EDUCATION Indian School of Business Hyderabad, India Post-Graduate Programme in Management (Till term 3: CGPA: 3.92/4.

0; Rank: 2/570) Apr 10 Apr 11 Currently working on a project with Hindustan Unilever to develop a customer retention strategy for its water division o Implemented concept of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis to prioritize 17 key issues out of 59 possible concerns areas o Developing a Database Marketing based approach for HUL to improve revenues and customer retention o Working on development of higher margin consumables based on consumer insights from primary survey Placed 2nd in South and East Zone finals of GlaxoSmithKline Case competition among 60 teams (incl. IIMs, XLRI) o Designed a dashboard for measuring the effectiveness of marketing promotions o Developed an approach to allocate marketing budget based on brand category and geography to achieve high returns Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India Dual Degree (B. Tech. and M. Tech.), Structural Engineering (CGPA: 8.8/10; Rank 1/7) May 02 May 07 Awarded Institute Silver Medal for graduating top of the class in Civil Engineering Department Awarded Best Masters Thesis (2007) and Best Bachelors Thesis (2006) for work on Project Management Authored and awarded Best paper in category of Management and Production Aspects at the 24th International Symposium for Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2007) Professional courses Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Practitioner and ISO 9001:2000 Lead Auditor for Quality Management Systems WORK EXPERIENCE Rated outstanding for four consecutive evaluations across 3 manufacturing units throughout professional career ITC Ltd. Bangalore, India Assistant Manager, Process Improvement & Innovations Mar 09 Mar 10 Assistant Manager, Quality Dec 07 Mar 09 THOUGHT LEADERSHIP Conceptualized, designed and managed construction of the first innovation centre of ITC Ltd. worth INR 1 million o The centre enabled factory managers to develop ideas with savings potential of over INR 100 million Introduced a new change management system for ITC tobacco division based on Toyotas A3 reporting system o Approach was implemented across 4 manufacturing units in ITC tobacco division o Led to improvement in knowledge management, effectiveness of project progress reviews and spare part management. Conceptualized the use of artificial intelligence for setting moisture targets for tobacco processing plants based on ambient conditions o Improved the capability of driers to meet quality targets by 20% PEOPLE LEADERSHIP Managed a department of 32 unionized employees as Assistant Manager, Quality in the largest tobacco plant of ITC Ltd Managed over 65 teams consisting of 20 managers and 240 unionized employees working on various innovation projects across 4 departments of the manufacturing unit Awarded Area Champion Structured problem solving certificate by Branch Manager o Developed training manual for structured problem solving for the division and trained 20 managers and 20 office associates OPERATIONS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT Accrued savings of INR 50 million for the Bangalore Unit through 65 machine innovations and 15 business process improvement projects Designed and developed shop floor quality management systems to improve information management through indigenously designed database management systems o Achieved the lowest market complaint level in the history of Bangalore unit: 1 packet out of 2 billion manufactured o Statistically improved quality scores of all 10 brands manufactured in the unit OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERSONAL INTERESTS Leadership and Initiative President, Civil Engineering Department: Started engineering design and case study clubs, increased fund collections by 25% Commander, 1 EME Bengal Company, National Cadet Corps: Awarded the best platoon award on Republic Day parade Debating Captain, Nehru Hall, IIT Kharagpur: Led a 7 member team to win silver medal in Intra IIT competition Awards Gold medals in Case Study, Product Design and Ad Design in Institute inter hall competitions, IIT Kharagpur Gold medals in Choreography, Hindi and English Dramatics in Institute inter hall competitions, IIT Kharagpur Bronze medal, National inter college dance competition, Spring Festival, IIT Kharagpur Enjoy adventure sports such as trekking, zorbing, rafting, paragliding and bungee jumping (North India and Switzerland)