Recruitment Presentation

November 2018
Get to know Samagra

Overview

Our Work

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Get to know Samagra

Overview

Our Work

Our People

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About Samagra

We are an impact-driven top-tier Indian

governance consulting firm

Our mission is to improve quality of life

of citizens through better governance

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Our work impacts a diverse set of beneficiaries

We work with the political and bureaucratic leadership in the states on

statewide systemic transformation programmes across governance domains

Our Work Our Impact

4 7 50 lac+ 2 lac
States Programmes Students Youth

50+ 60 lac+
Govt. departments Farmers

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Our approach is designed to solve complex governance problems

Our approach includes a

top-down view of problem statements,
a bottom-up understanding
of governance realities,
and effective use of tech. & data;
when these things come together,
we believe magic happens.

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Get to know Samagra

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We work with governments on state-wide transformation programmes

HARYANA HIMACHAL PRADESH

CM’s Good Governance Associates

Samarth

ODISHA

Saksham Haryana - Education

ADAPT

Digital Haryana ANDHRA PRADESH

Saksham Haryana – Skills & Employment Vidya Vikasam

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There are some characteristics common to all our programmes

1 2-3 year long programmes

2 Holistic systems thinking approach

State-wide
Transformation 3 Solution design for scale from the start
Programmes

4 Administrative + technical initiatives

5 Strong pull from the state leadership

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CMGGA: Catalyzing governance through young professionals

Design and management of the Chief Minister’s

Good Governance Associates (CMGGA) programme
to drive delivery and reforms through 22 young
professionals posted in 22 districts of Haryana

Facilitating execution Transforming specific Trying governance

1 of flagship schemes
of the Government 2 governance systems
identified with the CM 3 innovations & scaling
up across the state
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Samarth: Transforming school education in Himachal Pradesh

A two year education transformation programme

across all 14,000 Government elementary schools to
improve learning levels of students across classes
I to VIII

Administrative initiatives Technical initiatives

1 OMR based review mechanism 1 Class Readiness Program

2 Teacher Transfer Act & Portal 2 Competency list in classrooms

3 Timely delivery of textbooks 3 App based teacher training

4 Consolidation of schools 4 Activity based learning

5 e-School Development Plan 5 Flow of assessment data

6 SMS Portal for instant comm. 6 Assessments analytics

7 Khaas Shiksha – teacher rewards 7 m-Report Card

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Digital Haryana: Designing & driving the digital journey of the state

A cell in the CM Office to drive a digital roadmap for

the state and streamline citizen schemes and service
delivery across all 36 Government departments

SARANSH – Analytics

H AR Y A N A S T AC K
SANGAM – Events

STHAAN – G-Governance

SARAL – Citizen Services

SANGRAH – Data System

Digital Haryana Summit

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14th September 2017
ADAPT: Improving farm productivity and farmer income in Odisha

An effort with the agriculture department to improve

farm productivity and farmer income through a data
stack for agriculture and a decision support system

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Saksham Haryana: Transforming school education in the state

A cell working closely with the CM Office and the

school education department to design and implement
strategies for achieving grade level competencies for
80% students in Government schools of the state

Structural
Assessment Technology School Institutional
Initiatives
Framework Systems Configuration Reforms

Pedagogical Primary (1-5)

Technology Remedial Learning
Initiatives Middle (6-8)
Pilots Education Collateral

District
driven Administrative Student Teacher Community
Initiatives Leadership Support Empowerment Engagement

Enablers Communication Review Saksham Saksham

Channels System Campaign Ghoshana

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Saksham Haryana: Linking youth to employement in the state

A cell working with multiple departments of the state

Government and the Centre to get 2 lakh youth in the
state linked to employment over a period of 2 years

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Vidya Vikasam: Driving assessment reforms in Andhra Pradesh

A three year programme to build best-in-class, in-

house Assessment Cell for school education in the
state, and drive impovement in learning outcomes
of students

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 We collaborate with a diverse set of changemakers

Samagra has a sense of empathy, which is missing in what I call

power point consulting. It is about being in the trenches and
working side by side with the government and bringing about
Debasish Mitter changes which are sustainable, large scale and bold.
Director, Michael and Susan Dell
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Foundation

Whether it is identifying problems, developing solutions or

implementing them, Samagra's approach is a mix and marriage of
a top down consulting model and a bottom up understanding
of the governance ecosystem, along with infusing technology &
Dr. Saurabh Garg
real data insights. Hear more Principal Secretary Agriculture,
Govt. of Odisha

Pramath Raj Sinha
Founder, Ashoka University &
Vedika Scholars Program
Samagra is willing to get its feet dirty. They go to the ground and
interact with different classes of people whether it is government
staff or farmers. Their approach is extremely data backed.
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We are a growing organisation of 45+ professionals from diverse
backgrounds

LSR

SRCC NLSIU

McKinsey BCG ITC AZB UpGrad MSDF

AT Kearney Bain & Co. P&G Google CarDekho Pratham

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We are steered by a team of experienced professionals

Gaurav Goel Ankur Bansal Rahul Kulkarni Rohit Kumar

Founder & CEO Co-Founder Technology Expert Public Policy Expert

▪ Co-founder & Managing ▪ Lead, Health Portfolio ▪ Co-founder – DoNew ▪ Co-founder – YLAC
Director – FourthLion – Dell Foundation
▪ First Product Manager ▪ Policy Head – Office
▪ Management Consultant ▪ Director – Zuna Capital – Google India of Baijayant Panda
– McKinsey & Company ▪ Senior Manager – PwC ▪ Product Manager ▪ Associate – BCG
▪ MBA – IIM Calcutta ▪ Chartered Accountant – National Instruments
▪ Economic & Policy
▪ Computer Science & ▪ Masters in Law – ▪ MS Engineering – Harvard Kennedy
Engineering – IIT Delhi – Georgia Tech.
University of Auckland ▪ B.Tech. – IIT Bombay

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A committed and talented team drives our programmes

Anish Utkarsh
▪ IIM, Ahmedabad 2008 ▪ NIT Jalandhar, 2012
▪ Previously worked as VP Strategy at ▪ Previously worked as a Consultant at
Lodha Group; Manager at A.T. Kearney Boston Consulting Group
▪ Leads the Saksham Haryana Education ▪ Leads the Digital Haryana team
team at Samagra at Samagra

Sukhpreet Mohit
▪ Shri Ram College of Commerce, 2009 ▪ Symbiosis, Pune, 2006
▪ Previously worked as a Team Lead at ▪ Previously worked as Associate Director
Pratham at KPMG; Senior Manager at IQVIA
▪ Leads the ADAPT team in Orissa ▪ Leads the Samarth Himachal team
at Samagra at Samagra

Apoorva
▪ Chevening Scholar, University of Sussex
▪ Previously worked as a Fellowship Recruiter
Teach for India
▪ Led Samarth Himachal team at Samagra
Ankit
▪ IIT Kharagpur, 2013
▪ Previously worked as a Process Engineer
and Business Analyst at Rio Tinto
▪ Leads growth initiatives at Samagra

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A committed and talented team works on delivery

Vaibhav Navneet
▪ Indian School of Business, 2018 ▪ Young India Fellowship, 2016
▪ Previously worked as a Consultant with ▪ Previously worked as an Associate at
Ministry for Skill Dev. & Entrepreneurship Bain and Co.
▪ Part of the Saksham Haryana Employment ▪ Part of the ADAPT team in Orissa
team at Samagra at Samagra

Avantika Hardik
▪ National Law School, Bangalore, 2012 ▪ IIT Bombay, 2015
▪ Previously worked as a Teach for India ▪ Previously worked as a Product Manager
Fellow (2012-14) at Upgrad
▪ Part of the Saksham Haryana Education ▪ Part of the Digital Haryana team
team at Samagra at Samagra

Saif Ujjwal
▪ IIT Kharagpur, 2015 ▪ NSIT, 2015; Young India Fellowship, 2017
▪ Previously worked as a Political Consultant ▪ Previously worked as a Software Engineer
at IPAC at Directi and Microsoft
▪ Product Manager in the Central Tech team ▪ Part of the CMGGA program team
at Samagra at Samagra

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Get to know Samagra

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Why should you join Samagra?

Samagra presents a unique opportunity to create

real impact at scale through better governance,
have a steep learning curve as a professional
and embark on an unparalleled growth trajectory
to be a leader in the impact domain.

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We nurture leaders by means of our people philosophy

A personalized A systematic A broad spectrum of Smart, motivated and

approach to career mechanism to experience across driven co-workers
advancement with identify, improve and contexts, governance contributing to
regular catch ups track hard and soft domains and positive energy and
with the leadership skills, to be an geographies with a an environment
on personal and effective governance very high degree of conducive to learning
professional goals professional ownership

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We like to bond as a team and have Fun@work

Together as a team for our annual offsite - Sanskar Bonding through team games

Visiting beneficiaries on ground Spending time on team outings

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What opportunities does Samagra offer you?

Samagra works on a model of high degree of ownership at

all levels. From a fresher responsible for 3-5 mini projects, in
8-9 years one can grow into a thought leader responsible for
better governance in a state, managing 80-100 mini-projects,
and leading a 20-25 member mini organisation.

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Depending on your experience and skills, there are 8 roles
available to you at Samagra

Associate & Consultant & Manager & Vice President &

Senior Associate Senior Consultant Senior Manager Senior Vice President

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Associates & Senior Associates take ownership of 3 to 5
workstreams (mini projects) and manage them end-to-end

Roles & Responsibilities Abilities we look for

Work as part of 3-5 member teams Strong logical reasoning and

problem solving skills
Responsibilities
▪ Content diagnosis
▪ Solution design Strong oral and written
▪ Facilitating implementation communication skills

Role involves
▪ First principle problem solving Potential to manage government
▪ Leveraging organisational stakeholders
learnings
▪ Extensive stakeholder Associate &
discussions Senior Associate Work experience between
▪ Leveraging data 0-3 years
▪ Field work

Close hand-holding by A passion for governance and

Manager/Senior Manager creating impact at scale

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Consultants & Senior Consultants take ownership of 3-5
workstreams and manage them end-to-end

Roles & Responsibilities Abilities we look for

Work as part of 3-5 member teams Detailing project implementation

roadmap with a plan of action
Responsibilities
▪ Content diagnosis
Business acumen, leadership
▪ Solution design
abilities and ability to build
▪ Facilitating implementation
sustainable professional
relationships
Role involves
▪ First principle problem solving
▪ Leveraging organisational Cogent communication to derive
learnings outcomes from a discussion
▪ Extensive stakeholder Consultant &
discussions Senior Consultant
Work experience between 3-6
▪ Leveraging data
years is preferred
▪ Field work

Limited hand-holding by A passion for governance and

Manager/Senior Manager creating impact at scale

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Managers & Senior Managers take ownership of a state-wide
transformation programme and deliver them end to end

Roles & Responsibilities Abilities we look for

Lead 3-5 member teams and Proven track record of high

handle its hand-holding and performance and significant
professional development achievements in their past roles

Business acumen, leadership

Take ownership of a state-wide abilities and ability to build
transformation programmes, sustainable professional
deliver them end-to-end relationships

Analytical, critical thinking and

Contribute to all workstreams problem solving abilities
Manager & 5+ years of experience in a
Senior Manager complex role in
Closely work with senior
government stake-holders consulting/corporates/start-
ups/social sector

Responsibilities within the Demonstrated commitment to the

organisation social impact space

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VPs & Senior VPs take ownership of multiple statewide
transformation programmes and deliver on them

Roles & Responsibilities Abilities we look for

Proven track record of high

Mentor 20-25 team members
performance and significant
achievements in their past roles
Take ownership of multiple state- Business acumen, leadership
wide transformation programmes, abilities and ability to build
deliver them through full time sustainable professional
teams. relationships

Analytical, critical thinking and

Align the state leadership on the
problem solving abilities
objectives and approach
Vice President & 8+ years of experience in a
Senior Vice President complex role in
Build long term relationships with
senior government leaders consulting/corporates/start-
ups/social sector

Take proactive ownership of the Demonstrated commitment to the

organisational journey social impact space

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Our recruitment process is carried out in four rounds and is
generally completed within 4 to 5 weeks from application deadline

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 To join us, apply here
If you have any queries, mail us at careers@samagragovernance.in

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