Professional with 11+ years’ multi-faceted experience in Livelihoods, Built Environment and Education and sector with masters in Heritage Management from Newcastle University, England - UK. Fluent in English. My work experiences have inculcated in me transferable skills such as written communication, planning and organization, database creation and management, team working and taking initiatives |
Contact Mugdha Yelkar Kekre
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Area of Expertise: |
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Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural, Urban
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Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research
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Private Sector, Corporate Social Responsibility
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Social, Gender, Education, Youth, Child
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Professional Experience: |
Professional with 11+ years’ multi-faceted experience in Livelihoods, Built Environment and Education and sector with masters in Heritage Management from Newcastle University, England - UK. Livelihoods: - Ethnographic research to study challenges faced by agricultural livelihoods in Raigad as consultant for IIT Delhi - Centre Head for a youth sustainable livelihoods Program urban disadvantaged youth for an NGO which is nodal agency between Pune Municipal Corporation and Corporate CSR. - State & Policy Level o State Tourism Policy for Rural tourism Cluster Development across Andhra Pradesh o State Tourism Policy for Rural tourism Cluster Development across Madhya Pradesh o Rural tourism Cluster Development across 6 Talukas/Blocks in Raigad District - Government Tender Bid Document Preparation o State Tourism Policy for Rural tourism Cluster Development across Andhra Pradesh o State Tourism Policy for Rural tourism Cluster Development across Madhya Pradesh o Village Rural Tourism Development for Chief Ministers Rural Development Fund (CMRDF) - Head – Community based Rural Tourism Development - Raigad o Community Mobilization • Training & Capacity Building o Product development – Rural tourism Standard Operating Processes o Market Linkage Development • Infrastructure Support & Ecosystem Development o Business Development o Human Resource Development and Coordination o Account Keeping & Reporting - Scoping of Villages for Rural Tourism feasibility study – Identification, Evaluation & Documentation in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Raigad - Maharashtra Built Environment, Heritage: - Heritage Management Specialist and part of 3-member core team to prepare World Heritage Site Management Plan for Ellora Caves for UNESCO - Heritage Interpretation Consultant to redesign biography Museum in Pune, Mahahastra - Curator for ‘Pune Heritage Festival 2018’ city - wide event for an NGO – Janwani. Solely responsible for conceptualization, assembling team and managing it, overall branding and design campaign including graphic creative, social media management, advertising campaign, coordinate with web developers for development of e-commerce website, coordination with App developers to launch an Mobile App for Pune Heritage Festival as well as overall budget and fund raising for the event - Creative head consultant for Heritage education and outreach initiative to connect young children with local heritage Education: - Core Faculty in College of Architecture in Pune for 3 years - Visiting Faculty & Guest Lectures in multiple colleges of Architecture for 3 years - Successfully designed, curated and executed settlement study tours for students of Architecture to bridge gap between academics and on-field exposure - Design of Academic Credit – based cultural immersion programs for international students My work experiences have inculcated in me transferable skills such as written communication, planning and organization
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Education: |
2007 – 2008: MA Heritage Management in the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, Newcastle University, UK. Dissertation on 'Ecomuseums and Rural Tourism in India' a study of applicability of Ecomuseum as an marketing strategy to gain international recognition and market 2002 – 2007: Bachelors in Architecture (B.Arch), University of Pune (India). Thesis Topic: Pilgrimage tourist and visitor orientation centre at religious heritage site of Shravanbelagola, Karnataka – India
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Professional Volunteer Experience: Heritage Management Specialist Company Name: ICOMOS Dates volunteered: Jul 2013 – Aug 2013 Volunteer duration: 2 mos Cause Disaster and Humanitarian Relief Co-leaded a team of architecture students for Unesco funded ICOMOS – India pilot project to map the damage to cultural heritage sites in Uttarakhand natural disaster; July 2013
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Internships / Fellowships
- Being headhunted – make me an
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