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PUSHPA C O

Research Fellow

Pushpa has M.Sc degree in Agricultural Statistics from the University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Bangalore, and Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development from Annamalai University Tamil Nadu. She has over 4 years of Research experience as a Statistician in Data Collection, Validation, Data Analysis and Interpretation in different themes viz., Human Development, Education, Nutrition, Livelihood, and Land Use Dynamics. Pushpa has also worked as a faculty member in Horticulture and Agriculture colleges for six years.                 She has also worked as a reviewer for a) the International Journal of Plant & Soil Science b) the Journal of Global Ecology and Environment c) Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics d) the Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research.                                                                                                             

Awards Received:

a) Outstanding / Best M.Sc Thesis -2021 from International Web Conference on Innovative and Current Advances in Agriculture and Allied Science (ICAAAS2021) – by Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture & Technology

b) National Award of Excellence 2022 – by Global Management Council Ahmedabad.

Projects Handled

Sl.no Name of the Project Assignment Partner Thematic Area Project Type Assignment Period
1 Evaluation of an implementation of Graduation Approach by The/Nudge Institute in North Karnataka World Health Organisation Public Health Development Research May 2023
Dec 2023
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Assignment Partner
Thematic Area
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World Health Organisation
Public Health
Development Research
May 2023
Dec 2023
Sl. NoProject NameAssignment PartnerThematic AreaFunctional AreaAssignment Date
1Evaluation of an implementation of Graduation Approach by The/Nudge Institute in North KarnatakaThe/NudgeLearning, Skill Development and LivelihoodDevelopment ResearchNov 2022
Feb 2025
2Tracer Study for Technical Vocational Education and Training TVET Employment Outcomes of Graduates from ITIs in KarnatakaKarnataka Evaluation Authority (KEA)Learning, Skill Development and LivelihoodSocial Impact Assessment & EvaluationJan 2023
Nov 2023
3Preparation of district human development reports – Kodagu and KolarHuman Development Division, Department of Planning, Programme Monitoring and StatisticsLearning, Skill Development and LivelihoodDevelopment ResearchJul 2013
Jun 2014