Niraj Parashar

Learning & Training Coordinator at QUEST Alliance
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, IN
Languages
  • Hindi Full professional proficiency
  • Magahi Limited working proficiency
  • Maithli Limited working proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency

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Dharamvir singh

While remembering my association with Mr, Niraj Prasahar as a colleague and friend, I found him to be a person of value, trustworthy and sincere. He possesses the skills of project management, leadership as well as content development. Niraj has an outstanding sense of humor with creative ideas. Looking to see you excel in development arena

Vivek Awasthi 🇮🇳

I have had the pleasure of working with Niraj Parashar as a colleague at the Aga Khan Foundation and can attest to his extensive experience in the development sector. With over a decade of experience in implementing pilot projects and integrated programs, Niraj has developed a robust skill set that enables him to manage projects, teams, and stakeholders effectively.

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Credentials

  • edX Honor Code Certificate for Enhancing teacher education through OER: Tess-India
    edX
    Jan, 2016
    - Nov, 2024
  • edX Verified Certificate for Introduction to Project Management
    edX

Experience

  • QUEST Alliance
    • India
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Learning & Training Coordinator
      • Jan 2022 - Present

       Training & Capacity Building- Design, anchor and Implement cascade mode of training with SRG, ARP, HM & teacher. Synthesize insights from training into meaningful and actionable steps. Bring in field insights into the capacity building design and review. Compile training reports and create concise and compelling documents. Build capacity of the District Officers for effective delivery of the training program and make them understand the content/ curriculum. Participate in state level training programs, workshops, meetings and work with the state body to ensure that it’s integrated into a larger plan.  Content Development- Document secondary information, policies, program and relevant best practices. Develop and customize relevant content & support in the conceptualization of framework development including content, design and process for the program.  Monitoring and Reporting- Anchor development of Tools and Process for pilot program, Track progress against the work plan. Ensure all data is updated in the database. Support with the Evaluation processes. Monitor all project activities and progress towards achieving the program outputs and outcomes. Build capacity of the Program team in monitoring, reporting and data (target) analysis as per requirements. Support the compilation of the Monthly. Quarterly, Half-yearly and annual reports. Ensure that monitoring and reporting systems, including fieldwork, collection of reports and data entry, are correctly implemented by staff. Support with necessary data to produce documents including case studies, study briefs, impact briefs for use by the team Show less

  • Aga Khan Foundation
    • Switzerland
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • State Coordinator
      • Sep 2020 - Jun 2021

       Liaisoning, Networking- Develop strategic partnerships with govt. to amplify program reach within the state. Liaison with the education department and SCERT to finalize the ‘e curriculum’ for the school hygiene education program and uploaded and available on appropriate digital platforms for access across the state.  Capacity building-Facilitate the development of a training calendar for teachers and support the department in organizing trainings/orientation on the School Program in a cascade mode in the four implementation districts (Bahraich, Shravasti, Balrampur & Gonda) and work towards its scale up across the state. Identifying training needs, sourcing of resource persons, organizing training, and tracking the outcomes of training on improved project implementation.  Documentation-Develop a mechanism for tracking of project deliverables based on the MIS. Create a robust MIS and reporting system to gauge progress/ bottlenecks and develop plans accordingly.  Advocacy-Ensure convergence with other State Government initiatives such as Vidyalaya Kayakalp, and School Health Programme, under Ayushman Bharat. Actively represent and contribute to advocacy efforts to maximize the scale and reach of the program across the State. Share lessons, learning and emerging best practices.  Team management-Support and guide district coordinators in ensuring the implementation of the School Hygiene Curriculum across the districts and training of teachers to build their capacity to deliver (i) hygiene curriculum, including sessions on menstrual hygiene management, (ii) Strengthening SMC capacity to promote WASH in Schools, including developing plans for O&M and WASH budgeting (iii) Strengthening school to community link for sustainability and community awareness. Show less

  • UNICEF India
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • State Consultant-RTE & Community Mobilisation
      • Apr 2016 - Dec 2019

       To coordinate with state officials(SPO, SPD) of BEPC for ensuring capacity building of district point persons as well as sharing area of improvement and suggestions;  To assist BEPC in planning and monitoring the rollout of new guidelines for SMCs;  To develop success stories on SMCs that showcase the role of SMC in addressing school-specific constraints and problems;  Support to BEPC in developing strategies for mainstreaming of out of school children;  Documentation of best practices in the context of mainstreaming of out of school children;  Prepare status reports based on monitoring visits on quality of teaching-learning processes/ other facilities in non-residential special training centers;  To provide assistance to BEPC for reviewing and updating mechanisms to track mainstreaming efforts for OOSC. From 13.4.2016 to 31.12.2016 MIS and Planning • To coordinate with BEPC (MIS and Planning Section) for ensuring capacity building of district MIS point persons as well as other officials on U-DISE data analysis and use • To ensure development of district profiles based on U-DISE data. • To analyse select AWP from the districts to understand how far U-DISE data has informed these plans SMC Strengthening • To assist BEPC (Community Mobilization and Media Cell) in planning and monitoring the roll out of new guidelines for SMCs • To support BEPC in developing comprehensive package (that includes training, on-the –job supervision and IEC strategy) for strengthening SMCs • Work with BEPC to design and maintain database on SMC with clearly defined performance indicators • To develop success stories on SMCs that showcase the role of SMC in addressing school-specific constraints and problems. Out of School Children • Support to BEPC in developing strategies for mainstreaming of out of school children • Documentation of best practices in the context of mainstreaming of out of school children Show less

  • Plan International
    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Program Manager
      • Jul 2014 - Mar 2016

       Planning & Implementation: Ensure theme specific conferences, meetings, seminars, and training;  Training & capacity building: Identify & finalize resource agency for capacity building program domain wise and ensure training program for all 8 domain;  Documentation: Program report writing for internal and external purposes, proposal conceptualization;  HR & Admin: Guide recruitment, induction & performance appraisal process of the entire team  Team management: Lead a team of 35 staff including program, admin, and finance & report to the executive secretary of the organization.  Financial Management: - Managing a program of 8 digits yearly budget by making financial and operational plans - monthly, quarterly and review with the team and Executive Secretary;  Liaisoning, Networking & Advocacy: - Networking and relationship building with various partners, networks, alliances, and government functionaries; Building advocacy on rights issues of the excluded and vulnerable communities. Manage visits of donor agency.  Media & Public relationship:- Ensure media coverage of major activities to disseminate the message & branding of the organization as well. Show less

  • QUEST Alliance
    • India
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Program Officer
      • Apr 2012 - Jun 2014

       Planning & Implementation: Guide and facilitate school & community level student tracking, response & enrichment plan with the support of school teachers and the community champions;  Coordination among different stakeholders for implementation and monitoring of planned activities towards achieving the project goal with specific results. Support in visits of donor agency;  Training and capacity building: Facilitate training programs as a master trainer for different stake holders-Teacher, HM, community champion;  Put input in development of training manual and training guide;  Mentoring a strong team of community champion at the community level;  Research and Documentation: Organize identification, tracking & management of focused child to test the effectiveness of early warning system;  Prepare report of event, training, workshop, synthesis case study & success story;  Monitoring and Evaluation: Ensure monitoring & evaluation system to track the progress of the project;  Review and Design: Conduct review with stakeholders and design process accordingly. Provide input to overall program as a member of the thematic group;  Networking and advocacy: Liaison and network with DEO, BEO for effective implementation of the program;  Develop and facilitate a strong community school relationship for effective implementation of the project. Show less

  • Sahbhagi Shikshan Kendra
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Program Associate
      • Jan 2008 - Mar 2012

      “Reducing Vulnerability of Migrant Workers” project at Sitapur, U.P  Planning and Implementation: Planning, coordination and organizing awareness activities such as mobile kiosks, right based campaign, meeting, workshop, etc;  Mobilization of youth and women for the formation of their right based CBOs;  Linkage of CBOs with banks and social security schemes;  Training and capacity building: Organize capacity building program for PRI members, CBOs;  Work as a resource person in capacity building program of partner NGOs on SHG, PRI, etc;  Documentation: Compilation and submission of daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports of the project. Prepare various IEC materials such as a pamphlet, brochure, booklet, poster, etc;  Networking and advocacy: Liaison and networking with banks/Govt. for linkage. During “Yamuna Action Plan” – II, at Agra region  Planning and Implementation: Coordination and facilitation through field visits among 15 partner NGOs of Agra, Mathura, Vrindavan, and Etawah of west U.P for better performance by partners and sustainability of YAP-II;  Support in partner’s activities, guiding them for proper documentation planning and implementation;  Monitoring and Evaluation: Put inputs in partner’s review meetings and in their action plan, report, activities;  Provide field visit cum monitoring and evaluation report to nodal agency-Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam;  Training and capacity building: Support in the assessment of training needs of partners and organize capacity building program accordingly;  Research and Documentation: Compilation and submission of daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual report of the project;  Prepare various IEC materials such as a pamphlet, brochure, booklet, poster, etc;  Networking and advocacy:  Liaison and networking with U.P. Jal Nigam, Municipal Corporation, pollution control board, etc;  Advocacy of the program achievements through a case study, success story, video documentation. Show less

Education

  • Banaras Hindu University, Banaras
    Batchelor in Art, Sociology
    2002 - 2005
  • Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith
    Master in Social Work, Social Work
    2005 - 2007
  • Indira Gandhi National Open University
    PG Diploma in corporate social responsibility, Corporate Social Responsibility
    2021 - 2022
  • Banaras Hindu University, Banaras
    Diploma in English, Developmental/Remedial English
    2003 - 2005

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