Professional Experience:
Team Leader – Public Finance Management
S.K. Patodia & Associates LLP (Patna Municipal Corporation, Patna)
July 2024 – Present
Spearheading tax augmentation strategies and procedural improvements, ensuring compliance and efficiency for municipal revenue generation.
Overseeing critical infrastructure projects, including the installation of mobile towers (above-ground) and optical fibre networks (below-ground), coordinating with stakeholders to streamline approvals and implementation.
Young Professional – Monitoring, Evaluation & Capacity Building
Bihar Gram Swaraj Yojna Society (Panchayati Raj Department, Govt. of Bihar)
April 2019 – April 2024
Led statewide Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) initiatives for rural development schemes, including designing data collection frameworks and analyzing outcomes using MS Excel to inform policy decisions.
Key Achievements:
Directed the “Janaakansha” project, mapping rural expectations across Bihar, resulting in actionable insights adopted by the Urban Development & Housing Department for replication in urban studies.
Architected the Panchayat Development Index (PDI), coordinating with 35+ line departments to standardize 150+ indicators, driving data-driven governance and launched statewide in 2024.
Trained 1,200+ Elected Representatives and officials on governance frameworks, enhancing institutional capacity for decentralized planning.
Delivered high-impact reports and presentations for stakeholders, including scheme progress analyses and recommendations for corrective actions.
Internships & Field Exposure
Reliance Foundation (Navi Mumbai & Sawai Madhopur) | Sep – Dec 2018
Conducted an impact assessment of guava farming interventions in Rajasthan, analyzing socio-economic outcomes and recommending scalable strategies for rural livelihoods.
Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (Khargone, MP) | Jan – Feb 2018
Mapped water resource challenges in Tigaria Village, linking socio-economic disparities to infrastructure gaps, with findings used to prioritize community-led solutions.
Jharkhand Milk Federation (Medha Dairy) | May – Jul 2018
Evaluated backward-forward integration of dairy operations, proposing efficiency improvements that reduced operational bottlenecks by 15%.
Skills Highlight
Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) | Data Analysis (MS Excel, G Suite) | Stakeholder Collaboration
Report Writing & Presentation Design | Capacity Building | Project Management
Certifications: Gender Mainstreaming (NIRDPR), WASH (UNICEF), AI & ChatGPT (Skill Nation)