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Public Health Specialist with 8 years of work experience specifically in domains of nutrition, maternal and child health,malnutrition in tribal children,urban and rural school health programs, with multiple agencies like UN and Public Health Foundation of India.Excellent communication and co-ordination skills,willing to relocate to any metropolitan city in India for the right opportunity. |
 Contact Surbhi Bhalla
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Area of Expertise: |
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Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
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Communications, IT, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
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Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS, Nutrition
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Professional Experience: |
WORK EXPERIENCE
1. Position: Consultancy
1.1 Organisation: UNICEF and NIRD (Hyderabad) – Senior Consultant (Knowledge Management)
- Project Sangam - A Multi-Sector Nutrition Capacity Building Initiative July 2016 - Ongoing
- Coordinating national level expert meetings and technically supporting the team to develop a module on nutrition
sensitive agriculture
1.2 Organisation: Avalon (UNICEF Funded project)– Consultant October 2015 – June 2016
NutritionINFO dashboard
- NutritionINFO is based on a MIYCN+A framework created by UNICEF which is comprised of a core set of indicators, of outcomes and determinants of nutritional status of children.
- This dashboard aims to present data in a user-friendly manner, such that by the click of a button, core indicators can be presented and compared at various disaggregation levels.
- This seeks to provide data solutions to fulfill user’s requirements of easy access to nutrition data and its visualisations, to ultimately support in translating evidence to action and policy development
1.3 Organisation: UNICEF (Delhi) – Consultant December 2014 – September 2015
With UNICEF - Working in the Child Development and Nutrition section, on the issue of malnutrition in Tribal Children
- Preparation of a framework for nutrition snapshots for the key available indicators on nutrition outcomes, key
determining factors at the immediate underlying and basic level
- Collation of district-wise indicators of eight states in excel format using agreed framework and comparing districts,
within UNICEF programming states with overlaps – focus districts, HPD, C2A, Hungama,tribal,sbm.
With iMentor – Report editing of a study about Self Help Groups
2. Organisation: Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi
2.1. Position: Research Coordinator March 2014 – July 2014
Project title: Documenting the Barriers and Opportunities for Strengthening and Mainstreaming the Delivery of Essential Nutrition Interventions for Women in Odisha, India (Location: Bhubaneshwar)
Work responsibilities:
- Conducting desk reviews, key informant interviews and focus group discussions, to map the present nutrition status and existing government programs which focus on women’s status on- before, during and after pregnancy i
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Education: |
Government Home Science College, Punjab University, India 2006-2008
M.Sc. Food & Nutrition (JRF and UGC NET Qualified) 74.2%
Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi, India 2003-2006
B.Sc. Home Science (University Gold Medalist) 82.4%
Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, India 2010-2011
Bachelor of Education (Best Student Teacher Award) 71%
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Life Member - Indian Dietitic Association
Government Home Science College, Punjab University, India 2006-2008
M.Sc. Food & Nutrition (JRF and UGC NET Qualified) 74.2%
Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi, India 2003-2006
B.Sc. Home Science (University Gold Medalist) 82.4%
Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, India 2010-2011
Bachelor of Education (Best Student Teacher Award) 71%
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
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