Identity number: D * 8 0 4 9 5 2 3 0 1 0 4 A
Nationality: Mauritian
Sex: Male
Address: ** ******* *****, **** ******
Mobile No: 59479062
College attended: Imperial College
Email: **************@*****.***
Q U A L I F I C A T I O N
-Bsc Journalism (Minor Digital Media) - University of Mauritius
-Higher School Certificate
-School Certificate
P E R S O N A L P R O F I L E
President of the Imperial College Economic and Business Society and was also the member of the Student Council, the vice-president of the Integrity Club. I was the Head of Security in 2015 and observer in 2016 at both Regional and National Level at The Model United Nation. J O B E X P E R I E N C E S
1. Administrative Assistant at High Commission of India (February 2022 – Now)
• Undertaking daily administrative tasks to ensure the functionality and coordination of different department.
• Preparing A variety of standard documents and correspondence, relaying and resolving routine telephone and/or walk-up inquiries, scheduling calendar items and meetings, making travel arrangements, processing forms.
2. Media Monitoring officer at Blast Communications (July 2021 – January 2022)
Avinash Dhondoo
Avinash Dhondoo
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• Scanning newspapers, monitoring television, radio and the internet for news items and sharing it with clients and other key stakeholders for strategic intervention.
• Analysing news items to predict how a story might play out and carry out research to produce media evaluation reports.
3. Trainee Administrative and Marketing officer at Malaysia Education Centre (Feb to March)
• Managing and developing marketing campaigns and conducting promotional activities for different Malaysian universities
• Overseeing campaigns on social media
• Undertaking daily administrative tasks to ensure the functionality and coordination of the department's along with different Malaysian universities.
• Managing schedules, records and classrooms for open days.
• Assisting in the preparation of Minutes of Meetings 4. Customer Service at Totelepep (2019 – Now “Weekend only”
)
• Working with clients on payment, billing and payment of typing ticket. 5. Trainee journalist at Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation
(Jan 2019- March 2019)
• Gathering information and quotes from official sources such as police or fire crews or witnesses, and putting together the story.
• Attending press conferences and writing articles accordingly. 6. Journalist at Inside News (Jan 2018- July 2018)
• Gathering information and quotes from official sources such as police or fire crews or witnesses, and putting together the story.
• Attending press conferences and writing articles accordingly. 7. Food Operatives at Pizza Hut: (Apr 2015 – Dec 2017)
• Checking and weighing raw materials
• Running quality checks on, for example, the size and weight of the finished product.
• Preparation of Pizzas, assisting in Till also
8. Salesperson at Body and Soul ( Oct 2013 to Mar 2015) Avinash Dhondoo
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S K I L L S & A B I L I T I E S
Dedicated, self-motivated, and who possesses the ability to learn quickly and apply that proactively in a fast paced environment. E X T R A C U R R I C U L U M A C T I V I T I E S
Winner of the Future News Worldwide Competition
Young Journalist Award Winner
BEST DELEGATE – Model United Nation
WINNER-Interclass Quiz Competition
WINNER- Interclass Quiz Competition
WINNER- Inter-College Reading Competition
WINNER- Essay Competition
WINNER- Question Pour Un Champion
WINNER- Public Speaking Competition
WINNER- Public Speaking Competition
BEST SPEAKER- Inter-College Debate Competition
2nd Prize- Inter-College Essay Competition
2nd Prize- Inter- College Question Pour Un Champion 2nd Prize- Municipality of Curepipe Essay Competition PARTICIPATED IN- Universal ICT Education Programme Model African Union Conference
SADC Conference
Conference on Management and innovation
International Conference on Eradicating Corruption SSR Anniversary Public Speaking Competition
MSPCA Public Speaking Competition
Inter-Town Question Pour Un Champion Competition
Essay Competition of 100 years of Cooperative existence