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Accomplished academic and researcher with extensive experience at Florida Gulf Coast University. Demonstrated expertise in teaching, with a strong record in developing impactful research projects and fostering academic excellence. Skilled in report writing and mentorship, effectively enhancing student and organizational outcomes.
# Taught Social Work courses to BSW and MSW students
# Advised students who interned at various community organizations
# Engaged in academic scholarship and professional service
# Participated in various university wide service
# Wrote research and grant proposals and
academic research papers.
# Conducted meticulous research to identify information and answer multifaceted questions related to human trafficking and gender bias.
# Developed a video book on sustainable living and design at EXDL.
# Assisted research on Indian food in England funded by Queen Elizabeth House at Oxford University.
# Assisted research on Vision 2020 and mental health funded by Columbia University at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
# Wrote and managed grant-funded research by the World Bank on the rehabilitation and resettlement of highway dwellers who lost their land to new development as part of Social and Environmental impact assessment.
# Assisted research on development communication during disasters at Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad.
# Taught a course on Research Methods at the National Institute of Design
# Taught a course on Research Methods at Som Lalit Institute of Management
# Guest teaching- political economy class at Warwick University
# Guest teaching- Gender issues class at Texas Women's University
# Monitoring and Evaluation of programs
# Content Development for the website
# Developing a Disaster Management program
# Cultivating individual and corporate donors
# Report writing
# Program Proposal Reviews
# Grants Management and Reviews
# Monitoring and Evaluation of Programs
# Report writing and communication with partner NGOs
# Qualitative Research
# Ethnographic Research
# Research Methods
# Documentary Development
# Report writing
# Training and Mentorship
# Teaching
# Recognition of work in Women's Empowerment by the Zonta Club of Naples - March- 2020
# Excellence in Teaching Award by The National Society of Leadership and Success- April-2018
# Dean's Merit Scholarships at the University of Texas at Arlington- 2007 and 2008
# British Chevening Human Rights Award- 2003
# Council on Social Work Education
# Editor and Reviewer for multiple journals
# Meljol-Childline, Mumbai
# Jindal Power Plant-Corporate Social Responsibility
# VIKSAT, Nehru Foundation, Sabarmati River Basin Watershed Management Research
# Developed and taught a course on Human Trafficking at FGCU
# Taught University Colloquium course with a focus on environment and sustainability at FGCU
# Developed and taught a course on history of Indian dance and yoga
# Judged Research day and Invention Convention
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