Resume

• 2012

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  Criminal Justice and Corrections

  Rutgers

  The State University of New Jersey-Newark

• 2009

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  Social Work

  Tata Institute of Social Sciences

• 2005

  English

  Hindi

  Bachelor's degree

  English Literature

  St. Xavier's College

• 2000

  High School

  Woodstock School

• Sakhi for South Asian Women

  Mixed-methods research

  Gender Studies

  English

  Human Trafficking

  Microsoft Office

  Customer Service

  Sexual Violence

  Teamwork

  Qualitative Research

  Public Speaking

  Microsoft Word

  Social Media

  Stata

  Criminal Justice

  PowerPoint

  Photoshop

  Quantitative Research

  Violence Against Women

  Microsoft Excel

  Research

  Bhardwaj

  Researching Gender

  Crime

  Fear of Crime and Inequalities

  Ntasha

  Bhardwaj

  Shivaji Nagar Police Station

  National Council for Research on Women

  Byculla District Prison- Prayas

  DOVE Program

  Rutgers School of Criminal Justice

  Axis Bank Foundation

  Vera Institute of Justice

  Rutgers School of Criminal Justice

  Instructor

  Newark

  New Jersey

  Rutgers School of Criminal Justice

  Vera Institute of Justice

  New York

  NY

  • Conducting recruitment to and qualitative interviews with public defenders as part of a National Institute of Justice funded study looking at indigent defense services for defendants with mental health issues\n• Measuring and understanding the specific challenges faced by defenders when representing clients with mental health disorders

  Defender Research

  Certified Rape Crisis Counselor

  DOVE Program

  National Council for Research on Women

  New York

  NY

  •Conduct regular

  relevant research on topics which affect the lives of women and girls

  and contribute to the development of policy briefs\n•Prepare primers to inform the general public about current issues\n•Support the programmatic and research components of NCRW website\n•Provide administrative support when needed

  Research Intern

  •Handle the accounts of 6 NGOs working to provide education to underprivileged children located in different parts of India

  collating their financials

  working with them on capacity building to help maximize the impact created \n•Visit NGOs once in three months to assess the progress and make corrective action where required\n•Conceptualize and implement different sustainability initiatives towards reducing the carbon foot print of Axis Bank\n•Launched a recycling program for the corporate office of Axis Bank converting all the dry waste into recycled notepads

  notebooks \n•Strategize and execute fund raising activities for the Foundation

  Program Manager

  Mumbai Area

  India

  Axis Bank Foundation

  Rutgers School of Criminal Justice

  Shivaji Nagar Police Station

  •Collated data on the Shivaji Nagar community and the police station to understand the makeup of the community and the police personnel\n•Facilitated in bridging the gap between the inhabitants of Shivaji Nagar and the police station

  Student Social Worker

  Mumbai Area

  India

  •Worked with women in prison in areas of rehabilitation

  legal-aid and other services\n•Analyzed records on inmates from Nepal

  interfaced with these inmates to present their cases as victims of the criminal justice system\n•Worked with the lawyers of clients to understand client need and government assistance\n•Data collected in this study is being presented to the government of India to facilitate policy change \n•Compiled data on the “Probation of Offenders Act” to spread awareness about the act and identified loopholes in its implementation Interacted extensively with foreign inmates

  informing them about their rights and linking them to their respective consulates

  Student Social Worker

  Mumbai Area

  India

  Byculla District Prison- Prayas