Adapting Evaluations during the COVID 19 Pandemic to develop forward looking Perspective
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About the Event
COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown and restrictions for a significant period of time has put forth a challenge for Development Evaluation sector, particularly in developing and emerging economies, including India. High dependency on traditional and manual/physical collection and access to data resources, be it interaction with different stakeholders or access to knowledge and resource centres for getting secondary data, makes evaluation exercise a challenging task for evaluation community in this region, during such times. Limited availability and use of technology; geographic spread and demographic profile of stakeholders including general population posed numerous challenges for conducting participatory and evidence based evaluations.
COVID-19 related restrictions however provided opportunities out of challenges to adapt, develop and implement evaluation techniques and tools, even though in limited scale. The proposed panel discussion will have evaluation professionals share their experience of carrying out evaluation related activities during this period and deliberate on learnings for future, without compromising with quality of evaluation and also ensuring optimal utilization of resources.
COVID-19 related restrictions however provided opportunities out of challenges to adapt, develop and implement evaluation techniques and tools, even though in limited scale. The proposed panel discussion will have evaluation professionals share their experience of carrying out evaluation related activities during this period and deliberate on learnings for future, without compromising with quality of evaluation and also ensuring optimal utilization of resources.
Speakers
| Name | Title | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Alok Srivastava | Director, CMS | Founder and core group member of ECOI is an M&E expert with more two and a half decades of experience. He holds double Masters, in Gender & Development Studies; and in Rural Development & Management. He is also an alumnus of International Programme for Development Evaluation (IPDET). |
| Rashmi Agrawal | Co-leader, ECOI | Co-founder and co-leader of Evaluation Community of India. She retired from NILERD as a Director in 2016. Dr. Agarwal has a Ph.D. in Psychology from Lucknow University, India. She is also an IPDET graduate from Carleton University, Canada. Dr. Rashmi has over 30 years of experience in this field. |
| Rajib Nandi | Associate Director, ISST | Associate Director, Institute of Social Studies Trust; Board Member and Treasurer, Community of Evaluators - South Asia; Co-founder and Co-leader, Evaluation Community of India with 23 years of experience in gender transformative research and evaluation. |
| Rituu B Nanda | Consultant, GFC and ISST | Rituu is a senior expert in MEL, Research, and community development and behaviour change. She believes in participatory practices particularly participatory action research, sustainability, learning, systems thinking, equity and collective action. |
| Biswajit Pradhan | Co-founder and Co-leader, EvalYouth India | Biswajit is an Entrepreneur and Management Consultant. His core expertise lies in Management Consulting, Entrepreneurship and Start-ups, Capacity Building, Project Management, Industry Research and Advisory Services. He actively supports the development of Micro Small Medium Enterprises in India. |