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Nishant Chandra

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

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Experience

12 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 8 mos
Average Tenure
6 yrs 9 mos
Current Experience

Newton school

Co-Founder

Sep 2019Present · 6 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Newton School is an EdTech platform that helps people improve their skills and become better software engineers. We’re working to solve the problem of college graduates’ lack of employment through world class learning paths and cutting edge AI powered products.
  • Newton School students earn a total compensation of roughly Rs. 100 crores. This has a direct impact on India’s economic growth 🚀

Bolo

Co-Founder and CEO

May 2018Aug 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bangalore

  • Video Q&A platform.
  • 500k+ Users.

Unacademy

2 roles

Product Lead

Promoted

Aug 2017Mar 2018 · 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Leading Growth

Category Head

May 2017Aug 2017 · 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Accenture

Summer Intern at Accenture Strategy, awarded PPO

Apr 2016Jun 2016 · 2 mos · Mumbai

  • Identified and implemented operational excellence solution themes at an industrial automation products and solution provider with revenue of INR 5000+ Cr. across the domains of working capital, indirect costs, productivity and project management work streams.

Zs associates

Business Analytics Associate

Sep 2014May 2015 · 8 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Price Assessment & Segmentation
  • Identified target patient segments in $4 Bn Japanese Diabetes market for a Fortune 100 company
  • Increased therapy revenue by 5% of Fortune 200 client by providing sensitivity analysis based solution
  • Conjoint Analysis
  • Sole member from India of 5 member Project Team for Fortune 150 client
  • Finalized Conjoint analysis methodology by collaborating with Senior VP, Sawtooth Software Inc.
  • Predicted market share of 3 pipeline products in an $18 Bn market with 10+ incumbent therapies
  • Perception Tracking
  • Evaluated marketing & positioning strategies of 3 blockbuster drugs each having sales>$1 Bn p.a.
  • Liaised with 4 market research vendors across 3 geographies (United States, Europe and Japan)
  • Mentored all 5 recruits of Analytics track from IIT Roorkee as the Campus Sponsor for 2015 batch

Entrepreneurship development cell iit roorkee

Secretary

Jul 2013Apr 2014 · 9 mos · IIT Roorkee

  • Focused on developing an ecosystem which supports entrepreneurship by students with exposure to start ups and entrepreneurs.
  • Responsible for organizing various events like Startup Internship Program, Prerna Yatra, Alumni Showcase, Arth (The B-Plan contest) and guest lectures, the events encompassing the fields of sponsorship, operations, graphic and web design, marketing and publicity among others. Started the entrepreneurship blog interviewing accomplished alumni.

Britannia industries limited

Intern

May 2013Jul 2013 · 2 mos · Delhi, India

  • Developed Inventory System from ground up for the maintenance department with items categorized according to ABC Analysis. Procedures for calculation of Reorder point were developed and implemented for 30 most frequently consumed items using prior consumption patterns.
  • Production planning: Calculated the weekly output of 50-50 and Marie Gold biscuits and calculated the distribution of output into various pack sizes like pillow pack (50 gm) and family pack (100 gm) according to weekly demand.

Tedxiitroorkee

Curator

Oct 2012Feb 2013 · 4 mos · Roorkee

  • Organised a conference with the theme of "Being and Becoming" with a diverse set of speakers including corporate heads, traditional dance performers and foreign nationals working in Indian social sector among others.
  • Oversaw a talented group of people for 5 months working on their specific expertise including stage design, web development, speakers preparation, sponsorship and others in coherence with the global best practices of TED Conferences.

Program management section, iit roorkee

Joint Secretary

Jul 2012Apr 2013 · 9 mos · Roorkee

  • Managed the functioning of Cultural Council at IIT Roorkee.
  • Organized intra-college cultural programs for performing sections (Dance, Music, etc) in the campus.

Bookshelf

Founder

Aug 2011Jan 2014 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Roorkee

  • An initiative to make novels available to students at IIT Roorkee at low rents.
  • Work aimed at variety, high penetration and seamless experience.

Campusfever infoservices

Project Manager, Operations

Nov 2010Jun 2011 · 7 mos · Roorkee

  • Operations Manager with CampusFever, an education portal, nominated as one of the hottest start ups by TATA NEN.

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

PGDM

Jan 2015Jan 2017

Aarhus BSS - Aarhus University

Exchange Student

Jan 2016Jan 2016

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

B. Tech. — Production and Industrial Engineering

Jan 2010Jan 2014