Research Projects:

Title: Determinants of Partnering Attractiveness in Rural E-commerce: A case study of ITC’s E-choupal., under the guidance of Dr. S. Dash, Professor in Marketing, IIM-L.

Title: Gender and Communication, under the guidance of Dr. Asha Kaul, Professor in Communications, IIM-A.

Title: Antecedents and Consequences of Burnout in job Environment: An empirical Study in Indian service Industries, under the guidance of Dr. S. Dash, Professor in Marketing, IIM-L.

Consulting Projects:

Jan 2005 - Jan 2006
Research Associate, UNDP Projects, Asian Institute of Human Development , Orissa India

Work profile:
Under the project ‘Capacity Building for dissemination of State Human Development Reports (SHDRs)’

Aug2004 – Dec 2004
Research Assistant (HIV/AIDS), Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA

Under the project, ‘Report on HIV/AIDS and Human Development, core responsibilities are:

Work Profile:
Preparation of concept notes for the report and related activities, Terms of References for writing of background papers and short

April2004 to August 2004
Project Worker, MIISS Foundation, Orissa

Worked for MISS Foundation India Limited – a leading NGO working in the field HIV/AIDS.

Work profile:
Worked under two projects Women's Sexual Health Programme (WSHP) & Community Based Care and Support Programme.

Internships and Voluntary Activities

Research Assistant (voluntary), CRD, Balasore Orissa 2002
Worked on the paper titled 'Chronic Poverty in India: An Overview', seminar on HDRC in Orissa

Work Profile:
Contributed towards identifying and filling gaps in the paper from a sociological perspective and provided inputs and ideas especially in the context of starvation deaths, entitlements, the need to look at policy using a gender lens and the need to look at different categories among the poor.


2004

Participated in the AIDS Work Awareness Campaign organized by Sigma Tau Delta and SIUC Students Chapter under the supervision of Students Center.

Work Profile:
Imparting HIV/AIDS awareness to college students of the University through informal discussions, lectures and presentations.

Peer Educator (Women’s Reproductive Health Awareness), Utkal University Orissa

2005

Participated in Training and Awareness workshop on reproductive health and education conducted by MIISS (NGO) under the Government of Orissa Project.

Work Profile:
Imparting reproductive health awareness to women and girls in Utkal University Colleges.