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Saloni Unmesh Parikh

Saloni Unmesh Parikh

Name : Saloni Unmesh Parikh

MGNF district : Surendranagar, Gujarat

salonip20@iimb.ac.in

https://www.linkedin.com/in/parikhsaloni/  

Educational Qualification

  • B.E., Electronics and Communication Engineering (2015-19), Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Gujarat Technological University

Professional Appointments/Work Experience

  • Skill Development Trainer (01 – 02, 2020), Empower-Ed  

  • Marketing Intern, Byju’s (09/2019) 

  • Content Writer, OpenXcell Technolabs (12/2018 - 06/2019) 

  • Volunteer (2015-2019) National Service Scheme, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, GOI 

  • Shaper (2017- current) Ahmedabad Gobal Shapers, World Economic Forum 

Projects led/ initiated in district

  • Tangaliya Shawl handloom GI renewal: Creating a business model for 150 artisans of the weaver community for creating value-added products they can sell on a unified platform, in association with EDII, GNLU, NABARD, NIFT. Project funding by NABARD. 

  • Tourism Development in the district: Identifying heritage places in each village with the help of gram panchayat, compiling data for district administration to skill local community in these places to encourage home stay options in association with Atulya Vaarso NGO 

  • Working with district administration to create tourism circuits and theme-based heritage, eco and medicinal Tourism.  

  • Helping SHGs in marketing their products in local markets and abroad with the help of district people with good networks - local, national and abroad.  

  •  Taking SDGs as prime focus for overall development of model villages 

  • Working with TDOs on creating a plan focussing on needs of the taluk.  

  • Piloting project 'CareerNama' in govt. schools of standard 9-12: The project focuses on helping children think deeper on their own skills and qualities they want to develop with the help of Interest Assessment Test created by Gujarat Skill Development Mission.  (This project is a cumulative effort of fellows from districts of Porbandar, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Rajkot and Surendranagar ) 10 schools selected for pilot, 1000 students to be benefitted 

  •  Identifying skill sets of the district.  During DSDP formation, visited all 10 taluks of the districts. For the upcoming months, the plan under the mentorship of hon'ble collector and DDO is to live in the taluks for 15 days each and prepare a skill development plan for each taluk, with no one left behind. 

Skills

  • Persuasive Communication 

  • Collaboration 

  • Policy Research and Writing

Achievements/Awards/ Policy and Context Blogs

  • Awarded NSS National Award 2017-2018 as Best NSS Volunteer by hon’ble President of India Shri Ramnath Kovind on September 24, 2019 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. (For undertaking community development initiatives especially project VishwaShala, for slum kids near college) 

  • Felicitated as the Best paper presenter (3) for research paper on PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH VOLUNTEERING IN COMMUNITY SERVICE, a t International Symposium on SDGS at Ahmedabad in Feb 2019. 

  • Represented India in Germany (Hochschule Wismar University) in the International Experience Program (IEP) under GTU and VGEC for 1 month. (June 14– July 22, 2018) 

  • Contributed in drafting of Gujarat Technological University’s Innovation and Incubation policy at GTU Innovation Council through research inputs under mentorship of Shri Hiranmay Mahanta, i-Hub, Government of Gujarat.