Bhavana Rao

MSW graduate (TISS Mumbai) with experience in CSR-adjacent programme work, monitoring & evaluation, and impact assessment across mental health and gender-based development contexts. Have run baseline surveys, led qualitative evaluations, and turned field data into donor-facing reports. Comfortable working across NGO, community, and institutional stakeholders. Looking for a role in CSR programme support, M&E, or impact evaluation.

Career Break – Family Caregiving at Self (2025-10 – 2026-06)

Paused full-time work to care for a family member. Stayed connected to the field through independent reading and study in M&E and CSR.

Programme Co-Lead & Reintegration Lead at ECRC, The Banyan (2025-07 – 2025-09)

• Oversaw programme planning and M&E for a women's inpatient mental health recovery facility, tracking outcomes across intake, stabilisation, and reintegration stages.
• Tracked timelines and deliverables across a multidisciplinary team of social workers, nurses, and healthcare staff, managing coordination and quality compliance.
• Managed community outreach and Critical Time Intervention programme delivery, from needs assessment through stabilisation for homeless women with psychosocial vulnerabilities.
• Built and maintained clinical documentation and programme review processes used for internal reporting.
• Trained interns and new staff on programme protocols to keep service delivery consistent.

Field Work at MANAV Foundation (2025-04 – 2025-05)

MSW Field Placement, TISS

• Designed and led a mixed-methods evaluation (FGDs and interviews) to assess programme outcomes.
• Converted field data into a structured impact assessment report and a donor-facing case study.
• Adapted life-skills curriculum delivery based on participant feedback and a functional needs assessment.

Field Work at ANHAD – Act Now for Harmony and Democracy (2024-09 – 2024-10)

MSW Field Placement, TISS

• Designed and administered a 280-respondent mental health survey using validated screening tools, generating baseline data on depression prevalence.
• Ran a community needs assessment that shaped follow-up programming on domestic violence awareness and menstrual hygiene.
• Put together pictorial documentation of survey findings, used for stakeholder engagement and a successful pitch for a permanent counsellor placement.
• Facilitated social-emotional learning sessions for school-age children as part of the broader community programme.

MSW in Mental Health Specialisation – Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai (2023 – 2025)

B.A. in Economics – Madras Christian College, Chennai (2019 – 2022)