Bipin Kumar B
21-34 Spence Street, Regina,SK
Summary
Policy Analyst| Government & Stakeholder Relations — Public Engagement · Policy · Strategic Partnerships
Strategic government relations and stakeholder engagement professional with 8+ years of public-sector and non-profit experience. Proven record leading ministerial roundtables, executing government-facing engagement plans, and converting stakeholder conversations into policy commitments and funding outcomes. Skilled in stakeholder mapping, CRM-driven outreach (Salesforce), briefings and site visits, cross-jurisdictional policy analysis, and program delivery used by senior government and G7 forums.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Project Coordinator
Canadian Science Policy Centre
08.2025 - Current
- Directed end-to-end delivery of 5+ national engagement events in 2025, managing logistics, stakeholder outreach, speaker coordination and a $10K event budget to meet program KPIs and timeline targets.
- Maintain project schedules and workflows to keep programs on time despite shifting constraints; reduced timeline slippage by prioritizing critical-path tasks.
- Produce meeting materials, agendas, minutes and follow-ups; create templates that shortened post-event follow-up time by 20%.
- Coordinate targeted outreach using Salesforce/CRM to increase stakeholder participation and representation across government, industry, and academia.
CanStudyUS Policy Fellow (Home & Away Fellowship)
The Dais - Toronto Metropolitan University
09.2024 - 04.2025
- Designed and facilitated 5+ cross-sector ministerial-level roundtables on AI liability, recruiting 30+ senior participants from government, industry and academia and producing 8 decision-oriented briefing notes adopted by senior stakeholders.
- Managed end-to-end production of policy reports and briefings used in G7 stakeholder discussions (Think7 policy memo).
- Drafted succinct ministerial-style briefings and standardized messaging templates that reduced stakeholder review cycles.
- Conducted comparative, cross-jurisdictional policy analysis and co-authored a Think7 policy memo used in Think7 Communiqué.
Government Relations Coordinator
University of Regina Students Union
11.2021 - 08.2024
- Led multi-channel advocacy campaigns targeting 10+ MPs and provincial ministers that resulted in 4 policy commitments or meetings and established ongoing working groups between student leadership and government offices.
- Built and maintained CRM contact lists; tracked outcomes and produced follow-up briefs to inform campaign iteration.
- Led a cross-functional team (4 staff + 6 interns/volunteers) and conducted surveys/interviews to support digital equity projects.
Policy and Operations Coordinator
UNB Graduate Students Association
10.2019 - 12.2022
- Managed logistics and vendor negotiations for a 300+ person academic conference delivered on budget with full audit documentation;
- Built project Gantt charts, tracked milestones, escalated risks and implemented process improvements to reduce reconciliation time and increase financial transparency.
- Negotiated contracts and implemented reporting procedures that improved efficiency by ~35%
VP Finance and Operations
UNB Graduate Students Association
03.2016 - 10.2019
- Digitized financial systems and managed annual budgets >$400K; improved reporting speed and audit readiness.
- Led consultative projects to identify barriers to federal research funding and drafted recommendations that informed institutional submissions.
- Recruited expert reviewers; managed peer review coordination, meeting logistics & expense tracking.
Education
Certificate in Public Policy And Administration - Public Policy And Administration
Dalhousie University, Executive Education
Halifax, NS05.2022
Master of Computer Science -
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, NBMasters of Autonomous Systems - Robotics And Artificial Intelligence
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences
Sankt Augustin, GermanyDiploma in University Teaching -
University Of New Brunswick
Fredericton, Canada2016
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Instrumentation Engineering
R.M.K. Engineering College, Anna University
Kavaraipettai, India07.2012
Skills
- Government relations
- Stakeholder engagement
- Ministerial roundtables
- Advocacy & policy campaigns
- Stakeholder mapping
- Briefings & executive communications
- Event & site-visit coordination
- CRM (Salesforce)
- Project management
- Cross-sector partnerships
- Public affairs
- Strategic communications
- Accessibility & inclusion
- Budget & vendor management
Timeline
Project Coordinator
Canadian Science Policy Centre
08.2025 - Current
CanStudyUS Policy Fellow (Home & Away Fellowship)
The Dais - Toronto Metropolitan University
09.2024 - 04.2025
Government Relations Coordinator
University of Regina Students Union
11.2021 - 08.2024
Policy and Operations Coordinator
UNB Graduate Students Association
10.2019 - 12.2022
VP Finance and Operations
UNB Graduate Students Association
03.2016 - 10.2019
Certificate in Public Policy And Administration - Public Policy And Administration
Dalhousie University, Executive Education
Master of Computer Science -
University of New Brunswick
Masters of Autonomous Systems - Robotics And Artificial Intelligence
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences
Diploma in University Teaching -
University Of New Brunswick
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Instrumentation Engineering
R.M.K. Engineering College, Anna University
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Future of Digital Finance - Think20 (G20) Policy Brief (2025) — “Tax‑Ready” Real‑Time Payments: Leveraging UPI to Expand India’s Tax Base and Support MSME Growth
- Think7 (G7) Policy Brief (2025) — Co-author: A G7 Strategy for AI Competition & Consumer Rights (presented to G7 stakeholders)
- CanStudyUS Policy Memo (2025) — Establishing AI Liability and Post-Deployment Frameworks in Canada.
- PLOS ONE (2025) — Canadian natural science graduate stipends lie below the poverty line Contributor: comparative analysis of graduate stipends.
Technical And Analytical Skills
- Data Analysis: R, SPSS, Python, Excel
- Web & Publishing: Canva, WordPress, Overleaf
- Policy Tools: SPSD/M, RBMF. Familiar with policy databases and rapid to adopt STIP Compass / STI.Scoreboard
- CRM/Admin: Salesforce, Asana, Trello
- Research Tools: NVivo, Zotero, Mendeley
- Document management: SharePoint - Document library & version control, GitHub
- Office Tools: MS Office, Google Workspace
Certification
- Government Analytics (2025) - World Bank Group Institute for Economic Development
- Privacy, Tech & AI Bootcamp - Implement Privacy (2024)
- Science Policy & Advocacy – UC Irvine / JSPG (2023)
- Climate Change AI Summer School (2023)
- STPA Science & Tech Policy Certificate – Ongoing
- Social Policy Simulation Database and Model (SPSD/M) Training (2024)
- Reproducible Research Fundamentals (2023) - World Bank Group Institute for Economic Development
- Secure & Responsible Tech Policy Foundations - The Dais @ TMU (2023)
LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
- Treasurer and Executive at Support our Science.
- External and Internal Director at the Toronto Science Policy Network (TSPN).
- Co-Chair - Events Committee, Program Coordinator with the Canadian Science Policy Centre (CSPC).
- JSPG Ambassador from July 2022 to June 2023
- National Executive at the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) from 2018-2022.
- Deputy Chairperson of the National Graduate Caucus (NGC) at the CFS in 2021-2023.