Bipin Kumar B
21-34 Spence Street, Regina,SK
Summary
Meticulous and analytical Researcher with focus on evidence based policy making, with over seven years of educational and hands-on experience in areas of Tech Policy, Climate Crisis, Post Secondary Education issues. Adaptive team player with in-depth knowledge of data collection, confidential document control and problem-solving. Exceptional skills in Computer Software and Data Analysis. Familiarity with Tech-Policy Issues Climate Crisis. Strengths include event planning, financial reporting and project management.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Government Relations Coordinator
University of Regina Students Union
11.2021 - Current
- Creating a new Government Relations Strategy to advocate and lobby on post secondary issues.
- Implementing a communication and engagement strategy and standard operating procedure for lobbying with the various levels of the government.
- Conducting research on post-secondary issues in Saskatchewan.
- Creating a new lobby documents and priorities for the organization in consultation with students.
Policy and Operations Coordinator
UNB Graduate Students Association
10.2019 - 10.2022
- Chaired the UNBGSA's committee on Graduate Student funding.
- Surveyed and analyzed the current funding patterns for graduate students at different departments at the university.
- Collected and analyzed openly available funding details at other universities for comparison.
- Written and presented several reports on the issues faced by graduate students, the analysis of graduate funding and the recommendations by the GSA to the university administration.
- Worked with the AUNBT (Association of University of New Brunswick Teachers) leadership on issues that affected both faculty and graduate students.
- Have experience working with University budgets and finances, Statistics Canada Data, MPHEC (Maritimes Provinces Higher Education Commission) and AAU (Association of Atlantic Universities) data.
International Students Representative
Canadian Federation of Students
11.2019 - 04.2023
- Held the position of New Brunswick representative on the National Executive for two years - 2017 and 2019 and International Students representative from 2021-23.
- Worked with the National Executive on various policies and issues of the organization.
- Currently also working as Deputy Chair of the National Graduate Caucus
- Had formed collaboration with various organizations such as Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), Canadian Association of Graduate Studies (CAGS), etc.
- Conducted a survey and analyze the graduate student funding patterns across all universities in Canada.
- Met and lobbied with members of the Government and other parties during the Federal Lobby week in February 2020, 2021, 2022.
VP Finance and Operations
UNB Graduate Students Association
03.2016 - 10.2019
- Converted all of the organization's operations and financial management to an online system.
- Created and implemented the integration of payroll, accounting and Point of Sale System to a seamless online system.
- Worked with bookkeeper and auditor to complete the review of pending financial statements from 2011 onwards.
- Worked with CRA to clean up accounting and recording procedures that were out of date
- Worked with the university's financial services to resolve and reconcile outstanding issues of the organizations.
- Sat on University's Budget Advisory Committee
- Also, sat on the GSA's Bylaw review committee.
- Hosted and Co-Chaired the Graduate Research Conference from 2017-2019
- Organized and held the provincial lobby week with the government and other parties for 2018-19.
Vice President and Treasurer
Union of Graduate Students Workers at UNB
01.2017 - 04.2019
- Initially held the position of Vice President and then moved to work as the Treasurer for the organization.
- Was part of the committee during the Conciliation and Mediation phase of the Collective Bargaining.
- Attended the Young Workers Symposium in 2016 and also University and DCL Sector Workshop to discuss common issues faced in the sector within the organization and how to improve them.
- Had training on Collective Bargaining, Mobilization, Grievance handling, Convention Preparation, Local development, Advanced Local Officers Training and Convention preparation. Attended the 2018 Triennial National Convention.
- Presented the changes to the Bylaws to reflect the changing needs of the organization and the membership.
- Worked with the president on improving the policies and workflow. Represented various committees of the organization.
- Worked on various policy grievances during the first year of the new collective agreement.
Education
Certificate in Public Policy And Administration - Public Policy And Administration
Dalhousie University, Executive Education
Halifax, NS05.2022
Masters of Computer Science -
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, CanadaMasters 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
- Data Analysis and Policy Research
- Project Management
- Technical Writing and Documentation
- Experience in PSE and Tech Policy Areas
- Government relations
- Event Planning and Operations
- Financial Management
- Policy and procedure adherence
- Operations management
- Strategic planning
Accomplishments
- Treasurer at Support our Science.
- Past External Affairs Director and current Internal Affairs Director at the Toronto Science Policy Network (TSPN).
- Program Coordinator and Volunteer with the Canadian Science Policy Centre (CSPC).
- Part of the Facial Recognition Working Group at International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG), Canada.
- Part of Beyond Endless Frontiers research project, working on the theme of Trust, Integrity, and Science Ethics (TIES).
- Held the JSPG Ambassador from July 2022 to June 2023
- Published a Policy Memo titled " Improving the Accessibility of Federal Graduate Research Awards in Canada" in the Special Issue on Intersectional Science Policy; JSPG-NSPN 2021 International Science Policy Memo Competition, September 2021.
- Published a Policy Brief titled "Dark Side of AI — Lack of transparency widens inequality and trust in Systems" in SciTech Forefront Publication on Medium, as part of the NSPN Policy Competition 2022,
- Published a paper titled " Improved language support for Verilog elaboration in Odin II and FPGA architecture benchmarking in the VTR CAD tool" at the 2015 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing (PACRIM).
- Part of the team that won second place at the RoboCup@Work Competition in the 2014 RoboCup World Championship.
- Part of the team that won third place at the RoboCup@Work Competition in the 2014 German Open Robotics Competition.
- Paper on "Improving Transparency & Accountability in Deployment of AI Systems" got published at CSPC 2022 conference for the Youth Award.
- Visiting Research student at the University of Saskatchewan.
- Attended Climate Change AI summer school 2023, organized by Climate Change AI.
- Completed UC Irvine-JSPG 2023 Science Policy and Advocacy Certificate Program
- Policy Brief titled "Climate Crisis Induced Migration: A Global Framework to Minimize and Manage Large-Scale Climate Refugees and Migrants" got accepted for the JSPG Summer 2023 edition, to be published in October 2023.
Timeline
Government Relations Coordinator
University of Regina Students Union
11.2021 - Current
International Students Representative
Canadian Federation of Students
11.2019 - 04.2023
Policy and Operations Coordinator
UNB Graduate Students Association
10.2019 - 10.2022
Vice President and Treasurer
Union of Graduate Students Workers at UNB
01.2017 - 04.2019
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
Masters 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
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