Sandeep Sharma

Head - Education at Save the Children, India

Delhi, India

About

I am a development professional with more than 13 years of extensive experience in the area of Early Childhood Development and Education. I am presently leading the Education thematic portfolio at Bal Raksha Bharat (also known as Save the Children India) which comprises the sub-thematic areas of Early Childhood Care and Education, School Education & Safe Schools. I am responsible for the development of the programme strategy, support development of materials, training cadres of people (both internal and external) working in the sector, developing strategic partnerships, supporting the development of assessment tools and evaluations, etc. In my previous role in the organization, I was leading the Early Childhood Care and Education portfolio and was responsible for designing as well as implementing different multi-state interventions on early learning working. I also have the experience of designing and leading multi-sectoral research in the area of Early Childhood Care and Education.

Experience

  • Bal Raksha Bharat (7 yrs 11 mos)
    • Head - Education
      Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

    • Senior Manager - Education
      Mar 2023 - Oct 2023 · 8 mos

    • Manager - ECCE
      Oct 2021 - Feb 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Senior Research Manager - Monitoring And Evaluation at Going to School
    Jun 2017 - Aug 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Centre for Early Childhood Education and Development, Ambedkar University, Delhi (5 yrs 6 mos)
    • Project Associate
      Jan 2013 - Nov 2016 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    • Project Assistant
      Jun 2011 - Dec 2012 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Research Assistant at DIPR, DRDO
    Aug 2010 - Apr 2011 · 9 mos