Taher B Sarthalwala
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Vinay Adhye
Taher and I have worked together fulfilling various Reliance foundation social initiatives. Taher was an incredible support during Mission Annaseva, going into details and coordinating end to end. Together we served millions of Indians l with daily essentials and covid support during pandemic. He is sincere, extremely polite at the same time ensures timely execution. Wish him all the best and look forward to work with him in future.
Vinay Adhye
Taher and I have worked together fulfilling various Reliance foundation social initiatives. Taher was an incredible support during Mission Annaseva, going into details and coordinating end to end. Together we served millions of Indians l with daily essentials and covid support during pandemic. He is sincere, extremely polite at the same time ensures timely execution. Wish him all the best and look forward to work with him in future.
Vinay Adhye
Taher and I have worked together fulfilling various Reliance foundation social initiatives. Taher was an incredible support during Mission Annaseva, going into details and coordinating end to end. Together we served millions of Indians l with daily essentials and covid support during pandemic. He is sincere, extremely polite at the same time ensures timely execution. Wish him all the best and look forward to work with him in future.
Vinay Adhye
Taher and I have worked together fulfilling various Reliance foundation social initiatives. Taher was an incredible support during Mission Annaseva, going into details and coordinating end to end. Together we served millions of Indians l with daily essentials and covid support during pandemic. He is sincere, extremely polite at the same time ensures timely execution. Wish him all the best and look forward to work with him in future.
Credentials
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edX Verified Certificate for Understanding Agribusiness, Value Chains, and Consumers in Global Food Systems
edXOct, 2022- Oct, 2024 -
Strategic Communication and Partnership Building for Social Impact
MICA | The School of IdeasMar, 2022- Oct, 2024 -
Digital Marketing
Indian Institute of Management, LucknowDec, 2019- Oct, 2024 -
Master Trainer - CORE
RedR IndiaSep, 2016- Oct, 2024 -
Risk Analysis and Insurance Planning
Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd.Jun, 2009- Oct, 2024 -
Investment Planning
Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd.Apr, 2008- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Partnership Engagement Specialist
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Mar 2021 - Present
#CovidActionCollab united to provide relief, recovery and build resilience among the most vulnerable communities. The collaboration consists of Organizations and Networks working together to support the communities during the period of crisis and enable them to secure their future. The 360 partners' strong collaboration has delivered 17 lakh services with 2000 volunteers. 🔹Managed strategic partners to roll out Intervention packages to mitigate the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic 🔹Leveraged resources worth USD 0.5 million for the partners 🔹Set up systems and platforms to respond to covid relief operations in the remotest locations of India 🔹Providing analytics and a dashboard on the performance indicator of 360 partners across the country Show less
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Reliance Foundation
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India
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Non-profit Organizations
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400 - 500 Employee
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Team Lead
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Apr 2018 - Mar 2021
Reliance Foundation Information Services (RF IS) provides information to different livelihood information seekers using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). This bridges the gap between lab-derived knowledge and field-based skills. This multi-stakeholder partnership works towards risk reduction by loss aversion, potential additional income per individual and replenishment of natural resources.🔹Strengthened the decentralized toll-free helpline in 19 states addressing 1 million queries from farmers across India🔹Drive strategic initiatives for Reliance Foundation by designing strong processes & governance as a part of the Founding member Team🔹Worked closely with Program Head to coordinate the strategic initiatives and action plans to drive implementation🔹Optimize project cost by skilful negotiation with vendors - saving more than $ 0.2mn/year on advisory dissemination cost🔹Leveraged more than $0.15mn from Govt. Department through community networks, thematic expertise and infrastructure to facilitate livelihoods advisories through digital platforms🔹Convert strategies into action by liaising with cross-functional teams internally and externally to drive the changes required Show less
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State Coordinator
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Nov 2016 - Apr 2018
🔹Single-handedly managed project expansion to Rajasthan thereby enrolling approx. 4 lacs farmers🔹Enabled strategic partnerships with Dept. of Agriculture, Dept. of Animal Husbandry and Agriculture Universities across Rajasthan to leverage farmer Networks, Infrastructure, content and resources
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Project Manager
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May 2013 - Nov 2016
🔹Setting system and processes for Program Monitoring and Evaluation🔹Setting up finance and Budget strategy🔹Develop and implement six annual budget projection as well as outflow worth $15 million for the project in 19 states of India.🔹Navigate team members in the area of cost-benefit analysis in view of project expenditure and impact of reach, including the preparation of quarterly progress documents.🔹Achieved a 24% cost reduction through better negotiation skills for advisory dissemination platforms. Show less
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Implementation Manager
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Aug 2012 - May 2013
🔹Initiating ICT for an Agriculture project in the Marathawada region of Maharashtra🔹Forging a partnership with Agriculture University and KVKs to leverage knowledge and infrastructure resources🔹Identifying and deploying rural technologies to dissemination content 🔹Identifying and onboarding farmer network
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Fellow
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Mar 2011 - Feb 2012
SBI Youth for India Fellowship is the flagship program of SBI Foundation, it is a yearlong fellowship that enables nation's youth to work on rural development projects in partnership with experienced NGOs 🔹Initiated soil solarization project to work towards the protection of the environment. 🔹Coordinated with the NGO and NAU (Navsari Agriculture University) to prevent farmers from destructive farming practices (Raab). 🔹Specifically developed a replicable module and implemented it in five villages. 🔹Properly secured support from the local Forest Range Office to replicate the project in a wider area. 🔹Organized and conducted a training session on environmental protection in 15 rural schools in the south of Gujarat. 🔹Significantly improved capacity of NGO staff through database management and project management techniques. Show less
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Trainee
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Apr 2008 - Mar 2010
🔹Responsible for the marketing of mutual funds by national distributors and banks. 🔹Provided research reports and data analysis to distributors as well as independent valuation service for mutual funds. 🔹Closely monitored portfolios and provided regular updates to distributors. 🔹Developed and strengthened the relationship between distributors and the network. 🔹Conducted a training program for the employees of national distributors and banks related to the marketing of mutual funds. Show less
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Education
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2022 -
Stoa
Business Administration and Management, General -
2004 - 2007
Modern Education Societys Ness Wadia College of Commerce, P.V.K.Joag Path, Pune 411004
Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Commerce -
2008 - 2010
Savitribai Phule Pune University
Master's degree, Business/Commerce, General -
1995 - 2004
LASEA
12, Commerce
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