India Head University Relations

Amazon
1st October, 2013

Dear Sir

I am writing to you to express my interest in joining Pathways (Operations leadership development program).

In my work experience of 4.8 years as a process engineer and production manager, I have led teams and designed
processes. I want to pursue my career in the field of operational strategy and Amazon is renowned to be at the cutting
edge of operational excellence and customer service. Further, my value system closely aligns with the values of Amazon,
especially customer centricity, result orientation and ownership. Hence, I believe that this program will give me a perfect
platform to develop into leadership roles in operations.

I believe that the expectations from the role in expertise and leadership skills closely match my experience, skill-sets and
interests. During my stint at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, I actively participated in events across the
spectrum and was elected to various positions of responsibilities. It sparked my interest in managing events and leading
teams.

Post college, I joined Dr. Reddy's where I actively took up tasks on capacity planning and executed projects right from
building proposals to design and commissioning. I developed deep understanding of processes and utilized it to solve a
pressing capacity shortage problem of the plant. I also learnt root cause analysis and scale-up techniques during this
stint.

My role at Asian Paints as a Production Manager gave me an opportunity to lead large teams, negotiate with multiple
parties, design and implement work-flows and processes, and manage changes during project executions (including
taking critical decisions under uncertainty and pressure). It gave me a deep perspective on leading teams, managing
talents, building systems, implementing changes and influencing key stake-holders.

I believe that these learning and skills, combined with value-add at Indian School of Business, will be a valuable asset for
the team. Relevant details of my experience are encapsulated in my resume.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Warm Regards
EDUCATION
Indian School of Business (ISB) (April, 2013 Present)
Post-Graduate Programme in Management, (Operations, Strategy & Leadership)
GMAT Score: 770 / 800 (99 percentile); CGPA (till term 2): 3.88 / 4 (Rank: 24 / 770)
Core team member (Events Coordinator) for Solstice event at ISB responsible for planning and scheduling
events, managing logistics and ensuring smooth execution in co-ordination with other teams
Shortlisted in first round of National University of Singapore (NUS) Cerebration case competition (team of three)
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur (June, 2004 June, 2008)
Bachelor of Technology (Honors), Chemical Engineering
Elected as General Secretary, Social and Cultural for Patel Hall (2006-07): Organized large scale social and
cultural events like Illumination involving about 250 students
Elected as Secretary, Indoor Games for Patel Hall (2005-06)
Core team member (Finance), Spring Festival in 2006: Managed sponsorships and registration processes
Assistant Coordinator, Procurement team for Kshitij, Techno-Management Festival in 2006 for IIT Kharagpur
EXPERIENCE
4.8 years of experience in process engineering and production management where I have led diverse teams, designed
processes, solved operational issues, planned capacities, designed and executed projects on expansion, cost reduction and
quality improvement
Asian Paints, Mumbai
Manager Production, Resin House (July, 2011 - April, 2013)
Managed operations of Resin House (capacity of 1600 TPM) including capacity planning, scheduling, capital
expenditure and revenue budgeting, quality systems, environment aspects and safety in operations
Led a production team of 3 Senior Officers, 13 Officers and 29 Workmen; created systems to capture learning,
develop young officers and promote a culture of Kaizen
Negotiated with labour union to implement changes in work practices and resolve conflicts
Led a cross-functional team for planning, designing and successfully commissioning INR 25 million capacity
expansion project to increase capacity from 130 TPM to 250 TPM in CED section
Interfaced with Joint Venture partner and negotiated for change in settlement norms with union (increased
manpower efficiency from 0.87 man-days per ton to 1.11)
Manager Production, Standardization (Oct, 2010 - July, 2011)
Managed Standardization Cell responsible for scale-ups, technology transfer and process troubleshooting
Designed re-use schemes to reduce impact on environment from production activities
Designed, implemented and documented a new process for executing experimentation batches for market
trials at pilot scale which resolved issue of delay and friction between various functions involved
Convinced senior management of the need and involved participation of concerned functions

Dr. Reddy's, Hyderabad

Process Engineer (July, 2008 - Oct, 2010)
Planned capacity and built proposals for two new production blocks in the plant as per future projections
Generated process inputs, conducted risk assessment and built automation logic for these new facilities
Was part of numerous cost improvement projects and conducted root cause analysis to build robustness in quality
Implemented new process technologies in the plant in co-ordination with engineering, production and vendors
Liquid-Liquid Extractor: reduced extraction time from 16 hrs to 6 hrs, released reactor and improved quality
Falling film Evaporator: reduced boiling time by 4 hrs in 3 stages, overall capacity impact of 20%
Designed and executed de-clashing project to optimize facility utilization by re-mapping about 60 product stages
and debottlenecking upstream equipment
Project unlocked capacity of 30%, enabling the plant to cater to increased production requirements

ACHIEVEMENTS
Certified ISO -1: 2008 and ISO 14001:2004 Internal auditor; trained in Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment
Topped ICSE (2001) in mathematics and awarded scholarship by Council of Science and Technology, U.P.
Cleared the prestigious National Talent Search Examination in 2001
Won Bronze medal in Inter-hall weight-lifting competition, 2007 in 62 kg category
Awarded the Best Fresher Volunteer of Patel Hall Of Residence in a batch of 80 students in 2006