Aditi Upadhyay
Name : Aditi Upadhyay
MGNF district : Vadodara, Gujarat
Educational Qualification
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Bachelor of Commerce, (2010-2013), Ahmedabad University
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MA in Public Policy and Governance, (2015-2017), Azim Premji University, Bangalore
Professional Appointments/Work Experience
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Teller, Retail Banking (2013), HDFC Bank
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Research Intern (2016), Gender Resource Centre, Women and Child Development Department, Government of Gujarat
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Project Intern (2017), Kinara Capital, Bangalore
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Research cum Teaching Assistant at Ahmedabad University (2017-19)
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Archival Researcher at Ambalal Sarabhai Archives (2019)
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Lecturer at Ahmedabad University (2019)
Projects led/ initiated in district
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Survey on employment preferences conducted with 467 candidates trained at ITIs in Vadodara district respondents. The insights from this survey were used to design the intervention for placements.
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Career Counselling and Motivational Training Workshop for 26 ITI instructors in Vadodara district - To strengthen the placement advisory bureaus and initiate career counselling activities, 26 instructors were selected and trained at this workshop. These instructors have started training different batches of trainees at the ITIs.
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Placement MoU for 3000+ ITI trainees signed between ITI Tarsali and Orena Solutions, a Vadodara based training and placement partner. Under this programme, the students will be given soft skills/domain skills as per the requirement and placed with the industry in the district. This initiative shall be scaled up to all the 12 ITIs in the district where more than 9000 candidates can be placed and trained.
Skills
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Research (Quantitative and Qualitative)
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Communication (Written and Oral)
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Stakeholder Management
Achievements/Awards/ Policy and Context Blogs
- Awarded a research grant by Abdul Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA for a study co-investigating with Prof Pallavi Vyas of Ahmedabad University (2021)
- The study measures the impact of education of X&Y chromosomes on women’s agency and experience of domestic violence.