Aug 2019 – Dec 2019 · 4 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

• Me and my co-founder both lost money on subscriptions like Coursera, Spotify, OneAssist(Insurance), The Economist, it made us think if there is an existing tracking tool. We didn't find any good ones.
• When we started talking to our friends about it, most of them had gone through this and consequently feared subscribing to services using their cards/wallets.
• Moreover, most of us shared subscriptions like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Spotify. And, finding people to share the bill with is a pain.
• We as a team had required experience in marketplace sales, Android development, Backend development and Machine Learning. So, we decided to build this.

Apr 2018 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr

• Steep learning on growth using data. Scaled category by 100% in an year.
• Managed Profit and Loss for 'Oil, Ghee and Vanaspati' category which contributed 25% to the Gross Merchandising Value on the platform.
• Managed relations with major brands like Nandini, Sunpure, GRB and more.

May 2017 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Made and managed dashboards for Vendor Managers. Mostly used SQL.
• Set up backend for vendor ecosystem in procurement. Have set up metrics for Vendor Managers and processes for metrics' measurement and reporting.
• Managing 10 key accounts for the company.
• Managed website for the procurement team.

Jun 2015 – Jan 2016 · 7 mos · Jaipur Area, India

• Major roles- Business Growth strategy and management
• Scaled from scratch to 25 logistics carriers (mini truck owners & bike riders) and 45 businesses (across Jaipur) with annual marketplace revenue run rate of INR 25 lakhs.
• Partnered with Pharmaceutical Association of Jaipur for the logistics requirement of distributors & wholesalers of pharmaceuticals in Jaipur.
• Partnered with SRL Diagnostics for logistics requirements of their laboratories in Jaipur.
• Partnered with Microsoft Official Distributor in Rajasthan for their logistics requirements in Jaipur.
• Partnered with various local e-commerce players (grahmitra.com, genesisfoodservices.com, more).

Jun 2015 – Aug 2015 · 2 mos · Jaipur, Rajasthan

• Got campus placement in the final year as a software developer in Cardekho.com.
• Worked on trucks.cardekho.com in a team of 6 people.
• Doing my job here, I am allowed to innovate and learn from consequent mistakes. Thats awesome. :)

Jan 2015 – May 2017 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Major Roles- Business Growth strategy and management
• Scaled the marketplace from scratch to 250 manufacturers (majorly from Jaipur, Surat, Ahmedabad and Kolkata) and 4000 retailers (across India) with annual marketplace GMV run rate of INR 70 lakhs and a team of 10 people.
• Solved the problem of high Customer Acquisition Costs (CAC) in the market by tapping unconventional traction channels like targeting traffic on relevant online platforms like Indiamart and Whatsapp. Brought CAC from INR 600+ to INR 200.
• Brought innovative offerings for retailers such as “What would sell?” & “Exclusive in Exports” features to increase their activity & conversion; also, to get a competitive edge. Activity grew 8 times and conversion grew 1.5 times.
• Partnered with Creative Global Group for exclusive export supply on Wholdus and investment in the company. Creative Global Group manufactures apparels for brands like Calvin Klein, US polo, Van-heusen, Arrow, Buffalo and more. They, also own domestic brands (like 109 Fahrenheit) and international brands (like Tray Reese, New York).
• Strategized logistics including first-mile in all supply hubs and last mile in Ranchi & Raipur.

May 2014 – Jul 2014 · 2 mos · Salem, Tamil Nadu, India

• My responsibilities were to keep an eye on the execution in the production process of the steel from the iron ore. There were sub-plants and each had its own physics and chemistry. I was in the blast furnace division and monitored the process during production.

Jun 2013 – Jul 2013 · 1 mo

• I worked on material characterization techniques under Dr. S.B. Yadaw in Defense Research and Development Organization. Always inspired and excited by systematic approaches towards anything, I opted to learn how people separate materials microscopically as well as macroscopically.
• "The most important aspect of my summer learning experience putting things in places for better clarity."

Dec 2012 – Aug 2013 · 8 mos · Roorkee

• Major roles- Product planning and execution of mock-drills
• The project was under Center of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management to make online version of incident command system for disaster used by the institute. It also won 1st place for best ideas in Cognizance, 2013.
• The project was the stepping stone for publication of a research paper about Risk Analysis in the journal of Wessex Institute of Technology, UK in 2014.
• Research paper- "Networking solution for disaster management to address liaison failures in emergency response"​. Link of the research paper on the project- https://www.witpress.com/elibrary/wit-transactions-on-information-and-communication-technologies/47/26362

Jul 2012 – Apr 2015 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Roorkee

• Was elected as Senator in SAC by institution twice during the four years in IIT Roorkee for initiating reforms & amendments for Students’ Welfare. Brought multiple new reforms.
• We built a body of students in 2012 to raise voice for students' affairs. We believed in bringing required changes with time. Induced motivation in each and every member towards a common vision was the key for our success. It's still active and the group is winning student elections for the past two years.