Swati Mohapatra

About Swati Mohapatra

I am a Ph.D. in communication and have more than two decades of experience in handling strategic communication, developing and implementing communication and advocacy strategies, conceptualizing campaigns, developing media and social media strategies and plans, and engaging with the private sector and non-traditional partnerships. I am skilled to handle Strategic Planning, Advocacy with Policy Makers and Influencers, Mega Partnerships, Media Planning, Social & Behaviour Change Communication, Corporate Social Responsibility, academics, and Research Design. I am working with UNICEF for more than 12 years as Communication Advocacy and Partnership Specialist in Mumbai. I love telling stories and I have also a very keen interest in cinema, poetry, literature, art, travelling, music, philosophy and spirituality. I talk about Child Rights# Adolescent and youth participation #Youth Leadership#storytelling#Climate Change#Mental Health#SDGs 2030.

Experience

1. Communication, Advocacy and Partnership Specialist

   UNICEF

   Nov 2009 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   I handle advocacy, media, child participation, participation of young people,develop integrated communication strategies and engage in strategic partnerships.

Education

• Master Europeo in Gestione di Impressa Cinematographica e Audiovisiva (Magica), Rome

  Certificate course on Development Communication, Development Communication

  2000 — 2000

• Utkal University

  Masters, English Language and Literature/Letters

• United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)

  Certificate course on Knowledge Management, Knowledge Management

  2021 — 2021

• Harvard University

  Emerging Manager's Programme

  2013 — 2013

• Kendriya vidyalaya, Bhubaneswar

  Completed high School with Science

• Utkal University of Culture, Bhubaneswar

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Communication and Media Studies

  2002 — 2004

• United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)

  Certificate course, Strrategic Communication towards 2030 Agenda

  2022 — 2022

• University of Pennsylvania

  Certificate course on Social Norms, Communication and Media Studies, A

  2017 — 2017

• Utkal University

  Bachelor's degree, English Language and Literature and Psychology

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Certificate course Social and Behaviour Change Communication, Communication and Media Studies

  2001 — 2001

• Malmö University

  Advances in Social Communication, Social Communication, Good

  2016 — 2016