Niharika Sarmah
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Credentials
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Public Policy Research
Centre for Public Policy ResearchJun, 2022- Oct, 2024
Experience
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University of Hyderabad
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India
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant
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Jul 2022 - Present
Migration, Marginality and Social Transformation: Exploring North East India and Beyond • Ethnographic Research: (a) Experience of female spa therapists from Northeast India in Hyderabad (b) Experience of migrant workers from Northeast India working in the Unorganised Sector in Hyderabad and Bangalore • Literature Review: Northeast Migrants in Mainland India, and Borderland Conflicts • Project Monitoring and Reporting • Academic Workshop Coordination Migration, Marginality and Social Transformation: Exploring North East India and Beyond • Ethnographic Research: (a) Experience of female spa therapists from Northeast India in Hyderabad (b) Experience of migrant workers from Northeast India working in the Unorganised Sector in Hyderabad and Bangalore • Literature Review: Northeast Migrants in Mainland India, and Borderland Conflicts • Project Monitoring and Reporting • Academic Workshop Coordination
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DRISHTEE
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India
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Civic and Social Organizations
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100 - 200 Employee
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Varmani
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May 2022 - Jun 2022
Drishtee Foundation helps develop rural and urban linkage through a value chain approach in the field of micro enterprise development or livelihood and through a franchisee model for provisioning of services. The organisation stands on the principles of sustainability, value creation and entrepreneurship. •Research and Data Analysis on Textile value chains in Kamrup District, Assam•Product Development and Marketing of Textile end products for women micro enterprise groups
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Vidushi Fellow
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Jul 2021 - May 2022
• Rural Livelihood Development Project in Titabor Block, Jorhat, Assam• Coordinated with District-level Stakeholders; Government Officials; Academicians and Researchers and Civil Society Organisations• Worked closely with Self-Help Groups and Village cluster organisations• Conducted 6 Skill development trainings; Capacity building of women• Executed the formation of 6 Sustainable Value Chains: Textile, Mushroom and Food and Dairy Processing • Brand and Content Management for Women Micro Enterprise Groups • Planned and executed significant events: Campaigns and Promotion Show less
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CRY - Child Rights and You
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India
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Non-profit Organization Management
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500 - 600 Employee
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Intern
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Sep 2020 - Feb 2022
• Raised Rs. 11,000 in one month for the cause of helping under-privileged students in West Bengal to put up a fight against the double impact of Covid-19 and Cyclone Amphan • College and University Mapping near Gomtee Tea Garden (Darjeeling) to raise awareness about CRY’s initiatives • Raised Rs. 11,000 in one month for the cause of helping under-privileged students in West Bengal to put up a fight against the double impact of Covid-19 and Cyclone Amphan • College and University Mapping near Gomtee Tea Garden (Darjeeling) to raise awareness about CRY’s initiatives
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MY TISS
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India
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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Member
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Jun 2020 - Dec 2020
Social Media Manager in a Students-led media platform called MyTISS. The aim of the platform was to provide an integrated platform to all TISSians from different campuses to connect with each other, express themselves and share all TISS related information. Social Media Manager in a Students-led media platform called MyTISS. The aim of the platform was to provide an integrated platform to all TISSians from different campuses to connect with each other, express themselves and share all TISS related information.
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TATA Steel Long Products Limited, CSR
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Jharkhand, India
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Intern
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Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
• Need assessment survey and consolidated report of Chaibasa region (tribal belt) for future interventions by TSLP, Jharkhand. • Carried out socio-economic survey in 12 villages, focusing on 5 sectors: 1. Employment 2. Environment 3. Entrepreneurship 4. Education 5. Essential Enablers (Health, Transportation, Water and Sanitation, Infrastructure etc.) • Personal Interviews with multiple village stakeholders • Need assessment survey and consolidated report of Chaibasa region (tribal belt) for future interventions by TSLP, Jharkhand. • Carried out socio-economic survey in 12 villages, focusing on 5 sectors: 1. Employment 2. Environment 3. Entrepreneurship 4. Education 5. Essential Enablers (Health, Transportation, Water and Sanitation, Infrastructure etc.) • Personal Interviews with multiple village stakeholders
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Centre for Sustainable Agriculture
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India
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Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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Intern
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Apr 2020 - Jun 2020
Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA) is a professional resource organisation engaged in establishing models of sustainable agriculture working in partnership with Farmers, Farmer Producer Organisations, Governments, NGOs, and Markets. •Report on the “Impact of Lockdown 1.0 on Farmers in Rajasthan” •Conducted Research, Data collection and Data Analysis Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA) is a professional resource organisation engaged in establishing models of sustainable agriculture working in partnership with Farmers, Farmer Producer Organisations, Governments, NGOs, and Markets. •Report on the “Impact of Lockdown 1.0 on Farmers in Rajasthan” •Conducted Research, Data collection and Data Analysis
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Foundation For Ecological Security (FES)
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India
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Non-profit Organizations
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200 - 300 Employee
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Intern
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Feb 2020 - Feb 2020
FES works towards the ecological restoration and conservation of land and water resources, in conserving the uplands and other eco-fragile, degraded and marginalised zones of the country and to set in place the processes of co-ordinated human effort and governance to achieve this objective. Village: Mukundgarh • Bio-mass survey of 3 forests based on the IFRI framework • Socio-economic survey of major village stakeholders and villagers • Applied PRA tools: Resource and Social mapping, Transect Walk, Problem Matrix, Health Analysis, Women Drudgery Analysis and Venn Diagram Show less
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Foundation For Ecological Security (FES)
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India
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Non-profit Organizations
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200 - 300 Employee
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Intern
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Nov 2019 - Nov 2019
Village: Kheravas •Socio-economic survey of major village stakeholders and villagers •Applied PRA tools: Resource and Social mapping, Transect Walk, Problem Matrix, Health Analysis, Women Drudgery Analysis and Venn Diagram Village: Kheravas •Socio-economic survey of major village stakeholders and villagers •Applied PRA tools: Resource and Social mapping, Transect Walk, Problem Matrix, Health Analysis, Women Drudgery Analysis and Venn Diagram
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Shishu Sarothi
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India
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Non-profit Organization Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Volunteer
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Jan 2019 - Mar 2019
Shishu Sarothi is a non-profit organisation working with children with disabilities and it offers services such as comprehensive training, employment generation, scholarship, rehabilitation, outreach, counseling and vocational education programs. •Guidance to children with Autism, Down Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy •Guidance to develop sight learning, learn basic computer knowledge, language, communication and social skills. •Attended workshops on child rights and helped to educate the students on the same •Supervised a cleanliness drive as a part of the students’ environmental curriculum Show less
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The WordsWorth Project
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India
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Intern
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Jul 2017 - Nov 2017
The WordsWorth Project is a social impact project based in New Delhi, India, working with children from low resource communities, aiming to inculcate a desire to read, and attempting to spread literacy through this endeavour. -Visited the teaching centre every Thursday and Saturday to help children from marginalised backgrounds to cope up with school academics. The WordsWorth Project is a social impact project based in New Delhi, India, working with children from low resource communities, aiming to inculcate a desire to read, and attempting to spread literacy through this endeavour. -Visited the teaching centre every Thursday and Saturday to help children from marginalised backgrounds to cope up with school academics.
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Akshar Forum
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Guwahati, Assam, India
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Intern
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Jun 2017 - Jun 2017
Akshar Foundation is an award-winning non-profit organization operating in Assam with an innovative, business-oriented approach to Poverty Eradication. Akshar Forum is an alternate school in Pamohi, Assam who uses their own innovative method of "Meta Teaching" that consists of paying at-risk teenagers to teach younger children and perform development work in the community. • Was assigned with the task of teaching students ranging from Level 4 to level 8. • Was involved in extra-curricular activities involving indoor and outdoor games, art, music and craft. • Office work, Poster making and Advertisement. Show less
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Education
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2019 - 2021
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Masters in Natural Resources and Governance, School of Livelihood and Development -
2015 - 2018
Hindu College, Delhi University
B.A. in Sociology -
2013 - 2015
Army Public School Narangi
Class 12, Humanities
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