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title: "Shivani Gupta - Senior Program Associate in New Delhi | Tal"
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# Shivani Gupta on Tal

## Headline

CEGIS \| I\-PAC \| Quality Council of India \| Government Advisory

## Location

New Delhi

## AI stack

claude

gemini

Napkin AI

## Work experience

Senior Program Associate at Centre for Effective Governance of Indian States \(CEGIS\), Nov 2023 \- Jul 2026 · 2 yrs 9 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India, NITI Aayog \- Worked at the intersection of governance reform, digital public infrastructure, and evidence\-based policy design in India\. \- Led the iGOT Digital Public Infrastructure rollout across 500\+ underserved administrative blocks, onboarding 5,000\+ Block Level Officials and managing technology adoption resistance on the ground\. Designed national\-level competency frameworks and MEL systems for the Aspirational Blocks Programme under NITI Aayog across 27 states\. Government of Karnataka's Women and Child Development Department \- Led qualitative field research across five ICDS cadres to diagnose why policy interventions were failing at the last mile and turned those findings into a 190\-page institutional Competency Profiles document adopted for statewide capacity building\. \- Produced policy briefs, concept notes, and evidence reports for NITI Aayog senior leadership and state government stakeholders\. \- Applied World Bank, UNICEF, and OECD frameworks to India's governance programmes through international benchmarking studies\. \- Deep working knowledge of India's central schemes , ABP, Mission Karmayogi, NIPUN Bharat, Samagra Shiksha, Diksha, Ayushman Bharat, PMAY, PM\-Kisan\.

Senior Associate at I\-PAC \(Indian Political Action Committee\), Feb 2023 \- Nov 2023 · 10 mos, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Led policy research and public affairs strategy across 10\+ multi\-state projects — translating complex stakeholder landscapes into actionable campaign and programme design\. Managed high\-level engagements with political and government stakeholders across Rajasthan and West Bengal, supporting policy outreach and citizen engagement initiatives\. Oversaw field implementation across multiple states, adjusting programme design based on ground evidence — achieving a 30% improvement in public responsiveness\. Core work: rapid research synthesis, stakeholder mapping, policy communication, and translating political intelligence into strategy\.

Analyst at Quality Council of India\(QCI\), Feb 2022 \- Nov 2022 · 10 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India, Conducted regulatory impact assessments and sector\-agnostic policy analyses for DPIIT and central government stakeholders covering trade, ease of doing business, nutrition policy, and sustainable development\. Developed monitoring and assessment frameworks for industry standards and state support programmes\. Contributed to the Swachh Survekshan national sanitation assessment including field assessor training, desktop evaluation, and direct engagement with Urban Local Body officials and State Mission Directorates\.

Junior Analyst at Quality Council of India\(QCI\), Dec 2020 \- Mar 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos, New Delhi, Developed the institutional framework for the National Institute of Chartered Program/Project Professionals \(NICPP\) recommending industry best practices for the adoption of project and programme management standards in India\.

## Education

Master's degree, Public Policy Analysis, St\. Xavier's College

B\.A, History, Ramjas College, University of Delhi

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