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EDUCATION
Indian School of Business (ISB) | PGP | Intended majors in Marketing, Strategy & Leadership Jun ’21 - May ’22
• L&D Coordinator, Consulting Club: Organized ~1600+ CV reviews in 1 month (vs avg 2 months); developed digital toolkit for L&D
• National Semi Finalist (12/700), IIMB Product Challenge: Increased adoption & revenue for SaaS product by proposing CRM integrations
• ProBono Consulting (ongoing): Increasing profitability for a women-led dairy cluster by developing a B-Plan & implementation strategy
• Conducted ~50+ personalized resume reviews; awarded Mentoring Maestro by AAC, ISB for hosting academic P2P sessions
IIT Delhi | B.Tech. Chemical Engineering (CGPA: 8.33/10) | (IIT JEE 2012: Top 0.3% AIR) Jul ’12 – May ’16
• National Winner, 7th GE Edison Challenge (1/300+ projects): Awarded INR 10 Lakh seed grant by GE India for product innovation
- Downsized industrial process & designed a decentralized biodiesel processor; piloted at Taj Hotels & helped achieve sustainability goals
- Awarded Best Undergraduate Project (1/200+ projects) by IITD Alumni Association for proving economic viability at small scale
• Internship, ITC Ltd (1/5 selected from 900): Improved field staff productivity by 6x by facilitating digital connection with 150K farmers
- Increased farmer coverage by 15x by creating a first-of-its-kind audio-based social network; developed a 3-year maturity roadmap
• Academics: Secured rank 10/900 (top ~1%), received IITD Merit award & changed department (Textile Technology to Chemical Engg.)
• Exchange: 1/40 (of 900) selected for semester exchange at IMT Douai, France; awarded highest scholarship (INR 1 Lakh) by university
• Other: 1/100 global finalists (of ~1000+ applicants) to interview with Harvard Business School for prestigious HBS 2+2 MBA Program
Std XII AISSCE: 90.8%| Std X ICSE: 95.57%; awarded Governor’s Gold Medal & Scholar’s Badge for academic excellence in Std X ICSE
WORK EXPERIENCE
Chief Minister’s Office & State Innovation Society, Government of Maharashtra | Innovation Fellow Sep ’18 – Apr ’21
Created economic opp. of INR 5250cr in state innovation ecosystem by developing policies in 3 areas: direct investment, regulatory support & infrastructure
Key Achievements:
• Selected by CM’s Office (~0.3% selection,~17K applicants) to independently lead strategic initiatives of INR 160 cr (14% org. budget)
• Only CM Fellow (of 3) promoted as Innovation Fellow; offered managerial responsibilities equivalent to 2 levels higher in organization
• Led Maharashtra to Rank 2 in NITI Aayog Innovation Index 2020 & Rank 3 in Startup India Ranking 2020 (increase of 13 ranks in 2 yrs)
Key Strategic Initiatives:
• Direct Investments: Targeted investments of INR 150 cr in 350 startups over 5 yrs by creating largest state govt sponsored early-stage fund
- Convinced minister to invest in 2 strategic sectors (social impact & deep-tech) by conducting a landscape analysis of 10+ sectors
- Secured ministerial level approvals for setting up fund by developing a financially sustainable business plan (with inputs from 20+ VCs)
• Regulatory Support: Developed a framework “Startup Week” to facilitate procurement of innovative & non-standard solutions from startups
- Piloted “Startup Week” by procuring solutions of INR 20 cr from ~100 startups mapped to 30+ govt org.; framework adopted by ~10 states
- Scaled pilot, unlocked economic potential of ~INR 650 cr/yr by relaxing 3 regulations & revamping procurement of innovative solutions
• Digital Infrastructure: Doubled reach of incubation programs through a first-of-its-kind platform providing incubation services virtually
- Effected ~INR 27 cr saving for incubation-stage startups by aggregating & standardizing ~60 incubation services across ~10 categories
Leadership & Organization Building Initiatives:
• Engaged with ~100+ IAS officers through 8 workshops to increase awareness of startup ecosystem & adoption of Innovation Society policies
• Led recruitment of interns at IITB; mentored 3 CM Fellows and 2 interns on policymaking, govt. functioning & role of Innovation Society
ProBono Initiatives:
• Handpicked by state level COVID Task Force & senior IAS officers to develop strategy to mitigate Oxygen crisis during 2nd wave
- Increased buffer O2 capacity by 3.5x (2 to 7 days) by forecasting peak O2 demand & developing a multi-modal O2 generation strategy
- Secured budget of ~INR 1150cr from Hon. CM in a record-time of 20 days; led a team of doctors, engg. to implement strategy statewide
• Increased dialysis unit capacity at public hospitals by 6x (14% to 100%) in ~1 month (avg time: 1 yr) by increasing no. of trained technicians

UpGrad Education Private Limited | Program Manager (PM) Jul ’16 – Aug ’18
Responsible for driving revenue, profitability, growth & customer satisfaction for UpGrad & BITS Pilani’s joint venture (Big Data Engineering Program)
Key Achievements:
• Youngest PM (24 yrs) to lead a team of 4 functional managers (avg age: 30 yrs); founding member of Technology Program Business Unit
• Realized revenues of ~INR 14 cr (20% of UpGrad’s 2018 revenue) and 15% share of Big Data training market in 9 months (mkt leader)
Key Strategic Initiatives:
• Improved sales conversion by 20% by entering ~INR 400 cr Data Analytics training mkt & creating live projects (industry first feature)
• Increased NPS from -16% to 40% (2nd best) by improving product-market fit through capacity building & personalized learning journeys
• Reduced operating cost by 50% by creating a pioneering prepaid cloud lab with AWS; solution recognized at AWS regional conference
- Identified high cloud usage & postpaid model as major drivers of opex.; designed usage alarms to minimize cloud usage by students
Leadership & Team Building Initiatives:
• Led recruitment of 3 PMs for Technology Programs BU; institutionalized best practices by establishing a culture of knowledge sharing
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• Writing & Public Speaking:
- Awarded by Hon. President of India for showing thought leadership by writing an essay on “Promoting R&D in Renewable Energy Sector”
▪ Invited by MHRD for policy-discussion on promoting industry relevant research and creating common R&D infrastructure/hubs
- Completed a 2-year professional course in journalism; published 3 articles in national dailies (Hindustan Times, Times of India)
- Awarded Best Journalist (of 12) by Board of Student Publications, IITD for writing 10+ editorials & analyses (~15K/edition readership)
- Youngest speaker to be invited by Bosch Foundation & Max Mueller Bhavan for a panel discussion on “Developing a Sustainable Future”
- Moderated a fireside chat with Flipkart founders Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal at Tryst, IITD Tech Fest (audience: ~500 people)
• Coordinator, Mentorship Program (IITD): Led a team of 25 mentors to design a customized 1-yr program to induct ~150 freshmen
• Sports Enthusiast: District Level (Silver Medal) badminton player; enjoy playing cricket & running (endurance), watching tennis & F1