EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Short Term Consultancies

  • Program Manager and Data Analyst: Baseline Survey on Ear Disease in Nepal Supported by Curative Service Division, Ministry of Health and Population-1st March 2021 to 30th June 2021 (National Level Survey: Sample Size 17000)
  • Research Manager and Data Analyst: Family Planning-PHC/ORC, Satellite clinic and micro planning conducting by National Institute for Development and Research (NIDR) supported by Family Welfare Division -1st November to 20th December 2020. (National Level Survey)
  • Survey Expert and Data Analyst: Endline Survey of Marginalized No More Project (Cohort I: Longitudinal Study) Conducted by NIDR and Supported by Street Children of Nepal/UKAID-September to October 2021 (Running)
  • Research Coordinator and Data Analyst: Annual Perception Survey for the “USAID’s Sajhedari - Support to Federalism” Conducted by NIDR and Supported by Abt Associate/USAID-September to October 2021
  • Survey Expert and Data Analyst: Annual Perception Survey for the “Conducting Baseline Study and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Framework Development For the Inclusive Education Project in Baglung (SIKAI Project) ” Conducted by NIDR and Supported by VSO-September to November 2021
  • Survey Expert and Data Analyst: Baseline Survey of Marginalized No More Project (Cohort III: Longitudinal Study) Conducted by NIDR and Supported by Street Children of Nepal/UKAID-July to September 2021
  • Research Manager and Data Analyst: Community Perception Survey on COVID-19 conducting by National Institute for Development and Research (NIDR) supported by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-1 to 30th June 2020.
  • Survey Expert and Data Analyst: Baseline Survey of Marginalized No More Project (Cohort II: Longitudinal Study) Conducted by NIDR and Supported by Street Children of Nepal/UKAID-November 2020 to January 2021
  • Research Manager and Data Analyst: Mid Line Evaluation of Child Marriage in Nepal conducted by National Institute for Development and Research (NIDR) and supported by Plan International Nepal 25th April to 15th June 2020.
  • Public Health Expert and Data Analyst: COVID-19 & Women’s Economic Empowerment: A Rapid Analysis of the Nepal H&T Sectorconducting by National Institute for Development and Research (NIDR) supported by Plan International Nepal-2nd October to 30th December 2020.
  • Research Manager and Data Analyst: Baseline Survey to Assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management among Adolescent School Girls and their Key Influences in Baitadi, Bajhang, Doti and Dadeldhura Districts, conducting by National Institute for Development and Research (NIDR) supported by CRS Company/USAID (2020).
  • Survey Expert and Data Analyst: Baseline Survey of Marginalized No More Project (Cohort I: Longitudinal Study) Conducted by NIDR and Supported by Street Children of Nepal/UKAID-June 2019 to April 2020
  • Survey Manager and Data Analyst: End line Evaluation of Udaan II: “Catching the Missed Opportunity” conducted by National Institute for Development and Research (NIDR) Supported by Care Nepal-September to October 2020
  • Survey Manager and Data Analyst: Study on Teacher Motivation in the Early Grades, Conducted by National Institute for Development and Research (NIDR) Supported by the RTI-USAID Early Grade Reading Program-December 2019-April 2020
  • Team Leader: Meta-Analysis on PWID conducted by NIDR and Supported by National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC)- April to July 2019
  • Research Officer: Meta-Analysis on MSM/TG conducted by NIDR and Supported by National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC)- April to July 2019
  • Data Analyst and Survey Expert: End-line Survey of Health System Recovery Project, Nuwakot conducted by NIDR and Supported by Good Neighbors International (GNI)/KOICA-30TH November 2018 to 15th February 2019
  • Research Coordinator: Study on Law and Development: Foreign Direct Investment in Context of Federal Republic of Nepal conducted by NIDR and supported by A2J Project, UNDP- October to December 2019
  • Research Coordinator: Study on Corruption in Local Level Governance in 15 district conducted by NIDR and Supported by Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA)- April-June 2019
  • Survey Manager: Follow up Survey of Needs and Capacity Assessment of fourteen Urban and Rural Municipalities on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Nepal conducted by NIDR and supported by IOM-1st August 2019 to 21st August 2019
  • Data Analyst: Evaluation of Hami Sangsangai: We Together – Play Together, Learn Together in Sindhuli District supported by Plan International Nepal- May to June 2019
  • Data Analyst: Endline Evaluation of Generation Amazing Programme in Nepal conducted by NIDR Supported by Mercy Corps Nepal-May to June 2019
  • Survey Manager: Supporting the Education of Marginalized Girls in Kailali District (STEM II) conducted by NIDR and supported by Mercy Coops –August 2019 to September 2019
  • Quality Control and Survey Expert: Baseline Evaluation of Generation Amazing Programme in Nepal conducted by NIDR Supported by Mercy Corps Nepal-17TH September to 15th November 2018
  • Quality Control and Survey Expert: Development of Product Catalogue and Market Survey conducted by NIDR Supported by Save the Children-10th October to 15th December 2018
  • Senior M&E Specialist: National Baseline Survey on Mainstreaming Elected Women in Local Politics: Assessing their Knowledge, Skills, and Needs conducting by National Institute for Development and Research (NIDR) and Supporting by Center for Dalit Women Nepal (CDWN) / Governance Facility – 1 May 2018 to December 30, 2018

Long Term Work Experience

Organization: National Institute for Development and Research (NIDR)
Business Type: Pvt. Ltd
Designation: Program Coordinator
Duty Station: Kathmandu District
Duties and responsibilities:
  • Develop concept note and network for business hunting
  • Write comprehensive proposals and reports for the clients
  • Coordinate to clients for meetings and other official purpose
  • Support to recruit the field supervisors and researchers for research/survey project
  • Support to develop tools and conduct training for field team
  • Monitoring and supervision of field supervisors and researchers during the research/survey period
  • Maintain the quality control during the research/survey period.
  • Questionnaire generated in Kobo ToolBox and setup in Tablets, Epi Data and SPSS
  • Data analysis  and interpretation
  • Report writing and submission to the donor
  • Support to Executive Director
  • Analyze the data 
  • Coordinate with stakeholders
Date Starting: October 2018 (Running)
 
Organization: General Welfare Pratisthan (GWP)
Business Type: Non Government Organization (multi donor funded) working in the field of Health, Health Environment, Education, Sex Trafficking prevention through education, empowerment and micro enterprise support.
Designation: Program Officer/ MIS Officer
Duty Station: Field Office- Hetauda
Working District: PSC#1(Makwanpur), PSC#2(Bara) and PSC#3(Rautahat)
Duties and responsibilities:
Program:
  • Prepare quarterly work plan based on sub agreement and send to Saath-Saath Project for review and approval.
  • Plan, organize and manage capacity building activities for project staffs.
  • Coordinate with stakeholders (Government and non-government organization, donors, private sectors, DACC, Reproductive Health Coordination Committee, CBOs, D(P)HO and its functionaries.
  • Review and monitor quarterly work plan, sub agreement text, M&E Matrix, Gantt chart, budget and ensure timely implementation of all planned activities.
  • Directly and regularly supervise/monitor to outreach/events activities and provide constructive feedback.
  • Program Monitoring and supervision of Program Support Centres and EIHS
  • Prepare Budget Projection/ Planning
  • Organize and participate in district level coordination and networking meeting, events, biannual coordination meeting
  • Organize/conduct quarterly planning meeting and participate in every meeting of PSCs as a especially gust from management team
Data:
  • Review or Prepare monthly Project Indicator Form (PIF), event reports, quarterly narrative reports, TIP report and submit to SSP. Write Summary of Success stories and Case stories.
  • Design community assessment tools and in the field for monitoring of program achievement tract.
  • Review recording and reporting forms and formats filled in Preventions and EIHs team.
  • Conduct internal Data Quality Audit
Administration:
  • Participation to recruit project staff, personnel management
  • Manage and Track inventories ( expendable and non-expendable) and its safety
  • Coordination with management for rewards and grievance to staffs
  • Participate in management meeting to make decision regarding organizational issues
Date Starting: 1st January 2015 to 30th June 2016
Reasons of Leaving: Study (Master of Public Health)
Organization: Government of Nepal, District Health Office
Business Type: Government support
Designation: Community Health Inspector
Duty Station: DHO, Cautara, Sindhupalchowk
Duties and responsibilities:
  • Micro Planning and Program Recommendation of Peripheral Health Institution.
  • To act as Supervisor, Facilitator, Planner for Community Based Programs.
  • To monitor ongoing Program of Peripheral Health Institution.
  • To Provide Recommendation to D/PHO about Community Health Program and Problems.
  • To act as Food Inspector.
  • To act as Health Intelligence.
  • To Provide Training of DPHO to Peripheral Level.
  • Provided Training to School on School Nutrition Program.
  • To Support Program of DPHO and Government of Nepal that are to lunched in district in implementation Level
  • Coordinate with Different Stakes Holders, INGOs, and NGOs.
Duration: 2 months                                
Reasons of Leaving: Program Phased out
Organization: SAHAVAGI
Business Type: NGO
Designation: Field Supervisor-FP
Duty Station: Nawalparasi
Working District: Nawalparasi and Chitwan
Duties and responsibilities:
  • Coordinate with D(P)HO, FP Focal Person, HIV Focal Person, Training Focal Person, DACC and others Local Level Health Institution for Conducting HIV/AIDS Program in District.
  • Monitoring and Supervision of Field Staffs.
  • Monthly Recording and Reporting.
  • Conducting Day to day activities of Office.
  • Provide Logistic Management for FCHV training roll out and refresher training.
  • Training of FCHV and Monitoring and Supervision of Consultant during Training of FCHV.
  • Coordinate with Stake holders for social Marketing of FP Methods
  • Prepare monitoring plan for FCHV Mobilization and conduct monitoring and onsite coaching with FCHV
  • Prepare monitoring plan for field staffs mobilization and conduct monitoring and onsite coaching.
  • Overall Management of FCHV Rollout Program.
Date of Starting: November 2013
Date of Leaving: May 2014
Reasons of Leaving: Better opportunity
Organization: Health and Social Development Forum (HERD)
Business Type: NGO
Designation: Field Supervisor Rapid Assessment of Demand Side Financing Schemes : Aama Program on Bhojpur
Duties and responsibilities:
  • Responsible to coordinate in different level of district.
  • Responsible to coordinate to Field Researcher.
  • Checks the completeness of the questionnaire filled by the Field Researcher and solves the problem within the team.
  • Responsible to conduct/implement data collection, semi-structure interview with different participants (Service Providers/ member of health management committee, Finance in-charge) and record review format as per need of the study
Duration: 2 months
Reason to leave: Project Phased out
Organization: Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) and Health and Social Development Forum
Business Type: Government and Non Government organization
Designation: Field Researcher- On Bhojpur District  
Duties and responsibilities:
  • Responsible to coordinate in different level of district.
  • Collect adequate relevant data from the population of the Bhojpur district based on research proposal.
  • Implemented household survey tools, KIIS and FGDs.
Organization: United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Under Supervision of Devendra Gauchan)
Business Type: Bilateral Organization
Designation: Volunteers- As a WASH Officer
Working District: Chitwan
Duties and responsibilities:
 District level
  • Responsible to submit progress report to DWASHCC and attend DAWASHCC meeting as and when required.
  • Responsible to perform duties with closed coordination with Water supply and Sanitation Division Office (WSSDO) and submit periodic report.
VDC Level
  • Work in close coordination with VWASHCC.
  • Collect, Verify, and validate available latrine coverage data.
  • Work with SMC and Child Clubs etc.
  • Facilitate reformation of VWASHCC.
  • Facilitate post ODF VWASHCC strategic plan.
  • Mobilize Child Clubs to promote Sanitation and hygiene Education (SSHE) Schools
Duration: Three Months
Reason of Leaving: Program Phased out
Organization: World Health Organization
Designation: Enumerator (Under Guidance of Dr. Rabi Kafle)
Job Responsibilities
  • Collect primary data regarding those children were taken polio vaccine of Madi VDC of Chitwan District.
  • Identify those children who have not taken polio vaccine and find the reason behind it.
Duration: One day program for several times
TRAINING
PROVIDED TRAINING:
  • Integrated Family Planning, HIV/AIDS and STI to Health Worker and FCHV of Nawalparasi District, funded by Saath-Saath Project, USAID
  • Conducted Eighteen Days Basic and Refresher Training for FCHV in Coordination with District Health Office, Cautara, Sindhupalchowk
  • Conducted Two Days Orientation on Performance Based Management System to Health Worker of District Health Office, Cautara, Sindhupalchowk
  • Conduced Three Days Orientation on Maternal and Neonatal Health to Health Worker of District Health Office, Cautara, Sindhupalchowk
RECEIVED TRAINING:
  • HINARI Training Course for Health Information Professionals and Researchers organized by Purbanchal University College of Medical and Allied Sciences in 31st May to 1st June, 2016
  • Basic Training on Quantum Geographical Information System (QGIS) by USAID-funded Saath-Saath Project in April 21-23. 2015
  • Training in Monitoring and Evaluation of National HIV Response and Saath-Saath Project Management Information System conducted by USAID-funded Saath-Saath Project in May 12-14. 2015
  • Community Health Inspector Orientation Training Conducted by Regional Health Training Centre, Bara from 2072-2-7 to 2072-2-12
  • Health Management Information System at June 16-18 2014 Conducted by District Health Office, Cautara, Sindhupalchowk.
  • One Day Orientation on Right to Information to Stakeholder on 2nd June 2014 by Office of Prime Minster.
  • One Day Orientation on Data Verification on HIV/AIDS conducted by DHO. Cautara, Sindhupalchowk
  • Training for Family Planning Supervisors on HIV and STI Prevention and Family Planning Promotion conducted by USAID-funded Saath-Saath Project in November 24-29, 2013
  • Training of Trainers for FCHVs training and mobilization for integrated FP/HIV Services in Dec 26-27, 2013
  • Rapid Assessment of Demand Side Financing Schemes: Aama Program
  • Household survey training conducted by Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) and technical supported by the Health Research and Social Development Forum (HERD),
  • Attended the Seminar by Water Aid regarding the issues of Drinking Water at Malla Hotel in 2011,
  • Training on Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) conducted by the National Academy For Medical Science from February 19-25, 2012
  • Participation in National Level Epidemic and Disaster Preparedness Training at DPHO in Chitwan District in 2011.
  • Family Planning Service training which was conducted by DPHO of Chitwan District.
Principle subjects covered
  • Communication for social behavior change
  • Nutrition
  • Breastfeeding
  • Supplementary food for (6-24) months babies
  • Feeding of sick baby
  • Growth monitoring  
  • Emergency nutrition and Essential hygiene
  • Steps of counseling for behavior change
  • Help group for maternal, infants and child nutrition
  • Family responsibilities for nutrition improvement
  • Role and responsibilities of I/NGOs, Health worker and FCHWs for nutrition improvement of maternal and child
  • Social mobilization and local development for integrate nutrition   

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Prajwal Pradhan, Tark Bhatt, Ram Shrestha. Systematic review and meta-analysis of ‘first 90’ among people who inject drugs (PWID) in south east Asia with special focus on Nepal.(https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42020136999)
  • Health promoting behavior and associated factors among school going adolescent residing in the Bharatpur Metropolitan City of Chitwan District (Poster Published)
  • Junk Food Consumption Among School Going Adolescents Residing Bharatpur Metropolitan City of Chitwan District (Poster Presentation: Asian Conference on Diarrheal Disease and Nutrition, January 28-30, 2020; Dhaka, Bangladesh)