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Bijoyetri Samaddar
Consultant , Gender at Work
Kolkata, India
Social Science graduate with a focus on women's issues. I am passionate, focussed and hardworking with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work and ideate well in teams. Looking for challenging jobs and opportunities in research, advocacy, impact assessment, etc. Can speak fluent English, Hindi and Bengali. Would be willing to relocate for the right opportunity.
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Area of Expertise:
  • Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
  • Disaster, Aid, Emergencies, Relief
  • Human Rights, Law, Migration, Conflicts, Justice
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research
  • Social, Gender, Education, Youth, Child
Professional Experience:
Working on ongoing research projects of the organisation. For example, a survey to find how gender equality at workplace function in the major companies and firms like TCS and Ernst and Young, etc.
Education:
Received a Masters degree in Women's Studies, which gave me an important theoretical back ground to approach social sciences with a feminist perspective to be able to understand how inequalities and power structures like patriarchy function to marginalize different groups.
In the MA course’s field attachment module, I worked as an intern at the Resource Centre on Violations Against Women (RCI-VAW) chronicling the experiences of women survivors of domestic violence and aiding in designing interventions in dealing with domestic violence.
For my MA dissertation, I have worked on recording the experiences of the refugee women who migrated from East Pakistan/Bangladesh to West Bengal, India starting from the Partition of India and Pakistan (in 1947) until much later into the 1990s.
Affiliations and Achievements:
Was graded the highest in fieldwork practicum at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Was ranked amongst the first five students in class at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Was amongst the top ten in class at Miranda House, Delhi University

Available for:
  • Consulting assignments
  • Job opportunities
  • Internships / Fellowships

    Years of Experience:
    0-2 years
    Highest Qualification:
    Masters
    Languages:
    English, Hindi, Bengali
    Nationality:
    Indian
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