
Programme Officer | South Asia hub
Shiny is supporting programme implementation and communications for India. She is also supporting the Bangladesh Country Programme. Her interests lie in working towards gender transformative change and sustainability. Shiny's prior experience has been in research on gender and equity, in informal economy and evaluations, and urban governance.
Inspirational stories about how ordinary women in India and Kenya have converted the challenges posed by COVID-19 into an opportunity to promote good... Read more...
Water and sanitation interventions should put special focus on strengthening systems of community participation as well as enabling the participation... Read more...
A fact sheet on Indian national and state level institutions in Odisha and Bihar engaging in particular with rural water supply and resources. Read more...
Analysing budget allocations for India's Jal Jeevan Mission to ensure sustainable water services to everyone Read more...
IRC, SuSanA India, Water For People India and other partners pilot joint sector reflection workshop with the state government of Odisha. Read more...
An audio-visual training package developed by UNICEF Odisha and IRC uses popular mascot Tiki Mausi to help elected representatives ensure the safe provision of water and sanitation Read more...
Indicators for hand hygiene monitoring in households, schools and health care centres, for policy makers, implementors and citizens. Read more...
Recommendations for hand hygiene in public places and institutions; hand hygiene in the local governance process; hand hygiene promotion strategy;... Read more...
Policy recommendations for the Indian union government and ministries for water, health, education, women and child development, and local government. Read more...
Policy recommendations for the Indian state government of Odisha and its departments for drinking water and local government, health, education, and... Read more...
Annual budget allocations for water and sanitation in Odisha and at gram panchayat level in Chhatrapur block of Ganjam district. Read more...
The assessment reveals that there is an urgent need for hygiene awareness and behaviour change communication initiatives in Ganjam district. Read more...
Women's Self-help Groups from Odisha, India, are trained in hygiene promotion and soap making. Read more...
Recommendations to address the funding challenges of India's flagship rural water and sanitation initiatives. Read more...
Training a women's self-help group in rural India to realise their dream of a clean village. Read more...
Using the Life-Cycle Cost Approach to understand the rural WASH budget. Read more...
Notes from an online discussion - Interpersonal communication is key in combating the crisis. Read more...
A compilation of best practices from Odisha, India. Read more...
Providing inputs for a ministerial task force supporting Swachh Bharat Mission Phase II. Read more...
Two new Watershed India working papers draw lessons from research in Bihar and Odisha. Read more...