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Himanshu Arora
Health Economist , International Development Consultancy & Ministry of Health
Delhi, Delhi
Economist with 5+ years of experience. Presently working with Health Ministry in National Covid-19 Control Room. Previously with Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, Niti Aayog, Government on India, Members of Parliament and United Nation's FAO. Expertise- Public Health, Health Economics, Impact Evaluation and Monitoring, Macro Economy, International Trade and Development, Banking sector.
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Area of Expertise:
  • Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural, Urban
  • Government/Governance, Reforms, Corruption
  • Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS, Nutrition
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research
  • Trade, Finance, Economics, Cooperation, Global
Professional Experience:
Economist and public policy specialist presently working with US based Health Consultancy Jon Snow Inc and part of Covid-19 National Control Room, Immunisation Technical Support Unit (ITSU-JSI), MOHFW, New Delhi.
Previously worked with Swaniti Initiative, New Delhi, International Policy Think Tank as Lead Policy & Engagements. Role- Policy Advisory and Advocacy to Members of Parliament, State Government and District Officials on development issues.

Children Development and Welfare, UNICEF, India: The project involves managing, coordinating and advising Parliamentarian’s Group for Children (PGC)- national platform established by Members of Parliament for welfare of children; Support and facilitate planning, advocacy and implementing, evaluation and monitoring UNICEF’s Parliamentarian Group for Children platform with a focus on ensuring child rights, child health and immunization, child education services; Technical support for the implementation of the UNICEF’s interventions such as strengthening campaigns on nutrition, climate change, child rights etc.

Also worked with Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN- Given my expertise in public policy, I was assigned task to coordinate with FAO team across India and conduct Household/online/telephonic surveys related to the Food, Nutrition Security, Agriculture and Rural Development areas and prepare and write Reports of the Research/Surveys and Impact evaluation of key FAO projects.

Previously worked with Minister of State for Information Technology and Member of Parliament, Karnataka, as Public Policy Specialist.
Lead the research team at the Office of Member of Parliament. Area of Expertise: Policy and Governance Reforms, Macro economy, Parliamentary Affairs, Social Sector schemes, Monitoring and evaluation of Policy/schemes, International trade, Technology and Digital India.

2 years of work experience with Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister, NITI Aayog, Government of India. Areas Assigned: Agriculture and Rural Development, International Trade, Health and Education, Governance Reforms, Macro economy.

Founding member of a leading education technology firm Civils daily. At civils daily I trained and mentored bright minds to become career bureaucrats in Government of India (IAS, IPS, IFS and other Grade A services). Experience of 4+ years in teaching economics, public policy and governance.
Past Working Experience:

Worked as Assistant Professor (Economics Department), Motilal Nehru College (E), University of Delhi. Taught economics courses to Graduate students.
Education:
M.PHIL in Economics, Jawahar Lal Nehru University (2015-17)
Master's in Economics, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (2011-13)
BA Hons Economics, University of Delhi (2007-10)
Founding member and Educator at Civils Daily- educational platform of India with an aim to revolutionize the India’s education sector using technologies like ICT and AI.
Recipient of Junior Research Fellowship of MHRD, Government of India, worth INR 6 Lakh to pursue higher research in economics. My research focuses on empirical evidence related to nature and flows of international trade, & linkages between Geo-political and Geo-economic factors effecting trade between countries.
Advance Statistical and data analysis skills, Data wrangling, data visualization, data analysis, econometrics techniques etc. I possess competencies in statistical software like R, STATA, Datawraper and Excel.
Affiliations and Achievements:

Authored over 30 Articles/Papers in leading National Newspaper of India, including the Hindu group and Indian Express.

Cleared All India Level National Eligibility Test (NET) 2013 Examination.

Cleared All India Level Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) Economics Examination 2013 of UGC for pursuing Research in Economics.

Awarded the UGC JRF/SRF Scholarship of INR 900000 for pursuing M Phil in Economics.

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    Years of Experience:
    5-10 years
    Highest Qualification:
    Doctorate
    Languages:
    English, Hindi
    Nationality:
    Indian
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