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Parikrama

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Program Assistant

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Looking for a position/assignment that will give me the opportunity to use my knowledge and experience to work with and help vulnerable populations and raise awareness about human rights issues.

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Girls’ High School, Dehradun, India.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Nov 2006 – present: Program Assistant at the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO), New Delhi.
Organized the Framework Partnership Agreement training workshop for ECHO partners; created Country Information Sheets on ECHO’s activities in each South Asian country; liaised with international/local media; provided technical advice during the elaboration of project proposals’ visibility plans; presented ECHO’s visibility and communications policies to partners at meetings; drafted reports, wrote articles and updated website information; Assisted Head of Office and Regional Information Officer in strategic programming matters.

July/Sept. 2006: Research Assistant at UNDP, New Delhi.
Researching State Human Development Reports for district-level data and trends; creating spreadsheets consolidating common indicators across several Indian states.

Sept. 2005 to March 2006; Research Assistant at the International Organization for Migration
(Migration Policy, Research & Communications), Geneva.
Researching and writing on implications of natural disasters on vulnerable peoples’ migration patterns; investigating the economic impact of migrants’ remittances and the phenomenon of ‘brain drain’; gathering and interpreting migration data to conclude trends; creating PowerPoint presentations for IOM on human trafficking and diasporas.

March 2004 to Sept. 2004: Information Assistant at TERI (The Energy and Research Institute), New Delhi.
Technical editing for scientific journals/papers; writing articles for TERI news publications.

Jan to Feb. 2004: Research Assistant, New Concept Informations Systems, New Delhi.
Researching and summarizing articles for World Bank-sanctioned project on Indian (food) Public Distribution System and it’s effectiveness in reaching women, children and tribal groups in hard-to-access areas; creating spreadsheets and cross-referencing charts.

Oct 2003 to Dec. 2003: Volunteer for AIESEC (International Students’ Organization), Ukraine.
Visiting schools, universities and orphanages in Odessa and Berdyansk to talk about the negative impacts of cultural stereotypes; giving oral presentations on India; interfacing with representatives of other cultures; attending international conferences in conjunction with furthering tolerance and cultural understanding in Kiev and Lvov.

May to Oct. 2003: Assistant Trade Coordinator, Oxfam Trust (India), New Delhi.
Preparing papers on current situation in Afghanistan to outline possible areas where Oxfam India could initiate humanitarian programs; writing background papers on trade issues important to India; coordinating the preparation for the National Consultation on the Fifth Ministerial of the WTO; assisting in the creation of fund-raising letters and ideas.

March to May 2003: Intern (Legal Protection Unit), UNHCR, New Delhi.
Preparing refugee cases for resettlement and interviewing refugees in connection with Resettlement Statements; writing summaries of current Afghan/ Iranian/ Sudanese refugee cases; creating Country of Origin information; assembling Facilitators’ Manuals to spread awareness on refugee issues.

June/July 2002: Intern, UNAIDS, New Delhi.
Feeding documents relating to HIV/AIDS, law, ethics, stigma & human rights into UNAIDS cross-indexed database; drafting an article for UN Newsletter; participating in field trips to NGO interventions related to HIV/AIDS and writing file reports for trips undertaken.

June/July 2001: Intern, ILO, New Delhi.
Researching child labor, rural industry, and agricultural practices in India; preparing a set of Public Information Sheets on ILO’s programs in India (based on this research), which was printed in 2002; obtaining data through interviews and working with project managers and coordinators; drafting texts using clear language to reach out to the public.

May/July 1998: Intern, UNIC (UNDP), New Delhi.
Assisting in information dissemination to Governments, NGOs, UN agencies and other visitors; aiding in preparation and dissemination of Press Releases to the media; operating electronic systems and helping in general UNIC functioning.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
English: Native speaker
Hindi: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Russian: Basic

PUBLICATIONS
“De Facto Stateless: The Meskhetian Turks” (2006), Central Asia and the Caucasus Journal of Social and
Political Studies, 5 (41); CA&CC Press®: Sweden.

COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Computer skills: Microsoft environment (Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher).

Classes undertaken at MA level: International Minority Rights, Diplomatic Law, Perspectives in International Relations; Policing Global Insecurities; Research Methods and Quantitative Analysis in Politics, International Relations and the Environment; Russian (completed beginner’s level – one year).

Academic and professional areas of interest: Minority and refugee rights; gender mainstreaming, ethnic discrimination, Russian and East European politics, culture and language.

Volunteer work:Proofreader (English) for the European Roma Information Office, Brussels.