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Bilingual (French, English) social & environmental expert with 10 years experience in India, Nepal, Afghanistan. Can relocate anywhere. |
 Contact Ram P. Mony
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Area of Expertise: |
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Administration, Management, Finance/Accounting, Procurement
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Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
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Communications, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
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Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
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Professional Experience: |
Sept. 2009 onwards - Senior Consultant at WAPCOS Ltd., a Government of India Undertaking under the Ministry of Water Resources:
Sept 2009 - Aug 2011, in Centre for Environment; from Sept 2011, in Water Resources Development Division
Duties include design & execution of Social Impact Assessments, Socioeconomic Studies, Environmental Impact Assessments and Cumulative Impact Assessments, data analysis, report-writing, client liaising; worked on projects in India, Nepal and Afghanistan (6 months)
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Sept 2008 - Sept 2009 - Senior Research Fellow at WITTS, a Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation working on Government of India projects:
Tasks included writing articles for the monthly journal on environmental accounting & editing the monthly newsletter on environmental audit
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Dec 2001 - Dec 2007 - Research Scholar working for the International Postgraduate Education Program in Social Water Management in South Asia, sponsored by the Asia-Links Programme of the Europe-Aid Cooperation Office - work was halted in 2005 owing to funding problems:
Tasks included collecting baseline data on water management in the Kodayar watershed in South India, ; training of field investigators; networking with various stakeholders – community, researchers, development workers, local government, local leaders; making a documentary film; handling logistics for organizing the mid-term review conference.
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Sept 1999 - May 2000 - Branch Networker with the Centre for Science and Environment, managing its rainwater harvesting project in South India:
Tasks included: Designing and executing a state-wide social marketing campaign for water conservation; Dissemination of technical documentation and success stories; Technical consultancy for design and quantity engineering of rain water harvesting works; Managing and expanding membership base; Technical Consultancy Projects
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Voluntary experience:
Jan - Mar 2005 - Member of a humanitarian team assembled by the Gandhigram Rural University, to coordinate post-tsunami reconstruction activities in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Co-directed a video-survey of affected buildings on a 470 km stretch of affected coastline.
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Education: |
D.E.A. (M.Phil) in Environment: Milieu, Techniques, Societies, from Museum Nastional d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France (2001)
M.A. in Development Planning and Administration, from University of Pune, India (1999)
B.A. (Hons.) in Geography from University of Delhi (1995)
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Certificate in Integrated Environmental Management, from University of Bath, UK (2010)
Certificate in International Perspectives in Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation, from University of Victoria, Canada (ongoing)
Certificate in Environmental Flow Assessment, from UNESCO-Institute of Higher Education (registered, course starting in Dec 2012)
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Associate Membership, International Environmental Management Association, from 2010 onwards
Received letter of Appreciation from all adult members of a village in the state of Haryana, North India, for facilitating the preparation of the village master plan, and enabling the villagers to acquire funds from the District authorities, to build a veterinary hospital and a boundary wall for the local school
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Internships / Fellowships
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Years of Experience:
5-10 years |
Highest Qualification:
Masters |
Languages:
English, French, Hindi, Tamil |
Nationality:
India
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LinkedIn Profile:
in.linkedin.com/in/rampmony
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