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Curriculum Vitae

Name: AMITAVA SARKAR

Father’s name: Dulal Kumar Sarkar

Date of birth: May 20, 1973

Gender: Transgender

Current address: K 1990, C R Park

Ground Floor

Near Market No. 3, Opposite to South Indian Bank

New Delhi – 110019

India

Contact No. : +91-990**-*****

E – Mail Address: acv722@r.postjobfree.com

Educational Qualification:

Name of Exam Board / University School / College Division 1.Secondary

Examination

W.B.B.S.E. New Alipore Multipurpose

School

(65.5%)

First

2.Higher Secondary

Examination

W.B.C.H.S.E. New Alipore Multipurpose

School

(52.5%)

Second

3. B. Sc. (P) Calcutta University Asutosh College (59.5%) Second

Technical Qualification:

Semester Topics Covered Performance

I CAP, Programming Techniques, Windows, Ms – Word, Ms

– Excel, FoxPro

70%

II Unix, C, Advanced Programming Techniques, PC Utilities 64% III Data Structure Using C, OOPS, C++, Introduction To Business Application, Data Communication

59%

Other Qualifications:

1. Participated in HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health Course in 2000 at Bangalore, Conducted by Naz Foundation International.

2. Completed a post graduate diploma course in 2004 called “Social Work & Community Service” which was conducted by National Council of Education, Bengal. 2

3. In 2006 completed a one-year certificate course on counselling jointly conducted by All Bengal Women’s Union, Samikkhani and Hope Foundation and stood first. Apart from above mentioned training programmes also attended various workshops and trainings on HIV/AIDS and gender and sexuality related issues in and outside India. Working Experience:

1. Worked as Field Investigator in MSM Needs Assessment Project 2003, West Bengal. Main responsibilities were to supervise data collection related work; data entry and actively assisted the project coordinator in the data collation work. This assessment leads to implement the first ever male to male sexual health intervention programme (MANAS Bangla) in West Bengal. 2. Worked as Rapporteur in 4th West Bengal Sexual Health Conference in Kolkata in 2003 on volunteer basis. The main responsibilities were to attend sessions in the conference, to collect information and also to interpret them to be included in the final report of the conference. 3. Working currently as the Chapter Co-lead for TRANSIT, which is a practical guidance for collaborative interventions for implementing comprehensive HIV and STI programmes with transgender people.

Evaluation work related experience:

Worked as an evaluator on behalf of West Bengal Project Support Unit (WBPSU) for six monthly evaluation of “Street based intervention programme - Ultadanga, Dumdum & Rajabazar”, an STI/HIV/AIDS intervention programme among flying sex workers (FSWs) in those areas. This intervention project was funded by West Bengal State AIDS Prevention & Control Society

(WBSAPCS) and was being implemented by Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), Kolkata. The evaluation study was conducted during October-November 2006. Programmatic experience:

Solidarity and Action Against The HIV Infection In India (SAATHII), Kolkata Office: 1. Job title: Administration Assistant

Job period: January 2005 to June 2005

Job responsibilities: Looking after administrative related issues in the office and also took part in activities for making of SAATHII Red Ribbon Pages (Part 2). The very first edition of this directory of HIV/AIDS services in India was published in 2003 and the publishing of second edition is still under process.

2. Job title: Media Project Assistant

Job period: July 2005 to December 2005

Job responsibilities: To attend events, visiting organisations and making reports in terms of collecting HIV/AIDS related information mainly for the website and also for the newsletter of West Bengal State AIDS Prevention Control Society (WBSAPCS). 3. Job title: Editorial Assistant

Job period: January 2006 to September 2006

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Job responsibilities: To attend events, visiting organisations and making reports in terms of collecting HIV/AIDS related information mainly for the newsletter and also for the website of West Bengal State AIDS Prevention Control Society (WBSAPCS). 4. Job title: Training Assistant - Transgender Issues and Web Services Assistant. Job period: October 2006 to September 2007

Job responsibilities: To look after transgender related issues in SAATHII and also collecting information to be incorporated in the Kolkata page of SAATHII website. This project was supported by Elton John AIDS Foundation, London.

5. Job title: Training Coordinator - Transgender Issues and Helpline Counsellor. Job period: October 2007 to September 2008

Job responsibilities: To look after transgender related issues in SAATHII and looking after of SAATHII’s phone and e-helpline. This project was supported by Elton John AIDS Foundation, London.

Additional responsibility: To look after the project titled “Capacity Building of Santi Seva Support Group for Male-to-Female Transgender Communities in Bhadrak, Orissa” as program manager. This project has been supported by American Jewish World Service, London. 6. Job title: Training and Advocacy Coordinator - Transgender Issues. Job period: October 2008 to December 2009

Job responsibilities: To look after transgender related issues in SAATHII. Additional responsibilities: To look after two different projects as program manager mentioned below.

i) To look after the project titled “Capacity Building of Santi Seva Support Group for Male-to- Female Transgender Communities in Bhadrak, Orissa” as program manager. This project has been supported by American Jewish World Service, New York. ii) To look after the project titled “Network East: MSM and Transgender Community Mapping and Orientation for Participation in NACP – Phase III Implementation”. This project is being supported by UNAIDS.

7. Job title: M&E Officer Sashakt - MSM/TG/Hijra Systems Strengthening Job period: September 2009 to June 2010

Job responsibilities: To work as the Monitoring and Evaluation Office in the Sashakt Project (A SAATHII project in partnership with India HIV/AIDS Alliance, New Delhi and funded by United Nations Development Programme, New Delhi / An initiative to pilot a larger scale five-year project potentially to be funded by GFATM, Round 9).

8. Job title: Programme Manager - “Capacity Building of Santi Seva Support Group for Male-to- Female Transgender Communities in Bhadrak, Orissa” Job period: January 2010 to December 2010

Job responsibilities: To look after the project titled “Capacity Building of Santi Seva Support Group for Male-to-Female Transgender Communities in Bhadrak, Orissa” as program manager. This project has been supported by American Jewish World Service, New York. 9. Job title: Programme Manager - “Capacity Building of Santi Seva Support Group for Male-to- Female Transgender Communities in Bhadrak, Orissa” Job period: January 2010 to June 2012

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Job responsibilities: To look after the project titled “Capacity Building of Santi Seva Support Group for Male-to-Female Transgender Communities in Bhadrak, Orissa” as program manager. This project has been supported by American Jewish World Service, New York. 10. Job title: Programme Manager – “Building Capacity of Transgender/Hijra Community Based Organizations under INFOSEM”

Job period: January 2010 to December 2012

Job responsibilities: Leading a series of capacity building training workshops for transgender/Hijra community based organizations under INFOSEM (Integrated Network For Sexual Minorities) with support from Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

(SIDA) and RFSU, Sweden.

11. Job title: Programme Manager – Project EMPOWER (Enhancement for MTH Population’s Overall Well-being in Eastern Region)

Job period: July 2012 to June 2013

Job responsibilities: To look after the project titled “Project EMPOWER” which has been supported by American Jewish World Service, New York. Pehchan North Region Office, Delhi:

12. Job title: Training Officer – Project Pehchan; Pehchan North Region Office Job period: March 2014 to June 2014

Job responsibility: To look after the training component under Project Pehchan India HIV/AIDS Alliance, Delhi:

13. Job title: Training Officer; India HIV/AIDS Alliance Job period: July 2014 till December 2015

Job responsibility: Taking care of training related activities with National Training Coordinator at India HIV/AIDS Alliance

Current Job title: Programme Assistant; India HIV/AIDS Alliance Job responsibility: Assisting for programme implementation Working Experience as a Development Consultant:

From time to time have been associated with various consultancy related jobs for leading GOs and NGOs:

1. Worked as Field Investigator in MSM Needs Assessment Project 2003, West Bengal. Main responsibilities were to supervise data collection related work; data entry and actively assisted the project coordinator in the data collation work. This assessment leads to implement the first ever male to male sexual health intervention programme (MANAS Bangla) in West Bengal. 5

2. Worked as Rapporteur in 4th West Bengal Sexual Health Conference in Kolkata in 2003 on volunteer basis. The main responsibilities were to attend sessions in the conference, to collect information and also to interpret them to be included in the final report of the conference. 3. National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) under Indian Market Research Bureau (IMRB) towards conducting the Pre Surveillance Assessment (PSA) at Chhattisgarh in 2013. 4. Worked as a consultant for South Asian Human Rights Association of Marginalised Genders and Sexualities (SAHRA) in 2013. Main responsibility was to organise training workshops for the North Eastern groups working for sexually marginalised populations. 5. Worked for Family Planning Association of India (FPAI) as a consultant in 2013. Main responsibility was to plan and conduct sessions on SRH-HIV integration for civil society organisations working with key population.

Other Current Associations:

1. Co-chair of The International Reference Group on Trans* and HIV/AIDS (IRGT), which is technically supported by Global Forum of MSM and HIV (MSMGF) Research skills:

Have participated in developing various studies. Led chapter on community empowerment in TRANSIT, which is recently published. It is a global guideline for implementing transgender specific HIV/AIDS and STI programme (http://transglobalactivism.org/wp- content/uploads/2016/04/TRANSIT.compressed.pdf)

Conference Attended:

1. ‘7th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific’, held in Kobe, Japan in 2005 Study Title: Addressing non-sexual needs of male and transgender sex workers in West Bengal towards HIV prevention

2. ‘International Dialogue on Gender, Sexuality, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: Focus on Asia’ held in Seoul, South Korea in 2005

Study Title: Health and Issues of HIV/AIDS: Capacity Building Strategies in Eastern India 3. XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico in 2008: a) Abstract title: ‘Non-Formal Education and Income Generation Programmes strengthen HIV prevention in Male-to-Female Transgender Community Groups in Rural India’ b) Film screening: ‘Rupantar (Transformation)’, a film on male to female transgender issues, written and directed by Amitava Sarkar

4. ‘9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific’, Bali, Indonesia, 2009 6

Skill building workshop: Developing the fund raising skills of CBO members using non-traditional methods

Apart from above mentioned conferences also attended many conferences, meetings and workshops on HIV/AIDS and gender and sexuality issues including IAC 2010; IAC 2012; IAC 2014; Asia Pacific Human Rights Conference 2011; New Zealand and ICD Reform Meeting 2011, Hague, Netherlands; TRANSIT tool development meetings; Community, Rights and Gender Advisory Group (CRG) meetings organized by Global Fund, IRGT board meetings etc. 5. As a part of IRGT recently have organized first trans pre-conference (http://msmgf.org/no-lip- service-demand-prep-access-transgender-community/) in AIDS 2016. Apart from these also took part in various planning and other meeting for transgender/Hijra cause at state, national and international level.

Extra-Curricular Activities:

1 Acting in a film on HIV/AIDS and advocacy related issues titled “Shuru”, which was made by Solidarity and Action Against The HIV Infection in India (SAATHII), Kolkata Office and Thoughtshop Foundation, Kolkata in 2007.

2. Preparing (story and direction) a docu-feature in 2008 on male to female transgender issues titled

“Rupantar (Transformation)”, with support from SAATHII, Kolkata Office and Elton John AIDS Foundation, London.

3. Directed another documentary film (titled “From the Third Eye”) on health and rights concerns of male-to-female transgender populations in India (2009-2010), which has been supported by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), India.

4. Completed a diploma on Rabindrasangeet (songs of Rabindranath Tagore) Reference:

1. Anupam Hazra, Associate Director – Programme

Solidarity and Action Against The HIV Infection in India (SAATHII) Email: acv722@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: (0-943**-*****

2. Name: Harjyot Khosa, National Training Coordinator, India HIV/AIDS Alliance Email: acv722@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: (0-99-711*-****

I do hereby declare that all above-mentioned information is true to my knowledge and all related documents I can produce in case of any clarifications.

Date: August 17, 2016 Place: New Delhi Signature

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