CURRICULUM VITAE
Jyotsna Mohan
Home Address
5/16 JAC Road
Shipra Suncity, Indirapuram
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
India, Pin Code- 201014
Mobile No. 9654440441
Electronic Mail: jyotsnapandey.singh@gmail.com
Citizenship: Indian
Passport No- J3779634
DoB:29.08.1970
Skype: jyotsna.mohan1
Current Work Interests
Project Management (Planning Monitoring and Evaluation-PME), Proposal writing on
various socio-economic aspects ( governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Community
Development, human right issues, gender, Health, micro-finance, land and livelihood
environmental research), Fund Raising, Networking and linkages, Institutional development,
Training and Capacity building,
Education
Ph.D 2003 SSS/CSRD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Topic of thesis "Wastelands
Identification, Monitoring and Management: A Case Study of Ganganagar District."
M.Phil. 1998 SSS/CSRD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Topic of thesis "Wastelands
Identification, Management and Monitoring (1971-2001)
M.A 1993 Patna University, Geography, 1st Class
B.A 1991, Patna University, Geography Honours with Philosophy and Sociology subsidiary
subjects, 1st Class
Awards
Awarded National Eligibility Test (NET), Conducted by UGC in Urban & Regional Planning,
1998.
Awarded India Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Fellowship from March 2000 to
November 2002
Technical Qualification:
1999 to 2000—10-month PG Diploma Course in Remote Sensing & GIS at the Indian Institute
Of Remote Sensing, Dehradun.
Computer Efficiency: MS Office, SPSS, Image processing software like ARC view and ERDAS
Employment Record
May 2010...Continuing Program Manager – Voluntary Action Network India – New Delhi
July 2009 - April 2010 Consultant with Saahasee – New Delhi
October 2006 to November 2008 Lecturer, Amity University, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh
April 2005 till September 2006 Program Manager, Saahasee, New Delhi
June 2004 till March 2005 Environmental scientist, Development Alternatives, New Delhi
March 2003 to March 2004 Project Consultant, Centre for Earth Sciences Studies (CESS),
Govt. of India, Trivandrum
January 1998 to March 1999 Researcher, Butterfly’s, New Delhi
 Research Experience and Responsibilities
o Writing various research based advocacy proposals and fund raising on Policy,
Diverse social issues affecting Indian NGOs and their interrelations with various
government and private bodies especially on governance issues and regulatory
regime for voluntary sector, Community development focusing different issues
on health, sanitation microfinance, education, livelihood generation gender and
environmental issues. I have written successful proposals to OXFAM, Action Aid,
Childfund, Christian Aid, Care, ICCO, Bread for the World, Heinrich Bol
Foundation CORDAID, CIVICUS etc. and have generated fund.
o Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation
 Other Skills
o Networking and liaison
o Organizing seminars at India and International levels on the issues of
challenges faced by voluntary organizations of India and Asian region
Publications:
o Coordinated and wrote the book (part) “Global Footprints of India”, Voluntary Action
Network India Publication- October-2013
o Coordinated and Authored the book entitled ’Status of Voluntary Sector in India’,
Voluntary Action Network India Publication- 2013
o Jyotsna, (1993) Diet pattern in India, geographical journal of India.
o Jyotsna Mohan, Water Resource Management and Utilization in Kerala: Ecology,
Economy and Institutional Issues, Centre for Earth Sciences Studies (CESS), Govt. of
India, Trivandrum , 2004
o Jyotsna M. Singh (2011) Future of Voluntary sector - an Indian Perspective, Civil
Society Voices, VANI, March - 2011
o Jyotsna M. Singh (2011) Good Governance and Strengthening of Voluntary Sector In
India, Civil Society Voices, VANI, March - 2011
Trainings/Paper Presented
 Attended ‘Global Training of Trainer for CSO DE’ organized by Civicus and APRN at
Johannesburg, South Africa, 25th-27th June, 2013
 Creating Enabling Environment for the voluntary sector in South Asia: An Indian
Perspective, Tunisia –World Social Forum, 26-30 March, 2013
 Indian Civil Society Perspective of G 20 at Mexico City, Mexico June 14th, 2012
 “A Critical Civil society Perspective of the G20” at VYK, New Delhi (October 14, 2011)
 “Access to Water and Sanitation in South Asia and India”, International Symposium
of Water and Sanitation , Dakar, Senegal, North-West Africa (5,6 and 7 October,
2011)
 “Gender Impact Assessment of the Environment and Sustainable Development:
South Asia Perspective” in a National Seminar on Gender and Space: Discourses on
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Women in India at India International Center conducted by Council for Social
Development, New Delhi (7th September 2007)
“Disaster Management and Mitigation: A Human Right Approach” in National
Seminar in Disaster management and mitigation: A Human Right approach at Amity
University, UP (2nd February, 2007)
“Sustainable and Sensitive Communities”, in the National Seminar on “Reorganizing
the Community – Challenges for Social Work Profession” at Bhim Rao Ambedkar
College (Delhi University) Supported by University Grant Commission (16th March
2006)
Wasteland monitoring and management: A remote sensing & GIS approach: A case
study of Haridwar region, Paper presented in EPAH Workshop, Pantnagar (01st Oct.
‘04)
Wasteland Management: A Case Study of Bihar, at the National Conference on
Urbanization, Kanpur (December 1999).