Research Analyst

Meghna Sharma Email:***.*********@*****.***

FEMALE, 24 YEARS Contact No: +91-858*******

M.A Economics (JNU) & B.A. (Hons.) Economics (DU)

EDUCATION

****-**** *.* ********* CESP, School of Social Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) CGPA 5.44/9

2010-2013 B.A (Hons.) Economics Hansraj College, New Delhi Delhi University 58.3%

2009 Class XII (Science) National Victor Public School, New Delhi CBSE 87%

2007 Class X National Victor Public School, New Delhi CBSE 89.6%

INTERNSHIPS

Summer Intern, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi May 2014 -July 2014

NCAER- India’s oldest and largest independent, non-profit, economic policy research institute.

Worked as a Research Analyst Intern.

o Studied the backdrop, objectives, reach and the effectiveness of NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MISSION.

o Collection of qualitative and reliable data from various sources, its compilation and analysis using MS Excel and STATA.

o Comparison of the data on area, production and yield of Rice, Wheat & Pulses to study the impact of the program and if its

targets and purposes were fulfilled.

o Participated and helped organizing the India Policy Forum Seminar 2014 and IPF lecture 2014 by Surojit Bhalla.

o Made a Comparative Statistic Report on the print packages offered by various dealers.

o Attended a live training session on ‘How to interact with media’ (Print and Electronic).

Winter Intern, Rail India Technical and Economic Services, Gurgaon Dec 2013-Jan 2014

RITES- Engineering Consultancy Company specializing in the field of transport infrastructure, planning and consultancy services

worked as a Trainee in the Urban Transport Division.

o An exhaustive economic analysis of the COLABA-BANDRA-SEEPS Mumbai metro corridor in Mumbai within a broad framework

of Social cost-benefit analysis technique.

o Compared the incremental cost and benefit streams (including tangible and non - tangible costs and benefits) over the years to

calculate the economic viability of the project in terms of EIRR (economic internal rate of return) using MS Excel.

o Studied the financial viability of the project in terms of FIRR (financial internal rate of return) and its possible sources of

financing.

o Sensitivity Analysis of the EIRR w.r.t a 10% increase in the overall costs of the project and a 10% reduction in traffic

materialization was done separately.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Term Paper and Projects Sept 2011-Sept 2014

o Key Features of the official definitions of poverty since ind ependence: Various committee reports and poverty

reduction policies.

o Role of financial structures in economic development: Impact of Financial sector growth on the economy and vice

versa.

o Term Paper and Presentation: Sources and Methods of National Accou nt Statistics-1993 System of National Accounts

o Team project on “Introduction to Micro Economics”, was responsible for content creation and presentation.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

• Scholarship worth 11,000 Rupees for scoring above 85% in X CBSE Board s.

• Winner in Debates, Declamation, Table Tennis, Painting, Collage making and one act play.

• Certificates of Punctuality and Sincerity.

• Three time champion of inter-School Hockey match (School sports & activities board of Delhi).

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• School Pupil Leader(SPL), supervision of all the members of the student council, NVPS

• Course instructor at UCMAS Pvt Ltd: Experience of teaching more than 100 students and conduction of state level examination.

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

• Participated in BITS Open Sports Meet as Captain of the college Hockey Team and as a part of Table Tennis Team.

• Formed a social service group in my locality to solve problems of basic amenities by raising funds through campaigning.

• Other interests: Playing Lawn Tennis, Long jump, Swimming, Dancing, Cooking, Reading, Writing poetries.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Office Suite :MS Excel,

Word, Power Point

• Statistical tools: STATA

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