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Biswaranjan Baraj

Sambodhi Research and Communications, Nielsen India, IIPS, Fakir Mohan University, University of Delhi

ORCID iD 0009-0008-8642-7035
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I am leading teams to create meaningful large-scale evidence, supporting clients to use data for evidence-informed decision-making for development. Some of my major achievement during my two decades of professional career are as follows:

Professional achievement:
-Currently leading Government Advisory and CSR SBU/practice of Sambodhi
-Worked in more than 100 projects during last two decades across various sectors
-Successfully led more than 50 projects as team leader
- Some of the large projects include: worked as Team Leader-cum-M&E expert of 'Project on Climate Resilient Agriculture (PoCRA)' in Maharashtra representing team of experts from Sambodhi-TERI consortium from 2023-24 (this is one of the largest five year period climate resilient agriculture project in India with a budget outlay of more than USD 50 million)
-Led CSR and volunteering activities of Nielsen, South Asia with more than 5000 staff in 2019-20
-Led diversity-inclusion activities as culture-advocacy committee lead of Nielsen
-Worked as trainer/facilitator of M&E and CSR courses of Sambodhi
-Major sectors worked in: Climate change, Agriculture, rural development, health, education, water supply and sanitation
-Major clients: Government (various Ministries of Government of India, State Governments,) donors (World Bank, Unicef and Kfw etc.) and corporate (HDFC, ITC and Pepsico etc.)

Academic achievement:
-Completed higher education in multiple subjects (Geography, Planning, Economics, population science, Urban Environmental Management)
-Alumni of Delhi School of Economics, IIPS, Mumbai and SPA, New Delhi
-Many certifications in the areas of M&E, CSR and sustainability
-Published more than 20 papers/blogs 7 in Scopus indexed journals (please refer below links)

Commitment to social causes, membership and hobbies
--Led volunteering activities of Nielsen in 2019-20 supporting social causes and coordinated activities/raised funds to support community during challenging COVID pandemic
-Recognised as 'Nielsen Global Responsibility and Sustainability Champion' in 2020
-Life member of Institute of Town Planners, India, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi, Indian Association of Study of Population and Evaluation Community of India
-Love writing poems and short stories, recited a poem in '39th World Congress of Poets', 2019
-Part of organizing committee of many big events for social causes

Employment

  • Nielsen India Associate Director
    2004 - 2020
  • Sambodhi Research and Communications

Education

  • IIPS Master in Population Science
  • Fakir Mohan University Phd
  • University of Delhi Master in Geography
  • School of Planning and Architecture Delhi Master in Planning
    ? - 2004

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (17)