SUMMER PLACEMENT PROGRAM 2013 POST GRADUATE PROGRAM IN MANAGEMENT

PRERITH NIGAM
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
20032007 Institute of Technology, Kanpur Bachelor of Technology (Mechanical Engineering) (Department Rank 1) 2003 St. Francis College, Lucknow Indian School Certificate Examination Aggregate (School Rank 2) 2001 St. Francis College, Lucknow All India Senior Secondary Examination Aggregate (School Rank 1) Indian CGPA 9.76/10.00

94.80%

92.40%

WORK EXPERIENCE

23 MONTHS Jan 2008 Dec 2009 McKinsey & Co., Inc., New Delhi Consultant - Business Analyst Consulted clients in 4 areas across 4 industries while working within McKinsey client service teams 1. Pharmaceuticals Industry. Worked for a pharmaceutical manufacturing company to figure out its long term strategy in export markets. Studied the antibiotics markets of Latin America and Eastern Europe. 2. Telecom Industry: Worked in the area of Supply Chain Improvement and Purchasing & Supply Management, and saved more th an Rs. 55 crore of which nearly Rs 15 crore was from PSM. 3. Steel Industry: Worked with the largest Indian steel producer to figure out the strategy for 13 subsidiaries 4. White Goods Industry: Built a $15 million Services business for the largest Indian white goods company 5. Power Sector: Conceptualized and worked on a $5 million green field project for a public sector firm Rated Outstanding (top 2% of over 2500 employees in India) by manager in appraisal cycle, December 2008 Awarded by Principal for designing creative solution for critical issue leading to 40% savings for IT major

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY

 Recommended and implemented measures to reduce down time, and improve performance of the equipment the maintenance procedures at the Saharanpur factory of ITC Ltd as a summer intern in 2006 Implemented remote controlled electrical devices project as leader of a team of 20 trainees at BEL in 2005 Member, Organizing Committee for Udghosh 2000, national level sports festival at IIT Kanpur in 2006 Selected School Secretary to Student Council from 600; Coordinated sports, cultural & literary secretaries, 2002 Elected School Prefect by over 600 students, 1998; Selected Assistant Literary Secretary by senior faculty, 2001 Organizer of Interaction, an event for the induction of incoming batch of over 800 students at IIT, 2004

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Awarded Aditya Birla Scholarship; Amongst top 2 students from IIM Bangalore, top 10 across all IIMs, 2009 One of top 20 to enter IIMB; Nominated for OP Jindal Scholarship & RK Memorial Scholarship, 2009 Sole recipient of the Ratan Swaroop Memorial Prize for excellent all round performance in the graduating class of over 800 students across 15 disciplines for the year 2006 at IIT Kanpur Selected as MENSA member; Amongst top 2% highest IQ individuals from over 40 countries in 6 continents Awarded Certificate of Merit for academic excellence at IIT Kanpur twice consecutively from in 2006-07 Consistently placed in the top 1% of my batch of over 600 students at school for 9 years, 1995-2003 Awarded High Distinction (top 1%) by The University of New South Wales in English assessment exam, 1999

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Selected from 1500 to represent school at Model United Nations Assembly with participation from 5 countries, 2000 Counseled 50+ students as Student Coordinator of Institute Counseling Service, IIT Kanpur in 2005-07 Served as Editor-in-Chief of college magazine and souvenier at IIT Kanpur for the session 2002-03 Bronze level certified with Honours in Latin Dance by UK Alliance; Learnt salsa, cha cha cha, jive, 2008 Ranked 1st in National level Article Writing competition at Manzar, IIT Kharagpurs literary festival, 2007 Volunteer, Shelter of Migrant Workers Protection Society Bahrain; Prepared over 60 formal case reports, 2005 Invited to present a seminar to a class of over 500 on Compile-time modelling at RVCE

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