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Senior program manager and researcher with 15 years of global work experience in public health, nutrition, education, WASH, environment, and technology. Proven track record in project management, evidence-based evaluations and policy research, development consulting, business development, donor engagement, and advocacy. Familiar with Government programs and INGOs. Led teams up to 20. |
 Contact Mithun Bhattacharya
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Area of Expertise: |
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Fundraising, Business Development, Grants Writer
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Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS, Nutrition
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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: |
Current: Global Health Research Consultant
Independent consultant working with Gerson Lehman Group (GLG) providing strategic consultancies focused on development sector organizations. Independent research consultant working part-time with Johns Hopkins University on M&E, mobile health tools, BCC strategy, and qualitative research and data analyses to select NGOs. Designed and developed a Project Monitoring Framework (PMF), Develop a dashboard for easy access to information by key stakeholders, and updating the information on the dashboard and generating meaningful insights for the research team. Lead in the development of a baseline database incorporating secondary data.
Was on a sabbatical: received certifications from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Working with CSI cancer survivors group focused on education and empowerment of women and youth to engage community stakeholders and forge corporate partnerships to improve especially breast cancer awareness, early diagnosis, treatment and palliative care through innovative community health systems focus on service integration.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE (RTI) INTERNATIONAL, Public Health Specialist, . Responsible for managing digital health projects and other health portfolio projects and build strategic networks with CSR foundations, government bodies, multilateral donors and other public health organizations. Design and conduct research studies to support the development and testing of innovations and oversee and support the conduct of quantitative and qualitative research, including household and health facility surveys to assure the quality of the data collected.
INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR IMPACT EVALUATION (3ie), Senior Policy Researcher. Senior researcher at Policy, Advocacy and Communication Office (PACO) in 3ie. Responsible for critical appraisal of 3ie grants, improve evidence uptake and use, monitoring, and reporting system. Work closely with staff on evidence uptake and use across various thematic windows, using both qualitative and quantitative methods and create knowledge products for wider dissemination.
WORLD HEALTH PARTNERS (WHP), M&E Head. M&E Lead Manager at WHP. Responsible for establishing and managing a robust monitoring, research and evaluation system (MERL) with well- defined results, milestones and targets for the implementation of donor-funded programs and projects Assist senior management with the development, implementation, analytics, and long-term programmatic vision for monitoring and evaluation systems in order to continually improve internal process and program activities.
SAMBODHI RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS, Manager—Research Lead in survey research in Health, Education and Livelihood related topics
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Education: |
BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, USA
MSPH- Coursework in International Health, May 2012
STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY Stony Brook, USA
All-But Dissertation (ABD) and Master of Philosophy (M.PHIL), May 2010
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI Delhi, INDIA
Master of Arts (M.A.) February 2004
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI (ST. STEPHEN’S COLLEGE) Delhi, INDIA. Bachelor of Arts (B.A. Honors), February 2002
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Awards: Graduate Dean’s Fellowship for Professional Activities (2009); Presidential Fellowship (2005-2008); Teaching Assistantship (2005-2009); Man Mohan Lal Shrimali Memorial Prize (2003);: I.H.Qureshi Memorial Prize (2001).
COMPUTER SKILLS
Quantitative Analytic Software: STATA, R, Python, SQL, Wizard Pro, EpiInfo, WHO Anthro, Microsoft Office
Qualitative Analytic Software: NVivo, ATLAS.ti, MaxQDA
Data Collection and Programming: EpiData, CommCare, MOTECH Operating Systems: Mac OS, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS Publishing Software: Latex, Quark Express
Miscellaneous Software: Salesforce, Asana project management
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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