Experience

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  Cividep India

  • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Fundraising Lead

    • Oct 2023 - Present
    • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Our mission revolves around upholding workers' rights within global supply chains & advancing corporate accountability.Responsibilities:- Develop and execute fundraising strategies with Directors, aiming to diversify resources.- Research innovative funding solutions for long-term sustainability.- Manage donor relationships and seek new opportunities.- Lead fundraising efforts, including proposal writing and institutional applications.- Enhance domestic fundraising by engaging potential donors and crafting targeted pitches.- Collaborate on media initiatives with the Communications team to support fundraising goals.

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  Direct Dialogue Initiatives India Pvt. Ltd.

  • Bangalore

  • Major Donor Officer

    • May 2017 - May 2022
    • Bangalore

    Served as a philanthropic adviser to charitable investors and champion for environment. I looked after development, management and growth of the Major Gifts income in line with the organisational growth plan by establishing relations with Key High Net worth Individuals of Indian society through strong engagement, while raising funds for Greenpeace India. I managed a portfolio of 134 individuals, taking care of engagement and management in South India cities of Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai & Kochi. Key areas of work included:• Participation in all aspects of donor cycle and implementation of fundraising strategy• Building and nurturing relationships with donors through meetings and development of relevant fundraising communication materials• Curating, growing and strengthening donor database by researching donor segments & conducting due diligence on prospects• Ensuring the maintenance of accurate and comprehensive fundraising records and reports• Managing routine MIS reporting on targets, activities, achievements and plans• Communication with external & internal stakeholders, acting as point of contact b/w the org. and donors• Preparing presentations, funding packages, concept notes, reports showcasing the progress of the projects• Preparing an annual budget and strategic Organizational development plan for the strand• Providing support in strengthening of systems for better workflow and processes

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  TIME Magazine Correspondent, Jay Newton Small

  • Goa, India

  • Research Assistant

    • Nov 2014 - Feb 2015
    • Goa, India

    Broad Influence: How Women are Changing the Way America Works. The book got published in January 2016 by TIME Publishing Group. Broad Influence is an insightful look at how women are transforming government, politics, and the workforce, and how they are using that power shift to effect change throughout America. How women effect change once they reach a critical mass. With deep, exclusive and behind-closed-doors reporting and interviews, including conversations with Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Mikulski, Kirsten Gillibrand, Valerie Jarrett, Sarah Palin, Kelly Ayotte, Cathy McMorris Rogers and dozens of other former and current senators, representatives, senior White House staffers, governors and cabinet members. The author interviewed more than 200 women, I worked as a researcher helping her out with the interviews.

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  Video Volunteers

  • Goa, India

  • Program & Partnerships Coordinator, Training and Mentoring Team

    • Apr 2013 - Nov 2014
    • Goa, India

    • Recruitment, Training & Mentoring of Community Correspondents in the IndiaUnheard Program• Secured funding from Department for International Development (DFID) and Oak Foundation for funding India Unheard Program in U.P, M.P, Bihar, Odisha & Jharkhand• Donor Reporting: Writing qualitative and quantitative reports for PACS Project & OAK Foundation• Monitoring & Evaluation of VV-PACS (Poorest Area Civil Society Program) Project • Special Projects Management: Kaam Mango Abhiyaan, VV-­Bloomberg mentoring project, Radar­ Modern day slavery project, MTV Exit­-VV screening project.• Communications: Writing articles, video descriptions, blogs to assist the Communications team.• Coordinating with State Coordinators, Community Correspondents and Goa team to collect information and for holding workshops and meetings for recruitment & training related work.

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  Times Network

  • Mumbai, India

  • Junior Producer- Production and Editorial Department at Times Now

    • May 2012 - Feb 2013
    • Mumbai, India

    • Coordinating with Output-Input Editors, Graphic Designers, Video Editors and Anchors to produce news packages, daily shows and breaking news.• Producing Morning Show, Times Now Prime Time, Times Now Tonight and also working as a rundown Producer.

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  NDTV

  • New Delhi, India

  • Sub-editor- Mobile.ndtv.com

    • Dec 2009 - Jun 2011
    • New Delhi, India

    The NDTV WAP site brings stories, pictures and videos from the NDTV network. The work required to generate and monitor quality content on a variety of themes for mobile.ndtv.com. • Reporting and editing agency reports from live and developing events. Proof-reading correspondent copies and coordinating between TV, Web and WAP portal for a synergy of mediums.• Providing breaking news developments in a quick and accurate package that satisfies growing base of WAP news users.• Creating presentations and planning strategies to increase presence of the portal- including promotion on social boards.• Planning creative content and using it to engage surfers to increase traffic and expand unique page visitors. This included creating regular poll content, interactive forums and assigning/planning other elements like features, photo galleries and video clips with team of editors, designers, encoders.