ABHISHEK KANDOI Email: abhishek.kandoi@ul.

com / Ph: +971- 555640887

EDUCATION
Degree University / Board Year CPI / %
Graduate Course in Public Policy Takshashila 2017 - date -
B. Tech. (Mechanical Engg.) and Audit (Management) IIT Gandhinagar 2008 - 2012 6.70
EMPLOYMENT
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Built Environment Division Dubai, UAE May 2015 date
o Operations Lead for Building and Life Safety Department overlooking a business of USD 6.2 million per year from 8
countries in the Middle East
o Responsible for business strategies, P&L, marketing and order bookings worth USD 4.4 million per year for the built
environment division
o Key account manager for major clients grossing business of more than USD 20 million over past three years
o Work alongside sales to venture into new products and technologies, developing new service lines and structuring the
companys position among the competitors.
o Drives relationship with stakeholders including Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) and government bodies, civil
defense in ME countries over codes and regulations of fire safety.
TinkerTank Design and Technology Social Entrepreneurship Incubation, IIT Gandhinagar June 2014 May 2015
o Worked as a partner in the co-founded company of TinkerTank and incubated at IIT Gandhinagar.
o TinkerTank (TT) - a social enterprise to design, develop and disseminates need-based, appropriate, low-cost tools and
machines with an aim to reduce the drudgery of intense manual-labor and increase livelihood opportunities.
o Held the responsibility of co-designing the new products, planning and deployment of budget for different business
segments, assisting in creating new business units and tapping international market.
o Winner of 5th ISB iDiya National Social Venture Competition, IIT Bombay Eureka! International Business Plan
Competition (Social Track) and finalist in TISS Social Challenge 2015.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Built Environment Division Bengaluru, India July 2012 June 2014
o Worked as a Safety Evaluation Engineer to provide Conformity Assessment Service in product testing and inspection.
o Held the responsibility to perform testing services for Fire Protection products and study their compliance as per UL
and NFPA standards including UL10B, UL10C, UL555 and others.
o Qualified to assess the performance of Fire Containment, Fire Suppression and Fire Resistance products including
Foam, Sprinklers, Fire Doors, Fire Dampers, Cabinets, Mineral Wool, Hypoxic Air Prevention System, et cetra.
o Executed more than 45 projects generating the maximum revenue from the team in regions of India and Middle East.
INTERNSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS
Case Western Reserve University Prof. Roger French Cleveland, USA June 2012 June 2014
o Studied the Sun Farm at Solar Durability and Lifetime Extension developed by Prof Roger French at CWRU, Cleveland.
o Setup a network to study and compare data from Sun Farm in Cleveland with other PV plants in India to understand the
influence of geographical location on efficiency and degradation of cells.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Fire Data Analysis IIT Gandhinagar, India Oct 2009 June 2014
o Designed and conceptualized a new layout for National fire incidents database in India based on demographic modeling
and filtering process and identified problems with fire safety in India.
o Data studies and Concepts were presented in International Symposiums including IIT-Kanpur and India Safe.
NON-TECHNICAL PURSUITS
o Trained for Green Belt Lean Six Sigma certification for use of methodology in process improvement
o Led a USD 200,00 project on faade construction in collaboration with IIT-Gandhinagar under UL-IITGN MoU
o Led a USD 120,000 project for the exhibition set up in a railway coach on the theme of Sustainability and Waste
management.
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
o Recipient of UL Research Scholarship for Project on Innovative Use of Photovoltaic Technology - 2012
o Placed among National Top 1% of 35894 students enrolled in National Standard Examination in Physics 2007-08 by
Indian Association of Physics Teachers - 2008
o Credit and Distinction Certificate awarded in Educational Assessment Australia 2005 by The University of New South
Wales in Science and Mathematics respectively - 2006
o Certificate of Merit by Central Board of Secondary Education for scoring 100 out of 100 in Science and Technology in
CBSE Boards and being among 0.1% of total students of AISSE 2006 - 2006
o Placed in A1 GRADE (Rank 129) category and awarded a Merit Certificate for excellent performance in Global
Mathematics Talent Search, 2004-05 - 2005
INVESTOR
Cofoz.com Seed Funding Investor in Cofoz, a start-up for home-made food currently working from Gandhinagar, India
PUBLICATIONS/CONTRIBUTION
Fire Data Analysis Data Interpretation UL India Jan 2014
o Contributed to the technical poster on Delhi Fire Incident Data Analysis: Identifying the Problems with Fire Safety in
India which was accepted for presentation in 11th IAFSS Symposium at University of Canterbury, New Zealand.