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title: "Asmita Deekshit - Community Capacity Head at UP SMT in Kanpur | Tal"
description: "Meet Asmita Deekshit, TISS based in Kanpur."
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# Asmita Deekshit on Tal

## Headline

TISS

## Location

Kanpur

## Work experience

Community Capacity Head at UP SMT at DRISHTEE, Jan 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 6 mos, ● Overseeing the implementation and success of projects\. ● Leadership in execution of projects related to sustainable livelihood, rural development, and women entrepreneurship and empowerment\. ● Planning\. implementing, monitoring, and evaluating project activities

Vidushi Fellow at DRISHTEE, Jun 2023 \- Dec 2023 · 7 mos, ● I completed an intensive 6 month program focusing on promoting rural women entrepreneurship\. ● Led a community service project ● Engaged in a mentorship program with leaders and developing strategies for eff ective leadership and innovation\.

Sub\-Head Finance at E\-Cell TISS Tuljapur, Aug 2022 \- May 2023 · 10 mos

Project Intern at GUJARAT LIVELIHOOD PROMOTION COMPANY LTD, Jan 2023 \- Feb 2023 · 2 mos, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, ● Interning at GLPC provided valuable experience in various aspects of livelihood\. ● Community development, and possibly rural entrepreneurship were the main focus areas with respect to government schemes and initiatives\.

Development Intern at Astha Sansthan, Oct 2022 \- Nov 2022 · 2 mos, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, ● I mainly worked around diverse social issues, education, women's empowerment, rural development, and healthcare\. ● If off ered hands\-on experience in social work and development\. I also got a chance to make a positive impact while building my professional skills and network\.

Summer Intern at Yug Bharti Sansthan, May 2022 \- Jun 2022 · 2 mos, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, ● I did an intensive field based internship where I enhanced my learning with community engagement, implementation of field tools like PRA and resource mapping\. ● Analyzing and preparing reports on diff erent aspects such as education, health, livelihood and other parameters of the village which was submitted in grom panchayat\.

## Education

Masters in Social Work in Rural Development, Rural Development, Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Bachelor of Commerce \- BCom, Accounting and Finance, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University \(CSJMU\), Kanpur

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