After Trupti Jain completed her Bachelors in Environmental Engineering in 1992. Thereafter, she opted for working in developmental sector. Strengthening women’s participation in education, off farm & on farm livelihood and most importantly strengthening governance of elected representatives of local bodies are primarily interested area during her professional career.
In her professional career of last 15 years, she had put her efforts into various strata of developmental projects in Gujarat and Rajasthan. She has worked with government departments (Education Department and Women & Child Development Department of GoG for more than 6 years), Non Government Organizations (for 6 years) and donor agency (for 3 years).
Her last responsibility was State Programme Director of Mahila Samakhaya. This is the programme of Ministry of Human Resource Development of Government of India with the aim of Education for Women Equality. Mahila Samakhaya works in nine states including Gujarat, where it is attaining more than 44000 women from 1906 villages in 38 talukas of 7 districts. She had to report to the state level governing body consisted of State Policymakers, National Opinion Makers and subject experts.
She got selected for the commonwealth scholarship in completing distant learning in M.A. in Sustainable Development from Staffordshire University, the U.K. Her endeavor in this direction got her selected by US Department of State for the International Visitor Programme on Accountability in Governance and Business in September, 2006.
She was a member of executive committee of Gujarat Council of Education, Research and Training, Surva Shiksha Abhiyan and Gender Resource Center. She was also a member of Executive Committee of Working Group on Women’s Issues, a network of 60 NGOs, Group, an NGO working in Ahmedabad district, State Alumnae of USIS as an individual.
She has secured opportunity in participating a number of capacity building programmes in developmental sector. Training on Social Science Research by Institute of Development Research, Boston and PRIA, New Delhi, Training on Participatory Rural appraisal, Gender and Micro-planning by PRIA, New Delhi, Training on management of Common Property Resources by Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad were the major one. She has published 12 research papers, out of which 9 were state level papers, 3 national level papers and 2 international levels. She has developed more than 30 educational materials in form of training manuals, audio-visual kits, booklets, posters and leaflets. She had also edited bimonthly magazine, Parisar, Vichar, Quarterly Samakhya no Suraj and Samakhya news in Gujarati as well as in English.
At present, working as an Executive Director of City Managers Association Gujarat (CMAG) since February 1, 2008. CMAG was established in September 1997 with support from International City/ County Management Association, Washington (ICMA), and USAID. Today, CMAG is recognized as a unique and pioneering institution in Asia. CMAG institutional membership includes the state seven Municipal Corporations, six Urban Development Authorities, 159 Municipalities, Institutions and NGOs.