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MAHEEN AHMED CHANDNA
Aspiration Statement
I want to work for two years, and then apply for a Master's Program in Data Analysis, or Program Management. As a career, I am more inclined towards public health, sexual and reproductive health, or rural development.
Core Skills
- Qualitative research (data collection, data analysis and data presentation)
- Quantitative data analysis Microsoft Excel and R for Statistical analysis
- Presentation skills
- Writing skills in English and Urdu
- Microsoft Office
Experience
Leadership / Meta-curricular
- Led the data collection team for Pakistan COVID-19 Resource Center, a dashboard created by HU students to present accurate epidemiological updates for COVID-19 during the first wave
- Participated in the virtual conference "Aitemad: Women in Tech and Beyond" to present Pakistan COVID-19 Resource Center
- Participated in ‘Built By Her’ hackathon 2020 and qualified for the final round
Internship / Volunteer Work
- Dreams Pakistan - Content Creator
- Zindagi Trust - Summer Internship Program Lead
- Pakistan Space Science Education Center - Educator
- Jaffar Public School - Co-Teaching
Publications / Creative Projects
- Original Research Paper on Trust Deficit in Governance Related to COVID-19 Risk Communication in Pakistan, for the course “Advanced Topics in Qualitative Research Design” in 2020
Final Year Project
Project Title
Trust Deficit in Governance Related to COVID-19 Risk Communication in Pakistan
Description
The purpose of the paper is to identify reasons for trust deficit in governance related to COVID-19 risk communication in Pakistan. Pakistan had a decent risk communication plan in place for COVID-19 even before the disease was first diagnosed in the country, yet the public was always skeptical of the government's risk communication. One of the aims of this research was to identify the reasons for the trust deficit, so that the government could come up with better policy responses to bridge the gap in trust. This research is particularly useful so that the Government of Pakistan can learn from its mistakes and adopt better policy responses in any upcoming crises, or use this information to improve their risk communication with regards to convincing people to get vaccinated.