Team

Bhumika is a Co-Lead, Personnel Management vertical at CEGIS. She comes with over 14 years of work experience in Edtech, skill development and the social sector. In her previous organisation, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), she contributed to the Government of India's Skill India Mission through multiple initiatives that focused on improving quality in the skill development value chain. These included improving governance mechanisms to developing frameworks for career pathways, quality training and assessments, amongst others. Bhumika led the capacity-building program for trainers and assessors at NSDC and created impact through collaborations with national and international partners.

Bhumika is passionate about developing quality-based frameworks for ensuring sustainable impact. During her free time, she enjoys traveling and loves to fiddle with paints and brushes. 

Shubnit Mehra is a Senior Program Manager at C-LOP. He works closely with Government of India’s Department of Personnel and Training on a range of tasks related to capacity building needs of the 20 million government officials in India. He is a data enthusiast and he contributes keenly on data related tasks at C-LOP.

Before joining C-LOP, Shubnit was associated with Teach For India in Hyderabad for five years where he undertook various roles. He has a PGP certificate in Business Analytics and Business Intelligence from McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin and holds a Master’s degree in Bioinformatics from Amity University.

Yash is a Program Manager with C-LOP team, where he assists in the identification of public officials' competencies and associated learning needs. Prior to joining CEGIS, Yash worked for three years at the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) on improving programme delivery at the state level by extensively engaging with state governments to build institutional capabilities to adapt to the country's new skilling paradigm. He has also worked as a Project Manager in the State Reform team at Central Square Foundation, where he executed critical workstreams of the NIPUN Bharat Mission for the Haryana government to improve early-grade learning outcomes in public schools.

He is a commerce graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce and a former LAMP Fellow.

Nabajit is Senior Designer at C-LOP. He breaks down concept-heavy ideas and strategies into a range of compelling audio-visual collateral. This includes the conceptualisation and designing of reports, illustrations, artworks, social media graphics, and videos. 

He has a background in communication design for various non-profit organisations, social movements and start-ups. His skills lie in illustration/cartooning, advertising, photo and video production, and branding. Before C-LOP, he was at ActionAid India, an organisation that works for the social and ecological justice of marginalised communities. Nabajit holds a Masters in Social Work (MSW) from Jamia Millia Islamia.

Preksha is a Senior Associate with the C-LOP team. She previously worked for London-based economic development firm, Legatum Institute, and Mumbai based think tank, Gateway House, focusing on various issues ranging from international development, macroeconomic challenges, geopolitics, and geoeconomics, across sub-Saharan Africa, West Asia, and Latin America. She holds two Master’s degrees; an MPA in Public Administration and Management and International Relations from University College London (UCL) and the University of Durham, respectively. She aims to use her knowledge of international development and multi-disciplinary academic background to address capacity-building issues on a government level. She continues to be passionate about macroeconomic and development economic-related challenges, and using data and research to guide policy.

Tipu Sultan is an Associate Video Producer for J-PAL South Asia at IFMR in India. He works in the video strategy and production team for Creating Learning Opportunities for Public Officials (CLOP) initiative. Prior to joining J-PAL, Tipu worked in advertising and journalism. Besides working in both broadcast and digital news media, he has also directed and executed numerous brand campaigns, digital films, and television commercials for national and international clients. Tipu holds a Master's degree in Mass Communication from AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia, and he did his Engineering in Computer Science.

He is a passionate youth worker and volunteer who believes in a human-centric and experiential learning approach to system elevation. He has contributed to the development sector for the past 19 years while exploring diverse domains, regions, and thematic areas to influence local and national issues, and state of practices. He has been part of learning journeys for youth groups, early entrepreneurs, Community Based Organization leaders, trainers from government departments, educators, and network anchors.

As a field practitioner, he has worked in conflict-infested regions with adolescents and youth facilitators from indigenous groups of Baiga, Gond, and Santhal communities of Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand. He previously worked with CINI, ASK, Pravah, and Quest Alliance.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Hindi (Hons) from Calcutta University and Masters in Social Work from Vidyasagar University.

Beyond work, he loves traveling, and exploring local cuisine and folklore

Tanaya joins us as Senior Program Manager - Personnel Management in Tamil Nadu. She worked in the Urban Development amd Governance sector for about 14 years. She has worked as a short term consultant to the World Bank and Mc. Larty Associates -BSAG. Prior to this, she worked with the German Development Corporation in India , 'Die Detsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmBH. Prior to that she worked in multinational consulting group and research organisation. Her work encompassed key areas of formulating policies, preparing manuals, institutional and organisationaldevelopment plans, integrated spatial plans, and capacity building at various administrative levels engaging strategic participatory approaches involving multistakeholder groups. She is an Architect having graduated from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) and pursued a Master of Planning with specialisation in Environmental Planningfrom CEPT University, Ahmedabad. She is certified Neuro-Linguistic practitioner and pursuing Master in Psychology with specilisation in Organisational Development. In her spare time, she loves exploring new places, cultures and participating in various performing arts.

Diksha works as a Program Manager in Personnel Management in CEGIS. She started her career as an Oceanographer (Climate Change Research) in National Institute of Oceanography and later transitioned to the Development sector. Capacity building, women empowerment and sustainability are her areas of interest.
Her journey in the development sector began as a fellow at Teach For India, followed by collaboration with United Nations Environment Program and the Government of Andhra Pradesh, focusing on enhancing the sustainability of rural enterprises among minority communities.
Prior to CEGIS, she worked in execution of state-level capacity-building initiatives for the dissemination of Natural Farming practices in the National Resource Organization for Natural Farming. She also was part of the Participatory Video Research team of University of Reading, UK. Furthermore, she has worked in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ.
Beyond work she has interest in trekking, badminton, painting and holds a silver medal at national championships Tao Lu.

Shivani works as a Program Associate in the personnel management vertical at CEGIS. She has previously worked with India Health Action Trust (Uttar Pradesh Technical Support Unit) as a state associate whereby she has supported the Government of Uttar Pradesh by developing and implementing large-scale Human Resources for Health strategies and policies for strengthening the healthcare and allied health professionals’ workforce for optimization of clinical care for the state. She has supported the curation and implementation of competency- based pathways for upskilling the nurses of Uttar Pradesh.
She has studied nursing and midwifery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, and believes that this training has been instrumental in transforming her personally and professionally. As a student nurse for 4 years, she has provided clinical care to several patients and recalls this experience as a practical learning for understanding systemic and institutional challenges of India’s development sector.
Driven by this curiosity, she pursued Masters of Public Health, from the Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Exploring the various dimensions of global health and developmental challenges, she has interned with Oxfam India, Piramal Foundation, NITI Aayog, and SEWA (Self-Employed Women’s Association), Ahmedabad. She has also had a chance to support the World Health Organisation, during the global pandemic of COVID-19 and for the Pulse Polio Immunisation efforts in Southern Gujarat. As a first-generation learner, she is driven by the ethos of equity, empowerment, and discernible communication.
When not working, Shivani takes great interest in learning Western philosophy and human psychology, reading Urdu poetry, and watching French cinema. Occasionally, she writes poetry.

Meenakshi Ruhela joins us as Program Manager in the Personnel Management team in Delhi. She has a unique educational background of HR & Psychology and finds the people aspect at work extremely interesting and intriguing. She has spent about 4 years of her career at Mercer Mettl gaining expertise in psychometric and behavioural assessments. She then moved on to explore the world of performance management and employee engagement at her time with Mesh. In her free time, she loves reading, travelling, swimming, doing yoga, attending art workshops and spending time with friends and family.

Priyank Nagpal is a Program Associate in the Personnel Management team at CEGIS, bringing a year of experience in legislative affairs, policy analysis, and research. He has served as a Research Consultant at the Leader of Opposition's office in the Rajya Sabha and as a LAMP Fellow, where he contributed to parliamentary reports, debates, and policy formation. He holds a B.Sc. (Honours) in Economics from CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Delhi NCR. He has presented research at national and international conferences on topics such as economic development, social welfare, and gender disparities. He is passionate about driving policy reforms and fostering positive governance.