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AKUL JINDAL
Address: 210, New Swastik Apartments, Sector-9, Rohini, Delhi - 110085
Incoming Deal Advisory Analyst at KPMG
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Course/Examination Institution/University Year Performance
Bachelor of Business Administration Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies 9.23 CGPA: (Top 10%)
2017-2020 (E)
(Financial Investment Analysis) (University of Delhi) Till 5th semester
CFA Level 1 Exam CFA Institute 2020 Passed
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KPMG India – Global Business Services Advisory – Trainee [Only Intern among five to receive PPO] [2 months, June – August 2019]
o Emerging Technology Team:
 Co-founded a service offering to optimize floor plate density per resource, enhancing KPMG’s portfolio of Location Planning for Shared
Service Centers (SSC), enabling a $25bn financial services client to implement cost savings of ~40% or $275k
 Innovated a unique SaaS based service offering to reduce induction timeline & accelerate training of 500 offshore staff to augment
KPMG’s Transition Planning portfolio, enabling firm to meet delivery timeline on key project of a $47bn UAE-based BFSI client; saved
100% of chargeback profit for 5 years, and 50% for another 5 years thereafter under SEZ sunset clause norms
 Increased projected practice revenue by 3% by launching AS-IS Process Mapping technology for Transition Planning & Service Delivery
Optimization to facilitate the establishment and/or optimization of SSCs
o Client Engagement Team:
 Strategized the establishment of IT ‘Center of Excellence’ in India for a financial services conglomerate by highlighting use-cases for
emerging technology across service lines including AMCs, Insurance & NBFCs
 Collaborated with CXOs to conduct location assessment for an $11bn cloud-services provider by performing facility price benchmarking
for post-acquisition integration of an AI-driven accountancy tool; projected annual reduction of 20% in lease cost
Co-Founder and Strategy Director – Red Herring Ventures [January 2019 – Present]
Established the first student led startup advisory firm pan India to help take college startups from ideation to implementation stage
 Advised 4 clients on product-market fit, business plan development & go-to-market strategy, and strategized improvisation of business
model, M&A approach; enabled a client to beat rival Ex-Bain consultant founded firm, receive incubation support from SSCBS
Innovation and Incubation Foundation (SIIF) and generate ARR of $15K
 Collaborated with 30+ colleges across DU to hire and train 11 interns on VC valuation methodologies, investment structures and
business models mentored 2 interns to establish Entrepreneurship Development Cells at their colleges to impact 2000+ students
 Drove the establishment of a mentorship panel of 30+ VCs & angels, led social media campaign – 20K website hits in first month
Co-Founder – Digital DAdd [11 months, February 2018 – January 2019]
Strategized a SaaS solution to curb the menace of widespread age-agnostic digital addiction by offering positive reinforcement
 Co-founded the service offering, developed go-to-market strategy, business model, financial projections and wireframe, enabling the
firm to raise seed capital of $7.5k from SSCBS Innovation and Incubation Foundation (SIIF)
Reliance Mutual Fund – HNI & SME Marketing – Trainee [8 weeks, May – July 2018]
 Strategized the marketing approach for NFO of Debt Fund Product – Lakshya Nivesh, enabling the regional team to surpass target
corpus raise of $2.7M by 10%; only intern among 15 to be awarded a Letter of Recommendation by Regional Manager – HNI & SME
LEADERSHIP
Secretary General (Delhi University Model United Nations) [October 2019-Present]
o Led a team of 70+ members to organize DU’s largest MUN conference; spearheaded the creation of school and college outreach programs
and trained 450+ students from schools across Delhi/NCR generating over 100k hits on social media platform
o Led the creation of MUN chapters in 5 schools & pioneered harbingers of change program - inducting college & school students across
Delhi/NCR as campus associates for on-ground promotions of event
Founder & President (Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization – Delhi University) [October 2018-October 2019]
o Led a team of 7 members to establish India’s largest student entrepreneurs’ network; enabled launch of 3 new ventures and
organized 3 pitch competitions and 10+ training sessions to help a team reach a top-20 spot in the Copenhagen Business School Case
Competition
o Instituted an online blogging platform – ceodu.home.blog covering innovative business models, valuations & tactics – total reads
1.5K+
Student Placement Coordinator (Career Development Center – SSCBS) [August 2017-Present]
o Enabled placement of 300+ students & achieved highest success rate of 91.79% in DU (2018-19) for firms like Bain, KPMG, United Airlines
o Converted 12 new recruiters and awarded by Cell President for solely enabling placement of maximum number of students in 2017-18
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Entrepreneurship
o Selected as ’21 Under 21’ in Delhi University (150K+ students) for entrepreneurship by DU Beat: campus media outlet with 350K+
followers
o Selected as a ‘Mentor of Change’ by the Atal Innovation Mission of Government of India to mentor 2K+ high school students in
entrepreneurship & innovation across 3 Atal Tinkering Labs, joining prominent figures like Anant Maheshwari and Kiran Majumdar
Case Study and Simulations [2017-2019]
o Winner: ‘Peg the Price,’ ‘Dalal Street’ at SRCC (350+ participants, IPO Investment); Startup Pitch at Keshav Mahavidyalaya (50 candidates)
o 1st Runner Up: Case Competition at DTU, ‘StockFather’ (Stock Market Simulation; 200 participants) & ‘Venturist’ (HR Case; 50 participants)
at Hans Raj College; ‘Outcry’ at Kirori Mal College (100 participants)
o 2nd Runner Up: Case Competition at Hindu College (200 participants) & ‘Lyon’s Range 3.0’ at Kirori Mal College (Stock Market Simulation;
200 participants)
Debate and Model United Nations [2012-2020]
o Winner – ‘Jaagriti’ at Sri Venkateswara College (Extempore; 20 participants), 1st Runner Up – Moot Court at IIM Indore (100 participants)
o Participated in 30+ Model United Nations with 11 podium finishes & 18 conferences as jury member – trained 1500+ students over 7 years
– School won 6 ‘Best Delegation’ awards in a record winning spree under my Presidency of the MUN Club (2015-17)