Doctoral Canditate
MSW
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Aritra has completed his Master's in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences with specialization in Public Health from India. During graduation Aritra served as an intern at multiple not-for-profit organizations across the country to gain first hand on ground experience of social work issues. Since graduation, he has worked at Centre For Excellence in CSR at Tata Institute of Social Sciences as a Programme Officer was engaged in conducting Baseline Surveys, Impact Assessments, Needs Assessments and Mid Term Evaluations of various Corporate Social Responsibility Projects focusing on a plethora of domains such as Livelihood, Education, Healthcare etc. In 2020, Aritra joined United Way India and was in charge of direct implementation of projects related to providing relief to the distressed during the pandemic along with augmenting health care infrastructure in ailing hospitals across the country. After careful retrospection of my strengths and weaknesses in the professional sphere, Aritra wanted to pursue PhD in Social Work with a focus on Public Health issues in order to enhance his research skills and develop himself as a trained development practitioner. Aritra has been keen to address Public Health impasses across the world and that is where his passion lies. At present, Aritra is a first-year doctoral student in the College of Social Work at University of Tennessee with a strong focus on public health issues across the world
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Saturday, November 12, 2022
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM