Darad Harsh

Phone: +91-9643959835 | email: daradharsh@gmail.com |

Career Objective: To work in an organization that provides me with an environment where my skills and
potentials are optimally utilized.

Entrepreneurial Experience
Founder, Aashiyana March 2012 October 2012
A not for profit organization that provided shelter to the cycle rickshaw pullers in and around North Delhi
Built and led a six member team to start a shelter for the cycle rickshaw pullers in North Delhi.
Conducting extensive research to test the feasibility of the venture.
Fundraising.
Marketing and Branding.
Client Management.
One of the 25 entries to get funding from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.

Work Experience
Center for Knowledge Societies November 2013 April 2014 (Contract)
Research
Officer,
READ Alliance
(A project by
USAID and
Center for
Knowledge
Societies)
Assessment of various government schemes aimed at ensuring primary education in
India.
Conducting extensive literature review to understand policy issues in education and
innovation and develop white papers for knowledge dissemination.
Designing, coordinating and conducting primary and secondary research and
preparing concept notes, research papers and other documents.
Working in close partnership with external research agencies, education specialists,
government analysts, and policy colleagues during the course of the research
providing information and analysis on a policy issue and its development;
Preparing detailed and up-to-date research briefings on possible collaboration and
partnerships with international donor organisations, private sector players and the
Government of India.
Supporting the knowledge and communication team in preparing press releases and
content for social media.
Developing and maintaining relations with key stakeholders in order to support
program team to build networks and share advocacy messages.
Support the outreach team in alliance building by devising strategies for obtaining
new partners in order to ensure the ongoing development, expansion, and renewal
of the partnership base.
Avanti Fellows May 2013 September 2013
Project
Associate
(Outreach)
Build partnerships with schools and other educational institutions.
Recruit and manage student volunteer teams IIT Delhi, Netaji Subash Institute of
Technology (NSIT), Delhi Technological University (DTU) and Maulana Azad Medical
College (MAMC).
Train and manage the volunteers and new hires in the outreach team.
Strategize and manage the outreach and application process for fellowship.
Conceptualize and execute new initiatives to identify meritorious, low income
students.

Academic Qualifications
Year Qualification Institute/University CGPA Percentage
2011 2013
Masters
(Social Entrepreneurship)
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai 6.7
2007 2010
Bachelors
(Zoology)
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi 42
2007 HSC BNS DAV Public School, Giridih, Jharkhand 74

Core Competencies
Social Impact Assessment and Policy Evaluation
Qualitative and Quantitative Research
Corporate Social Responsibility
Project Management
Risk Management
Social Marketing
Social Enterprise Management
Management Information System
SPSS
UCINET

Field Work/Internship
Name of Organization Time Period Description
Anandvan 10/10/2011 17/10/2011
Researched on the self sustainable
model on which the village is
based.
Shivganga, Jhabua 18/10/2011 24/10/2011
Studied the various problems being
faced by several villages and came
up with solutions to overcome
those problems.

Research Work Taken
Online Marketing: Gender Interactivity and Buyer Uncertainty.

Extra Curricular Achievements
Positions of
Leadership and
Responsibility
Vice President (2012-13) Cultural Society, Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
Mumbai.
Publicity Coordinator (2011-12) Cultural Society, Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
Mumbai.
Coordinator Photography Society, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
Participant International Conference on Technology, Innovation and Social Change
(2013) held at Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
Participant and Coordinator National Conference on Technology, Innovation and
Social Change (2012) held at Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
College President (Documentary Screening Committee) Leaders for Tomorrow,
SGTB Khalsa College.
Captain of the school basketball team.
Winner of the LG School Cyber Olympiad, 2007

Personal Details
Sex Male
Date of Birth 07/09/1989
Languages Known English (Proficient)
Hindi (Proficient)

References
Name Organization Email
Sudipt Kumar Center for Knowledge Societies sudipt88anand@gmail.com
Neha Kamra Avanti Fellows kamraneha3012@gmail.com