakti sanghathan). working in the PAnKH project. 6 weeks internship with Nirmiti, working in the arena of livelihoods of tribal women.
54 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 N. Hariprassath Nayantara Lakshman
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., M.A. Computer Science, M.A. Development Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 55 Months in Print PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 24 months in Nature Media Conservation Foundation, a wildlife LANGUAGES KNOWN: Tamil, Telugu, English conservation and research organisation FIELD EXPOSURE: Field engagement with LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Tamil, village community at Bharat Calling in Itarsi, Kannada, Hindi Madhya Pradesh. FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion in A study on the Thettamala Tea Estate Kanyakumari with Covenant Centre for workers’ socio-economic status at Reach Development India Foundation in Wayanad, Kerala Internship in Spiti with Nature Conservation Foundation and Snow Leopard Trust
Neha Akankhya Nihal Anand Mohanty Ventrapragada
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. History EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A., M.A. (Majors), M.A. Development Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Freelance content PRIOR EXPERIENCE: writing for 11 months LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Bengali, FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Astitva Odia, French Organization, Veer, Pune. FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for 2 Field internship at Gokhale Institute of weeks in Astitva Pratisthan (Maharashtra). Politics and Economics, Pune, which Field internship for 42 days at Control Arms involved statistical analysis of poll results Foundation of India in Delhi and Manipur. in Maharashtra.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 55 Nikita Peswani Nilanjan Panda
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor of (General), M.A. Development Social Work (Hons.), M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Volunteered in Make A PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 18 months volunteering Difference for 24 months in social sector. Worked on education and LANGUAGES KNOWN: Sindhi, Hindi, Telugu, nutrition of tribal community. English 24 months community-based and 12 FIELD EXPOSURE: Immersion at Astitva months school-based field work experience Pratishthan’s Gurukul (Maharashtra). as part of B.S.W. curriculum. Internship at SRUJAN (Mental health) LANGUAGES KNOWN: Bengali, English, Hindi (Maharashtra). FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion in Astitva Pratisthan, Pune, Maharashtra. Internship with Public Health Resource Society, Jharkhand. Experienced action against malnutrition and Integrated Rural Development project.
Nisha Kolhe Parul Agarwal
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A., M.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) Development Economics, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Astitva FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for 2 Pratishthan in Pune. Observed the socio- weeks with FES in Chikkmunimangla village, economic and political status of rural Karnataka. setting and NGO program for education of 6 weeks summer internship with Action Aid children. (Jaipur), where I worked on land allotment Internship at Manjari Foundation in Ajmer, for Ghumantu Tribe. Rajsthan. Studied the role of SHGs in women empowerment
56 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Pragya Singh Prakash Kumar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B. A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com. (Economics and English Lit.), M.A. (Accounts), M.A. Development Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Bengali, Hindi, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English FIELD EXPOSURE: Immersion at Shantivan FIELD EXPOSURE: Worked for 1 week in organization, about farm pond and mixed ‘Shantivan’ in Maharashtra on water and farming techniques Beed, Maharashtra. agricultural problems. Immersion at Sarang school, about tribal Worked for 1 week at ‘IVDP’ in Tami Nadu on people education and organic farming, SHGs. Sarang Hills. Worked with ‘SRUTI’ in Delhi for 35 days on Internship at Rajasthan Grameen Aajeevika land issues and displacement. Parishad, understanding basic level of SHGs, credit linkages and working with different stakeholders in Bhainshorgarh and Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.
Pritom Das Priyanka Chakrabarty
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. in EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) Agriculture, Rural and Tribal Development, English, M.A. Development M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months as a content PRIOR EXPERIENCE: B.Sc. project on “Crafting writer for Survival: A Study on Livelihood Strategies LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Bengali of an Artisan Community of Jharkhand.” FIELD EXPOSURE: Worked at Shantivan in LANGUAGES KNOWN: Bengali, Hindi, English Arvi, Maharashtra for exploring agricultural FIELD EXPOSURE: Internship in Jharkhand Silk practices and impacts of industrial vs Textile & Handicraft Development Corporation organic farming practices. Field engagement Ltd. (Jharcraft). Internship in Development at Sarang in Attapady, Kerala for exploring Research Communication and Service Center. sustainable living and livelihoods. Rural Living and Learning Experience (PRA, Internship at Center for Social Justice in Demonstration, and Extension) at Jorakaram and Pundi village situated at Pundi block Ahmedabad, Gujrat for exploring how legal of Ramghar district of Jharkhand through systems can be used to bring justice to the Ramakrishna Mission, Vivekananda University. marginalized. Particularly to better the lives of transgenders in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 57 Rachana Raj Rachna Kashyap
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelors in EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelors in Arts, M.A. Development Political Science, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Bhojpuri LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Bhojpuri, Magahi Grameen Shramik Pratishthan, Latur, FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for 15 Maharashtra, working for the development days at Grameen Shramik Pratishthan, of rural underprivileged sections. applied PRA tools Internship for 45 days, research on District Mineral Fund at Centre for Science and Environment
Radhika Rahul Yadav
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.D.S. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor in (Bachelor of Dental Surgery), 1 year Certificate Commerce, M.A. Development course in Psychological Counselling, M.A. PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Development LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 204 months of clinical dental practice. FIELD EXPOSURE: Engagement in PRA for rural development project and LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Marathi, Hindi understanding the sustainability, livelihood, FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion to education and health system of villages. understand working of a grassroots NGO, Internship and study on works done in and planning and execution of programs at promoting SHGs, watershed management Action Council Vellarda, Trivandrum. and FPOs at Myrada, Gulbarga. Field work and Qualitative Analysis for a Karnataka Health Promotion Trust (KHPT) program to improve the quality of life of adolescent girls from disadvantaged households in Koppal, Karnataka.
58 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Rathod Nitesh Ravindra Nath Narayan Mandal
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor in EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com. (H.), Arts (Hons.) Economic, M.A. Development M.Com. (A&F), M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Volunteered in National PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 14 months as account Service scheme. Teaching work experience assitant in slum and red light area of Pune. Working LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Khortha, experience with tribal community on Bengali, Bhojpuri malnutrition in Bahiragadh Amravati district, Maharashtra. Working experience of FIELD EXPOSURE: Community mobilization village development topic in various places at PRADAN, Dhaulpur, Rajasthan. of Maharashtra. Governance, management and financial LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi, sustainability, formation of Self-Help Kannada groups, village organization and kitchen garden from the perspective of women at FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion Manjari foundation, Railmagra, Rajasthan. experience with tribal community in Perrunggad village of Tamil Nadu. 6 weeks summer internship experience on child education and child rights with CRY (Child Rights and You) organisation in Delhi.
Rinchen Thakur Riya Gupta
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Tech. Textile EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Graduation in Technology, M.A. Development Sociology, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 24 months as Primary PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 36 months in aviation School Teacher. 4 months in NGO sector. sector as a customer service assistance LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Tamil LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Bengali, Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion in a FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion Dholpur tribal hamlet at Perungadu village near Rajasthan with Pradan. Kodaikanal. Field internship with Shri Bhuvaneshwari Summer internship with Enfold India on Mahila Ashram, Gairsain, Uttarakhand. Child Sexual Abuse and Reproductive Health, Bangalore. Assistance in creating content for a training module for the Telangana State Police training sessions on Gender Sensitization.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 59 Rohini Sharma Rupsi Garg
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Tech. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Tech. in (Electronics and Telecommunications), M.A. Biotechnology, M.A. Development Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 30 months as a Project PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Junior Research Fellow (JRF) with Dr. Yogendra Sharma at Centre for Cellular and Molecular LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, India FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion with LANGUAGES KNOWN: Punjabi, Hindi, English Kshitij NGO, Pune, Maharashtra. FIELD EXPOSURE: Community mobilization Internship with ArtSparks Foundation, and understanding various government developed assessment tools for their schemes during 15 days Field Immersion at ongoing research on ‘21st Century learning Jan Jagran Shakti Sangathan (JJSS), Araria, and life skills development through visual Bihar. Two weeks internship on Organic arts and design based interventions’, Farming and Women Empowerment through Bengaluru, Karnataka. Self-Help Groups with Shri Bhuvneshwari Mahila Ashram (SBMA), Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. Field internship for 30 days on traditional water harvesting structures with Jal Bhagirathi Foundation (JBF), Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
Sagar Anil Sagar Nagare Bhujade
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor in EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W. Social Work, M.A. Development (Bachelor in Social Work), M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 1 month volunteeing PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 36 months on field in with Melghat Mitr (Amaravti, Maharashtra). 1 NGO sector month as research volunteer with SEARCH in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. 6 months volunteering LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Hindi, English with PRAYAS in Yavatmal, Maharashtra FIELD EXPOSURE: 2 weeks immersion Astitva LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi Pratishthan, Pune studying socio-economic FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Astitva background of Veer village. Pratishthan in Vir village, Pune for Summer internship for 35 days at Rongmei understanding the socio-economic aspects of Naga Baptist Association (RNBA) working on community. Field internship at Mount Valley Dignity for Human Life project. Development Association, Doni, Tehari, Gharwal, Uttarakhand. Worked on the Central Himalayan livestock Initiative and Maximising Mountain Agriculture Program to understand the impacts of both projects upon people’s livelihood.
60 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Saket Kumar Saloni
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelors of EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) Commerce, M.A. Development Philosophy, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 8 months in UIDAI PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English Bhojpuri, Marathi FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for 2 FIELD EXPOSURE: 2 weeks immersion at weeks at FES Organisation, Chintamani. People Action for Development (PAD) Field internship for 2 months with Mazdoor 6 weeks internship at Tata Institute of Social Kisaan Shakti Sangathan, Rajasthan. Science (TISS) on the project “Transforming M ward”
Sameer Shaikh Sanil Chapalgaonkar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor’s in EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Social Work, PG Diploma in Human Rights, Economics, M.A. Development M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months work LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, English, Hindi experience at Kotak Education foundation. B.S.W. field experience with MCGM, Praja FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion in Arvi in foundation and Justice and Care. Interned Beed district, Maharashtra with Conexus Services, Vision and Rescue, Summer internship in Jawhar, Maharashtra Rahat Welfare Trust, Under the Mango Tree with BAIF and Change Agent foundation. LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Grameen Shaarmik Pratishthan, Latur. Internship with Aseema Charitable trust, Mumbai.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 61 Sanjhanaa Santosh Nikode Shankar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor of Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, M.A. Social Work, M.A. Development Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 7 months of LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, English, Hindi volunteering in an NGO FIELD EXPOSURE: Poverty reduction through 2 months Internship in International Tax watershed management at Shantivan in LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Telugu, Beed, Maharashtra Tamil Women empowerment through Self-help FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for Group at MVDA, Teheri Garhwal, Uttarakhand understanding the livelihood patterns, health, education, and related aspects in Bharathi Anna Nagar Village near Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu Internship at Selco Foundation, Bangalore: Development of Invention and Sustainability Education curriculum for rural schools in Karnataka
Satabdi Saikia Shahnawaz Sarkar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor of EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. (Hons.) in Social Work, M.A. Development Economics, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 3 months in NGO sector. PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Field work in diifferent NGOs as part of B.S.W. LANGUAGES KNOWN: Bengali, English, Hindi namely Akanksha, MAVIM, Population First. FIELD EXPOSURE: Observing and LANGUAGES KNOWN: Assamese, English, understanding the processes of capacity Hindi building, natural resource management FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Sarang and programme implementation at Action for 2 weeks. For Agricultural Renewal in Maharashtra Internship for 1 month at Indo-global social (AFARM), Pune. service society. Research and assessment on ‘Dakshinbanga Matsyajibi Forum (DMF) and its role in transforming lives of small scale fishworkers’ at Direct Initiative for Social and Health Action (DISHA), Kolkata.
62 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Shrawan Kumar Shrikrushna Mate
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor of EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B. A., M. A. Business Administration (BBA, Marketing (Sociology), M.A. Development Specialisation), M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 36 months as trainer in PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 3 months in NGO sector. computer institute LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Nagpuri, LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi Sadri FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion in Pune FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Sarang for 2 weeks at Kshitij NGO on pre-education Hill Organisation at Attapadi block, Kerala. Field internship at Rajasthan for 38 days Coordinated with the Project “Climate in Srijan NGO on livelihood (Krishi Sakhi Proofing and Mitigation” at Seva Mandir, Program, MKSP Project) Udaipur, Rajasthan.
Shruti Prasad Shweta Joshi
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelors in Psychology, M.A. Development Engineering- Mechanical, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 11 months in PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months at GB Pant Development Consulting Firm community radio station, Pantnagar, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English Uttarakhand FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion in Kshitij LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English Organisation which is primarily working for FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Kshitij, community development, empowerment Pune, Maharashtra. and autonomy of SHGs. Watershed management training- ACWADAM, Internship at PLAN International- Young Pune, Maharashtra. Health Program - Global health initiative Internship with Ashoka Trust for Research working with young individuals in 5 slums in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), on of New Delhi, India. the project of Psycho-social stress of inadequate sanitation in Nealmangala, Bangalore.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 63 Srilekha Tejavath Sritama Rana
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) in EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W. (Hons.) Sociology, M.A. Development (Bachelor of Social Work), M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 24 months community- LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, Telugu, English based and 12 months school-based field work experience as part of B.S.W. (Hons.) FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion in Bihar curriculum. with Jan Jagran Shakti Sangathan (JJSS) LANGUAGES KNOWN: Bengali, English, Hindi Field internship in Bangaolore with Karnataka Health Promotion Trust (KHPT) on FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion with the high-risk groups affected by HIV. Action Council Vellarada, Kerala. Field internship for a month in Manjari Foundation, Rajasthan
Sruti Subhash Bhattacharya Basumatary
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelors in EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A., M.A. Sociology (Hons.), M.A. Development Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Interned at SOS PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Children’s Village, Faridabad 24 months as District coordinator, One Hope Internship for 2 months in HR International NGO. LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Bengali 36 Months as assistant teacher, Morning FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Sarang, Star English School. Attapadi, Palakkad District, Kerala. Learnt LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Bodo, about sustainable living and alternative Assamese, Nepali, Nagamess assamese education. FIELD EXPOSURE: Immersion at Pune Field internship at EFRAH, New Delhi. Maharashtra at KSHITIJ for 13 days and Learnt about empowering communities internship at Assam MASK for 43 days through livelihood, education and health interventions along with working on women empowerment
64 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Subhasis Mondal Subin K S
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. in Agriculture, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. Zoology, Rural & Tribal Development (ARTD), M.A. Development M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 5 months in Organic farming PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 6 months in (Horticulture) in Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Conservation based NGO, The Shola Trust, University, Ranchi, Jharkhand. Gudalur, The Nilgiris. LANGUAGES KNOWN: Bengali, Hindi, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Tamil, Hindi, FIELD EXPOSURE: 1 month Rural Living & Learning Malayalam, Kannada, Experience along with different Participatory Rural FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding the Appraisal (PRA) tools. Demonstration of making and socio-cultural dynamics of rural farming using liquid organic manure, Ranchi, Jharkhand. communities at Covenant Center for 2 weeks work experience on Advocacy in field Development, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. immersion with Jan Jagaran Shakti Sangathan, Araria, Bihar. Internship in studying the population density and factors leading to alter the 1 month field work on Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran population of Snow Leopard and its prey Pariyojana project and developing a Village at Nature Conservation Foundation, Spiti, Development Plan by using different PRA tools Himachal Pradesh. under MYRADA (Mysore Resettlement and Development Agency) Organisation.
Sucheta Nanda Suchitra K
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelors of English, M.A. Development Engineering, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 6 months teaching PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 132 months in IT Sector experience (education sector) LANGUAGES KNOWN: Kannada, English, LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Odia Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: Immersion at FIELD EXPOSURE: 2 weeks immersion at Kanyakumari (CCD) Covenant Centre for Development Internship at Odisha (FES) 6 weeks internship at Selco Foundation on conventional energy (Solar) and education
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 65 Sujeet Kumar Sukriti Makkar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor of EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelors in Computer Application, M.A. Development Commerce, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months in education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 2 months internship as sector a content writer LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Maghi LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Punjabi FIELD EXPOSURE: 15 Days Field Immersion FIELD EXPOSURE: 2 weeks field immersion for understanding village dynamics like at Covenant Centre for Development at caste discrimination and livelihood sources Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu) at The Covenant Centre for Development, 6 weeks internship at SWaCH (Solid Waste Tamil Nadu. Collection and Handling) in Pune 40 days Internship at Living Farms in Odisha on Malnutrition project.
Suman Guchhait Tania Mallik
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. in EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Sociology, Agriculture, Rural & Tribal Development M.A. Development (ARTD), M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Internship at Action PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 6 months project on Northeast Trust for 1.5 months. Internship “Effect of liquid organic manure on growth, at Ekam Foundation for 1 month. Internship yield and fruit quality of tomato” at Divyayan at Cipla for 1 month. Volunteering at Teach KVK, Morabadi, Ranchi, Jharkhand. 15 days for India for 1 month. Volunteering with the Rural Living and Learning Experience (RLLE). National Service Scheme for 36 months. LANGUAGES KNOWN: Bengali, Hindi, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for 15 days in “The Covenant Centre for Development” FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Sarang (CCD) organization in Tirunelveli district, Hills in Attapadi, Kerala to study the area and Tamil Nadu. the sustainable projects developed by the organisation. Field internship in Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action (SRIJAN) organisation Interned with Ekam Foundation, Mumbai for one in Newai, Rajasthan. Work in MGNREGA month to work on their Health and Sanitation (Apna Khet Apna Kaam) scheme. project running in BMC schools of Mumbai.
66 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Tejeshree Thoti Nagendra Pardule
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor’s in EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (HEP), M.A. Social Work, M.A. Development Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Marathi LANGUAGES KNOWN: Telugu, English FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at FIELD EXPOSURE: Worked on water Covenant Center for Development in commons and forest conservation towards Tirunelveli district at Tamil Nadu to agricultural based livelihoods in Foundation understand organic farming practices. for Ecological Security, Chinthamani, Field internship with SAKHYA a women Karnataka. guidance cell in Thane district of Worked on “Gravity Water Project” to provide Maharashtra, working for women’s purified water for a tribal community in empowerment and saying no to domestic ‘Integrated Tribal Development Agency’, violence. Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Toolika Suresh Umesh Kale
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W. Economics, M.A. Development (Bachelor of Social Work), M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Hindi, English Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: 2 weeks field immersion in FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for AFARM organisation in Pune, Maharashtra. 2 weeks at Action Council Vellarada in 6 weeks internship in MYRADA organisation Trivandrum, Kerala in Kamlapur, Gulbagra. Field internship with Centre for Legislative Research and Advocacy (CLRA), Delhi in Governance domain
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 67 Vaibhav Ganesh Vanita Namdev Sonone Chavan
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Political EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W. Science, Sociology, Economics), M.A. (Bachelor of Social Work), M.A. Development Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 6 months with Gram PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months as a Panchyat Shripalvan. Summer Placement Volunteer at Melghat (Maharashtra) on training at Action for Women in Rural Health, Livelihood and Youth Awareness Development (AWARD), Satara. with Dr. Ravi & Dr. Smita Kolhe Block Placement training for 30 days at Safar Organization of Youth Camps all over organization, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Maharashtra. LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Hindi, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Hindi, English FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for 15 FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion with Jan days at Grameen Shramik Pratishtan, Latur, Jagran Shakti Sanghatan (JJSS), Bihar. Maharashtra. Internship with The Prayer Multi-purpose Field internship for 2 months with Akanksha society on Public Distribution System in Foundation. tribal area, at Melghat, Maharashtra.
Vanshika Vartika Gupta Bhatnagar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. (Hons.) Sociology, M.A. Development Biological Sciences, M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 24 months in Education LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English Sector, under the Teach for India Fellowship FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Lok LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English Panchayat in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra to FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Jan study their ongoing projects in the field of Jagran Shakti Sangathan, Bihar to understand agriculture and women empowerment. the daily struggles of the people. Summer Internship at Indian Council of Summer internship at Chintan, Delhi, Medical Research, did a research study on understanding the legal landscape of ‘Impact of government’s old-age pension Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) scheme on treatment seeking behavious of products in India along with understanding elderly living in an urban slum in Delhi’. the disposal methods for MHM products in India
68 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Varun Chati Venkat Raghavendra
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. (Physics), EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. in M.A. Development Psychology, Sociology and Marketing, M.A. PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Development LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi, PRIOR EXPERIENCE: French, Tamil LANGUAGES KNOWN: Telugu, Hindi, English FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Budhoda FIELD EXPOSURE: Village observation as part Village in Latur District with Grameen of field immersion in Kanyakumari with Shramik Pratishthan(GSP) working on a PRA Covenant Center for Development (CCD) for Kinni Thot Village for the NGO. Internship with Center for Sustainable Internship with the NGO, Aarohi, at Nainital, Agriculture (CSA) at Hyderabad on Organic Uttarakhand for designing a baseline farming techniques and agriculture survey, entering data and carrying out commodity marketing. preliminary analysis to understand the condition of Menstrual Hygiene Management in Okalkhanda Block.
Vijay V Vimisha Gohel Kumbhashi
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., M.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.B.A. (HR and Development Finance), M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Kannada, English, LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Gujarati, Hindi Bengali FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion in FIELD EXPOSURE: 2 weeks immersion at Foundation for Ecological Security in Bharat Calling (M.P). Chintamani, Karnataka 35 days summer internship at Amar Kutir Internship in Charaka Women’s Multi- Soiety for Rural Development (W.B). Purpose Cooperative Socirty in Heggodu, 15 days internship at Tata Steel Rural Sagara, Karnataka. Development Society (Jamshedpur)
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 69 Vivek.G Vyakhya Nautiyal
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. Home Economics, Political Science and Sociology, Science (Vocational- Human Development M.A. Development and Family Studies), M.A. Development PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Telugu, English, Tamil, LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi Kannada, Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding the FIELD EXPOSURE: Studied the functioning realities of the rural areas and working of the organisation and the impact of the community based organisation in of it and SHGs over a village in Tamil Dholpur, Rajasthan. Nadu by working with Integrated Village Internship in Mountain Children’s Development Project (IVDP) for 2 weeks. Foundation, Dehradun Prepared a District Assessment Report of Dhanbad in collaboration with Centre for Science and Environment to use it as a guideline for the District Mineral Fund that comes to the district authorities.
70 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Master of Arts in Education (M.A. Education)
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 71 Aalla Sai Divija Aditi Bhargava Vaishnavi
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Social EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Hons. Sciences, M.A. Education (Sociology), M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 36 months in education LANGUAGES KNOWN: Telugu, English, Hindi sector as a teacher in Akshar (NGO), Jaipur, Rajasthan FIELD EXPOSURE: Exposure to Karnataka government schools in Yadgir District and LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English understanding Teacher Learning Centre of FIELD EXPOSURE: Explored the various APF in Yadgir. parts of the educational structure with the Qualitative research on two year B.Ed help of Azim Premji Foundation at Almora, curriculum by conducting interviews in three Uttarakhand. B.Ed colleges in Hyderabad. Internship on teachers’ beliefs about gender at Vidya Bhawan School, Udaipur, Rajasthan.
Akansha Agarwal Alisha Parekh
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Economics EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. in (Hons.), M.A. Education Journalism, Psychology, English, M.A. PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Education LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months as a Fellow at Teach for India. FIELD EXPOSURE: Filed immersion at Azim Premji Foundation, Dhamtari. 9 months of volunteering at Eklavya-You Belong Short research on The Valley School (KFI), Bangalore. LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Azim Premji Foundation, Dineshpur. Short research on Alternate School Education, Vijayawada.
72 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Amancharla Naga Ann Denny Bharghava Shyam
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W. (Bachelors in Social Work), M.A. Education (Bachelors in Social Work), M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months in education LANGUAGES KNOWN: Telugu, English, Hindi sector FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion on LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam understanding Educational system at Barmer FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding the (Rajasthan) & Almora (Uttarakand) Districts education system, roles of education with Azim Premji Foundation. functionaries and different levels of the Research study on ‘Students’ Career Government Education system at Azim Premji Aspirations’ in Lachhuar village, Jamui Foundation, Almora, Uttarakhand. District, Bihar. Pilot study on differentiated instruction practice among teachers, Panipat, Haryana. Worked with children(in various settings) and in a government program for children.
Anwar S H Avinash Patil
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. English EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Social Work, Literature, B.Ed., M.A. Education M.A. Social Work, M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 36 months in Education LANGUAGES KNOWN: Malayalam, English, Administration Arabic LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Hindi, English FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding school FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding district organisation and educational structure education system at Azim Premji Foundation at Azim Premji Foundation, Dhamtari, Almora, Uttarakhand. Chattisgarh. Understanding publishers’ and writers’ Research work done on understanding drop perspectives toward children literature out rate among Adi Karnataka community in through internship at Eklavya Foundation, Kudlu village, Bangalore with Dalit Sankarsh Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Samiti. Study on home dialect to learn textbook language and problems related to medium of instruction in Govt. central primary and upper primary school, Phejivade, Maharashtra.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 73 Bakku Priya Mothi Chetna Kalwani Lasya
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelors in EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Education, Commerce (Computers), M.A. Education M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 20 months with Make A PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Difference LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Sindhi LANGUAGES KNOWN: Telugu, English, Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: 2 weeks engagement with FIELD EXPOSURE: Study on the structure educational practices in Tonk, Rajasthan. of schools and roles of stake holders in 2 weeks research project in Indri, Haryana government schools for understanding the with a Government primary school. school as an organization at Azim Premji foundation, Yadgir, Karnataka. A pilot research project on “Expectations of parents on schooling’’.
Chinmayee Deepika R Chalmale
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. Chemistry, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: CA (IPCC), B.A. M.A. Education English Literature, M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 36 months in finance, LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi 5 months in Skill Development (Content Developer) FIELD EXPOSURE: Study of Educational Structure at Azim Premji Foundation in LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Tamil, Kannada, Almora, Uttarakhand Hindi Research on ‘Community involvement in FIELD EXPOSURE: Studied Educational Schools’ in Smalkha in Panipat, Haryana Structures at Tonk, Rajasthan with Azim Premji Foundation. Studied Environmental Education pedagogies and impact on teachers’ lives in an alternate school in Bangalore, Karnataka. Studied the impact of gender on Science teaching at a private school in Bangalore, Karnataka
74 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Deepthi J Digeswar Jha
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Tech in EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., M.Com., Applied Electronics and Instrumentation, M.A. M.Phil., M.A. Education Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 36 months in teaching PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 4 months in Data sector (I.COM-11th-12th) Analytics LANGUAGES KNOWN: Maithily, Hindi, Nagpuri, LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam, Bhojpuri, English Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: Observation and meeting FIELD EXPOSURE: Studied the role played by different stakeholders of education as part of different stakeholders in education system at Field Immersion in Tonk, Rajasthan Azim Premji Foundation, Uttarakhand. Introduction to research in Barmer, Rajasthan A study on understanding the role of (Actual condition, perspectives of different Village Panchayat in facilitating people’s stakeholders and practices of School participation in education in Karakulam Management Committee) panchayat, Kerala. A study on how a school addresses language inequalities in a multilingual tribal setting.
Dileep Kumar Divya Jain Mishra
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: BBA (Bachelor of EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. (H.) Business Administration), M.A. Education Mathematics, M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 8 months in a sport startup PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 18 months in Social Work at Lokko Sports Pvt Ltd in Mumbai, Maharashtra LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English 10 months in finance operation at Metlife FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding the Global Service center in Noida, UP government school’s functioning in the 2 months in banking and finance operation district and school systems, community at Nagarro Software Private Ltd in Gurugram, visits to understand the tribes and their Haryana attitudes towards the education at APF, Sirohi, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English Rajasthan. FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for Research on “Power structures in an understanding of government schools and alternative school” at Poorna Learning Centre, bureaucracy functioning, understanding of Bangalore. socio-economic status of Tharu Community in Udhamsingh Nagar, Uttrakhand Research project on ‘Curricular philosophy of Isha Home School’ in Coimbatore, Tamilnadu
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 75 Farheen Siddiqui Faris Moosa
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., M.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelors in Education Social Sciences, M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: Malayalam, English, FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion to Hindi, Tamil, Arabic understand the Education System, Roles of FIELD EXPOSURE: Working for project Education Functionaries and Different Levels preparation and implementation at Khumpui of the Government Education System at Azim Burui Bodol, Tripura, . Premji Foundation Yadgir, Karnataka. Undersating educational functionaries Pilot Study on Teacher’s Perception on Math in Azim Premji Foundation Dhamtari, pedagogy to primary graders, at Valley School, Chattisgarh. Bangalore (Krishnamurti Foundation). Field research on understanding power Summer Internship as a Team Member of relations in an alternative school, in Content Designing for Children’s Magazine Bengaluru. at Cape of Good Hope Trust, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Observation of A Single Teacher Government School Setting in Gonda Uttar Pradesh.
Flavia Abraham Gagan Kumar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., M.Com., M.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor of Education Social Work, M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Business Process Analyst at PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Hewlett Packard, Bangalore for 57 months. LANGUAGES KNOWN: Kannada, Tulu, English, Commerce Teacher at Primrose School, Pondicherry Hindi for 18 months. Commerce and Accountancy Teacher at The Valley School, KFI, Bangalore for 20 months. FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion program LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Kannada, Hindi, at APF school in Dhamtari, cluster resources Konkani centre for teachers, DIET. FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding government Worked with puppets in Rangashankara for functionaries and functioning of Azim Premji children, workshop on mask making and Foundation in terms of in-service teacher puppetry. education programmes, Dhamtari, Chattissgarh. Understanding the functioning of a low fee paying private school from sociological perspective, Bangalore. Understanding Shiksha Karmis perspectives on their role in the education domain, Alwar, Rajasthan.
76 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Garima Sharma Gayatri N
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. Medical, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Economics M.A. Education (Hons.), M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 6 months part time PRIOR EXPERIENCE: volunteering work with an NGO LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Tamil, Hindi, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English Telugu FIELD EXPOSURE: Study of educational FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding government structures at Azim Premji Foundation, Tonk, school systems in association with Azim Rajasthan Premji Foundation, Gulbarga. Study of the use of differentiated instruction Studying how teachers plan under an methods by teachers in classrooms in 3 interdisciplinary curriculum in Pramiti School, different schools in Haryana. Bangalore. Interned at the summer camp organised by Vidya Bhawan under the Shiksha Sambal Programme in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
Gayatri Tilak Gulshan Kumar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A., B.Ed., M.A. (Bachelors in Social Work), M.A. Education Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months in teaching LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Telugu, sector Marathi LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Maghi, FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding School Bhojpuri Education System at Azim Premji Foundation, FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding and being Dhamtari, Chattisgarh. with old age house for a week. Understanding Alternative Schooling in Valley Field immersion to understand school system School, Bangalore, Karnataka as well as APF work, Tonk, Rajasthan. Study on parents involvement and students achievements relationship in upper primary school, Delhi.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 77 Gyan Vikash Girish Hariram Darshyamkar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. in History, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. History, M.A. Economics and Political Science, M.A. Education Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 60 months in education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 60 months in teaching sector 48 months in manufacturing. 34 months in real LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English estate FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding education LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English system at Azim Premji Foundation (Sirohi) FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding different Rajsthan. Stake-Holders in education, Azim Premji Emotion in classroom context at Azim Premji Foundation, Almora, Uttarakhand. Study Foundation (Dhamatari) Chhattisgarh. of factor influencing High school students career aspirations, Lachhur, Bihar. Internship with Saksham on Improving the effectiveness of post training hand holding support for selected tutors and Use of technology to facilitate learning outcomes at tutor centers, Jamui, Bihar.
Hema B Indira Gorada
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A., Diploma in EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., B.Ed., Montessori Studies, M.A. Education M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 144 months in PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months in education Biotechnology Sector sector (as a teacher in a private school) 36 months as a Kindergarten Teacher LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Odia LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Kannada, Tamil, FIELD EXPOSURE: Engagement with different Hindi educational stakeholders in Azim Premji FIELD EXPOSURE: Study of the District Foundation, Dhamtari, Chattishgarh. Educational Structure at Raichur District Study on Supplemental Educational of (Karnataka). Karnataka state Council for child welfare Understanding language development in 2 for less priviledged children in Jayamahal, different pedagogies namely the Montessori Karnataka. Pedagogy and the Nali-Kali Pedagogy. Undersatnding practical practices against theortical base in Nightingale High School, Kudlu Gate; Sham School, Electronic city; Samhita Academy, Bannerghatta Road.
78 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Jetha Ram Kanchan Maurya Choudhary
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. in History, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.El.Ed., M.A. Geography and Public Administration, Education M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months in Educational PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 6 months in Helpage Research and 9 months Teaching India NGO as data operator LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Bhojpuri LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Marvadi FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding Educational FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion in structure and role of different functionaries Udhamsingh Nagar, Uttarakhand for school at Azim Premji Foundation, Uddham Singh and community observation. Nagar, Uttrakhand ITR project in Barmer, Rajasthan on SMC work Study of community involvement in schools, in Barmer government school. Samalkhan, Panipat, Haryana
Kavya. R Kiran Pravinbhai Khasiya
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. Chemistry, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W. (Bachelor M.A. Education Of Social Work), M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 36 months in education LANGUAGES KNOWN: Tamil, English sector FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for 15 LANGUAGES KNOWN: Gujarati, Hindi, English days at Udham Singh Nagar, for community FIELD EXPOSURE: Exploring Government engagement and to observe the Government School Education System at Azim Premji education system. Foundation, Uttakshi, Uttrakhand. Working as a teacher and observing the Exploring Delhi Private school teacher school’s methodology and pedagogy for a selection and Rajasthan Girls Participation in month in Vidya Vanam, an alternative school sport. catering to tribal children.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 79 Kirti Krishna Kirtiasha Prajapati Ratnoo
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. Chemistry, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W., M.A. Botany and Zoology, B.Ed., M.A. Education Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 24 months teaching PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 1 month internship at experiene Child-Line, Satara, Maharashtra LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Marathi Esperanto, Rajasthani FIELD EXPOSURE: 2 weeks field immersion at FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Engagement with Raigarh district, Chattisgarh. village community and schools at Azim 1 month field research project on street Premji Foundation in Gulburga, Karnataka children’s education at New Vision Field engagement with village community to organisation, Pune, Maharashtra. study women empowerment and livelihood at URMUL in Bikaner, Rajasthan. Studied teacher’s perspectives about gender at Vidhya Bhawan Schools in Udaipur, Rajasthan Participated in 102th Universal Congress of Esperanto at Seoul, South Korea
Kritika Upadhyay Kshitija Surve
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. English (H.), EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelors in B.Ed., M.A. Education Banking and Insurance, M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 1 month in NDTV PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 15 months in finance LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, French sector FIELD EXPOSURE: Studied Child’s Psychology 7 months in education sector as teacher in Krishnamurthy Foundation of India. LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, English, Hindi Worked on RTE Implementation in Barmer, FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Rajasthan. Champawat, Uttarakhand. Worked with the authorities at the root level in Research project in different schools in APF, Yadgir. Bangalore to understand teachers’ perspective on sex education.
80 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Kumar Gaurav Logavidhya S
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Political EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. English, Science, M.A. Education M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Tamil FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion for FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion with Azim understanding the functioning- functionaries Premji Foundation in Yadgir, Karnataka and institutions of public education system Research study on academic diversity in in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh with Azim Premji classroom, Villupuram, Tamilnadu Foundation Volunteerng for 1 month in IELC blind school, Research Project on ‘A study of the Barugur, Tamilnadu perceptions of children, studying in a democratic school, about citizenship’ at Study on pedagogic practice in language Anand Niketan Democratic School, Bhopal classroom, Tamilnadu with students of 10-13 years of age.
Maila Srinivasa Rao Mariya Thomas
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., M.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Economics, Education M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: B.Com., M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Telugu, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam, FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion in Gulbarga. Hindi, Tamil, Kannada ITR field research in Hyderabad on school FIELD EXPOSURE: 2 weeks field immersion monitoring committee. at Azim Premji Foundation, Tonk, Rajasthan to understand the working of APF and familiarizing with education system and government schools. 1 month internship in Chavara Public School, Pala assisting the creative coordinator in organizing different activities and events and also participating in day to day administration.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 81 Megha Bisht Muhammed Hafilu Rahman
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. Home EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. English Science (Human Development and Family Literature, Diploma in Computer Application, Studies), M.A. Education M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 14 months in education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months in education LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English sector FIELD EXPOSURE: Teaching in nursery school LANGUAGES KNOWN: Malayalam, English, laboratory, working with children with Arabic, Urdu, Hindi special needs and Internship with National FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding the Association for the Blind. education system and roles of education Short exposure with tribal school and functionaries at Azim Premji Foundation, community in Sirohi, Rajasthan. Champawat, Utharakhand. Short-term research in ‘emotions in Project on how male students are motivated classroom context’ Dhamtari, Chattisgarh. to enter teaching profession with a special reference to the B.Ed colleges at Jhunjhunu, Observation and analysis of the functioning of Rajasthan. private schools in Bangaluru, Karnataka.
Neelam Gopaiah Neerudi Krishna
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com. (Income Tax EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. in History, Specialisation), M.A. Education Economics and Political Science, M.A. PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Education LANGUAGES KNOWN: Telugu, English, Hindi PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 6 months in education FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Azim Premji LANGUAGES KNOWN: Telugu, English, Hindi Foundation in Bageshwar, Uttharakhand for understanding the public education system in India FIELD EXPOSURE: An introduction to the and problems faced by teachers and students due to government system of the education in uneven geographical situations. Raigarh at Azim Premji Foundation. Research on understanding teachers’ perspective A study on the how to make S.D.M.C more on in-service and pre-service teacher training and participatory in school functioning, (to problems faced during the implementation of training understand challenges of the programs in skills. the implementation process) at Patancheru, Brief study on “unprivileged children” education, sangareddy, Telangana. community perspective on education, problems faced by children due to low economical background, social and cultural impacts. Study on SDMC in the school development and making good relationship between school and community.
82 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Nisha Rani Pallavi
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A.Political EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A., B.E. in Science, Sanskrit, M.A. in Public Computer Science (AMIE), M.A. Education Administration, M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 30 months in corporate PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 120 months at Bharat sector Gyan Vigyan Samiti, Haryana LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion for 2 weeks FIELD EXPOSURE: Organization of various with Azim Premji Foundation (APF) in Yadgir, workshops and campaigns for NGOs. Karnataka Field Engagement with Education officials at Week-long Early Literacy and Drama in Azim Premji Foundation, Tonk Rajasthan Education workshop (Large scale teacher Case study on Government Teacher, at education camp) conducted by APF in Sirohi Karnaal, Haryana. Research project for 2 weeks on ‘Understanding Home-schooling/Unschooling in different settings’ 7 weeks fellowship on ‘Emperor has no clothes- Hacking the Education System’ (Understanding Deschooling) with Shikshantar Andolan
Pemmi C T Pooja Vishnoi
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Public EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. Administration, M.A. Education Biotechnology, M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 48 months in teaching PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Marwadi FIELD EXPOSURE: Field exposure in FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for Chattisgarh. understanding of school education structures at Azim Premji Foundation, Raigarh, Field experience in sports village, Bangalore. Chhattisgarh Research project on ‘Understanding the differences in pedagogical practices in Anganwadis in different socio-economic neighborhoods’ in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. Internship for 1.5 months under Read India program at Pratham Education Foundation. One month engagement with Government school Head Teachers and Classroom engagement and observation during summer in Harda, Madhya Pradesh
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 83 Prabhjot Kaur Prachi Omprakash Dhurwey
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Political EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., M.A. Science, Public Administration, Punjabi Education Elective. Honors in Punjabi Literature, M.A. PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months as MS-CIT Education Teacher cum Counsellor in Friends Computer PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Institute LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Punjabi LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi FIELD EXPOSURE: 2 weeks immersion at FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding of the Dhamtari (Chhattisgarh) Government Education system with Azim 2 weeks ITR on introduction of PPP in model Premji Foundation at Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. schools, Sukma (Chhattisgarh) Study on the Teachers’ perspective on linking Math’s with Real life Problems and reasons for linking/not linking, Bangalore, Karnataka and Kundrapalli, TamilNadu.
Pranashree N Pratibha Babhare Bhushan
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Psychology, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A., M.A. English Literature and Journalism, M.A. Education Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 9 months experience in PRIOR EXPERIENCE: the teaching field LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Kannada, Hindi, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Hindi, English Telugu, Tamil FIELD EXPOSURE: Understand school FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion in Janjgir education system and role of functionaries at district of Chattisgarh to get an idea of the Azim Premji Foundation, Udhamsinghnagar, functioning of public education system by Uttrakhand. understanding the system in this district. To understand contextual pedagogy in tribal ITR project to understand the school area, Sukama, Chhattisgarh. leadership in 2 schools in Bangalore namely, an NGO school called Christel House, India and a private school-Brookfield High School.
84 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Pratiksha Nigam Priyanka P C
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: BBA (Bachelor EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com. (Hons.), of Business Administration), M.A. Education M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 6 months as teacher in PRIOR EXPERIENCE: a State Board School teaching English and LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Tamil, Hindi Social Science FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding the LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi government school systems in UdhamSingh FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion at Azim Nagar in association with Azim Premji Premji Foundation (Almora, Uttarakhand) Foundation. Field Immersion for Research under guidance Studying how English is used as a medium of STiR Organization of instruction to teach tribal children in Internship as a Teacher Coach at INDUS Tamarind Tree, an alternative school in ACTION, Delhi Dahanu, Maharashtra. Internship in Community Champion Cooperatives Program at INDUS ACTION, Delhi.
Radhika Chhaparia Rajavolu Yagna Veera Narayana
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com. (Hons.), EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., M.A. M.A. Education Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 42 months in Assurance PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Services LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Telugu, Hindi LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding different FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion in stakeholders, heirarchy in Public Education Udhamsingh Nagar, Uttarakhand for exposure System and its challenges, functions of to the bureaucracy in government education teacher learning center (TLC) and children’s system. involvement in Nali-Kali at Azim Premji ITR project on how teachers prepare for an Foundation, Raichur. interdisciplinary experience for elementary Understanding teachers’ views on In- students interviews and classroom service Training in Alternative School (Jiddu observations in schools in Bangalore KrishnaMurthy, Gandhi Philosophy) and their challenges, in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 85 Ramchender Giri Ranjeet Kumar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor of EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., MBA Engineering (Mechanical), M.A. Education (Finance), M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 120 months in IT sector PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Kannada, Hindi, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion in Raichur, FIELD EXPOSURE: 2 weeks field immersion in Karnataka. Tonk District, Rajasthan. Study in Govt Schools across Bangalore 2 weeks ITR project in Alwar District, with focus on Teacher attitudes, beliefs in Rajasthan. assessments. Involvement in starting LKG/UKG classes in Chikkanayakanahalli Dist, Karnataka.
Rencita J. Leema Ridhima Garg
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. History, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Tech. in Kannada, Hindi, M.A. Education Computer Science, M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Volunteer in National PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 24 months in Education Service Scheme for 36 months Sector (Teaching) LANGUAGES KNOWN: Kannada, English, Hindi, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English Konkani FIELD EXPOSURE: Observation in government FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding school schools, meeting and interaction with the infrastructre and management with primary Teachers, Principles, Officers etc in for 2 weeks and secondary school in Yadgir, Sorapur. in Uddhamsingh Nagar District of Uttrakhand 15 days field immersion experience (teachers with Azim Premji Foundation. and child education, learning of class Conducted a research study with children for environment) in Pondicherry. 2 weeks in Anand Niketan Democratic School in Bhopal.
86 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Rinkesh Rajhans Riya Singha Mendhe
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. English EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. Agriculture Literature, D.Ed., M.A. Education and Rural Development, M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months teaching PRIOR EXPERIENCE: experience LANGUAGES KNOWN: Bengali, English, Hindi LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi. FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion in FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding school educational area under the Azim Premji education system at Azim Premji Foundation, Foundation in Bageshwar Sirohi, Rajsthan. district, Uttrakhand Project on “what is the vision of good/quality Research project on ‘privatization of model preschool according to different stakeholders” school in Sukuma district, Chhattisgarh’ at Bangalore. under the NGO ‘Shiksarth’ (a nonprofit organization working in context based pedagogy)
Ruchi M. Shevade Rupali Mathia
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Sanskrit EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., Hotel Literature, M.A. Education Management, M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 4 months in Archiving PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 204 months in Education, and Documentation Training, Human Resource and Customer LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Hindi, English, Service Sanskrit, Spanish LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Gujarati, FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion with Azim German Premji Foundation in Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion with Azim Research project on ‘Teacher’s perspectives Premji Foundation in Almora, Uttarakhand for on TLM’ in Pune a period of 2 weeks Research on ‘Perceptions of teachers on teaching Mathematics to primary level students in an alternative school’ at The Valley School, Bangalore.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 87 Ruta Desai Salina Subba
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.E. Electronics, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Economics, M.A. Education M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 120 months in PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 24 months in education Information Technology Consulting (Finance sector and Education domains) LANGUAGES KNOWN: Nepali, Hindi, English. LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi, FIELD EXPOSURE: A study of teacher’s Konkani, Kannada perspective on Teacher Learning Material FIELD EXPOSURE: Study of the district / (TLM) in Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vahini Schools, sub-district level Education Administration Anantapur, A.P and understanding the school-community, Understanding the educational system teacher-student relationships in government and framework of Azim Premji Foundation, schools at Udhamsinghnagar, Uttarakhand. Kalburgi, Karnataka. Case Study of Teacher Engagement in School- based Curriculum Development (SBCD) at an alternative school in Bangalore.
Santoshi Kamble Satish Pawar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc., M.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Language, Education B.Ed. (Language and Social Science), M.A. PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Language, M.A. Education LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Hindi, English PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 48 months experience in teaching (senior lectureship with open FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion to university centre) understand the functioning of government schools and the education system. ITR 24 months in ‘Room to Read’ NGO research project to understand the education LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Hindi, English of street children. FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion with Administrators and Govt. school, at APF, Chhattisgarh Research on ‘understanding how to support the teaching -learning materials in education at Shishya school, Mumbai. internship on language, at Kaiwalya foundation, Maharashtra.
88 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Shabana Ansari Shakoor Khan
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Arts, M.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A., M.A. Sociology, M.A. Education Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Marathi LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marwadi, Hindi, Gujarati, FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding of policy and English basic knowledge of education system at Azim FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding school Premji Foundation Yadgir, Karnataka. education system at Azim Premji Foundation, Research on “What is the perspective of Uddam Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. teacher educators about the pre-service The study of Teacher’s Beliefs about Gender at teacher training course?” at Azim Premji Vidhya Bhavan Society, Udaipur Foundation Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh.
Sharon Miriam Shikha Kumari Daniel
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Psychology EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Tech. and Anthropology), M.A. Education Computer Science, M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months in education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 4 months internship at sector Infosys LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English FIELD EXPOSURE: Explored the public FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding the different education system during field immersion levels of Government Education system at Azim Premji Foundation in Kalburgi, and the work of Azim Premji Foundation in Karnataka. Kalburgi, Karnataka Studied the role of neighborhood contexts Understanding teachers’ perspectives on in the conception of Early Childhood linking math with real life situations in Development and Early Childhood Education classroom. among Anganwadi Teachers in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. Interned with Mantra 4 Change for 2 months
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 89 Shreya Vyas Solanki Jayesh
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., M.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Tech. Education Mechanical Engineering, M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Gujarati, FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion to observe Telugu the working of government schools located FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Azim in Adivasi community, Garasia and other Premji Foundation. Engaged with APF’s work government schools, teachers’ experiences, in education sector in more than seven panchayati raj, SMC, APF, APS, DIET, BODH, in blocks of Uttarakhand Sirohi district, Rajasthan Interned at Vidya Vikasa Vanam School in Research study on understanding the Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh. curriculum and pedagogy in an alternative school (Isha home school) located in Coimbatore.
Sonia Khudanpur Subhra Sen
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. ( H.) of Mass Media, Postgraduate Diploma in Political Science, M.A. Political Science, M.A. Journalism, M.A. Education Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 36 months in two media PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 30 months in education companies and social sector LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Bengali, English, Hindi, Kannada Odia FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion in Raigarh FIELD EXPOSURE: Perpetuation of gender district, Chattisgarh to develop a preliminary stereotypes in formal education: A understanding of the structure and process of comparative study between Kolkata and education in the country. Gorakhpur ITR research project on “Challenges Teachers Summer internship with Akshar Kolkata to Face in Teaching Tribal Children Hindi” to see explore inclusive school environment in how teachers cope with the task of teaching urban private school setting children of the Kamar tribe. Understanding motivational teaching practices in government school in Dhamtari, Chattisgrah
90 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Suhaib K Suhasini Pandey
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. History, M.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Program), Education M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 10 months in social sector LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English Tamil, Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion to study FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion for the educational structure and role of different understanding the education system and stake holders at Azim Premji Foundation, roles of education functionaries at Azim Raichur. Premji Foundation, Yadgir, Karnataka. Case study of a school in Kalimpong that Field work for understanding the motivation teaches music as a core subject and the of male student coming to teaching changes in it over time. profession with special reference to the B.Ed. colleges in Jhunjhunu district, Rajasthan. Field intersnhip surveying the enrolment and dropout of tribal children in pre-schools, Nilgiri district, Tamil Nadu.
Sukanya M Sukesh Kumar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Tech. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Sociology, Information Technology, M.A. Education M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 11 months as Junior PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 18 months part time in School Social Science and English Teacher social sector BRLP LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Tamil, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Angika, Malayalam Bhojpuri FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Azim FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion at Yadgir Premji Foundation (APF- District Institution, for studying governement schools and work Dhamteri Chhattisgarh) to study the status of of education functionaries. primary education, society and culture as a Research field work for studying children’s cohesive and integrated background in remote experience of Art Education at Sita School, areas of Dhamteri District and interacting with Bangalore education functionaries. Research Internship for studying ‘Teacher Internship at Almora District, Uttarakhand to Collegiality’ in the organisational set up at two study the status of Government elementary schools in Coimbatore. education. Introduction to Research project on “Parents Involvement in Learning”.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 91 Suphala Susmita Nandi Chandorkar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Education (Bachelors in Social Work), M.A. Education (Hons.), M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi, LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Bengali, Hindi Gujarati FIELD EXPOSURE: Immersion with APF FIELD EXPOSURE: Analyzing and observing the Internship with CINI, UDP. dynamics the term ‘education’ undergoes across the stakeholders at Azim Premji Foundation, Yadgir, Karnataka. A piolot research on Perpetuation of gender stereotypes in formal education: A comparative study between Kolkata and Kushinagar.
Sweta Rose Swetha A
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. (Bachelors in Social Work), M.A. Education Psychology, M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam Malayalam FIELD EXPOSURE: Study of the District FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding the Education Administration of Azim Premji government school systems and the role of Foundation, Udham Singh Nagar Uttrakhand various functionaries involved, at Azim Premji Foundation, Janjgir, Chattisgarh. Understanding the expectations of parents from schooling in a rural setup, in Killai, Tamilnadu.
92 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Tina Rajendra Tripti Upadhyay Katakwar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., M.Com., EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., M.A. M.A. Education Sociology, B.Ed., M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 24 months teaching PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 24 months in education experience in private tuition class, teaching sector in orphange Bapu Bal Ashram in Bhandara, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English with EK Swpan Ek Aasha organisation. FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding school LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi education system at Azim Premji Foundation, FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding of Janjgir, Chhattisgarh. government schools, community, education Understanding the perception of Gond Tribes functioneries and their roles at Azim premji towards their children’s schooling at Jhirniya foundation, Raichur North Karnataka. Village, Madhya Pradesh. Research study of what kind of challenges Understanding the objective of teaching Hindi teachers face to Hindi to tribal children in subject in upper primary classes, Jaipur, Dhamtari, Chattisgarh. Rajsthan.
Vaishali Wasudeo Vaishnavi Mohan Indorkar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A., M.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Tech. Civil (Economics), D.Ed., B.Ed., M.A. Education Engineering, M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Teach For India Fellow for LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Hindi, English 24 months FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion with Azim LANGUAGES KNOWN: Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Premji Foundation in Gulbarga, Karnataka English Study on perspectives of pre-service teacher FIELD EXPOSURE: Introduction to public educators on D.Ed, Dhamtari, Chattisgarh education system, work of educational functionaries and the work of APF through Study on Government primary teacher’s views field visit in Yadgir, Karnataka on “technology in education”, Maharashtra Understanding the role of Village Panchayat in facilitating people’s participation in education in Karakulam panchayat, Kerala. Teaching Social Realities: A Study of a Government UP School, Payyanur, Kannur, Kerala.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 93 Vani Valson Vishal Wasudeo Indorkar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. History EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A., M.A. (Hons.), M.A. Education Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Teach For India Fellow for PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 36 months in Life 24 months Insurance LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi 12 months as a Trainer in Computer Institute FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion for 2 6 months in Marketing as Marketing weeks at Azim Premji Foundation in Raichur, Executive Karnataka Interviewer in Market Research Companies. Research Project for 2 weeks on ‘Music in LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi education’ at Gandhi Ashram school in Kalimpong, Darjeeling FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion to understand Public School System at Azim Premji Foundation in Tonk, Rajasthan Short research of 15 days on the subject ‘Educational Aspirations of Slum Children’ in Bhopal with NGO Bachpan.
Vikas Kumar Vishal Kamble Prasad
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. Math EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. English, (Hons.), M.A. Education D.Ed (Diploma in Teaching Education), M.A. PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 10 months teaching in a Education community learning center PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 36 months teaching LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi experience FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding school LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Hindi, English education system at Azim Premji Foundation, FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion work Gulbarga, Karnataka. with administrators, DIET, school at APF Qualitative Research on two- years B.Ed. Chhattisgarh. curriculum in three different B.Ed. colleges in Research on language at Central school Hyderabad, Telangana. Phejiwade, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Internship with APF, work with DIET and school, Uttarakhand.
94 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Vishnu Pareek Vishnu Vijayan
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A., M.B.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com. (H.), (Marketing), B.Ed., M.A. Education Senior Diploma in Tabla, M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 24 months as a Gandhi PRIOR EXPERIENCE: fellow LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, 12 months as a program leader in Kaivalya Malayalam Education Foundation FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Yadgir LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English (Karnataka) FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Immersion at APF and Research on Art Education at Valley School, APS in Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. Bangalore and Blue Mountain School, Ooty, Research on motivation of male students Drigdarshika (Organization for Physically joining the teaching profession with special challenged) Bhopal reference to the B.Ed college in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan.
Viswanathan Vivek Kumar Jha Sankaranarayanan
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.E. (Mechanical EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.C.A., M.A. Engineering), GMP IIMB, M.A. Education Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 240+months of professional PRIOR EXPERIENCE: experience working for Global Fortune 500 clients in focus areas of Business Transformation programs, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Maithili People and Change Management Initiatives, FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion to Enterprise Risk Management, Operation Excellence, understand school education system at Azim Right Sourcing, IT Service Management, Leadership Premji Foundation, Uttrakhand Coaching, Program & Project Management. LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam, Hindi, Research project on effects of in-service Kannada, Tamil teacher training provided by government in FIELD EXPOSURE: Field immersion at Yadgir for Uttrakhand studying governement schools and work of education functionaries. Research field work for studying children’s experience of Art Education at Sita School, Bangalore. Understanding the role of Art Education in forming learner’s Habitus. Research Internship for studying ‘Teacher Collegiality’ in the organisational set up at two schools in Coimbatore.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 95 Vrushabh Rustam Kakad
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A., M.A. Education PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 7 months in teaching, 1.5 months with Pani Foundation LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Hindi, English FIELD EXPOSURE: Understanding of public education system at Azim premji Foundation Yeragera, Raichur, Karnataka, Understanding teachers’ perspective on in- service teacher training at Mori, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand
96 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Masters of Arts in Public Policy And Governance
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 97 Abhishek Kumar Anagha Jaipal Singh
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc., EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Economics, M.A. Public Policy and Governance Political Science and Sociology, M.A. Public PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Policy and Governance LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English PRIOR EXPERIENCE: FIELD EXPOSURE: Worked with Azim Premji LANGUAGES KNOWN: Malayalam, Hindi, Foundation (APF) in Dehradun for 1.5 months, English for workshops and Mandatory In service FIELD EXPOSURE: Internship with Indian Teacher Training for government teachers. Housing Federation, worked with the PMAY Worked with Samarpan on children Mission in Guwahati, Assam rehabilitation and rescue from the dangerous places like mining factories.
Anubhav Gupta Archana Shivan
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) Political Science, M.A. Public Policy and Sociology, M.A. Public Policy and Governance Governance PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Tamil LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: Field Engagement to FIELD EXPOSURE: Part of the study ‘Status of write a policy brief and a memo with implementation of Right to Education Act in recommendations. Delhi: 2014’ as a field researcher, conducted Young Leaders for Active Citizenship-Policy by JOSH (Joint Operation for Social Help). in Action Programme: Writing a policy brief Internship for 5 weeks at Grassroot for MP Mr. Tiruchi Shiva on the ‘impact of organisation, Shillong. Worked as a resource Dravidian Movement on Indian Politics’ person for the implementation of social Indian Housing Federation and Urban mobilization and institution development, Development Department, Government of NULM. Assam: Assam Affordable Housing Draft Policy.
98 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Arjun Malhotra Ashwini KG
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. (H.) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Ed., M.A. Mathematics, M.A. Public Policy and Public Policy and Governance Governance PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 6 months volunteering in LANGUAGES KNOWN: Kannada, English, Hindi. Urban Governance sector FIELD EXPOSURE: Worked as a Research LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi Assistant at Policy Innovation for conducting FIELD EXPOSURE: Conducting research on program evaluation. Right to Education at Centre for Civil Society. Individual field work on understanding the Working with grassroots organization problem of alcohol in the village of Davangere on urban local governance at National district. Foundation for India. Stakeholder perception mapping in the TRI Evaluation of community based monitoring of project at Barwani district Madhyaa Pradesh. health programmes in Bihar at Sambodhi.
B V S Sagar Dhriti Pant
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Public EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. History Administration, Political Science and Special Economics and Political Science, M.A. Public Telugu, M.A. Public Policy and Governance Policy and Governance PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Telugu, Hindi LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Kannada FIELD EXPOSURE: Field survey on sugarcane FIELD EXPOSURE: Summer internship for farmers’ distress in Visakhapatnam district. programmatic evaluation of Teacher Training Research assistance to the director of Lokniti and providing recommendations for teacher Program on his latest book on Politics in transfer policy at Azim Premji Foundation, Bihar. Dehradun, Uttarakhand Worked on Comparative Election Manifestos Project at Centre for the Study of Developing Socities.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 99 Himanshi Sharma Jasmin Korant
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com., P.G. Economics, M.A. Public Policy and Governance Diploma in Corporate Social Responsibility, PRIOR EXPERIENCE: M.A. Public Policy and Governance LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months in NGO as a volunteer, Co-founder and associate member FIELD EXPOSURE: Internship for 1 month with of a CSR consulting firm for 9 months MKSS, Rajasthan - entailed campaigning for an Accountability Law and registering LANGUAGES KNOWN: Gujarati, Hindi, English complaints of citizens. FIELD EXPOSURE: Preparing a comprehensive Group internship for 1 month with document on Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Transforming Rural India Foundation, Groups (PVTGs), at National Centre for Madhya Pradesh - entailed undertaking a Advocacy Studies, Pune (Maharashtra). stakeholder analysis for a multi-sectoral, A short independent study on identifying and multi-stakeholder co-oproduction model understanding the problem of river pollution in Vishwamitri River, Vadodara (Gujarat).
Kanishka V Katarapu Venkatesh
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Bachelor of EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Tech. in Engineering in Computer Science, M.A. Public Civil Engineering, M.A. Public Policy and Policy and Governance Governance PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 12 months in IT sector PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Kannada, Telugu, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Telugu, Hindi, English English, Tamil, Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: Interned with Tata trust in FIELD EXPOSURE: Waste segregation at Rajpur, Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. source as a solution to garbage problem in Worked with 4 NGOs (Ekalavya, Chetna, ASA Bangalore, Azim Premji University. and Samathan) learning about holistic ’Stakeholder perception mapping’ for development approaches for a village. Transforming Rural India Foundation, Rajpur, Interned with BGM Policy Innovation Private Madhya Pradesh. Limited, Bangalore. Conducted qualitative ’Developing ease of doing local business research studies on education index’, Azim Premji University, Bangalore
100 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Lekshmi P T M.V. Susmitha
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Economics, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. History, M.A. Public Policy and Governance Economics, Political Science, M.A. Public PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 2 months in corporate Policy and Governance sector (Corporate Social Responsibility) PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 36 months part time LANGUAGES KNOWN: Malayalam, English, volunteer at sudent volunteer body-Centre for Tamil, Hindi Social Action. FIELD EXPOSURE: Formulation of a policy brief LANGUAGES KNOWN: Telugu, English, Hindi, and policy memo after understanding the Kannada prevalence of tobacco-use among school FIELD EXPOSURE: Independent study in children of Kilimanoor in the district of understanding the problem of Traffic Trivandrum. Congestion in Nellore, A.P. Research Assistant Market pitch for Patanjali in the field of in conducting Program Evaluation Research child and maternal nutrition, as an intern at at Policy Innovations, Hyderabad. Woked for a Quantum consulting, Bangalore. live project, ”Increasing Rain Water Harvesting in cities of Karnataka” for the office of M V Rajeev Gowda, Member of Parliament at YLAC, Bengaluru. Stakeholder perceptions mapping at Transforming Rural India, Madhya Pradesh
Mahadevan Manaswini Nambiar Vijayakumar
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Economics EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. History, (Minors in Mathematics and Statistics), M.A. Economics and Political Science, M.A. Public Public Policy and Governance Policy and Governance PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LAMP Fellowship for 11 PRIOR EXPERIENCE: months LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam, LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Hindi, French, Korean Malayalam FIELD EXPOSURE: Lack of Pedestrian FIELD EXPOSURE: Study of irregularities Footpaths in Thrissur Town and the Municipal and inconsistencies in bus (BEST) route Arrangements in Kerala cancellations in Mumbai and its implications Business Thought Leadership - Quantum for equity as a part of the coursework at Consulting, Bengaluru School of Policy & Governance
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 101 Michelle Gurung Niba T.N.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Sociology EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. L.L.B, (Hons.), M.A. Public Policy and Governance Diploma in Corporate Law, M.A. Public Policy PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 60 months in and Governance development sector at ATREE (Ashoka Trust PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 65 months in banking for Research in Ecology and the Environment), sector Darjeeling and CHRI (Commonwealth Human LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam Rights Initiative), Delhi FIELD EXPOSURE: Studied the problem of non LANGUAGES KNOWN: Nepali, Hindi, English, revenue water in the city of Hyderabad under French the aegis of Water and Livelihood Foundation FIELD EXPOSURE: Internship with North East Network (NEN), Nagaland to interact with women weavers, farmers and vendors in three districts as part of a stakeholders analysis with regard to the Street Vendors Act (2014).
Nilesh Sadashiv Padma Bareddy Zagade
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.W. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.E. Computer (Bachelors in Social Work), M.A. Public Policy Science, M.A. Public Policy and Governance and Governance PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 40 months in IT (IBM), PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 48 months part-time volunteer NGO teaching, LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Hindi, English. 12 months startup. FIELD EXPOSURE: A study to identify problems LANGUAGES KNOWN: Telugu, English, Hindi, on the issue of farmers suicide in Beed Marathi, German district, Maharashtra. FIELD EXPOSURE: Independent study in Understanding stakeholders perception on understanding the problem of school drop Transforming Rural India Project (TRIF) in outs in Pune. Rajpur, Badvani district, Madhya Pradesh. Program evaluation at Policy Innovation Hyderabad (Intern- Research assistant) Stakeholder analysis and policy advocacy on street vendors rights (Street Vendors Act 2014) with North East Network, Nagaland
102 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Prachur Goel Prithvi Shukla
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Tech. in EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. English Computer Science & Engineering, M.A. Public (Hons.), M.A. Public Policy and Governance Policy and Governance PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 40 months in an NGO PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 60 months in Education LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi and Skill Development Sector FIELD EXPOSURE: Winter field project on LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English ‘Policy Problem on coal dust and health FIELD EXPOSURE: Conducted an analysis of issues’. Uttarakhand’s In-service Teacher training Summer internship with Pradhah Mantri Awas and teacher transfer policy and Foundations’ Yojna, Policy Impact and Monitoring. Worked summer workshops at Azim Premji on drafting Assam Housing policy. Foundation
Rachita R Sunku Rajshree Bhadauria
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. Economics, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Com. (Hons.), Political Science, Sociology, M.A. Public Policy M.Com., M.A. Public Policy and Governance and Governance PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Kannada, FIELD EXPOSURE: Field engagement to Telugu examine the political economy of pilgrimage FIELD EXPOSURE: Worked on a project dealing tourism in Kurukshetra, Haryana. with last mile service delivery problem in Summer Internship with Indian Housing governance. Federation in Guwahati on Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for the state of Assam. Primarily designed a draft housing policy for Assam, for the Urban Development Department and Town & Country Planning Department of the State.
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 103 Sanjana Vengalil Shubham Shukla
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. History, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.B.A. (Bachelor English Literature and Political Science, of Business Administration), M.A. Public Policy M.A. Public Policy and Governance and Governance PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 14 months in education LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Telugu, sector Malayalam LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: Study in Hyderabad on the FIELD EXPOSURE: Study on dysfunctional ban lack of Rain Water Harvesting Structures. on plastic bags in Kanpur. Internship at Water and Livelihoods Study on Affordable Housing in Assam. Foundation, Hyderabad.
Simran Kalra Stuti Goswami
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. English EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Tech. (E&CE), (Hons.), M.A. Public Policy and Governance M.A. Public Policy and Governance PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 24 months as a Public PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 11 months in IT sector Relations Professional LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Assamese LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: Internship with Grassroot, FIELD EXPOSURE: Worked at WaterAid India for Shillong, in their project of forming Self Help 6 weeks in the field of WaSH (Water, Sanitation Groups (SHGs) in the Shillong Municipal Area and Hygiene) on the linkages between Climate as a part of implementing NULM. Change Adaptation (CCA), Disaster Response and Resilience (DRR) and WaSH.
104 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Suvarna Vatsima Tripathi Bhattacharya
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (H.) English, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (H.) English, M.A. Public Policy and Governance M.A. Public Policy and Governance PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 2 months internship at Bosch Limited, Bangalore (Human Resources Country in LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, Bengali, English interaction with the CSR Team). FIELD EXPOSURE: Studied the presence of 1.5 months internship at Quest Alliance in potholes and understanding the issue in East collaboration with Bihar Education Project Council End Apt. Road, Delhi by speaking with RWA (BPEC) president, Councillors and the local MLA. LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English Internship with Lokniti, CSDS, working on “The FIELD EXPOSURE: Bosch Limited, HR Country; Comparative Manifestos Project”, involving Drafting Employee Volunteering Policy for analyses of Indian political party manifestos CSR. Quest Alliance; Bihar Education Project from 1951 till 2014. Council; Content Curation for Anandshala Video Repository. Law & Policy Hub; Azim Premji University; Politics and Society between Elections: financial inclusion of the urban poor. Identification of the problem of pot holes on roads, and providing recommendations through policy brief & memo.
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LL.M. in Law and Development
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 107 Aadhirai S Abdul Ahad K
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A.B.L., LL.M. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.B.A. LL.B. (Law and Development) (Hons.), LL.M. (Law and Development) PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Tamil, Telugu LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Malayalam FIELD EXPOSURE: Seeing The City - Mapping FIELD EXPOSURE: Linkage between welfare Land Use Pattern and Climate Change in schemes and Aadhaar/Human Rights Project Bengaluru (Hub Project) INTERNSHIPS: Mr. Sainudheen, advocate, INTERNSHIPS: Mr. K.V. Shanmugannathan, addtnl.sessions court, Tirur (2 months) Adv., Madras High Court (4 weeks) Campus Alive web journal (2 months) District Court, Coimbatore (4 weeks) Juvenile Home, Calicut (1 month)
Anshum Goswami Anushikha Abraham
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. LL.B., LL.M. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.B.A. LL.B., LL.M. (Law and Development) (Law and Development) PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 22 months as Legal PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 24 months as Legal Associate, Justice and Care, New Delhi Associate, Justice and Care, Bangalore LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Urdu LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, FIELD EXPOSURE: Karnataka Crime Malayalam Victimisation Project (Hub Project) FIELD EXPOSURE: Bail Process and Court INTERNSHIPS: Delhi State Legal Service Observation Authority (4 weeks) INTERNSHIPS: HRLN, Mumbai (4 weeks) Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Ad. Supreme Court Srivatsa Associates, Sr. Counsel, High Court (4 weeks) (4 weeks) Mr. Mohit Mathur, Sr. Adv. Delhi High Court Bhargavan Associates, Supreme Court, New (4 weeks) Delhi (4 weeks)
108 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Ashwary Sharma Bhagyashri Nakhate
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.L.S., LL.B. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.L. LL.B., LL.M. (5 years integrated), LL.M. (Law and (Law and Development) Development) PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi FIELD EXPOSURE: Teaching Democracy (Hub FIELD EXPOSURE: Karnataka Crime Project) Victimization Survey (Hub Project) INTERNSHIPS: Mr. P.N. Chorghade, Adv., District INTERNSHIPS: Mahila Jan Adhikar Samiti, Court, Pune (2 years) Rajasthan (4 weeks) Legum Consultants, Delhi (4 weeks) Mr. Piyush Mathur, Sr. Advocate, Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench (4 weeks)
Gautam Dembla Gopal Sukhadev Gunte
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.L. LL.B., LL.M. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.S.L. LL.B., LL.M. (Law and Development) (Law and Development) PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 120 months in leading law PRIOR EXPERIENCE: firms and in litigation LANGUAGES KNOWN: Marathi, Hindi, English, LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi Sanskrit FIELD EXPOSURE: Bail and Court Observation FIELD EXPOSURE: Gram Panchayat (Hub Project) Development Plan (Hub Project) INTERNSHIPS: Amarchand Mangaldas (3 INTERNSHIPS: Mr. Kiran Ganjkar, Advocate, weeks) District Court, Pune (1 month) Kale & Shinde Associates, Law Firm, Pune (1 month) Mr. Shrinivas More, Advocate, District & Session Court, Pune (1 month)
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 109 Kavya Hegde Kushal Nandwani
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. (Hons.) (Economics-Sociology-Statistics), LL.B., LL.M. Political Science, LL.B., LL.M. (Law and (Law and Development) Development) PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Punjabi FIELD EXPOSURE: Financial Inclusion - Hub FIELD EXPOSURE: Enabling Local Area Project (Politics between Elections) Planning (Hub Project) INTERNSHIPS: Satish Maeshinde, Advocate, INTERNSHIPS: R.A LAW &CO (4 weeks) Bombay High Court and District Courts Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.R. Midha, High Court of Competition team at AZB Mumbai (1 month) Delhi (4 weeks) Aditya Sondhi, Additional Advocate General, Idnani & Idnani (4 weeks) Karnataka (2 months)
Mallika Verma Mukta Gupta
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.B.A. LL.B. (H.), EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc., LL.B., P.G.D. LL.M. (Law and Development) Intellectual Property Rights Laws, P.G.D. Human Rights, LL.M. (Law and Development) PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 72 months at ING Vysya life LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi Insurance, Team Leader-Corporate: PAN India leasing profile, Bangalore FIELD EXPOSURE: 12 months at Majlis Legal, Mumbai in litigation of domestic violence 12 months at METRO Cash & Carry, Assistant Manager, cases. Corporate Legal, Bangalore 24 months TATA Motors, Manager (Regional), In house 2.5 months internship at Krishna and legal counsel, North (U.P) Lucknow Saurashtri - Trademark and Copyright LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi INTERNSHIPS: DSLSA (4 weeks) FIELD EXPOSURE: Assistance to Mr. Sanjeev Rastogi Phoenix legal, Mumbai (4 weeks) (Coordinator, Chetna Sewa Sansthan), Accelerated female literacy program, Rampur, U.P. Indian Oil corporation, Noida (4 weeks) Project Court observation-Bail process (ongoing) INTERNSHIPS: Goel & Associates- A.D.G.C (Civil) Moradabad-Adv. Prabhat Goel (3 months) High Court of Allahabad, Assisted Adv. Khitiz Johri, at chamber of Sr. Adv. Prakash Krishna (4 months)
110 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Priyanka Sana Jamal
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A., M.A., LL.B., EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), LL.M. (Law and Development) LL.M. (Law and Development) PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Urdu FIELD EXPOSURE: Human Rights Project on FIELD EXPOSURE: Constitution and Public “Public Beneficiary Scheme Interlinkage with Policy Hub: Housing Discrimination in Urban Aadhar” (Hub Project) Bangalore INTERNSHIPS: Mrs.Vandana Jha, Adv., District INTERNSHIPS: National Legal Services Court, Bettiah (Bihar) (4 weeks) Authority, New Delhi (4 weeks) National Commission For Women, New Delhi National Commission For Women, New Delhi (Research and Study Cell) (4 weeks) (4 weeks) Justice N.V. Ramana, Supreme Court of India (4 weeks)
Sheikh Khurshid Shradha Thapliyal Alam
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. L.L.B, L.L.M EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), in Islamic Jurisprudence, LL.M. (Law and LL.M. (Law and Development) Development) PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 54 months in criminal LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English, Garwali litigation FIELD EXPOSURE: Constitution and Public LANGUAGES KNOWN: Bhojpuri, Hindi, Urdu, Policy Hub: Housing Discrimination in Urban Bengali, English Bangalore FIELD EXPOSURE: Teaching Democracy Project INTERNSHIPS: Rural Litigation and Entitlement (Hub Project) Kendra, Dehradun (4 weeks) INTERNSHIPS: National Human Rights National Commission For Women, New Delhi Commission (4 weeks) (Research and Study Cell) (3 weeks) Bharucha and Partners, K.G. Marg, New Delhi (4 weeks)
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 111 Sonu Kandpal Sushmita Patel
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: LL.B. Hons., LL.M. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), (Law and Development) LL.M. (Law and Development) PRIOR EXPERIENCE: PRIOR EXPERIENCE: LANGUAGES KNOWN: Hindi, English LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Telugu, FIELD EXPOSURE: School study grant (Hub Kannada Project) FIELD EXPOSURE: Seeing The City - Mapping INTERNSHIPS: State consumer dispute Land Use Pattern and Climate Change in redressal commission, U.P (4 weeks) Bengaluru (Hub Project) Mr.Prayas Srivastava, Sr.Advocate High Court INTERNSHIPS: National Environmental lucknow Bench (4 weeks) Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur (4 weeks) (Late) Shri Jai Prakash Mishra, Labour, Consumer Matter Expert (4 weeks) Enviro Legal Defence Firm, New Delhi (4 weeks) CPR Environmental Education Centre, Chennai (4 weeks)
Unni Krishna K
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: B.Sc. (CBZ), LL.B., LL.M. (Law and Development) PRIOR EXPERIENCE: 168 months working in BPL Ltd. Medical transcription experience LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam FIELD EXPOSURE: Politics and Society before Elections (Hub Project) INTERNSHIPS:
112 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Guidelines for Organizations Participating in the Placement Process
The University has a Placement cell salary to the University/students, where students play the lead role. The in the registration form and cell is guided by faculty and members during the pre-placement talks of the Foundation across the country and interviews. This would help and has a dedicated support team the students in making informed for efficient administration. The choices and hence reduce drop Placement cell works with potential outs after an offer is made. employers from different sectors to The recruitment process would be understand their recruitment needs, organized on the Azim Premji analyze them and create opportunities University campus at Pixel Park, B for students, both through campus Block, PES Institute of Technology and off-campus placements. Campus, Electronic City, Hosur Road Placement support is provided to all (Beside NICE Road), Bangalore - 560 students for career opportunities 100. in government, industry, NGOs, multi-lateral agencies and other Guidelines for participating organizations that work in Education organizations and Development sector. A. The recruitment process will For purposes of better planning and commence from January, 2018 and facilitation of interested recruiters on continue up to March, 2018. campus, the placement process is B. Participating organizations, divided into two parts: institutions and agencies while 1. Registration registering are requested to inform Organizations who are interested in the Placement cell about the meeting our students with the view following: of recruiting them should register i. Roles available within the themselves by filling up the details organization with corresponding required on the Placement form and job descriptions, salary and send it to our placement office by location. December 15, 2017. ii. Nature of the selection Subsequently, we will identify mutually processes, tests, stages and convenient dates for pre-placement the tentative time duration that talks (PPT) and other recruitment would be required to conduct processes on priority. the whole process.
2. Pre-placement talk and iii. Information on the recruitment subsequent recruitment process team that would be visiting Azim Premji University campus A. Participating organizations will (number and composition). be given specific dates for pre- placement talks and recruitment iv. Any special requirements that process on mutually convenient need facilitation for smooth dates. running of this process.
B. Participating organizations are C. The list of selected students has encouraged to provide clear to be confirmed within 24 hrs. details of the role, location and of completion of the campus
Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 113 interviews. To facilitate this, it 4. Kindly note is preferable that key decision • Any communication regarding makers are part of the campus placements should be made recruitment process. This will only with the student placement facilitate faster decision making. coordinators or with the faculty D. In the interests of providing coordinators specified in the equitable opportunity to all placement brochure. students and create a fair • Any change to dates and times will recruitment environment for be intimated in advance. organizations, the recruitment process will be as follows: Placement Calendar and Contact details i. On receiving a job offer, a student has 12 hours to decide Placement at Azim Premji whether to accept or regret. University is a student led activity. The Placement cell has Student ii. On acceptance of the offer, representatives, who coordinate with the student will be out of the organizations and facilitate pre- placement process. placement talks, interviews and other iii. In case the student does not placement processes on campus. wish to take up the offer, this Once we receive your Placement form, can be open to wait-listed our Student representative will get in students. touch with you to discuss mutually iv. Students will not be allowed to convenient dates. appear for interviews with other Placement Schedule organizations until he/she takes • a decision on the offer in hand. • All Fridays and Saturdays from 12 January 2018 to 3 February 2018 v. Prior to the start of the placement process, students •• Placement week is from February are requested to share 5 - 10, 2018 three organizations of their preference based on their interest. On receiving an offer from an organization of their preference, the student will drop out of placements, irrespective of their decision to accept or regret.
vi. Only those students who have regretted their first offer from organizations that are not preferred by them, would be eligible to appear for other interviews with organizations of their preference, after permission (on email)from the Placement cell.
114 Azim Premji University - Placement Brochure 2017 - 18 Azim Premji PLACEMENT FORM 2016 - 18 University
The Coordinator, Placement cell, Azim Premji University, Bangalore - 560 100 INDIA
We are interested in interacting with final year students of M.A. Development, M.A. Education, M.A. Public Policy and LL.M. in Law and Development of your University for recruitment. The necessary information for facilitating the same is provided below:
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I hereby agree to abide by the placement guidelines laid down by the Azim Premji University Placement Cell.
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For any assistance, contact [email protected] or call the Placement Coordinator.
Please email/post the Placement form at the earliest to:
Placement Coordinator Azim Premji University Pixel Park, B Block, PES Institute of Technology Campus. Electronics City, Hosur Road (Beside NICE Road) Bangalore - 560 100 Phone: +91 9148780700 Email id: [email protected]
Azim Premji University Pixel Park, B Block PES Institute of Technology Campus Electronics City, Hosur Road (Beside NICE Road) Bangalore - 560 100. India
Phone: +91 9148 780700 Email id: [email protected]
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