Rajat Kadam 160100038

Mechanical Engineering B.Tech.

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Male
DOB: 29/09/1998

Examination University Institute Year CPI / %

Graduation IIT Bombay IIT Bombay 2020 0.00
EXPERIENCE
PROFESSIONAL
Awarded Letter of Recommendation for strategizing scheduling of shows & breaks by Associate Director
The Walt Disney • Achieved 10% estimated increment in TRP rating by integrating data-backed scheduling of programs & promos
Company • Devised a metric to judge engagement of 1500+ shows & promos; appreciated by CDO of Star Network
Business Intelligence • Projected 2-3% reduction in rights acquisition cost by enabling performance analysis of movies & shows
(May’19- Jul’19) • Employed Power BI to analyse minute-wise performance of 30+ channels to strategically place ad breaks
• Streamlined genre-wise scheduling of shows by enabling hypothesis testing & analysis of viewership
Awarded Letter of Recommendation for saving 35+ man-hours yearly by Sr. Executive (Inventory Planning)
Johnson & Johnson • Developed forecasting tool using R language to calculate demand for 350+ products; improved 95% efficiency
Operational Analytics
• Increased 50% accuracy of demand forecast by incorporating seasonal trends compared to moving average
(Mar’19-Apr’19)
• Automated stock allotment from 3 plants to warehouses leading to 85% time reduction using Excel VBA
StartupBay Accelerator focussed on deep-technology based start-ups with operations across Singapore, US & India
Business Analyst • Analysed in-take criteria of 20+ global accelerators to identify factors for gauging deep-tech startups
(Jul’19-Aug’19)
• Optimized resources by identifying key expectations of startups from distributed co-working spaces

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Led a 2-tier team of 110+ volunteers to forge & sustain relations with 900+ industry experts & corporates
Initiatives | Organized 2 international, 7 national, 30 + institute wide events with INR 21M annual budget
• Spearheaded first ever Pre-Summit with Hon’ Min. Nitin Gadkari; aired by DD News, ANI, Republic TV
• Singlehandedly raised INR 0.3M from Maharashtra Innovation Society for promoting student-preneurship
Corporate Relations • Reduced 50% speaker engagement fees by associating with mentor groups for pan-India workshops
Manager
The Entrepreneurship E-Summit ’19 | Footfall 23K+; Optimized budget of 1.8M; 130+ Speakers; 10+ Countries; 100+ Sessions
Cell, IIT Bombay • Partnered with 6 foreign embassies to provide support infrastructure; reduced 20% operational costs
(Mar’18-Mar’19) • Roped in CXO’s of Intel, Deloitte, PepsiCo, Wipro, Disney, TATA, Infosys resulting in 3x corporate participation
Eureka! ’18 | Cited as Asia’s largest B-Model competition by Thomson Reuters with 10K+ entries
• Collaborated with 60+ VCs (20% y-o-y increase) to create a network of 250+ judges & 100+ mentors
• Secured, for first time ever, investment opportunities worth INR 10M via angel investors for finalists

KEY PROJECTS
Marketing for Centre of Entrepreneurship Course Project; Topic: Live Water Usage Feedback; Awarded 10/10 grade
Entrepreneurs • Successfully demonstrated proof of concept on 60+ students recording significant decrease in water usage
(Jan’18-Feb’18) through taps
• Performed consumer research by surveying 3 hostels & 2 eateries; proposed gamification of water usage
Human Resource Shailesh J Mehta School of Management Course Project; Topic: Human Resource Outsourcing
Management • Researched HR outsourcing trends & implementations across 8 industry sectors in Malaysia & Belgium
(Jan’18-Apr’18) • Identified the benefits, challenges & factors to be considered by organisations regarding HR outsourcing

ACHIEVEMENTS & E XTRACURRICULARS

• Awarded DAV National Achievement Sports’13-14 • Selected for Lawn Tennis Inter-IIT Camp’17
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• 4 - Institute Lawn Tennis Freshmen Open ‘16 • Bronze Medallist - Tennis General Championship ‘19
• Addressed 50+ start-ups as keynote speaker on college entrepreneurship culture at Startup Nayak’18
Public Speaking
• Represented IIT Bombay on ET NOW’s National TV show ‘Impact of IITians on Startup World’17
• Assisted Finance Minister of Maharashtra to motivate 150 rural students towards entrepreneurship in ‘18
Social Impact • Sensitised 200+ underprivileged school children on cyber threats through Youth Cyber Safety Initiative’18
• Organized cleanliness drive at Juhu Beach-Swacch’17 engaging 500+ volunteers; covered by NDTV
• Completed Certified Business Analytics Practitioner ’19 course by Henry Harvin Analytics Academy
Scholastic &
• Recipient of the prestigious KVPY Scholarship’16 by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Certifications
• Completed online courses in ‘Data Analysis with Pandas & Numpy’ & ‘ML: Python & R in Data Science’ in ‘19
•• Editor of Mechanical Department Media Body with a reach of 1200+ students & 60+ professors in ‘17
Miscellaneous
• Mentored 20+ freshmen on basics of case solving, designing enterprise solution, B-model, pitching in ‘17