Gauri Lakhmani

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EDUCATION
Year Degree Institute %
2021 - 2023 MBA IIM Lucknow -
2011 - 2015 B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering VNIT, Nagpur 80.50
2011 Maharashtra HSC Board HR College, Mumbai 91.33
2009 ICSE Bombay Scottish School, Mumbai 94.86
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
 Completed 8 courses including R, Data Analytics, Statistics and Game Theory on
Certifications 2015
Coursera
 Top 1% in national round of International Physics Olympiad out of 35,700 students 2011
Academic
Exams  Secured 99.98 %ile in Maharashtra High School Scholarship Exam out of 2.5 lakhs
2006
students
 IITJEE: AIR 4782 out of 4.7 lakhs students | AIEEE: AIR 1603 out of 10.5 lakhs students 2011
Competitive
Exams  Secured an overall 99.47 %ile in CAT out of 2.2 lakhs students; 99.89 %ile in verbal
2016
ability
WORK EXPERIENCE
Business Analyst Delta Partners, Dubai Aug '15 – Apr '17
SPOC for a major telecom client Predictive analytics across 4 sectors Accolades from senior leadership
 Led a team of 5 analysts and reduced churn by 20% by predicting subscribers at risk for $15bn
Customer telecom
Analytics  Applied activity-based costing to derive the profitability to identify and retain high-value subscribers
 Segmented 3.2mn guests of a hotel chain using travel and spend data to design a loyalty program
 Worked directly with senior leadership and drafted a $30mn RFP for Income Tax Dept, Govt. of
Business UAE
Development  Pitched and proposed solutions to 8 clients in MENA Region across retail, travel and insurance
sectors
 Authored 3 white papers on customer loyalty, recommendation engines and MENA insurance market
Knowledge
Management  Streamlined hiring process of entry-level analysts by designing standard tests on statistics and
puzzles
Earned fast-track promotion to the next salary band within 16 months against the firm average of 27 months
 Star of the Quarter, out of 150 analysts, for initiative and teamwork in the telecom project in Q4
Awards & FY16
Recognition
 Received Platinum Excellence Award from COO of the firm as a team for first-rate client servicing
INTERNSHIP PROJECTS
Shapoorji  Saved $1.2mn in costs, correlated and analyzed the project operations and firm’s financial data in MIS
Pallonji & Co.  Realized 20% condensation of inventory stock; envisaged real-time Material Resource Planning
Pvt. Ltd., 2014  Achieved 40% reduction in turnaround time, optimized data flow & improved automation of Reports
Wipro  Engaged regularly with a major oil producer client, and optimised software for better decision making
Technologies,  Developed 2 password protected features for Saudi ARAMCO; presented to board for assurance
Bangalore, 2013  Improved application, reduced uncertainty using Agile Methodology; tested the results on 70+ wells
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
 Selected as the Editor of the college magazine ‘Metamorphosis’ by the Editorial Club, with 18
Editor, writers
Metamorphosis  Executive Member of the editorial team which revived the college magazine after 3 years of disuse
, 2013
 Managed the content editing and coordination between the graphics, ad sales and the content team
Core Member, Overhaul of placement portal Updated the placement policy Redesigned invitation brochure
Placement Cell,  Managed 100+ companies; placed 2 batches (3,000+ students); crossed 1,000+ offers for the first time
2014  Updated placement policy to introduce waitlists, standardized student preferences, multiple CVs, etc.
 Conducted a cloth and book collection drive to collect 800 kg of clothes and 300 books and donations
NSS, VNIT,
2012  Organized blood donation camp; collected 700 units of blood; acted in 4 skit to spread cause
awareness
Training Lead,  Trained 25 analysts on Hadoop and R; developed 8 SOPs with team resulting in 100% bug-free data
Delta, 2016  Onboarded and supervised 4 analysts staffed on telecom project midway and delivered in timelines
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Film & Drama  Edited a short comedy film "The Rebound" that has garnered 125,000+ views on 2014
YouTube
  Won 2nd Prize out of 150+ colleges in a skit competition judged by Tinkle Editor Anant
2010
Pai
 Secured 1st position among 200+ participants in the national level business and brand
2012
quiz
Quizzing
 Winner of quiz competition conducted by Bombay Gymkhana Club amongst 600+
2013
students
 2nd prize in Hot Wheels, an ethanol powered car racing competition, hosted by IIT
2014
Kanpur
Robotics
 1st prize in Eureka, a coding event for solving Industry Defined Problems, Shaastra,
2013
IITM