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vijay rajkumar 2nd vijay rajkumar Founder at Process (enhancing effectiveness & delivering results ). New Delhi Area, IndiaNonprofit Organization Management Current Process Previous Burma Assist, Plan International (Asia Regional Office), Save the Children UK Education Delhi University 158 connectionsConnectSend InMailMore options in.linkedin.com/pub/vijay-rajkumar/9/bb/48/ Contact Info Background Summary Specialties: i) Enhancing program effectiveness and delivering the desired results by: Developing systems and processes that: a) Integrate knowledge management, monitoring, evaluation, planning and decision making and transforming it into a process of collective reflection, learning and action. c) Promote evidence based planning and decision making. d) Stimulate innovations, iteration & emergence. ii) Capturing, documenting & demonstrating, change, impact & results of interventions. iii) Exploring market driven solutions to challenges in development to enhance sustainability, reach and scale of development organizations. Experience Founder Process June 2011 – Present (2 years 3 months)New Delhi Area, India Process specializes in: a) Conducting participatory situation and response assessments to inform program design and development. b) Designing and developing monitoring & evaluation frameworks. c) Identifying, designing and developing systems and processes to enhance program effectiveness, deliver the desired results and demonstrate the impact of interventions. d) Mentoring and capacity building. Development Process Specialist (Consultant) Burma Assist February 2008 – August 2011 (3 years 7 months)New Delhi Area, India Assisted Burmese refugee community groups in Delhi with no prior experience in develop work to: i) Design and develop a skills based livelihoods intervention. These involved assisting them: a) A develop clarity about the desired change outcomes. b) Develop mechanism to monitor progress. c) Developing a budget for the intervention. d) Developing mechanism to regularly assess the impact of the intervention. e) Develop a culture of reflection, learning and action that integrated planning, decision making, monitoring, evaluation and knowledge management. f) Regularly produce low cost high quality data and evidence of change, impact and the result of the intervention that was used to inform program planning, profiling and fund raising. Regional HIV/AIDS Advisor Plan International (Asia Regional Office) November 2005 – August 2006 (10 months) Providing technical support on HIV and AIDS to Plan International's country programme offices in Asia Regional HIV/AIDS Advisor Save the Children UK 2000 – 2005 (5 years) Save the Children UKConsultant Save the Children UK 1998 – 1999 (1 year) Programme Coordinator Naz Foundation (India) Trust 1995 – 1997 (2 years) Skills & Expertise Most endorsed for... 10Capacity Building 9NGOs 7Community Development 6International... 5Program Evaluation 5Program Management 3Proposal Writing 3Civil Society 2Project Planning 2Human Rights vijay also knows about... 1Fundraising 1Humanitarian Assistance 1Nonprofits 1Child Welfare 1Program Development Education Delhi University MA, Social Work 1993 – 1995 Activities and Societies: Was elected President of the students union. Initiated the students placement cell. Additional Info Interests Yoga, cycling, photography and golf Advice for Contacting vijay The best way to get in touch with me is through email (processwithapurpose@gmail.com). Recommendations Given (2) Ravi Karkara Ravi Karkara Protection, Gender and Child Participation Consultant Ravi was an excellent with networking and has very good facilitation skills. March 17, 2013, vijay worked directly with Ravi at UNICEF - Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA), Nepal Martin Kelsey Martin Kelsey Country Director As a Country Programme Director of Save the Children UK, India Martin provided leadership to a large and complex programme. He brought out the best in a difficult group of senior managers and forsters a spirt of collaboration. 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