Rishi Nandwani

Engagement Manager (Project Lead) , Impact Consulting, Management Consulting

Bengaluru, India

A development sector professional with 10+ years in the education and impact consulting domains, I have diverse technical, leadership, strategic and managerial skills that I’ve applied across different countries, communities and contexts. I enjoy solving complex problems, leading teams, and building impactful solutions.

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Area of Expertise:
  • Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
  • Director, CEO, COP, President
  • Fundraising, Business Development, Grants Writer
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research
  • Social, Gender, Education, Youth, Child
Professional Experience:

Sattva Consulting
Engagement Manager, Non-Profit Advisory
June 2023 - December 2024
- As Project Lead, managed project teams and project delivery, working with prominent nonprofits on strategy development, systems change, operational planning, and research
- As Reporting Manager, supervised performance, wellbeing, and retention of four Consultants
- Developed sales proposals for non-profit clients, successfully closing deals worth 1.3 Cr
- Contributed to internal strategic initiatives related to Products, L&D, and Project Governance

Enabling Leadership Singapore
Regional Lead, South East Asia
April 2022 - June 2023
- Established and grew the EL Play and EL Build Programs to reach a total of 27 schools and 1100
students in Cambodia and Singapore within a year
- Recruited and managed a team of 18 part-time and 9 full-time employees across the region
- Planned and led the implementation of all program activities and events end-to-end, including
operations, M&E, training etc. - directly managing a regional budget of USD 170,000
- Developed short- and long-term strategic plans to build resources and capacity for expansion
- Conducted a research project with a local university, and established key regional partnerships

Enabling Leadership India
Program Lead, Just For Kicks
May 2018 - March 2022
- Conceptualised and wrote the Just For Kicks program curriculum comprising 192 Lesson Plans
targeting life skill and leadership development in students between the ages of 9 to 16 years old
- Designed a virtual life skills program during COVID-19 school closures which was implemented
across eight locations, impacting 9000 government school students
- Trained over 100 Program Managers and Coaches to implement the program across all locations
- Led multiple strategic initiatives around mixed-gender programming, impact evaluation, etc.
- Secured multiple grants from organisations like EMpower and the FIFA Foundation; established
the organisation as a member of the Common Goal Network

Just For Kicks (acquired by Enabling Leadership)
City Lead, Pune
May 2016 - April 2018
- Recruited and managed a team of 3 full-time and 13 part-time staff
- Managed relationships with stakeholders across 18 schools (government and private)
- Secured more than 3 Cr in CSR funding from Credit Suisse and other corporates
- Expanded the outreach of the Just For Kicks program from 400 to 1000 students in two years
- Developed org training plans and delivered ongoing training to 50+ Coaches across six locations
- Designed modules for World Vision India and delivered training to 23 Coaches

Teach For India
Fellow, Pune
May 2014 - April 2016
Year 1
- Taught all subjects to 33 8th-grade students in a government school, increasing their reading
comprehension by 3 grade levels and math averages by 30%
- Developed Math assessments as part of the Math Committee
Year 2
- Taught Mathematics to 35 8th-grade students and Algebra to 65 9th-grade students
- Founding teacher at iTeach Secondary School, Kondhwa.
- Volunteered with Just For Kicks as part of the “Be The Change” Initiative

Education:

B. Tech Biotechnology from Vellore Institute of Technology

Available for:

  • Consulting assignments
  • Job opportunities
  • Being headhunted – make me an offer

Years of Experience:

10-15 years

Highest Qualification:

Bachelors

Languages:

English, Hindi, Tamil (Functional)

Nationality:

Indian