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description: "Meet Vidita Priyadarshini, Program Lead @ SCALE (Under The Convergence Foundation network) | Ex-J-PAL | Public Policy | Systems Change | Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning based in Greater Delhi Area."
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# Vidita Priyadarshini on Tal

## Headline

Program Lead @ SCALE \(Under The Convergence Foundation network\) \| Ex\-J\-PAL \| Public Policy \| Systems Change \| Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

## About

Public policy professional with 8 years of experience working on labour, entrepreneurship, and civic education issues\. Currently obsessed with finding high impact programs to take to scale through governments, and building the right capabilities for organisations driving them\.

## Location

Greater Delhi Area

## Work experience

Program Lead at SCALE, Jul 2025 \- Present · 1 yr, Greater Delhi Area, Founding Team member for a newly incubated organization by The Convergence Foundation Heading the Knowledge & Research vertical\. www\.scale\.net\.in

Program Lead \- SCALE at The Convergence Foundation, Jul 2025 \- Oct 2025 · 4 mos, Delhi, India, SCALE is under the TCF network, and will focus on supporting a range of actors working towards systems change\.

Policy Manager at Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab \(J\-PAL\), Nov 2022 \- Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Delhi, India, I worked as the regional policy outreach lead for J\-PAL’s Labour Markets and Firms sectors in South Asia and I was responsible for executing or providing oversight to emerging policy partnerships, with state and central government institutions, NGOs and private sector organisations in India\. I also contributed to executive\-level strategy on partnerships in consultation with the organisation's senior leadership, and support project\-level or institutional fundraising activities\. My main mandates included facilitating the development of research projects \(large\-scale randomised evaluations, pilot studies, gap assessments\) that were led by J\-PAL network researchers, leading planning and execution of policy advisory sessions with government and NGO partners, and developing evidence syntheses and reviews based on completed research from the network customised for local contexts\. Received J\-Star Award for Outstanding Contribution in a worldwide staff recognition programme in 2022\.

Senior Policy and Communications Associate at Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab \(J\-PAL\), Nov 2020 \- Oct 2022 · 2 yrs, Worked on the Labour Markets and Firms sectors\.

Policy and Communications Associate at Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab \(J\-PAL\), Jan 2019 \- Oct 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos, Greater Delhi Area, Policy: Supporting and/or leading activities in evidence generation, synthesis, and dissemination, for the Labour Markets and Firms sectors, and the institutional partnership with Government of Punjab\. > About the Labour Markets sector: The sector evaluates what works to get the unemployed back into the workforce, to ease young people’s transitions into the working world, provide the skills entrepreneurs need to succeed, and help businesses grow and innovate\. > About the Firms sector: The sector seeks to evaluate how to best help firms grow, innovate, and contribute to economic growth, and to better understand the impact of firms on workers’ well\-being in and out of the workplace\. > About the Institutional Partnership with Government of Punjab: The aim of the partnership is to institutionalise evidence\-informed policymaking in the state, with the goal of scaling up the programmes and policies that are found to be most effective\. Communications: Supporting and/or leading activities in content creation, team capacity building, and external outreach\. > About the Communications team: The Communications team at J\-PAL South Asia promotes the usage of J\-PAL’s research, policy, and training outputs\. The team coordinates across multiple offices in South Asia to provide institutional as well as project\-level support, and works closely with the J\-PAL Global office at MIT to align South Asia’s regional communications strategy with broader organisational objectives\.

Research Assistant at Seeking Modern Applications for Real Transformation, Sep 2018 \- Dec 2018 · 4 mos, Greater Delhi Area, I worked on an educational boardgame project on the Indian elections where I contributed to the design and production\. I worked on electoral trends analysis to inform the content of the game, supported game testing with students and professionals, and supported the development of a distribution strategy following the launch of the game\.

Newsletter Editor \(Part\-Time\) at International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organisation \(IHEYO\), Nov 2015 \- Aug 2016 · 10 mos, London Area, United Kingdom, I worked with the youth wing of the International Humanist and Ethical Union\. This remote role involved close collaboration with the Social Media Officer, and Executive Committee comprising of members from various countries\. The main goal was to expand outreach to non\-member organisations and encourage participation, and build targeted content for existing member organisations\. Responsibilities included: \- Conceptualising monthly email newsletters and advertising campaigns \- Recruiting and supervising a group of regular contributors from different continent\-based regional groups \- Editing and promoting blog content Skills learnt: Basic Graphic Design, Content Management, email\-marketing \(MailChimp\)

## Education

Master of Arts \(M\.A\.\), Political Science, Central European University

Bachelor of Arts \(Honours\), Political Science, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi

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