Aug 2025 – Nov 2025 · 3 mos · Chhattisgarh, India · On-site

• Training and placement of engineering, pharmacy, biotechnology, and some management students.
• Onboarding relevant training partners.
• Lectures as per University curriculum.
• CSR fundraising.
• CSR initiatives.

Mar 2025 – Aug 2025 · 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• DIYguru is recognized and endorsed by major educational and governmental organizations including the Ministry of Education, NITI Aayog, and NEAT AICTE for its commitment to upskilling in automotive and EV technologies. The institute also collaborates with industry leaders like L&T EduTech and the Ola Mobility Institute to ensure the relevance and practicality of its training programs. Website: www.diyguru.org

Nov 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo · Remote · Remote

• Volunteering (for school and college students)

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Remote

• Mentoring students and guiding them on certain corporate skills which will enable them to get a job soon. FFE supports students from economically challenged backgrounds who are meritorious.

Aug 2024 – Jan 2025 · 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Remote

• Strategic Partnerships and Placements. LSCOPE is a start-up based out of the UK with an office in Pune. LSCOPE offers certification programs in pharmaceutical regulatory affairs, clinical research, and Pharmacovigilance.

Jan 2024 – Apr 2024 · 3 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Liaising with industry, arranging campus interviews, assisting students in career development, maintaining student profiles, organizing placement campaigns, and coordinating recruitment drives. Additionally, I took lectures on Communication Skills for MBA, MCA, BBA, and BCA students in a full time capacity from February 2024 through my last days in April 2024 for both the final year students and the first or second year students.

Oct 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Thane, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• EXPIRED CONTRACTUAL WORK.
• I inspire. I talk and discuss. I never teach. I trigger thoughts related to entrepreneurship, career development, and of course academics. I push people create their own ventures on the side. I help people on campus who feel stagnated with new thoughts and ideas. In my spare time I explore the campus clicking photos of Nature and Wildlife.
• My objective on this campus is to revive its lost glory; restore the faith of the graduating students in the T&P department; and of course do what I am really good at: organize large-format joint campus drives during my tenure and enhance the brand and its visibility. I have achieved it partially despite certain challenges.

May 2019 – Mar 2025 · 5 yrs 10 mos · India · On-site

• As a specialized Executive Search firm, Zetta WoMen is dedicated to driving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) recruitment initiatives. Our mission is to empower women and men who have taken a career break, or have lost their job, to re-enter the workforce and thrive in their professional pursuits.
• Our expertise lies in delivering bespoke recruitment solutions for niche roles, with a focus on DEI. Our client portfolio included esteemed organizations such as RBL Bank, Group M, SOHO House (India), The Club, and several other prominent companies across industries such as IT, ITES, market intelligence, infrastructure, hospitality, real estate, and education.

Sep 2017 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos · Nerul · On-site

• Took the placement figures up from 150 to 300+
• Initiated some successful student training programmes
• Got promoted to the position of Dean - Industry Institute Partnership Cell from HoD in 2018.

Dec 2016 – Dec 2025 · 9 yrs · Navi Mumbai · Remote

• "My Retired Life Foundation" is a registered charitable Trust registered in the name of Saurav Das that helps senior citizens who have recently retired to find work opportunities that keep them gainfully occupied and also bring them in contact with other senior citizens for networking and companionship. We organize several informative workshops and programs every month. We have a tie-up with Apollo Hospitals, Seawoods, for discounted medical facilities for our members. Our co-founders are Dr. A. K. Sengupta (Chief Trustee), Dr. R. K. Rao and Saurav Das. Our current membership base stands at over 300 senior citizens.

Jun 2015 – Mar 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos · Off the Mumbai - Pune Expressway, Near Khalapur Toll Plaza

• Vishwaniketan's Institute of Management Entrepreneurship and Engineering Technology is an emerging engineering college under the University of Mumbai offering UG qualification in various fields of engineering.
• My role at ViMEET is both academic and non-academic. Academically, I took to teaching by default wherein I teach Business Communication and Ethics which suits my facilitator's background; non-technically, I do what I do best, which is 'campus placements'.

Feb 2011 – Jun 2015 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• The firm offered financial coaching to middle and senior managers on FINANCE FOR NON-FINANCE MANAGERS as well as FINANCIAL PLANNING which included tax saving and legal recourse. We took pride based on client feedback, that our FNFE was by far the most effective financial workshop available in the market.
• Here is a testimonial for your reference: “For my colleague and me (Deputy CEO and CEO) the Executive Finance training was extremely helpful. The workshop was very interactive and based on our company data which is why the training was even more beneficial. The trainer was well prepared and informed himself about our industry in advance. After the successful workshop for the management we are now thinking to involve (your firm) for other staff trainings as well.”
• Best regards,
• Thomas and Igor
• (The company represented here is an European MNC in India and market leaders in the domain of trade fairs).

Jan 2010 – Sep 2010 · 8 mos · Andheri · On-site

• Responsibilities:
• Marketed "PRISM Brain Mapping," a psychometric assessment tool developed in the UK.
• Was responsible for college-connect initiatives related to PRISM..
• Implemented an Industry Visit (with PRISM profiling) for some forty students of SIESCOM - Pharma and Biotech batch, to Dudhsagar Spa and Resorts, which is a Sanda Group company in North Goa.

Jul 2009 – Jan 2010 · 6 mos · Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Campus Placements, Industry linkages, Sourcing guest lecturers from the industry

Nov 2008 – Jun 2009 · 7 mos · Belapur, Navi Mumbai

• Joint Campus Drives [organized the largest joint campus drives in Mumbai region for Accenture and a few others]; Industry collaboration, admission, marketing, faculty recruitment (some), AICTE compliance work, handling student grievances jointly with the Director of the management section. Worked for 5 institutes within the same campus.

May 2008 – Sep 2008 · 4 mos · Bangalore

• Sales of various assessment tools suitable for campus hiring

Mar 2004 – Apr 2008 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Panvel, Navi Mumbai

• I used to organize the largest joint campus drives in Mumbai. Each drive had a minimum of 400 - 600 students and the highest was 2000+ on a single day. I also initiated the joint campus drive for B.Sc - IT / CS students for the first time (maybe in entire Mumbai). Now it is quite common. I invited 42 engineering colleges for those drives. I also was responsible for student training, admission processes, outstation admissions, some administrative work and AICTE/DTE compliance.

Sep 2002 – Feb 2004 · 1 yr 5 mos · Mumbai

• Campus placement and internships for Marketing, Advertising and Graphic Design students.
• Marketing of MDP

Dec 2001 – Jul 2002 · 7 mos · Navi Mumbai

• Marketing of career development progames for the students.

Dec 2000 – Nov 2001 · 11 mos · Sanepa, Nepal

• Branding activities
• Collaboration with top media agencies for release of advertisements
• Creatives
• Sales promotion activities incl. road shows, in-shop promos, etc.
• Inter departmental collaboration to augment sales of other products

Jul 1995 – Nov 2000 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Kolkata

• Marketing