Oct 2023 – May 2024 · 7 mos · Remote

• A very exciting highlight of my career that helped me enhance my personal brand and connections.
• Partnered with SMBs, early stage start-ups and boutique consulting firms globally to brainstorm, identify and solve all kinds of business problems.
• Have served clients across:
• Key geographies - US, Japan, India, Middle East
• Key sectors - Education, Edtech, Sustainability, Industrial Products & Services, Government/Public Sector
• Key engagements-
• [YCP Auctus] Designed market-entry strategy for a global conglomerate to enter the plastic recycling industry in India (value chain assessment, competition benchmarking, market sizing & projections, location assessment, GTM strategy)
• [Breakthrough Insights] Assisted a US-based vocational courses university, with multiple engagements- competition benchmarking; alumni engagement program; NPS & voice of customer analysis; customer intelligence through student database analysis, primary & secondary research
• [Breakthrough Insights] Built an extensive market identification model for a US based nursing school looking to expand it's campuses across US.
• [Emerging education startup] Provided industry perspective and expert guidance to an emerging ed-tech startup on bolstering online presence and digital marketing strategies (website enhancement, lead generation, SEO)
• [Emerging education organization] Prepared a financial model for an India-based primary education organization to assist with funding round
• Other works delivered - market research, data analysis, business proposals

May 2023 – Sep 2023 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka

• A voluntary short hiatus before I enter the third decade of my life to- a) fulfill some of my bucket list items e.g. art, travel b) reset my health and lifestyle and, c) strategize and build my career path for the next decade

Nov 2022 – May 2023 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Business strategy and P&L owner for 3 exam categories, driving strategy for category growth (top and bottom line)
• Responsible for BAU as well as mid to long term strategy ideation to execution across sales, marketing, post sales, etc.
• Led scaling up of sales team of 500+ FTEs across the Byju's Exam Prep businesses (CAT, GATE, CLAT, IAS) by collaborating with hiring, training, and sales POCs

Jan 2022 – Nov 2022 · 10 mos

• Received fast-tracked promotion
• Co-led set up of a new digital team of 80+ FTEs in India Acceleration Center
• Led project teams and drove multiple engagements as a People and Engagement Manager with extensive experience in
• M&A / Deals Due Diligence
• Market Entry and Growth
• Enterprise-wide Digital Transformation
• E2E Digital Product Management (Conceptualization & Design to Delivery)
• Organization Restructuring and Design
• Process Redesign
• Stakeholder Management
• Program Management

Jun 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Key engagements:
• Channel strategy for a health insurance provider
• Commercial due diligences and M&A strategy for an insurance brokerage firm and an insurance provider
• Designing Content Moderation Compliance Program for a leading online platform service client - current state process mapping and regulatory gap assessment against client's internal policies
• Digital maturity capability benchmarking for a Life and annuities player

Jun 2018 – Jun 2020 · 2 yrs

• Part of Corporate Business Strategy team. Key engagements:
• Capability strategy and competitor landscaping for a dental insurance provider
• M&A strategy for a US-based super regional bank
• Market entry and Product strategy in Islamic Banking for a US-based super regional bank
• Market entry strategy for a Japanese construction client
• Organization restructuring for a global CPG client
• Revenue model, growth strategy and opportunity sizing for a 5G data provider
• Operations Due Diligence for a healthcare client
• Market Sizing for Autonomous cars
• New product benchmarking for a premium tech hardware client

Apr 2017 – May 2017 · 1 mo · Chennai Area, India

• Impact of digital disruptions on non-life insurance industry and value chain

Aug 2016 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos · Kozhikode

• Part of a 7-member team responsible for publicity and branding of the institute across various media streams, social networking platforms and MBA forums.
• Led the launch of various social media handles which currently have high reach.

Jul 2014 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Responsible for insurance risk assessment and rating for commercial clients by quantifying physical damage and business interruption risk

Jun 2013 – Jul 2013 · 1 mo · Hosur Area, India

• One of the 4 students selected from university for the prestigious Utkarsh Internship
• Worked in the R&D department on the hardware and software implementation of "Automatic Rain Sensing 3-speed wipers" for TVS 3-wheelers
• About Utkarsh Internship:
• TVS Motors selects competent candidates from renowned engineering colleges in India after a rigorous process and provides them an internship opportunity at its plant in Hosur, Tamil Nadu.