Neel Karnik is a research professional with diverse experience in various organizations. Currently serving as Research Manager at Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt. Ltd. since November 2022, Neel previously held roles including Deputy Manager Research at the Centre for Social and Behaviour Change from June 2021 to November 2022 and Associate at IT for Change, where involvement included studying hate speech on Twitter. Previous research roles include internships at AICC Research Department, focusing on legislative briefs and Bihar Assembly elections; Observer Research Foundation, working on COVID-19's impact on sustainability; and Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy, contributing to climate change planning for Chhattisgarh. Neel holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from the National Law School of India University and a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Warangal.
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Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt. Ltd.
Sambodhi Research & Communications helps create high-impact knowledge to catalyse accountability in public domain. We offer project management, monitoring & evaluation and research solutions to implementers, federal and state governments, bilateral and multilateral aid agencies and corporate philanthropic foundations. Over the past decade, we have pioneered cutting-edge methodologies for evaluation of large-scale interventions across sectors and themes including public health, nutrition, sanitation, natural resources, renewable energy, livelihoods and microfinance. Sambodhi also works towards enhancing appreciation of evidence-based functioning among development organisations and practitioners. As part of our field-building effort, we co-founded the Community of Evaluators-South Asia (CoE-SA); are home to the South Asian Journal for Evaluation in Practice (SAJEP) – first-of-its-kind peer reviewed journal on evaluation from this region; and have trained more than 5,000 professionals on M&E and related areas.