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EDUCATION CGPA: 3.75/4

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Indian School of Business (ISB) | Intended Majors: Operations, Finance | GMAT – 750/800 | GRE – 336/340 Apr. ’19 – Present
Post Graduate Programme in Management
• Admitted via ISB’s Young Leaders Programme (top 5% out of 2500+ applicants), received a merit scholarship of ₹100,000
Young India Fellowship (YIF), Ashoka University | CGPA: 3.43/4 Delhi
Post Graduate Diploma in Liberal Studies Jul. ’16 – Jun. ‘17
• Selected into a cohort of 215 fellows (of 2000+ applicants) with a scholarship of ₹100,000
• Policy Consulting Project: Improved (from 27% to 60%) the compliance of 61 departments of the Government of Delhi with Section 4
of the RTI act in a span of 10 months to identify barriers to disclosure through primary research
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) | CGPA: 8.34/10 | AIEEE: Top 1.5% Chennai
B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering with Specialization in Design and Manufacturing Aug. ’12 – May ‘16
• Spearheaded electoral reforms, acted as the student interlocutor between the Board of Governors and the student community
- Designed and implemented a new two-stage process for the selection of student representatives with 100% online voting
• Brought out four editions of the official newsletter of the institute as student Editor-in-Chief
WORK EXPERIENCE
Ashwamedha Consultants | Political Consulting Intern Jaipur
Political consulting start-up that specializes in creating narrative strategies for election campaigns Aug. ’18 – Mar. ‘19
• Designed winning election narratives for 3 MLA candidates after analysing data from 20+ surveys in each constituency in the Rajasthan
Assembly Elections 2018; margin of victory was 10000+ votes for each of the three candidates
• Created a policy brief on data privacy regulation that informed a national party’s manifesto for General Elections 2019
Aditya Birla Retail Limited (ABRL) | Cluster Operations Manager (More Supermarkets – Grocery and FMCG) Hyderabad
Key Differentiators: Jul. ’17 – Aug. ‘18
• Only Management Trainee (out of 39) to be selected without an MBA degree into ABRL’s Retail Leadership Programme (RLP) in 2017
• Youngest Cluster Operations Manager in Telangana region, handled operations of 8 stores and sales totalling ~ ₹360 million per annum
Operations and Supply Chain Management:
• Improved the average fill-rate of 75 KVI (Key Value Item) SKUs from 91% to 99% (v/s region average of 91%)
- Designed a system that adjusted the re-order point and order up-to level based on current and historical sales trends
• Placed consistently amongst the three fastest growing clusters (out of 13) in Telangana from March-July 2018, achieving average YoY sales
growth of 8.6% (v/s 5.6% in the 8 stores in the previous two quarters):
- Improved (from 23% to 35%) the average Net Promoter Score (NPS), an indicator of repurchase probability and customer satisfaction
- Conceptualized and implemented a mechanism for hourly tracking of NPS and immediate corrective action
- Improved average SOP audit scores across 8 stores by 4 percentage points (81% to 85%) through rigorous Kaizen implementation
- Identified and mentored 32 Associates as “Category Growth Champions”, imparted 4+ hours of training to each across 3 months
• Effected major changes in the procurement and merchandizing policies of the Fruits & Vegetables category in the Telangana region:
- Investigated falling sales in the category through focus group research with store employees and a survey of 200+ customers
- Prepared a report based on the investigation that was used by the COO to initiate changes in procurement and merchandizing policy
• Turned around a loss-making store in one month; improved margins from -1.7% to +1.2%, increased the bottom-line by ₹1.3 lakhs
- Decreased shrinkage from 1.4% to 0.3%, decreased damages from 0.8% to 0.1%, improved scan margin by 1.2%
• Led the re-launch of a store and achieved an average YoY sales growth of 18% in the next quarter (v/s 3% projected from trends)
- Managed inventory 30% in excess of store capacity and oversaw marketing initiatives in the store catchment area by a team of 20
• Added ₹1.2 million per annum (to a bottom-line of ~₹15 million) of a hypermarket store by achieving a manpower reduction of 10 employees
out of 140 based on a time and motion study conducted over a span of two months
People Management:
• As Cluster Manager, led a team of 120 people comprising 8 Store Managers, 16 Supervisors and 96 Customer Service Associates (CSAs)
- Achieved the highest approval rating (84% vs 60% average) amongst 13 managers in Telangana from the team of 120 employees in the
annual employee survey as a result of initiatives like the creation of learning and career roadmaps for every employee
- Achieved second-lowest average employee attrition (3.5% v/s average of 5%) amongst 13 clusters from March-July 2018
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES
At ISB:
• As Quiz Master: Conducted two quizzes with an average participation of 35+ students
• Conceptualized the use of memes as a learning medium, created 100+ memes for 8 courses, garnering 1200+ likes from fellow ISB students
At IIITDM:
• Founded the literary club and led a core team of 10 literature enthusiasts, conducted 8 events with an average turnout of 40+ students
• Designed a three-stage curriculum for computer and internet literacy classes for middle aged people from local communities
- Delivered these classes over a six-month period with an attrition of only 5 out of 45 people who initially enrolled for the classes
• Organized the first ever blood donation camp on campus, galvanized 120 donors out of 300 residents of the institute
• Won the debating and creative writing events at the annual college fest in 2014 in a field of participants from 30+ colleges