Aparna Nellore

• Strengthened program implementation for a campaign aimed at increasing syphilis testing among pregnant women in Liberia.
• Led program monitoring and data analysis of 450 health facilities to drive improvements based on program effectiveness and gaps.
• Formulated an action plan to provide targeted support to health facilities and refined the key performance metrics framework.

• Portfolios: Health & Life Sciences, ICT; Singapore and COVID-19 Task Force.
• Wrote monthly analytical intelligence updates, reports and press releases for member companies and government stakeholders on current regulations, advocacy work and regional events.
• Established several research projects: reducing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, workforce development initiative, gender equality/women’s empowerment.
• Introduced a workshop series on diversity and inclusion, workplace harassment and implicit bias, targeted at the local SME community.
• Ensured smooth preparation for high-level engagements with government officials and policy makers as well as industry missions by drafting invitations, briefing materials, talking points and thank you letters.

• Employed a human-centered approach to conduct a needs analysis for Indian parents of children with special needs to identify, understand and address challenges in daily living skills. Consequently developed a toolkit of information and videos to help parents adopt relevant, well-researched techniques.
• Curated a repository of over 400 age-appropriate online resources to complement remote student learning.

• Spearheaded a new project aimed at children’s engagement and behavioral changes towards dengue - executed the project from design thinking to pitching to external stakeholders.
• The first intern to author an article (Dialogue on Dengue) that appeared in the agenda booklet for Bayer’s annual Vector Control Expert Meeting.
• Informed product decisions through research on the vector control landscape and funding in APAC.

• Public Policy - Professor Ishani Mukherjee

o Conducted a methodical literature review of all published documentation regarding behavioral insights projects funded by the World Bank and UN.

o Collated information about the implementation of renewable energy policies.

• Consumer Behavior - Professor Seshan Ramaswami

o Studied savings habits of millennials and the poor and categorized research to help with the development of an application.

• Learned several tools for market research, consumer profiling, industry intelligence, social listening and benchmark analysis - including Brandwatch, Global Web Index, Mintel GNPD, Passport, Nexis and LSN Global.
• Advised the strategy team and clients in a range of sectors.
• Synthesized large amounts of information, distilled into key insights and presented effective and visually-appealing slide decks, briefs and data visualizations.