Manas Sonwane

Lead instruction and learning strategy for 90 Grade 4 students, using data-driven planning and assessment systems that have driven a 27% shift into high-rigor performance levels.
Manage stakeholder engagement through regular community visits and collaboration with school staff, government officials, and partner organisations.
Execute high-impact student initiatives, including an interschool debate

Led end-to-end planning and delivery of district-level programs across 15 villages, reaching 800+ women and youth; managed field teams, community stakeholders, and partner organizations. Built scalable program processes and standardised training modules, reporting formats, and review mechanisms to improve consistency across locations. Coordinated directly with government officials and community pa

Startup Building & Grant Funding: Co-founded a hardware startup and secured grant funding from NewGen IEDC, supported by the Department of Science and Technology (GOI), validating the idea, business case, and prototype to a funding body under a fast, milestone-driven startup process.

Responsible for facilitating student-employer communication, organizing recruitment events, offering career guidance, managing databases, and improving placement strategies.

The project focused on designing bellows for pressure regulation in cryocoolers, with the goal of maximizing operational efficiency.
My role centered on conducting CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) analysis of the bellows to evaluate and validate their performance under varying conditions.
Alongside this, our team worked collaboratively to enhance the bellows' design, improving how effectively th

Worked as Internship Trainee at Ve Commercial Vehicles Limited. ( A Volvo Group &Eicher Motors Jv).

Currently pursuing an MA in Transformational Leadership, complementing my on-ground experience as a Teach For India Fellow. The program is enhancing my expertise in systems thinking, adaptive leadership, change management, organizational development, and strategic decision-making.

In parallel with my classroom and community work, I am developing the ability to:
• Lead teams and projects through c

The MSW in Community Leadership and Sustainable Development put me in the field alongside the coursework, and my placement was in water and sanitation. Across 15 villages, I worked under the Swachh Bharat Mission and Jal Ganga Sanvardhan Abhiyan on the parts these missions actually turn on, getting a community to own a sanitation or water conservation practice rather than merely receive a structur

Issued Sep 2020

Issued Sep 2020