PARISHA BANKHWAL

267-***-**** add7jg@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

AGROPARISTECH, University of Paris Saclay, Paris, France August 2017 Master in Climate, Land Use and Ecosystem Services TERI UNIVERSITY, New Delhi, India June 2010

Master in Geoinformatics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, UK, India November 2011 – January 2015 Project Assistant (GIS)

• Communicated extensively with private and government agencies to retrieve primary and secondary datasets completing. And created baseline information for analysis completing 25% of initial Phase I of the project.

• Coordinated to maintain all information/documentation of outsourced mapping enterprise and processed release of payments.

• Maintained and updated unique reference system of database to ensure accurate and current information was available all time.

• Documented technical report and presented updates on ecological mapping to project co-ordinator and functional leads.

• Provided administrative support including drafting correspondence, scheduling appointments, organizing, and maintaining paper and electronic files.

• Assisted the team lead with preparation of preliminary quarterly budgets.

• Prepared travel arrangements and equipment for field trips. Maintained travel logbook, processed tickets and bills for food and lodging for submitting to finance department.

• Designed project pamphlets and handouts using Word/Excel/PowerPoint for workshops and conferences.

• Assisted project coordinator in conducting scientific workshops by coordinating schedules and managing logistics. Uttarakhand Space Application Centre, Dehradun, UK, India November 2010 – November 2011 Junior Research Fellow

• Conducted field survey to accomplish data collection, data entry, and post-processing for Doon Valley project.

• Digitized the geospatial dataset to perform change detection analysis on Doon Valley.

• Assisted and guided master student in water quality sample collection and mapping water quality parameters. MASTER EXPERIENCE

French National Institute for Agricultural Research February 2017 – August 2017 Research Analyst (Laboratory EcoSys) – Internship

• Communicated cross functionally with 5 team members to formulate methodology to quantify amount of pesticide polluting non-targeted ecosystems adjacent to pesticide treated agricultural fields.

• Developed innovative PowerPoint presentation between two teams on weekly basis to bring the ideas forward for prospective steps needed in further research and analysis.

• Assisted principle investigator in creating PowerPoint presentations through geospatial visualisation of pesticide contamination in scientific conference.

OTHER INFORMATION

Languages: English (professional), French (elementary), Hindi (mother tongue) Software Tools: MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint

GIS Tools: ArcGIS, ERDAS, QGIS

Technical Language : R, Python