Curriculum Vitae

Anju Pandey
10-J Indira Nagar, Gorakhpur, 273016
Contact – 09935661036
Email- [email protected]

Personal Profil Educational Qualifications

Nationality: Indian  MSW from Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture,
Technology and Sciences, Allahabad UP

 M.A (Sociology) from Kanpur University, Kanpur, UP

Marital Status: Married
 PG Diploma in Computers from Govt. Girls Polytechnic,
Lucknow, UP

 B.Sc. (Zoology, Botany, Chemistry) from Lucknow

University, Lucknow, UP

Areas of Expertise

Management skills

 Team Management, Program Management, Community Mobilization (PRA, RRA)

 Proactive approach to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability.

 Excellent communication skills with the ability to deliver Trainings, Capacity Building,
and presentations.
 Strong interpersonal skills and the ability - Coordination, Advocacy, Liaison and
Communication to build relationships with Government Officials, Media and Other stake
holders
 Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks
seamlessly with good knowledge of policies – Gender and Child Protection, code of
conduct.

Technical Skills

 Windows and Microsoft Office applications -Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Sheet,
Google form, Data Analysis.
 IEC and SBCC in context of sanitation, Health (JE, TB) Nutrition and Child development.
 Livelihood, SHGs, Gender, Education, Health, HIV-AIDS, TB, Water Sanitation and
Hygiene (WASH), Menstrual Hygiene Management, Nutrition.

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Award

Was awarded the Gaon Connection “Swayam” Award (District Level for Swachchhata), organized
by Gaon Connection Newspaper on 2 December 2016 for working making villages open
defecation free.

Responsibilities

 Lead the implementation team and provide programmatic and technical support to project
team for effective implementation of project activities
 Ensure adherence to technical aspects of sanitation and WASH at schools, Anganwadies
Health Facilities of district – especially on quality of physical interventions.
 To ensure engagement of community in implementation and maintenance phases of the project
to ensure WASH system at village level
 To develop training plan for various target groups (Community, Govt Officials, and Team
members) on different subjects
 Facilitate development and execution of Social Behavioral Change Communication (SBCC)
interventions to bring change in community practices for adopting safe sanitation and hygienic
practices.
 Undertake and ensure process documentation, knowledge products, case studies to develop
thematic library of the organization and subsequent submission to donor agencies.
 Coordinate and liaise with the district administration for necessary approval of Village Action
Plan (VAP) and to undertake necessary physical infrastructure for WASH, HEALTH
 Manage, monitor and support the programme interventions across assigned geographies and
ensure it is implemented as per the program design.
 Undertake and ensure data management, preparation of quarterly / annual progress reports and
submission.

Professional Experience: (2007-2023)

Project Coordinator with more than 15 years of experience managing large scale programs in
diverse issue including more than 5+ years in health at Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group,
Gorakhpur.

 Lead Planner, Consultant for Climate Smart Village Plan of three villages project
supported by Vasudha Foundation (1st January
2023-30 June 2023)
 Program Coordinator – Vigyan Foundation Lucknow, under project Giving Wings to
Dreamers, supported by Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives. (18 Aug 2021 – 20 Jan
2022)
 Program Manager under Mission Gaurav Program in Gorakhpur district supported by
TATA Trust, Uttar Pradesh ( Sep2020 –
May 2021 )
 Consultancy Work for Developing online questionnaire and knowledge management for
Safe Saturday Program under Mukhyamantri Vidyalaya Surksha Project, supported by
UNICEF, Bihar
(February-July2020)

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  District Resource Person (Maharajganj, UP)-WASH, under project Accelerating ODF
Outcomes in districts of UP, supported by UNICEF, Uttar Pradesh (April 2019 – January
2020 )
 District Resource Person (Maharajganj, UP)-WASH, under project Accelerating ODF
Outcomes in districts of UP, supported by UNICEF, Uttar Pradesh
 (September 2018 –March
2019)
 Coordinator- Rural Sanitation, supported by The Rockefeller Foundation, Gorakhpur.
o (March 2016-September, 2018)
 Lead Facilitator, Key Resource Centres (KRCs) to support Swachh Bharat Mission
(Gramin) in Uttar Pradesh, supported by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation,
Government of India (August,
2016- February, 2017)
 Facilitator- Project Building Climate Change and Disaster Resilience for Urban Children,
supported by UNICEF India (August -October,
2017)
 Project Coordinator, Promoting Latrine Use in Rural India (Gorakhpur and Ghazipur
District, UP) supported by International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) (October,
2016- March, 2017)
 Team Leader, Consumer research for rural sanitation for the state of Uttar Pradesh,
supported by Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP), World Bank, (August -
September, 2015)
 Assistant Coordinator, Children Forest Program, supported by JICA and Forest
Department of Uttar Pradesh, (April,
2016-March 2017)
 Assistant Coordinator, project entitled Developing climate resilient livelihood and
community resource institutions model by integrated ecosystem management approach,
Supported by Tata Social Welfare Trust, Mumbai.
(April, 2014 –March, 2016)
 Assistant Coordinator, project entitled Flood resilient livelihood system with special focus
on women farmer’s health, supported by PACS-DFID, (April, 2012-
March 2014)
 Assistant Coordinator, project entitled Evaluation HIV-AIDS and Prevention Control,
supported by USAID, at Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group, Gorakhpur (April,
2009- March, 2012)
 Assistant Coordinator, project entitled Ensuring livelihood situation of small, marginal and
women farmer in flood prone areas, supported by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, at Gorakhpur
Environmental Action Group, Gorakhpur (April, 2008- March,
2009)
 Assistant Coordinator, Cost Benefit Analysis project supported by Winrock International
India, at Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group, Gorakhpur (October, 2007-March,
2008)
 MIS & Assistant Coordinator, Cost Benefit Analysis project supported by Winrock
International India, at Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group, Gorakhpur (October,
2007-March, 2008)

Trainings Facilitated

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● Facilitatd 6 days Workshop of 900 students of Lucknow University and other colleges on
Gender, Leadership and Skill Development at Lucknow under project Giving Wings to
Dreamers, supported by Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives.
● Facilitated the Training of 4 batches of 30 Girls on “Uses of First Aid and First Care” at
Knowledge Resource Centre of Jankipuram Lucknow under project Giving Wings to
Dreamers, supported by Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives.
● Facilitated Training of Govt. Official on “Integration of WASH in GPDP” under UNICEF
Project Maharajganj District, December, 2020.
● Facilitated 12-Days Training of Teachers on “WASH in Schools (WINS)” under UNICEF
Project Maharajganj District, January 2019.
● Facilitated Many Training of Pradhans & Gram Secretary on “WASH in Schools (WINS)
and Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM)” under UNICEF Project Maharajganj
District, 2019.
● Facilitated 1-day training on “Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM)” of ASHAs,
ANMs, AWC workers and Adolecent girls UNICEF Project Maharajganj District, May
2019.
● Facilitated 5-Days Training of Community Members and SHGs Members on “Institution
for livelihood” under Tata Social Welfare Trust in Gorakhpur District, 2016.
● Facilitated 15-days Orientation of Adolescent Girls on “HIV-AIDS and safeguarding”
under USAID Project (2010).
● Facilitated 12-days Community Mobilizers for “Control on JE-AES” in village of Jungle
Kauria Block, Gorakhpur District (2016)

Trainings Attended
● Attended 3 day Training on Leadership, Power & Social Discrimination by Action Aid &
Vigyan Foundation with support of Azim Premji Philanthropy Initiative.
● Attended 9 days Training on Ethical Leadership organized by TISS, Mumbai, Aug-Oct
2019 (3-days slots per month).
● Attended 5-Days Training on Water Security and Surety Program (WSSP) organized by
UNICEF and Prime MOVE, August 2019
● Attended 2-days Training on School Sanitation and Technicality of WASH organized by
UNICEF in July 2019, in Lucknow.
● Attended 1-day Training of Trainers (ToT) on Menstrual Hygiene Management organized
by UNICEF in July 2019, in Lucknow.
● Attended 3-days Training on Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) organized by
UNICEF in June 2019 in Lucknow.
● Attended 5-days Training of Trainers (ToT) on Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS),
under Key Resource Center of SBM(G) of Govt. of India, organized by Water Aid and
Feedback Foundation in December 2016 in Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh
● One day National Level Orientation of KRCs (Key Resource Centres) in July 2017 at
Delhi.

● Attended 5-days Training of Trainers (ToT) on “HIV-AIDS and safeguarding under USAID
Project.

Technical Experience

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Vast experience on Community awareness for developing CBOs (Community Based
Organization) and Institutions like Self Help Groups, Agro Service Center, Farmer Field
School, etc.-
Vast experience on school and community level work –

1. Designed JE-AES Survey for five villages of Gorakhpur district under in Dec 2014 .
2. Work for Sanitation in five villages of Gorakhpur district under Sir Dorabji Tata Trust
project (2014-2015).
3. Worked as Moderator/Facilitator on Sanitation Based Study (Quantitative and
Qualitative survey, IDI, and FGD) for 40 days (August –September 2015). This study
was based on behavioral/Social aspects of Open Defecation under World Bank
supported Project.
4. Worked on making villages ODF using CLTS method in 4 villages, triggering
community in 3 villages, motivating community to construct toilets through using tools
like PRA, SLD, FGD, Social Mapping for toilet availability and construction of 235
toilets in 4 villages of Gorakhpur district by providing vital technical input on low cost
toilet construction techniques.
5. Motivating community for Solid and Liquid Waste management for producing compost
from waste.
6. Motivating Children for Solid and Liquid Waste management for prevention of JE-
AES. Experience of working with DPRO, ADO (Panchayat), PRI institutions, Schools,
etc.
7. Made a low budget short documentary on toilet and ODF.

Significant Publications written

1. Designing a Functional Village-Scale Sanitation Ecosystem (ENGLISH, 2016)

LINK - https://geagindia.org/publications/designing-functional-village-scale-sanitation-ecosystem-lived-experience-two-villages

2. Jalvayu Samvedi Gram Niyojan (HINDI, 2014)

LINK - https://geagindia.org/index.php/publications/jalvayu-samvedi-gram-niyojan

3. Poshan Vatika: Jalvayu Anookulit Jeevanyapan Va Khadya Suraksha Hetu Ek Asaan

Upaay (HINDI, 2013)
LINK - https://geagindia.org/index.php/publications/poshan-vatika-jalvayu-anookulit-jeevanyapan-va-khadya-
suraksha-hetu-ek-asaan-upaay

Reference:

● Mr. K.K. Singh, Program Manager, Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group,

Gorakhpur,– 9415328527
● Dr. Shiraz A Wajih, President, Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group, Gorakhpur,–
9415211006

Place: Gorakhpur
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Date:20/10/23 (Anju Pandey)