Highlights:

Skills:Business Analysis, Strategy & Planning

Manager (COO's Office) 09/2010 - 05/2011
Aditya Birla Group, IDEA Cellular, Bangalore, Karnataka India
Industry: Telecom
Manager (COO's Office) - Supporting the COO with Strategy, Planning and Business Intelligence
Providing the COO with Market Research and Business Intelligence Supporting the COO with Operations and Sales Strategy, and Annual Budget planning Going for market visits to capture customer expectations and identifying pain areas Conducting specific Quality Management projects to re-align processes based on customer feedback Coordinating and follow-up with cross functional teams on the action plans to enhance operational efficiency--
Consultant 06/2008 - 08/2010
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bangalore, Karnataka India
Industry: Management Consulting
Key Learnings: Research and Business Analysis , Strategy Development and Process Re-engineering, Project management, Bid process management, preparing RFP document, preparing Case Studies (or detailed project reports), response to proposals and analysis and development of Public Private Partnership (PPP) Model
Consulting Experience: 1. Perspective Plan for West Bengal High School Education Campaign (a flagship program by the Govt. of India for standardizing High School Education in India), Dept. of School Education, Govt. of West Bengal (Mar 2010 – Jul 2010) ? As-Is study of High School Education scenario in West Bengal to prepare a perspective plan to ensure 100% Gross Enrollment Ratio by 2017 2. Smart Card based Public Distribution System, Department of Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Pondicherry (Dec 2009 – Apr 2010) ? Prepared a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the modernization of the distribution system of essential commodities with the aid of Smart Card technology ? Prepared an RFP document for selecting a System Integrator for the proposed system 3. Vision 2030: Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (Nov 2009 – Dec 2009) ? Preparing a draft vision document for the next 20 years (Vision 2030) and an action plan for the next seven years 4. infoDev, World Bank: Survey on ICT in Education for India and South Asia (June 2009 – Oct 2009) ? Conducted stakeholder workshops, focus groups, interviews and created a Wiki profile ? Research and Analysis on ICT4Ed to prepare a case study for Karnataka and two research theme papers 5. Maharashtra Sales Tax Department – Automation of VAT implementation (Jun 2008 – March 2009) ? Re-engineering of Business Processes and IT Strategy to plug process gaps, ensure proper SLA monitoring and remove losses due to accumulated interests against delayed payment to outsourced vendors--
Engineer - Maintenance 06/2003 - 05/2006
Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL), Mumbai, Maharashtra India
Industry: Oil & Gas
Key Learnings: Know-how of petroleum refining and related processes, Maintenance planning and analysis, Troubleshooting and handling In-plant emergencies, Team management, Project Management
Responsible for maintenance scheduling, resource allocation and quality control in HPCL (MR) Maintenance Dept. Managed a team of 8 technicians and three process units Planning and execution of Refinery Turn Around activities (March/April, 2005) - Received a letter of appreciation for ‘Outstanding Performance’ during Turn Around--

Calcutta University 06/1997 - 05/2000
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Physics Honors
Bachelor of Science (Physics Honors) from Calcutta University, Kolkata

Instrumentation Engineer & MBA Operations, Finance, Business Analyst, Strategy, Consulting