Sai Sireesha Kavuri

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Home Town: Avanigadda, Andhra Pradesh

Education: Conflict Management & Development, Banaras Hindu University

Specific Field Interests: International relations, conflict resolution and Women Studies

Placement: Lok Kala Sagar Sansthan in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan (Education)

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Fellowship Project: To develop curriculum for Merasi school by collaborating with the Merasi communities and to develop life skills of Merasi students

Highlights: Sai Sireesha born and brought up in Andhra Pradesh,received her Bachelor of science in computer science from krishna University, Andhrapradesh and Master's in conflict management and development from Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi.she has been a Gandhifellow in Piramal foundation for education leadership and worked in a close conjunction with NITI AAYOG's Aspirational district transformation program in Narmada district of Gujarat.As a Gandhi fellow she worked for capacity building of cluster resource coordinator and Block resource coordinator, Communities and teachers in Narmada District. After her successful completion of Gandhi Fellowship, she joined URMUL Trust as a Consultant for the International Institute of Impact Evaluation(3IE) project in Bikaner, Rajasthan. As a consultant she worked on Monitoring & Evaluation and communication for the 3IE project. She has also worked with artisans and conducted training sessions on pressing social issues like child marriages, Gender discrimination and Domestic violence in the Thar Desert Region of Rajasthan. Her experience helped her to gain skills like Facilitation, communication, data analysis and community engagement activities. As a student of peace and conflict studies she is good at analysing international affairs and understanding different cultures. Her motivation and dedication to work for the wellbeing of communities made her an American Indian fellow.