VENKATESAN A

Male ,25

EDUCATION COURSE
PGDM B.E.(Manufacturing) HSC SSLC WO R K E XP ER IE NC E Taegutec India Pvt Ltd

INSTITUTION/UNIVERSITY
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow College of Engineering, Guindy , Anna University Don Bosco School, Chennai Don Bosco School, Chennai Assistant Engineer

YEAR
2012 2008 2004 2002

SCORE
8.2 90% 86.4%

RANK
Top 5 in Dept. Top 10 in 140 Top 10 in 120

Involved in providing End to End Tooling Solution to Customers with presence and access to all Customer touch Points from Quotation raising to pricing and Dispatch Design

June 2008 May 2010

Sales Business Development Operations Brand Disseminator

Designed tools worth INR 25lakh+ for Automotive majors like Caterpillar, M&M, Maruti Suzuki and Ford Initiative: Reduced the lead time by 75%for making the tooling proposal, planning the BOM and Fixtures Best Practice :Top 3% among 100+ employees to be selected for a 3 year R&D training program in Israel Initiative: Spearheaded the 5S activities for Design Team and won the Best 5S practice award from CII Business Impact :Locked the customers to the company by Quick response and Deliver model Member, Sales team ,Generated Sales worth INR 90lakh and met all sales and promotion targets Explored and identified new potential markets to increase the lead sales of new and patented products Managed business with 3 key dealers in Chennai each of whom brought in a business of INR 30lakh/month Appreciation : Gained the accolades from management as Best Graduate Engineer Trainee Initiative: SPOC for the Technical Application team for customized tooling and machining solutions Managed key accounts with firms in Karnataka and Tamilnadu for all development projects execution Business Impact : Increased the Revenue by 25lakh+ by updating new products to 50+ customers of dealers Initiative: Implemented new methods to reduce rejection when manufacturing complex milling cutters Business Impact: Demonstrated reduction in wastage cost and savings through procurement order lot size Represented Taegutec at the National Machine Tool Exhibition , ACME 2008 with 20000+ footfalls Disseminated the Brand at the International Machine Tool Exhibition, IMTEX 2009, 100000 footfalls Associate Consultant-Retail April 2010 June 2010

S UM ME R I N TER N SH IP Cognizant Business Consulting

Competitor Analysis of Cognizant in the Retail Space and analyzed the framework competencies of key players

Devised a strategy for Cognizant to expand inorganically to spearhead the SAP expertise to drive in new business in Europe Initiative: Identified potential opportunities in the Asia-Pacific and Europe market for Cognizants Retail IT solutions Initiative: Identified opportunities in Mobile In-Store Shopping and Distributed Order Management system Best Practice: Routed strategic plans to cross sell Cognizant offering to Clients and documented the Best practices in retail BD

A C AD EM IC AC HI EV E ME NT S Recipient of Chief Minister Award for securing within top 10% in the Department of Manufacturing Engineering PO SI TIO N S O F RE SP ON SI BI LIT Y POSITION ROLES & INITIATIVES Fostered the momentum of Future of Work initiatives of Cognizant Brand Ambassador, Cognizant Interface for all in campus branding activities of Cognizant Business Consulting Initiated and Coordinated the Consulting Workshop event for final year students Managed 15 employees to run the night mess operations, 50+ items in menu & SKUs, Mess Committee Core, Initiative : Initiated and implemented the room delivery service from night mess IIM Lucknow Impact :Bolstered the night mess revenues by 50% adding new items and expansion Maintained the relationship with 50 Suppliers and approved credit period for vendors Conceptualized the Contraption event which centralized 350+ participants Kurukshetra Core , Technical Extravaganza, Led the team of 50+ volunteers to manage the entire execution and dissemination Anna University Event appreciated with photographs in the reputed National dailies for its innovation Handled registration process for a footfall of more than 700 on campus participants Member ,Hospitality Team, Organized and participated in the Green City Marathon, 500+ participants Manfest Managed the stay and accommodation for more than 300 outstation participants One point of contact for execution of Paper presentation , Flagship event of Manusys Event Manager, Manusys Technical Symposium, Disseminated the event with foot falls from 250 engineering colleges Anna university Ideated and Modernized the reach through dynamic website & collaborative advertising Generated about 20% of the sponsored funds for the Manusys Event Member ,Sponsorship Committee Anna University Led the sponsorship brochure design team and created pitch in for sponsorships Coordinated and organized visits for Orphanages to teach differently abled children General Secretary ,Social Service Club , Don Bosco School Organized and promoted Blood donation camps with association from Lions Club

Email: Placecom@iiml.ac.in

Phone: +91-522-2734013

PCOM: No: 385

CO RPO R A TE E V EN T A CH IE VE ME N TS Corporate Combat, Selected to represent IIM Lucknow at the 3 day Business Simulation combat Campus Confluence 2011, Developed a strategy for Snapdeal to increase its reach and customer loyalty Winners IIM Ahmedabad-Flagship 1 in 30 teams selected across IIMs for the final presentation Identified and segmented the growth markets for Mahindra Auto to launch Finalist Mahindra Warroom 2011 its new SUV XUV 500 and Pickup trucks for global markets Devised and Presented a Pull Market strategy for the electric vehicle-Reva Awarded PPO for Summer internship " to work with Uniball strategy Group Campus Uniball Business Strategy Developed the psychographic profile of customers for product positioning Winner Contest 2010 Interpreted the Brand preference map for Uniball Pens amidst Competitors Framed a real time branding and market strategy for P&Gs detergent brand P&G Consumer Market Winner Knowledge Contest 2010 Ranked 1 among 10+ teams in the Final real time Business Simulation round Finalist Vector 07,Secundrabad Finalist among 50+ teams in two robot design events at VJTI, Secundrabad

2011

2011

2010 2010 2007

LIV E PRO JE C T S Records Management System Wipro Consulting January 2010 Revitalized a report on Electronics document and records management system in Asia-Pacific Universities Identified the functions and sub-functions within each areas compatible for electronic recording and software integration Marketing Research Project Uninor December 2009 Primary and Secondary market research to develop Customers perception of Uninor and Mobile Service provider preference Documented a Factor analysis and Discriminant based brand preference map for mobile service preference of consumers Design & Fabrication Project Tespa Tools Pvt Ltd January 2008 May 2008 Led a 4 member team and interfaced with the firm to initiate the material handling automation solution at Tespa tools Designed and fabricated a pick and place robot prototype for material handling in Machine Vision System Pre Placement Offer (PPO),Recognized and appreciated with PPO for project execution and implementation EX TR A C UR RI C UL AR A C TI VI TIE S Winners, Sikander Inter-Hostel Cricket tournament ,IIM Lucknow Participated in Inter Hostel Football Tournament ,IIM Lucknow Sports Participated in the Green City Run 2011 marathon organized by Manfest ,IIM Lucknow Participated in Sunfeast World 10K marathon at Bangalore, A corporate event which benefitted 81+NGO Runner up in the intra school volley ball tournament at Don Bosco School Photography Photo selected to be showcased at Aahaan11 during Index11, An event which had a footfall of 10000+ Organized Plant Visit for 150+ students from National Tech Training Foundation(NTTF) and Makino Seminars interns at Taegutec India Ltd Drawing Represented Don Bosco School in State Level Drawing Competition and events 2011 2011 2011 2010 2003 2011 2009 2002