Experience

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  Repurpose Global

  • United States
  • Environmental Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Impact Associate

    • Nov 2023 - Present
    • New York, United States

    rePurpose is the world’s leading Plastic Action Platform, bringing together brands, consumers, innovators, and policymakers to collectively combat the plastic waste crisis. Its pioneering solutions have helped more than 300 purposeful companies measure, reduce, and take action on their plastic footprints, scale critical infrastructure across the circular economy, and meaningfully engage consumers.

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  Vilfresh - Laymen Agro

  • India
  • Manufacturing
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Chief People and Process Officer

    • Mar 2023 - Nov 2023
    • Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

    VilFresh is an agritech startup that brings village fresh agro products to urban kitchens by channelizing the lion's share of consumer's price back to the rural economy. We turn agriculture into a viable proposition by increasing the farmers' top-line through an alternate distribution channel for agro-outputs. Simultaneously, we bring down their cost of farming with an efficient supply chain for agro-inputs by empowering rural youth. I’m responsible for working across departments to improve the effectiveness of processes and efficiency of people to ensure smooth operations and overall growth of the organization.

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  Waste Ventures India

  • India
  • Environmental Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Operations Manager

    • Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
    • Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Waste Ventures India is a waste management social enterprise working with informal waste pickers and bulk waste generators to create inclusive, financially viable and environmentally sustainable waste management models. As the Operations Manager I am responsible for streamlining end-to-end operations which includes overseeing warehouse operations, tracking dry waste collections from different sources and building relationships with public and private stakeholders.

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  Pudiyador

  • United States
  • Primary and Secondary Education
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Director of Outreach and Communication

    • Aug 2020 - Aug 2021
    • Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Pudiyador is an education-driven child and family organization that works with marginalised communities in Chennai, India. Pudiyador's goal is to equip children and their families with experiences and opportunities that will empower them and their communities to break the cycle of generational hardships. As the Director of Outreach and Communications, I work on fundraising strategies, donor campaigns, volunteer management and communications across different platforms. I work cross-functionally with different programs within the organisation to help implement systems that can track progress periodically.

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  Uni Connect

  • Singapore
  • Staffing and Recruiting
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Talent Acquisition Consultant

    • Aug 2019 - Aug 2020
    • Singapore

    Uni Connect is a human capital solutions firm servicing premium clients across the globe. Uni Connect focuses primarily on the technology/semiconductors domain and has been delivering solutions to clients for over a decade. I was responsible for handling full recruitment cycle which includes talent acquisition, client management and overseeing client-candidate relationship. I was also in charge of deploying different communications strategies under the outreach.

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  Ap Janmabhoomi

  • Government Relations Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Outreach Intern

    • Aug 2017 - Sep 2017
    • Andra Pradesh

    AP Janmabhoomi is a social initiative pioneered by the Government of Andra Pradesh which focuses on national & international fund-raising and outreach for three schemes - Digitalisation of Classrooms, Building Anganwadi Centers and its Support Systems and Constructing Crematoriums. I focused on building fundraising campaigns and worked with donors across an international platform for the AP Janmabhoomi. I actively helped to build a strong donor base for all the 3 projects. I mentored new interns about their roles & responsibilities. I supported them during their initial week and ensured that they could complete tasks assigned to them without any difficulties. I was responsible for organising weekly team meetings and writing weekly reports, assessing the team’s progress and goals achieved.

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  Young Leaders For Active Citizenship (ylac)

  • India
  • Public Policy
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Public Policy Intern

    • Aug 2017 - Sep 2017
    • New Delhi Area, India

    Young Leader for Active Citizenship (YLAC) is a program that creates transformative learning experiences that build the capacity of young people to lead change in society. The program is designed to equip students with a better understanding of the society they live in and the challenges that it confronts. This program aims to broaden one's perspective, draw connections across disciplines, hone leadership styles and channelize one's passion by engaging students in live projects and campaigns. In this program, I worked on the project “Tackling Youth Unemployment in Haryana” for the office of Mr Dushyant Chautala, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha). The policy brief focused on a summarised length and breadth analysis of unemployment in Haryana in order to propose best recommendations to policymakers that would ameliorate youth employment.