Senior Manager, Admissions and Outreach

• Aug 2022 - Present

Manager, Admissions and Outreach

• Apr 2020 - Aug 2022

- Drove admissions life cycle for 50% of all applicants; Spent 750+ hours interviewing high potential candidates - Built SOPs for admissions to enable an effective applicant experience: accomplishing error rate of 5% or below - Designed and implemented inclusive and accessible admissions rubric and process for 2021 cycle - Led 50+ presentations and in-person coffee chats to guide & support 2000+ potential applicants

Children's Author

• Jan 2018 - Present

- Winner of the Scholastic Asian Book Award 2023 for unpublished middle grade manuscript 'The Summer Avisha Turned Detective' - Shortlisted for the 2023 NLF Fellowships for Children's Book Creators by Neev for a YA historical fiction book proposal - 'Leya's Extra-Secret Super-Important Birthday List', a feminist children's chapter book for 8 to 10 year olds - Picture books 'Annie and Arjun' and 'The Curious Case of Mohit and Rumi the Rabbit', part of a 5 book series by 'The Irrelevant… Show more - Winner of the Scholastic Asian Book Award 2023 for unpublished middle grade manuscript 'The Summer Avisha Turned Detective' - Shortlisted for the 2023 NLF Fellowships for Children's Book Creators by Neev for a YA historical fiction book proposal - 'Leya's Extra-Secret Super-Important Birthday List', a feminist children's chapter book for 8 to 10 year olds - Picture books 'Annie and Arjun' and 'The Curious Case of Mohit and Rumi the Rabbit', part of a 5 book series by 'The Irrelevant Project' to promote gender equality. - Textbook Development for Grade 3 and 4 English Textbooks for ICSE Syllabus by Oxford University Press. Show less - Winner of the Scholastic Asian Book Award 2023 for unpublished middle grade manuscript 'The Summer Avisha Turned Detective' - Shortlisted for the 2023 NLF Fellowships for Children's Book Creators by Neev for a YA historical fiction book proposal - 'Leya's Extra-Secret Super-Important Birthday List', a feminist children's chapter book for 8 to 10 year olds - Picture books 'Annie and Arjun' and 'The Curious Case of Mohit and Rumi the Rabbit', part of a 5 book series by 'The Irrelevant… Show more - Winner of the Scholastic Asian Book Award 2023 for unpublished middle grade manuscript 'The Summer Avisha Turned Detective' - Shortlisted for the 2023 NLF Fellowships for Children's Book Creators by Neev for a YA historical fiction book proposal - 'Leya's Extra-Secret Super-Important Birthday List', a feminist children's chapter book for 8 to 10 year olds - Picture books 'Annie and Arjun' and 'The Curious Case of Mohit and Rumi the Rabbit', part of a 5 book series by 'The Irrelevant Project' to promote gender equality. - Textbook Development for Grade 3 and 4 English Textbooks for ICSE Syllabus by Oxford University Press. Show less

Manager, Careers and Internships (Alumni Impact Vertical)

• Jul 2018 - Apr 2020

- Supported ~400 graduating Fellows with their post Fellowship opportunities by managing and coordinating placement cycle; Increased the no. of participating organisations from 110 to 150+ - Designed a career support program for Fellows via a range of interactive sessions from sector leaders and some tactical support for individuals - Supported ~400 graduating Fellows with their post Fellowship opportunities by managing and coordinating placement cycle; Increased the no. of participating organisations from 110 to 150+ - Designed a career support program for Fellows via a range of interactive sessions from sector leaders and some tactical support for individuals

Co-Founder

• Oct 2014 - Mar 2020

- Self-designed project aimed at encouraging reading and promotes literacy in children from low income communities. Regional Finalist, Hult Prize 2015. - Operated out of 6 community centers and NGO spaces in Delhi reaching 140 kids through 45 volunteers. (closure of the project owing to covid19 pandemic) - Self-designed project aimed at encouraging reading and promotes literacy in children from low income communities. Regional Finalist, Hult Prize 2015. - Operated out of 6 community centers and NGO spaces in Delhi reaching 140 kids through 45 volunteers. (closure of the project owing to covid19 pandemic)

Gender Equality Intern

• Oct 2017 - Mar 2018

-Supported different functions of the Gender Equality Unit of the United Nations Refugee Agency. -Analyzed data on impact indicators relating to female participation and decision making in refugees and internal displacement situations. -Supported different functions of the Gender Equality Unit of the United Nations Refugee Agency. -Analyzed data on impact indicators relating to female participation and decision making in refugees and internal displacement situations.

Intern

• Jul 2017 - Sep 2017

- Supporting Facebook, Twitter and Blog engagement - Creating databases towards offline outreach engagement for the Young Zubaan imprint - Supporting existing projects within Zubaan like e-Essays Project that makes individual essays from their gender-related academic books available in e-formats. - Supporting Facebook, Twitter and Blog engagement - Creating databases towards offline outreach engagement for the Young Zubaan imprint - Supporting existing projects within Zubaan like e-Essays Project that makes individual essays from their gender-related academic books available in e-formats.

Associate, Alumni Impact

• Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

Amplified individual social impact of 240 Alumni in Delhi; Supported the 120 graduating Fellows in their transition into Alumni in priority social sector pathways (2015-16) Amplified individual social impact of 240 Alumni in Delhi; Supported the 120 graduating Fellows in their transition into Alumni in priority social sector pathways (2015-16)