PURDUE UNIVERSITY BHAVANI.

K IIT MADRAS
+919677166551|9-3, Soorappa St., Oldpet, Palamaner, 517408 | bhavanisankarkandhala@gmail.com

EDUCATION
1. M. S. in Management, Purdue University, USA 3.0/4.0 2023
2. Product Management Certification, Upgrad 80/100 2021
3. European Erasmus Exchange Studies, Prague, Czech Republic 3.4/4.0 2016
4. B. Tech + M. Tech in Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras 8.15/10 2017

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

1. CORE COMPETENCIES Innovation, Problem Solving, Adaptability, Resilience, Communication, Collaboration
2. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Project management, Economic analysis, Budgeting, Scheduling, Market Research,
Project Finance, Stakeholder Management, Negotiation, and Team Management

WORK EXPERIENCE
1. PROJECT ENGINEER, KORUS ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, DELHI August 2019 – July 2021
 Managed a budget of $400,000 to deliver 10 apartment units ensuring high turnkey quality within 1 year
 Coordinated with business teams spanning from sales, design, procurement, engineering and construction
 Built a sales team from scratch to market and increase the company’s outreach to over nearby 3 cities
 Achieved a cost optimization of up-to 40% better than the competition by employing innovative designs
 Coordinated with 8 material & labor contractors to ensure delivery of raw material to the process team
 Oversaw the customer relationships with 10 clients to facilitate smooth interaction for output deliverables
2. GRADUATE PROJECT ENGINEER, ACCIONA ENERGY INDIA, BANGALORE November 2017 – July 2019
 Designed the product architecture and developed an android application for wind farm asset management
 Spearheaded the digitization of wind assets by incorporating drone based inspection with AI software
 Performed competitor analysis and bid price predictions for pan-India solar auctions using ML techniques
 Created technology roadmaps & financial models for solutions such as small hydro, biomass and solar
 Led a team of 10 engineers to oversee the operations of a 67 MW wind farm and oversaw the QHS audits
 Assisted the project team in energy yield estimations, risk assessment & employee engagement programs

INTERNSHIPS, CO-CURRICULAR AND EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

1. PROCESS INTERN, PROCTER AND GAMBLE, HYDERABAD August 2017 – September 2017
 Led a team of 3 technicians to optimize equipment readiness time, machine availability and productivity
 Increased the productivity by 0.7 percent by reducing room scrap that led to a cost saving of $180,000
2. M. TECH THESIS STUDENT, IIT MADRAS, CHENNAI August 2016 – July 2017
 Discovered an iterative formula to calculate temperature of an electric motor core to an accuracy of 80%
 Conducted fluid flow and thermal simulations using CFD in ANSYS and optimized the cost of coolant unit
3. MECHANICAL ENGINEER, FORMULA STUDENT GERMANY August 2013 – July 2014
 Devised and fabricated brakes sub-system of an open wheel racing car for a racing competition in Germany
 Placed 4th in cost effectiveness worldwide by achieving a weight reduction of 7 kg by a novel mount design
4. MEMBER OF INTRACOLLEGE SOCCER TEAM AND FILM MAKING CLUB August 2013 – July 2014