Snehal Shah

Background

About Snehal Shah

More than 27 years of experience as a social development M&E/ research professional with 24 years in planning, management, implementation of research, Monitoring, Evaluation - M&E, 360 integrated program design & capacity building, across community driven change, holistic development, institution building, water, natural resources, green livelihoods, health, sanitation, education, youth, employability, skill development, gender, policy analysis, advocacy, women et al. which include - 11+ years in community driven change, holistic development, institution building, water, natural resource management, green livelihoods, Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, Health overlapping with - 17+ years in Education (including project management)- 10+ years in Gender Statistics, sex-disaggregated data, policy analysis/advocacy, women/adolescent empowerment- 3 years with the World Bank Group as a consultant, also with UN Women focusing on SDGs and Gender Indicators for SDGs; Working currently with Swades Foundation worked with/ for- Foundation for Ecological Security (Uttarakhand and Udaipur)- UN Women MCO, Delhi on SDG Indicators for India - The World Bank Group - Water and Sanitation Program - South Asia - Rural Sanitation Team for almost 3 years as a Short Term Consultant (research- monitoring and evaluation, operations research)- Breakthrough Trust (IKEA Foundation) on a Situation Analysis/ formative study through NRMC (now Intellicap)- Azad Foundation - Vidya Bhawan Society (Udaipur)- QUEST Alliance - Centre for Policy Research, Accountability Initiative - Council for Social Development - Right to Education Forum - The Open University [UK] supported research in education - M.A Social Work, Specialization in Family and Child Welfare from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, 1998- BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine & Surgery- from University of Mumbai)- Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, English- SPSS, Atlas.tI- AI tools - Notebook LM, Perplexity, ChatGPT, AI in Excel, AI in MS Office, Excel/ G-suite Having led and managed teams that undertook M&E, impact evaluations, regular reporting through MIS/dashboards, and research operations for program design and strategy in large, multi-state organizations, I enjoy impact-full roles, reporting directly to the top leadership or funding organisations where the ground findings lead to the learning utilized swiftly for strategy, program design, and funding decisions. Currently based out of Mumbai, I am open to Mumbai/ Pune/ Goa/ Delhi/ NCR other locations.