Siddhant Sachdeva

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 5 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Co-founder of Rocket Learning impacting a million children
  • Led transformation projects at BCG across multiple sectors
  • Recognized as a Social Impact Leader by Business World
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Social Entrepreneur with expertise in EdTech and Management Consulting.

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Management ConsultingBusiness StrategyData AnalysisOperations ManagementStrategyMarketing

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Project ManagementTeam LeadershipSales StrategyMarket AnalysisMarket ResearchPricing StrategyTeam ManagementMicrosoft OfficeDebateMusicTableau

About

Rocket Learning | Ex-BCG | IIMC | IITD Siddhant Sachdeva is a social entrepreneur and co-founder of Rocket Learning, an ed-tech non-profit impacting a million low-income children in India. Rocket Learning partners with central and state governments at scale in India to support ECCE and foundation learning for 3-8 year olds. Their innovations in promoting early learning have been profiled in Harvard Business School, UNESCO and Forbes case studies, researched by MIT-JPAL and Brookings, and awarded by MIT Solve and the WEF. Siddhant leads the operations and behaviour change verticals within Rocket Learning. In 2022, Siddhant was awarded in the Business World Social Impact Leaders list for his efforts in the social impact space. Siddhant comes from a family of first generation entrepreneurs with his mother running an affordable private pre-school in Indore, which inspired him to enter education as a field and start Rocket Learning. Prior to starting Rocket Learning, Siddhant was a Project Leader in the Boston Consulting Group's (BCG) India and Indonesia offices, having led large scale transformation projects in the financial services and industrial goods space. Siddhant has completed his MBA from IIM Calcutta and also completed a dual degree in Masters in International Management from University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Siddhant also holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from IIT Delhi. Siddhant frequently writes and speaks in prominent publications (News18, Edindia, CSF Edge). In his spare time, he voraciously reads the fantasy/sci-fi genre, plays squash and dabbles in playing the piano.

Experience

11 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 5 mos
Current Experience

Rocket learning

Co-Founder

Nov 2020Present · 5 yrs 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Rocket Learning is working to ensure school and life readiness for all young children by enabling access to age-appropriate learning in school and home.

The boston consulting group (bcg)

3 roles

Project Leader

Promoted

Jun 2020Nov 2020 · 5 mos

  • Part of a 2 year banking transformation project for an Indonesian private bank
  • Led a 5 member team overseeing transformation program of the SME customer journey design, implementation and corporate banking asset quality improvements
  • Also contributed to multiple pitch documents in private and public sector projects in Indonesian finacial services and healthcare sectors
Management ConsultingBusiness Strategy

Consultant

Jun 2018May 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Recepient, Star Performer award for 2019
  • Worked on financial services' cases across India and Indonesia
  • Key focus areas: Post merger integrations, network expansion using analytics, customer journey digitization and collections strategy
Management ConsultingData Analysis

Senior Associate

May 2016May 2018 · 2 yrs

  • Winner, BCG Olympics Gold medal for an Ops transformation engagement with an Indian Steel major
  • Transformation of a large Indian steel player
  • 1. Sales & Marketing
  •  Worked on enhancing revenue of the client’s by-product division via multiple S&M initiatives
  •  Conducted detailed customer segmentation and ran targeted campaigns for 10+ products
  •  Created and launched CXO level sales performance dashboard using Tableau and Alteryx
  • 2. Cost reduction
  •  Worked on logistics cost reduction for pan-India outbound logistics spend
  •  Achieved cost reduction by revamping the contracting process, demand modelling and introduction of new tech. logistics vendors
  • End-to-end strategy for a solar rooftop company
  •  Formulated strategy for financing, sales, organization and potential partnerships
  •  Created a 5 year business plan and identified key operational and financial success factors
  •  Conducted a bottom up market sizing exercise to identify target customer segments, value proposition for each segment and the needed business development organization structure
  •  Identified strategic partnerships for bundling products in energy and financial sectors
  • Transformation of a large public sector bank
  •  Formulated process improvements in credit sanction process for retail, MSME loans
  •  Conducted a diagnostic study on bank’s NPAs to create actionable strategy to control NPA %, slippage
Operations ManagementStrategy

Ngc - new generation consulting

Student Consultant

Oct 2015Dec 2015 · 2 mos

  • New Generation Consulting, an affiliate of CEMS (Global Alliance in Management Education), is an organization that provides pro-bono management consulting to social enterprises around the world.
  • Project: RetroBrain R&D by Memore –
  • Memore is using gamified therapy to help improve the quality of life and cognitive function of elderly people who have or are at risk of developing dementia.
  • As part of a 5-member team, worked on defining the distribution and pricing strategy for Retrobrain R&D's product for DACH region
  • Developed an internationalization plan for Retrobrain R&D by benchmarking against other players in the health industry

The boston consulting group

MBA Summer Associate

Apr 2015Jun 2015 · 2 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Worked on a turnaround strategy case for one of the largest steel players in central India
  • Awarded the Pre Placement Offer(PPO) for excellent performance during the internship

Asme hpvc india

Hospitality Coordinator

Jan 2014Jan 2014 · 0 mo · New Delhi

  • Part of the core team that organized the first ever Asian version of the event
  • Worked in collaboration with ASME and the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (USA) team to organize all three events of the competition – drag race, endurance race and the design event
  • Led a team of 20+ from both IIT Delhi & DTU to manage the accommodation of 400+
  • Spearheaded the hospitality logistics of over 35 participating colleges

Indian institute of technology, delhi

Coordinator, Student Mentorship Program(SMP)

Jul 2013Apr 2014 · 9 mos · Greater Delhi Area

  • Part of a 6-member team leading 150 mentors to ensure proper induction of over 800 freshmen
  • Launched ‘Discourse’, a first of its kind interactive portal, to enhance healthy fresher-senior interaction
  • Overall Coordinator, Fresher Orientation 2013
  • Conceptualized ‘Evening Games’ & ‘Exhibits’ to bolster fresher-fresher interactions
  • Coordinated efforts of all IIT Delhi boards, clubs and social organizations

Jsw steel ltd

Summer Intern

May 2013Jul 2013 · 2 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • 1 of the 4 students selected for the progam out of 300+ for excellence in project work
  • Analyzed the internal movement of materials at India's largest steel unit with a 10 MTPA capacity
  • Youngest member of an independent consulting unit tasked to audit logistical contracts
  • Formulated a theoretical costing model; tested it on unit’s past and forecasted slag generation
  • Achieved a saving of INR 1.75 cr. p.a. by remodeling slag transportation conntracts
  • Received appreciation from senior mgmt. including the Vice President, Logistics, JSW Steels

Entrepreneurship development cell(edc), iit delhi

Marketing Director

May 2012Apr 2013 · 11 mos · Greater Delhi Area

  • Secured sponsorship of Rs. 50,000 for ‘TEDx, IIT Delhi’ ;speakers included Rajdeep Sardesai
  • Pitched e-cell events to partner with big corporate brand names like HUDCO and CoolAge
  • Managed the sponsorship and finances of 15 year round events of the cell
  • Led a team of 10 to manage the print and online publicity of events with an outreach of 1000

Toyota kirloskar motor

Internship, Marketing Division

May 2012Jul 2012 · 2 mos · Bangaon, West Bengal, India

  • Analyzed operations at Toyota Tsusho, blanking unit used for auto-component manufacturing
  • Conducted a time & process study of the warehouse facility of steel coils to identify delays
  • Collaborated with QC dept. to formulate recommendations to reduce inspection & sampling costs

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Jan 2014Jan 2016

University of St.Gallen

Master’s Degree — CEMS Masters in International Management (MIM) - Exchange School

Jan 2015Jan 2016

CEMS - The Global Alliance in Management Education

Masters in International Management

Jan 2015Jan 2016

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Production & Industrial Engineering

Jan 2010Jan 2014

The Daly College, Indore

Jan 1999Jan 2010

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