India office
OPM India was formally registered as a branch office in the summer of 2009, having been established a year earlier. The office is located in the heart of South Delhi, within 20-30 minutes from international NGOs, research organisations and institutes (and some of the best local markets, restaurants and museums).
OPM India compliments and strengthens the company’s global experience, cutting edge quality control and technical expertise across sectors, effectively tapping into and collaborating with a widening range of local organisations and established networks.
OPM India People
The India office comprises three staff members. Gitanjali Pande helped establish the office and is a consultant with several years’ experience in social research, programme management, monitoring and evaluation, and policy analysis in the areas of gender, education, and reproductive health. Sreela Das Gupta joined the office in March 2009 as a gender and reproductive health specialist with extensive experience of working collaboratively with the Indian government and with the ability to manage and implement large-scale development projects. Meenu Bhalla is the office administrator and provides critical financial and tax advice and support where necessary.
OPM Work in India
Our current projects in India are carried out with the support of well-established, credible, and experienced local partners and consultants, with strategic technical inputs from across OPM.
In early 2009 OPM India won two interrelated UNICEF projects on child labour and children’s rights.
- A formative research study using participatory research methods in four states that will increase understanding of knowledge, attitudes, and practices around child labour in India, particularly in the cotton sector, contributing to UNICEF’s communication strategies to reduce child labour. This is being implemented with local partner organisations: Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Glocal Research & Consultancy Services, and Child Rights Trust (CRT).
- A desk review of children in the cotton sector in India, specifically in five states, that will be informed by the ‘knowledge, attitudes and practices’ (KAP) study and contribute to an understanding of current policies and their implementation processes, the existing legal frameworks, and programmes and schemes related to child labour. Our partners on this project are Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Child Rights Trust (CRT), Dr Davuluri Venkateswarlu (Director of Glocal Research), and Sudhir Katiyar (Director of Prayas Center for Labour Research & Action).
In addition, at the end of 2009, we completed work on the formulation of a capacity development framework for use by UNICEF-India within the scope of their Country Programme of Action 2008-12. This framework tool will assist UNICEF-India offices and staff to self-assess their capacity development efforts in six key flagship programmes.
We are currently working on:
- Developing an M&E framework for district decentralisation and convergence intervention: Phase I (Baseline Study). This study is being carried out in collaboration with the India Development Foundation (IDF).
And within the South Asia region, in October 2009 we were contracted for a quantitative and qualitative baseline study in Nepal for UNFPA’s Sixth Country Programme 2008-10. This will be implemented in collaboration with a well-established local NGO in Nepal, The Center for Research on Environment, Health and Population Activities (CREHPA).
Contact us
India Office
Oxford Policy Management
c/o Lead India (First Floor)
66 Hemkunt Colony
Nr Nehru Place
New Delhi 110048
India
T +91 (0)11 26225789
F +91 (0)11 26225791
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