1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Prince Ashan
C/o Mr. JK. Kilembe
Tobacco Control Commission
P. O. Box 5080
Limbe
Email: pkyashan@gmail.com, pkyashan@yahoo.com
Phone: +265881010230, +265992255200
PERSONAL PARTICULARS
SEX : Male
DATE OF BIRTH : 2 May 1988
MARITAL STATUS : Single
RELIGION : Christian
NATIONALITY : Malawian
CAREER OBJECTIVE
To utilize planning, enhance controlling and decision-making as well as leading in improving the effectiveness of an
organization.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
1. Malawi school certificate of education (MSCE)
Institution of study: Malosa secondary school
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
1. Advance diploma in Business Management (credit)
Association of Business Managers & Administrators (UK)
Institution of study: Continuing Education Centre, Malawi polytechnic
Year obtained: 2013
2. Diploma in Business Management (higher credit)
Association of Business Managers & Administrators (UK)
Institution of study: Continuing Education Centre, Malawi polytechnic
Year obtained: 2012
3. Certificate in business management (with Credit)
Association of Business Managers & Administrators (UK)
Institution of study: Continuing Education Centre, Malawi polytechnic
Year Obtained: 2011
Skills and Knowledge acquired in all stages of the study:
 People Management(Human Resources)
 Business finance & Marketing
 Project Management
 Supply and chain management
 Economics
 ICT in business
 Business Law
 Business communication
 Research methodologies
-Wrote a dissertation titled:
The impact of motivating staff in private firms to induce company performance
RESEARCH CERTIFICATION
1. ETHICS AND BEST PRACTICES IN SHARING INDIVIDUAL LEVEL RESEARCH DATA
 E-learning course certificate obtained on 13th October, 2015 by Global Health Training Centre
2. INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL RESEARCH
 E-learning course certificate obtained on 13th October, 2015 by Global Health Training Centre

2. 3. MONITORING AND EVALUATION FUNDAMENTALS
 Global Health e-Learning Centre course obtained on 7th
April, 2016
Valid Driving License
-Class C1, category G license
WORK EXPERIENCE
1. Position Held : Administrative assistant (Temporary)
Period : June-September 2011
Department : Irrigation (smallholder crop production and marketing project (SCPMP)-Machinga A.D.D)
Duties:
 Managing data of field visits
 Supervision of office hygiene
 Managing communication overflow between farmers and the officers in the field
 Arranging meetings and taking minutes for the officers
 Handling logistics for field activities and procurement of office materials
 Taking inventory of the materials used in the field as well as equipments
2. Positions Held: Research Assistant and Senior Research Assistant/ Supervisor
Organizations and Research consultancies: Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), EXP, Research Options, Ipsos Synovate-
Uganda, Save the Children-with Mambo,PHD Bunda and Impact Research Centre (IRC)
Projects worked (Done in several districts across Malawi):
 Savings Impact ( Savings and financial access in Malawi)-IPA : January 2012-May 2013
 Students Performance Project ( Education)- Stanford University-IPA : May-July 2012
 Market Basket Price Survey( Market research)-IPA: January-June 2013
 Lotteries at work & workplace peer effect( Michigan)-IPA, February 2013, February 2015& April 2015
 Making Networks Work (MNW)-IPA: October-November 2013
 Election Project-IPA: May2014
 Public Works Programme (PWP)-IPA March 2015
 Project Malawi Evaluation-Save the children with Mambo: August 2014
 Airtel communication effectiveness, Mystery calling and Shopping-IRC: August 2014
 Standard Bank CEMs survey-IRC: September 2014&2015
 Tilitonse Baseline Survey( Country wide )-IRC: January-February 2015
 Coca-Cola promotion-EXP: December 2013
 MTL Internet market research-EXP: April 2014
 Unilever Product Market Research-EXP: July 2014
 Customer Evaluation Bank survey( Standard Bank Headquarters,SA)-Ipsos Synovate: May-June 2014
Duties:
 Conducting household interviews, key informant and focus group discussions.
 Reviewing and scrutinizing surveys to ensure accuracy is attained
 Managing logistics in long study areas in trying to trace respondents
 Computer data entry using Blaise 4.8 software and other software’s
 Questionnaire translation to local language-Chichewa
 Transcribing recorded interviews( in-depth interviews and focus groups as well as key informant)
 Conducting promotion campaign for Coca-Cola brand
 Data summary and a bit of analysis
3. Position Held: Data Processing clerk
Organization: Market Insight Tracking (MITRA)
Projects worked:
 Carlsberg asset verification
 Alcoholic and Non-alcoholic execution measurement
Duration: May-July2014 (periodically-two weeks a month)
Duties:

3.  Data entry using excel and other packages
 Data verification and cleaning
4. Position Held: Data Entry Clerk & Research Assistant-Malaria Project (Net distribution)
Organization: Concern Universal (Mponela-Dowa)
Duration: January 2015
Duties:
 Data entry using excel and access, verification and cleaning
 Data collection
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5. Position Held: Seasonal-Receiving Clerk
Organization: Tobacco Control Commission (T.C.C)
Duration: April2015-September2015
Duties:
 Writing daily received summary report of all types of tobacco and update of current stock
 Data collection and entry of rejected bales
 Enforcing tasks force rules together with AHL
 Resolving complaints made by transporters, growers and grower associations
 Writing entire season tobacco off-loading report for classifiers, arbitrators and regional managers attention to resolve
challenges faced
6. Position Held: Research supervisor/assistant-current
Institution: Department of environmental health, Malawi polytechnic (In collaboration with International Vaccine Institute,
Ministry of Health and AMP-France)
Duration: January 2016-current
Projects worked:
 Cholera surveillance study in Malawi-Chikwawa and Nsanje districts
 Anthropological M&E of the Oral Cholera Vaccine campaign in Lake Chilwa Malawi
RESPONSIBILITIES HELD AT LEARNING INSTITUTIONS
-Group chairperson at Malawi polytechnic
-Computer prefect at secondary school (Malosa)
OUTSTANDING SKILLS, TRAITS AND ABILITIES
-Team prayer, worker and builder
-Outstanding creative, organization and planning skills
-Excellent computer essentials (Microsoft Office Suite and statistical packages)
-Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies
-Professional communication skills, both oral and written
-excellent time management and logical skills
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
-Reading newspapers
-Watching news
REFERENCE
Graciano Bwanali, Projects Coordinator Ndema Longwe, Field Manager
Impact Research Centre Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
P.O Box 5348 P.O Box 31093
Limbe Lilongwe
Cell: +2651848033/+265888844123 Cell: +265888460500/+265999260500
E-mail: gracianobwanali@gmail.com
Mr. G. Khota, Senior Arbitrator
Tobacco Control Commission (T.C.C)
P.O Box 5080
Limbe
Cell: +265888891427