To Whom It May Concern:
I would like to confirm that Pushparani Pather was employed by the Human Sciences Research Council as a researcher supervisor. Her duties included field work which entailed conducting focus groups, interviews and budgeting field work expenses and overall running of her field staff.
Having known Mrs. Pather for the past 12 years she is a reliable, efficient and punctual person who pays attention to detail and willingly undertakes any task given to her.
She is diligent and produces excellent results. It is a pleasure working with this extremely fun loving, professional person, who gives her all to insure the success of the various research projects she is involved in.
Apart from working with Mrs. Pather on a professional level, I also know of her on a personal level with strong community ties. Her passion for serving others in her community is highly commended. As a community leader Mrs. Pather is actively involved in poverty alleviation and skills development for the underprivileged in her community. Her passion for community upliftment and dedication to her community especially the poor is what makes her such a genuine, caring human being.
I am truly grateful and privileged to not only working with her but also knowing her on personal level as a person that is always there for others and goes out of her way to help people in need, truly an amazing leader of her community.
Sincerely
Dr Dhee Naidoo (PhD, Public Health Medicine)
Social, Behavioral and Biomedical Interventions (SBBI) Unit HIV/AIDS, STIs and TB Research Programme Human Sciences Research Council 5th Floor, The Atrium
430 Peter Mokaba Ridge
Berea, Durban
South Africa,4001
Tel: 031-2425510
Cell: 0844302410/0829212372
Email: ynaidoo@hsrc.ac.za
RECOMMENDATION LETTER
Prepared by: N. Mbelle
Position: Chief Research Manager and study Director
Date:
Ms .Pushparani Pather (Rani ) has worked in various capacities in research projects that were conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council. Her best qualities include honesty, loyalty, and commitment, delivery of quality products, attention to detail and strong leadership. She got along very well with both research management and fieldworkers, by so doing ensuring that the task is completed on time and producing the highest quality.
Throughout her association with the HSRC, she demonstrated full comprehension of contractual, financial and administrative obligations which she had to fulfil and also adhered to policies as required. Her contribution towards procedures on how to supervise, track data and monitor each fieldworker performance enhanced the research operation in general, particularly within the HIV, AIDS, STIs and TB unit.
Rani also contributed sections to weekly reports (statistics and narratives), which were used towards planning further implementation of the projects and reporting to funders of the project.
Yours truly
Ntombizodwa Mbelle
012 302 2614