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| Chaitanya
offers consultancy services to governmental, international
and non-governmental organizations under two rubrics:
research and program support. |
| Research
assignments with a specific brief can
be undertaken in the areas of governance, gender and security,
especially for the South Asian region. These assignments
include: |
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Commissioned research |
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Research guidance and training,
including workshops on the research process |
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Editorial consultancies |
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Manuscript reviews |
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| Chaitanya’s
program support services
are intended primarily for grant-making organizations,
development and conflict resolution NGOs and international
organizations. We provide the outsider’s perspective
and experience-based feedback to strengthen program effectiveness.
Assignments undertaken may broadly be described as: |
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Project development |
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Proposal reviews |
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Policy reviews |
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Monitoring and evaluation |
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| In addition,
Chaitanya has partnered with other organizations to conceptualize
and organize major programs like conferences and courses. |
| Chaitanya
develops training programs for entry-level professionals
in academics and the media. |
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“The Serious
Researcher”, a Chaitanya workshop on the research
process. |
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“The C.V. Workshop,”
a session on c.v. writing. |
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| The
Chaitanya Team Portfolio: A Glimpse |
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Michigan State University
– Chaitanya Summer Program on Culture, Politics
and Globalization, July 2007.
For the 2008 Program Announcement, see here.
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Disasters
and Security Forum,
Chennai, WISCOMP, September 2006. |
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Potential interventions related
to women and conflict in Asia and their presentation
at United States Agency for International Development
regional workshop in Bangkok, USAID/ Juarez and
Associates Inc., Los Angeles, July-August 2004. |
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Within
and Beyond Borders: An Independent Review of Post-Conflict
Fund Support to Refugees and the Internally Displaced,
Social Development Papers, Conflict Prevention and
Reconstruction, World Bank, October 2004. |
| In the
past, Chaitanya created and maintained a variety
of policy intervention initiatives. We no longer
do this, but our old resources are now archived
and accessible at this site: Policy
Interventions. |
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