ANKIT

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EDUCATION
College/School Degree/ Class GPA (%) Year Hallmarks
IIM Ahmedabad Ph.D Programme in Management 3.459/4.33 -- 2015 - Present
Institute Gold Medal for the best
TISS Mumbai M.A. Education (Elementary) 8.36/10 2014
student in the programme
B.E.(Hons.) Electronics and
BITS Pilani Instrumentation
6.85/10 2010 GPA of 10/10 in the 8th semester
Ryan International
Class XII – CBSE 86.0 % 2006 Maths: 98%
School, Vasant Kunj
Ryan International
Class X – CBSE 93.0 % 2004 Maths: 97% Science: 96%
School, Rohini
WORK EXPERIENCE
Azim Premji University (APU), Bengaluru May-August 2020
Project Manager
 India – Covid Assessment and Response Dashboard (I-CARD)- Involved in a) Overall Project Planning and Management;
b) Budget/Financial Management; c) Interagency Coordination (Project team, CSO partners, and Media, among others);
d) Development, Coordination, and Monitoring of Quality Control Mechanisms for key project processes, and; e)
Development and Coordination of Training Modules for team members.
Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), Mumbai June 2013-June 2015
Research Associate/Consultant
 Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx)- Formulating and Developing an Operational and Implementation Plan for a
large- scale technology enabled intervention in high schools in the areas of Mathematics, Sciences, Communicative English,
and Digital Literacy in four states of India (Tata Trusts, TISS, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
collaboration)
 Leading an Impact Assessment Study of the School Leadership Development Programme (SLDP) being conducted by the
British Council for the Department of School Education, Government of Maharashtra
 Conducted a Mapping Study of the Cluster Resource Persons (CRPs) and Block Resource Persons (BRPs) in Chandrapur
District in Maharashtra for Strengthening Schools through Cluster and Block Based Support (UNICEF collaboration)
 Organized and facilitated a workshop on ‘Strengthening of IASEs’ at the behest of Ministry of Human Resource
Development (MHRD) in July 2013 at NCERT Campus, New Delhi
 Organized a seminar on ‘Higher Education in India and the Marginalized’ at the behest of Indian Council of Social
Science Research (ICSSR) in March 2014 at TISS, Mumbai Campus
Gray Matters Capital Foundation, Hyderabad June 2012–Feb 2013
Senior Associate, School Ratings and Improvement Solutions
 Led the ratings team for school assessments in the Delhi region
 Developed quantitative ratings for each assessed school using the school ratings framework
 Reviewed and finalized assessment reports prepared by peers and subordinates
Teach For India, Delhi and Mumbai June 2010–May 2012
Fellow (Year 1 and 2) and Fellow Advisor (Year 2)
 Led 62 students to an average growth of 260% in Reading Ability and 160% in Math within one academic year
 Initiated a school transformation project and supported teachers from other classes to improve student reading ability
 Conducted trainings/debriefs for 2011 fellows along with the Program Managers
FELLOWSHIPS/INTERNSHIPS
Fellow, J-PAL South Asia Fellowship for Young Researchers in India September 2019- Present
 Awarded scholarship to complete online MIT certified course Designing and Running Randomized Evaluations
Fellow, TISS and Tata Trusts, Rajasthan (8 weeks) April-June, 2016
 Tested and collected feedback on Khan Academy’s Hindi resources for Mathematics education in 3 districts of Rajasthan
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 Prepared a reflective report on the data collected from the field and reviewed additional videos and exercises

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Intern, Teach For Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (4 weeks) May-June, 2011
 Developed Training function and Leadership Academy for the 1st cohort of 2012 fellows
 Interacted with School Leaders, Media, Corporate professionals and Potential candidates to create awareness and impact
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPER PRESENTATIONS
 Paper published on ‘Language, Education and Society: Multilingualism in India’, in the journal ‘Language and Language
Teaching’, Volume 3, Issue 6, July 2014
 Article published on ‘Criticism of no-fail policy in schools has little empirical evidence, says IIM study’, in the media
outlet
‘Scroll.in’, January 2018
 Paper presented on ‘Mentor-Mentee Relationships in Delhi’s Mentor Teacher Programme’ at the Comparative Education
Society of India (CESI) 10th International Conference, 2019 at Delhi from 09-11 December 2019
 Paper presented on ‘Teach For India and Teach For All: Storytelling and Scaling Education Reform’ at the Comparative
Education Society of India (CESI) 8th International Conference, 2017 at Jammu from 16-18 November 2017
 Paper presented on ‘Teacher Leadership: Towards a New Professionalism?’ at the CESI 6th International Conference,
2015 at Bangalore from 14-16 December 2015
 Paper presented on ‘Neoliberalism, Policies and Education: A Critical Analysis of Quality and Equality’ at the CESI 5th
International Conference, 2014 at Delhi from 16-18 November 2014
ACADEMIC AND CO-CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS
 Cleared Junior Research Fellow (JRF-NET) in Education conducted by University Grants Commission (UGC) 2014
 Awarded Best Student of First Year in M.A. Education (Elementary) by TISS Mumbai 2013
 Secured 99 percentile in BITS Admission Test (BITSAT) written by over 53,000 candidates nationally 2006
 Awarded Institute Merit cum Need Scholarship at BITS Pilani 2006-10
 Awarded Certificate of Distinctive Performance by Hindi Academy, Delhi for excellence in Hindi 2004
CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SHORT COURSES
 Participated in the ‘Round Table on Regulation of Teachers and Teacher Education’ conducted jointly by TISS Mumbai
and University of Mumbai at University of Mumbai from 23rd to 24th January 2020
 Participated in the development and piloting of course on ‘Comparative Education’ conducted jointly by TISS Mumbai,
University of Sussex, and SPARC at TISS Mumbai from 5th November 2019 to 22nd January 2020
 Participated in the ‘Teaching Workshop for Doctoral Students’ conducted by Centre for Teaching & Learning (CTL),
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore at IIM Bangalore from 2nd to 4th January 2020
 Participated in the Transforming Education Conference for Humanity (TECH) conducted jointly by UNESCO, MGIEP,
MHRD, and Government of Andhra Pradesh at Visakhapatnam from 16th to 18th December 2017
 Participated in the short course on ‘Human Development and Public Policy’ conducted jointly by IIT Gandhinagar, J-
PAL, IFMR, and GSIDS at IIT Gandhinagar from 31st March to 1st April 2017
 Participated in the Third Annual Workshop ‘NKN:E4 (Encourage, Empower, Enable, Enrich) NGN’ conducted by
National Knowledge Network at IIT Guwahati from 15th to 17th December 2014
 Participated in the National Workshop on ‘Regulation in Education’ jointly organized by TISS Hyderabad, TISS
Mumbai, Ambedkar University Delhi, and Azim Premji University Bangalore at TISS Hyderabad from 16th to 21st
OTHER DETAILS
December 2013
 Language Proficiency: English, Hindi, Marwari (Basic), Chhattisgarhi (Basic)
 Interests: Travelling, Trekking, Photo Editing
 Hobbies: Cycling, Numismatics, Cricket

MSH 1905, New Campus, Indian Institute of Management, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad - 380015 | Phone: +91- 9930492173
| Email: ankitsaraf@iima.ac.in