saha soumi

Lead Strategy Specialist at Altamont Group

Bio Summary

Strong experience of public, multilateral and private sector consultancy on issues specific to education, skills development and employment, but also cross cutting including gender, social protection and public finance management. Expertise in strategy development, project design, program management, qualitative and quantitative research, evaluation, analysis, knowledge dissemination to inform policy, programming and capacity development.

Employment History

Lead Strategy Specialist

Altamont Group

April 2021 - present

Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Developed a holistic and sustainable strategy for the Prime Minister's Office in Dubai for launching an accredited digital school with academic and vocational tracks for refugee and underserved children in Arab regions and be ...see more

Education And Skills Specialist

UNICEF

October 2018 - February 2020

New York, NY, USA

Development and Participation, Child Protection, Social Protection. Co-authored joint publication with ILO, GirlForce: Skills, Education and Training for Girls Now, October 2018 • Co-led programme implementation along w ...see more

Consultant Labor Economist

Asian Development Bank

February 2016 - May 2018

Delhi, India

Supported team in design of results-based lending projects in Technical Vocational Education and

Education And Skill Development Specialist

World Bank

December 2012 - June 2018

Delhi, India

Research, analysis, program design and program implementation in secondary education, tertiary education and skills; inputs to government policy

Senior Consultant

PwC

2008 - 2012

Delhi, India

Worked in government advisory for urban utilities as well as public finance teams in PwC Advisory sub group GRID. Provided technical expertise in several donor funded Govt. projects at the National and State levels. Was also ...see more