ADITYA NIGAM

+91-7838771237 | nigamaditya.iitr@gmail.com | linkedin.com/in/aditya-nigam

EXPERIENCE
TRIWIZARD CHESS Jan 2018 – Present
Founder & CEO
Triwizard Chess, our flagship offering, is India's first Chess for 3 players. Our mission is to build company that helps user have
an incredible gaming experience.
 Co-designed Triwizard Chess, secured its IP Rights. Launched it on e-commerce portals, Amazon and Flipkart
 Built the business from ground up to an annual revenue of INR 400,000 with a shoestring budget
 Setup a fully self-sufficient in-house assembly unit that can process upto 100 orders per day
 Negotiated partnerships with 3 crucial vendors for customized requirements of Triwizard Chess 
 Conducted 8 workshops in 3 cities, including at IIT Roorkee, to inspire people to take up Chess & Triwizard Chess,
building a brand for the company at the same time
 Marketed digitally on platforms like Amazon, Flipkart, Facebook; planned festive season promotions and sell out; built
strategic partnership with TBI (The Better India) and others
 Featured by 50+ news publications, including Financial Express, NDTV, India Today; recognised by Norwegian embassy

PASSBROOK Apr 2016 – Dec 2017

Co-founder
A mobile-first FinTech startup that aggregates bills, payment options, loyalty programs and offers. With the aim to make the
process of spending, tracking and saving money as effortless as possible. And it is a member of Microsoft BizSpark program.
 Built India’s first app that consolidates bills from users’ emails and software like Tally
 Built a team of 7 people. And raised and managed allocation of funds to the tune of US$ 45,000
 Acquired 15,000 plus users & 5 merchants in less than 6 months with a shoestring budget of US$ 1,000
 Responsible for backend development using Django REST Framework & integration of third-party services
 Responsible for online marketing and user acquisition through Google ads, Facebook ads, ASO etc

DROOM Feb 2015 – Mar 2016

Associate Manager - Category Management
 Handled P&L of all major Categories (Cars, Bikes & Scooties) to drive revenue with margin improvement
 Increased GMV from 0.2 Crore per month to more than 1 Crore of GMV per month in 4 months
 Analysed buying behavior using analytical tools and curated promotions based on insights
 Liaison with Marketing to integrate social media campaigns, email campaigns and finalizing merchandising
 Reviewed performance across P&L & planned category promotions based on daily, weekly, monthly time frame
 Also handled P&L of a business category (Auctions) and led it to an exponential growth from 1 to 94 lakhs of GMV

FRSH Dec 2014 – Feb 2015

Operations Manager
 Implemented new ways to make operations efficient & managed daily monetary transactions
 Researched, negotiated with vendors & introduced new types of packaging for customer satisfaction and brand building

EDUCATION
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE
Bachelor of Technology in Pulp & Paper Engineering, 2014
 Cultural festival management team, Lawn Tennis, Chess, NSS (National Service Scheme)
 IIT-JEE (2010) All India Rank - 5576 out of 450K+ applicants

Technical skills: Python, Django & Django Rest Framework, mySQL, PostgreSQL

ADDITIONAL
 Chess: Ranked 2nd in middle age group chess championship district level (2007)
 Lawn Tennis: Gold medalist in inter-year Tennis championship of IIT Roorkee (2012)
Interests: Mathematics, Chess, Lawn Tennis, Reading Novels, Adventure