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Describe the most important innovation for ending poverty

that you believe is currently being misunderstood

2. Working at Dalberg, you will get to adviseleaders of  

large NGOs, internationalcompanies and government agencies

on what they should do to more e!ectively end

poverty. What messages would you like to bring to these

leaders and why"

Till 17th century AD, India, equipped with its rich trading activities and rapid urban development, was estimatedto have the largest economy of the the medieval world controlling between one third to one fourth of world’scumulative wealth !ome the "ughal era, annual earning from ta# in this period was estimated to be in theorder of £ 100 Million and thereby making India ’s $D% contribution to the world a staggering &1 ' (ut as1)th century started India had started showing indicators of declining economy eg *low daily wages+ India’sshare in the world income went down from &7 ' in 17 to - ' in 1./ 

0tarting from traditional *(ritish a2+ to modern3day *corruption+4 myriad factors have played their roles inma5ing India one of the poorest nations of the world today !urrently -6- "illion &./ '8 people are under thepoverty line A little bit of reflection reveals the true causes of poverty in india

•  Social inequality which in turn leads to *e#clusion+ and *marginali9ation+

•  Illiteracy, which acts as a feeder to *early marriage+, *literacy dividend+

•  Population momentum, which feeds to *unemployment+

•  Skewed Gender Profile, a root cause of problems li5e *:igh mortality rate, *malnutrition+

•  Unequal distribution of wealth

•  Flawed economic reforms

•  Corruption

 %overty is multidimensional and so should the approach be to eradicate it ;hile on a broader level strategicsteps in the front of *Infrastructure Development! "Financial Inclusion and "Social SectorInterventions could be ta5en to address the poverty issue, each dimension has its own nitty3gritties

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#t is my beliefi believe that to be a consultant in a $rm like Dalberg, which

solves the most pressingclamoring concerns of the world,  one needs the

motivation to work for such causes and the capability to solve such comple%

issues.

&orn into a lineage of strict patriarchy, # have been a direct witness, if not a

victim, of the atrocities against the girl child. &eing sensiti'ed from such a

tender age and my $rst(hand e%perience only reinforced my resolve to

bridge this gap. )y father, being a social worker, has always been the

change agent in my native town &erhampur. *is initiatives, starting from

moderni'ing government hospitals to providing for education of meritorious

yet resource(crunched students, have forever fueled my desire to give back

to the society. +)y father is a part time social worker who has been

instrumental in transforming the landscape of my region, &erhampur,ranging from instituting advanced practices in the only government hospital

in the region to providing for education for meritorious students with no

avenues to go outside the area for uality education.-  )y mother is a

supervisor in the Women and hild welfare department in the government of 

Odisha and hence # have grown up understanding subtle nuances about

which schemes a!ect maternal mortality rates more and how to minimi'e

the number of underweight babies. # come from a small town of #ndia yet #

have seen and read about the biggest developments across the world

+/edundant-. )y e%perience of problems, awareness of solutions andattachment to my roots are my motivation to work for such causes0 all # need

is an enabling platform like Dalberg.

# have done this shit, that shit, helped so many people, did pro1ects with so

and so govts and all this gave me a closure to what # actually want to do.

+Write about your Social Projects)

Growing amidst resource constraints has enabled me to increase my

eciency to maintain uality demonstrated by a consistent academicperformance with balanced e%tracurricular activities. 3 degree in electronics

engineering enhanced my analytical problem solving approach and

facilitated integration of concepts at a cross(functional level to develop novel

practical solutions. *aving gained direct e%perience in implementing such

solutions as an 3ssistant )anager at 4343 )otors, # could understand and

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overcome the practical issues in the process. &esides that, it allowed me real

life e%perience with people and processes. MANAGEMENT AND TAS

)y family and a background in engineering has indeed given me a

perspective of looking at issues plaguing the society through a moreanalytical approach focusing on sustainability and intrinsic solutions

tempered with a humane lens. 3s 4he e%perience of )&3 enabled me to

understand a situation holistically and euipped me with skills to precisely

transform ideas to solutions. *ence # think # am a $t for the role and the

company