Rupali Aggarwal

Responsible for entire spectrum of ‘S’ in the ESG, covering social compliance and welfare measures for internal & external stakeholders, taking care of the Diversity & Inclusion and Human Rights. Important areas of work done and responsible for were- 1. Standardized all the Social & Labour Policies as per the ILO guidelines, Human Rights & National Laws 2. Designed & implemented impact driven focused strategic initiatives in the form of three CSR programs; ‘Taruna’ for external CSR; program ‘Sehat’ for physical & mental well-being of workers; and program ‘Mukta’ for the health and empowerment of female workers. 3. Chairperson of Internal Committee, responsible for implementing POSH Act in the workplace in its true spirit; includes training of staff and workers, preside IC meetings, conducted enquiries with proper redressal. 4. Chairperson of Grievance Redressal Committee, involved in ensuring effectiveness of the mechanism, and awareness among workers through trainings. 5. Reporting Manager for all the Welfare Officers and Nurses of the Manufacturing Units 6. Conducted workers’ survey to know effective implementation of social & labour policies. 7. Led reporting on Higg Index FSLM, and SLCP 8. Worked closely with the buyers/clients on issues related to Sustainability, CSR, and Social Accountability. 9. Regular Training & development of Workers and Supervisors with objective to improve organizational culture, gender sensitivity, reduced absenteeism & attrition, socially & organizationally compliant behavior, to keep workforce motivated, and improve soft skills. 10. Brand building through external communications, social media like LinkedIn, etc.

Being the Head- CSR and first joiner in the CSR team, spearheaded the CSR vertical as per the Companies Act (2013) and to establish the company as socially responsible business group. Broad responsibilities involved, Policy formulation; balancing strategy and operations; financial management; governance; reporting; meeting compliance; etc. Specific responsibilities involved - 1. Strategizing CSR through assessing the business impact on triple bottom line, core strength of business and key developmental challenges of the country. 2. Worked closely with the CSR Committee for CSR Annual planning, approvals, and keep them informed about the project progress. Regular presentations to CSR Committee and Company Board to keep them updated. 3. Formulation of innovative, impactful, and sustainable CSR projects through stakeholder consultation. Important projects were ‘Jaagriti’ on gender with Haryana Government; ‘Nayan’ on preventable blindness covering one block of Alwar district and ‘Parivartan’ on creating model schools in Haridwar district. 4. Identification of credible NGO partners, Due diligence, and end-to-end project management 5. Stakeholder Management including Government, Local leaders, local community and Relaxo staff. 6. Regular monitoring and mid-term project evaluations; communicating project progress with internal and external stakeholders through Annual report, Newsletter, social media, press releases etc. 7. Worked closely on the first BRR report of the Company. 8. Plan and organized Employee Engagement activities. Achievements • Panelist in Rajasthan CSR Summit 2018 in the session on “Better Education through CSR”, 6th February,2018, organized by Department of Industries, Government of Rajasthan • Key Speaker in session “Industry Stake in Achieving SDG 3 (Good Health & Well-Being)”, at National Conference on “Technology & Innovations in Healthcare Delivery”, 16 February 2018, organized by PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry at PHD House

Managed CSR projects end-to-end for corporate donor viz., Oracle, AON, and Bank of America through more than 50 Charity partners across India. That included developing projects as per the donors’ expectation on diverse themes; Creating systems and processes to ensure financial & programmatic efficiency; internal audits; handling donor complaints etc. Informing donors about the progress of the on-going projects through regular reporting, presentations, meetings etc. and to organize field visits. Also, to create and facilitate Employee Engagement opportunities for the corporate donors. Achievements: • Successfully planned and organized National level workshop for the Implementing partners for Oracle grant on result-based project management, reporting & documentation. • Did Financial & Programmatic audit of Implementing NGOs. Based on submitted report, the grant of 2 NGOs got cancelled

Strategic planning by aligning social activities with business needs, also as per the compliance of CSR Act. Also worked for Program quality improvement in CSR activities through research, training and documentation under education, health and livelihood programs. A member of Sustainability Reporting team based on GRI G4 worked on first Sustainability report of DIAL. Apart from external stakeholders also did the reporting for internal stakeholder, like CEO communication, Group Chairman Review, Internal Monthly/Quarterly/Annual reports, MIS management etc. Also involved in the Employee Engagement activities. I believe that corporate has professional competency and their result oriented approach makes their role crucial in development sector. And with all my skill and knowledge I want to work for development agenda through CSR. I believe that social investment by corporate is not only crucial for sustainable development but equally crucial for the business itself.

Worked as Program Manager in a Plan-India funded grant project AstraZeneca Young Health Program focused on Adolescent Health in Mangolpuri area of N.Delhi. Project was focused on the all round development of adolescents and youth within the age bracket of 10 to 24 years of age. It involves health education (SRH, Water & Sanitation and General Health Awareness, Life Skill Education). I initiated this project and gave strategic direction to the project with a team of professionals. Being manager dealt with overall program planning, implementation, monitoring, financial management of the project. Mobilized and trained 500 Peer Educators both boys and girls ranging from 14 to 20 years of age. Started three Health Information Centers (HICs) for young people in the project area. Liaison with different stakeholders like Education, Health, ICDS and MCD departments to ensure adolescent health was another important strategy.

I worked voluntarily with DJJS under their health program. Supported them in planning health projects at different locations in Pan India and implemented health project in Samalakha village at Gurgaon. This project included collecting baseline survey of the area, need assessment and organizing health camp. Conducted training for field volunteers. Also conducted Life Skill classes for young people.

Working as a Women & Child Development In charge primarily involved building women’s capacities, giving direction to their collective strength in decision making, implementation, monitoring and management of its development activities. Responsibility involved:- • To motivate and aware more than 1000 tribal women through Mahila Samuhs. • To handle, guide and strengthen the 51 Self-Help Groups (SHGs) of tribal women. • Plan and implement Income Generating Program (IGP) of selected SHGs. • To Monitor the full day Balwadi of Seva Mandir in the Kotra Block for preschool children. • Plan and organize different trainings for women viz., Women Group Leader’s Tr., SHG Leaders Tr., SHG accountants Tr. • Trainings for adolescent girls and boys on the issue of Reproductive Health. Also was the team leader in formulating the block level Programme Policy for next three consecutive years.

This was primarily involved in capacity building at various levels viz., at the village level as well as at the organizational level. • Undertaken research projects under the research cell of the PMS where was employed. Worked on a project of Decentralization and Rural Governance. • Planned and undertaken trainings for Panchayat functionaries in collaboration with THP (The Hunger Project) as a part of capacity building of these individuals. As part of the PMS cell involved in other activities of the cell like carrying out annual monitoring of the NEAC (National Environment Awareness Campaign) activities- a Ministry of Environment sponsored program.

Successfully completed MPH through Common Wealth Scholarship

Term Paper 1. Impact of ICT on Sexual and Reproductive Behaviour of Adolescents in A Resettlement Colony, Delhi

Dissertation Title: - A study on Women Beggars in Allahabad city. Work Area: - Bank of River Ganga and Sangam. Brief: - The objective was to know about the major age group of women beggars, reason for adopting begging, problems faced by women beggars and their future plans. Broadly, the study aimed to throw some light on their position and impact on society at large. Field Work Previous Year Work Area- A Destitute Home Duration- One Year Host Organization- Community Centers Department of Rajasthan Vidyapeeth Brief- Practiced the methods of Social Work viz., Group Work and Case Work. Also did resource mobilization from Vidhya Bhawan Rural Development Institute to give vocational trainings to the children. Final Year 1. Work Area- Umarda Village (Tribal Village) Duration- 7 months Brief- Worked especially in the area of Reproductive Health and had given marital and premarital counseling to the tribal women of the village.