1. AISWARYA NIKHIL
92 Highland Avenue, Apt 202, Jersey City, NJ 07306 | 213-819-1546 | an1942@nyu.edu
EDUCATION
 NewYork University, Tandon School ofEngineering,NY. January 2017
Master of Science, Organizational Behavior, Systems and Analytics, GPA: 4.00
Relevant courses: HRIS,Employee Engagement, HRM, Talent Management Systems, Predictive Analytics.
 Manipal University, School ofAllied Health Sciences,India. August 2012
Master of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology, GPA: 3.94
Relevant courses: Statistics, Psychosocial Behavior
 Christ University, India. March 2010
Master of Science, Psychology (Clinical Psychology), GPA: 3.97
 Bharathiar University, PSG College ofArts and Science,India. May 2008
Bachelor of Science in Psychology (honors), GPA: 4.00
Awards:First Rank
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
City ofNewYork Department ofEnvironmental Protection, NewYork, NY June – December 2016
Employee Engagement & Communications Intern
 Designed a Post-Event Outcome Survey and identified, analyzed and interpreted key trends of employee engagement
within DEP.
 Created,managed and updated database and metrics regarding various ongoing engagement initiatives.
 Analyzed and reported key employee engagement matrices to create Year-End Report,and other standard and ad-hoc
reports; and made presentations for senior management highlighting the performance of the engagement and
communications initiatives.
 Coordinated staffing by crafting job description, managing job postings, pre-screening the resumes on paper and by
telephone interviews, scheduling interviews and conducting in-person interviews.
 Researched best practices in other public settings on areas like new hire orientation and employer of choice.
 Played a salient role in the strategic development and tactical implementation of various engagement initiatives
including, but not limited to 9 Brown Bag Events, 2 Peer Nominated Recognition Ceremonies, 4 Wellness Initiatives
resulting in increased overall employee engagement and morale of 6000 DEP employees.
 Mediated communications initiatives like Hard Copy Communications and DEP TV by developing and implementing
the distribution of in-print and digital internal communications to more than 60 locations expanding the reach of
internal communications and improving work place wellness for 6000 DEP employees.
Father Muller Medical College Hospital, Mangalore, India November 2012 -May 2014
Lecturer/Clinical Psychologist
 Actively tutored 60 undergraduate students about psychology (general, clinical, psychotherapy) concepts for 2
hours/week.
 Participated in rural camps to widen the reach of fitting mental health services for the underprivileged.
 Administered psychometric assessments & conducted psychotherapy gaining > 2000 hours of clinical experience.
 Provided expert advice on more than 20 research protocol presentations for undergraduate students.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Explore the event outcome ofemployee engagement initiativeson DEP employees September -December 2016
 Designed a Post Event Outcome Survey with high reliability and validity to assess the outcome of engagement and
communications initiatives and determine the key drivers.
 Analyzed the results using multiple regression analysis, correlation and non-parametric tests with SPSS.
 Presented the results to Senior Management regarding the key drivers, and the relationship between various events and
the emotional outcome and employee engagement.
Influence ofstage and treatment on the psychological sequelae in cancer patients January-May 2012
Conducted a pre-test post study to examine the stage and treatment dependent psychological effects on cancer patients.
OTHER SKILLS: Microsoft Office, Competency Models, Strategy Map, HRIS,Advanced Statistical methods.