Sumukhi Vaid is a development practitioner with over six years of experience in research, monitoring, and evaluation across the domains of child rights, health and nutrition, and education. She has designed and piloted maternal and child nutrition surveys funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, mentored adolescent girls in rural residential programs, and supported large-scale evaluations of child development programs in the United States. Her core strengths lie in research design, project coordination, data management, and evaluation. Sumukhi is proficient in managing complex datasets, developing effective survey instruments, and generating actionable insights using tools like SPSS, R, and Microsoft Excel. Her professional journey includes roles such as Associate at School Readiness Consulting (July 2023 – August 2024, Silver Spring, Maryland), and Product Management Intern at PATHS Program LLC (November 2022 – April 2023, United States), in addition to working with leading organizations like Pratham India and Udayan Care. Academically, she holds an M.A. in Applied Psychology from George Mason University, an M.A. in Education from Azim Premji University in India, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Rural Management from IIHMR University, India.