Pushkar Kothekar Contact: +91 8956124755

27 years | Male Email: pushkarkothekar19492@gmail.com

Profile Summary
Management professional having 5+ years of experience in business analysis, requirement consolidation,
stakeholder management, client handling, project management and project execution for large enterprises
in mining and utility (water) domains with a technical background of Analytics (Machine Learning) &
Business Intelligence.
Professional Experience
Tata Consultancy Services, Business Analyst Apr 2019 to Till Date
Pune
 Interacted with customers on regular basis as part of an agile team to understand their objectives &
requirements, helped the team to comprehend the same and develop applications
 Acted as a hub in a hub and spoke model for executing project that needed contribution from
people of different skillset and backgrounds. Managed both internal and external stakeholders in
the process
 Involved in business case development in different areas of digital transformation by
 Prepared proposal & later on actively contributed in execution of a consulting engagement in the
area of process control & analytics across different mines in Australia & PNG
 Conducted market research and analysis to consult the customer for Mining 4.0 concept i.e. using
IoT, Machine Learning & Cloud platforms to transform mining industry to be safer, more efficient
and connected
 Prepared & provided requirement to BI team for a Power BI dashboard to be presented to CXOs,
GMs & technology heads of the customer’s organization by profiling the audience and showcasing
the relevant data & insights. Also performed the functional testing of the dashboard.
Tata Consultancy Services, Project Lead Sep 2016 to Apr 2018
Manchester & Pune
 Performed UAT with customers, managed changes and closely monitored automation projects for
cost & schedule targets
 Engaged in client meetings to understand requirements. Communicated the same to development
team at offshore
 Led a team on RMC (Remote Monitoring & Control) projects and established the process to execute
similar projects in future
 Achieved process improvement by building a tool to automate SCADA testing and make it platform
independent. This saved $10k and was recognized as a six sigma initiative.
Tata Consultancy Services, Systems Engineer Nov 2013 to Aug 2016
Pune
 Prepared project estimates that required both commercial & technical understanding to define the
scope, constraints, assumptions as well as costs and efforts
 Went through complete SDLC for multiple projects in process automation starting from design,
development, documentation, FAT, commissioning, UAT to handover.
Academic Qualifications
Degree Year Institute, University/ Board % /CGPA
PGPM (Operations &
2019 Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon 3.62 / 4
Analytics)
B. E (E&TC) 2013 Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering, Pune 65%
H.S.C 2009 Laxmanrao Apte Jr. College, Pune 81.5%
S.S.C. 2007 Modern High school, Pune 91.2%
Academic Projects
 Assignments on credit risk assessment, loan default and eligibility using Regression & Classification
techniques in machine learning
 Assignments on other machine learning algorithms (Clustering, Linear and Logistic regression, Naïve
Bayes, KNN, Decision Trees, Random Forest) using R & Python
 Project on Dashboard and Business Storyboarding using Tableau, Power BI and SQL
 Projects in Digital Marketing and Social Media Analytics using tools such as Konnect Insights,
RapidMiner
 Assignments on Project Crashing, scheduling and resource allocation as part of Project Management
course
 Market Research project involving primary, secondary research and techniques such as factor
analysis, PCA, MDS
 Consulting Project with MAHLE Filter Systems India Ltd. for optimizing their logistics cost and
inventory management. Provided a recurring cost saving of approximately INR 35 lacs / annum
through logistics optimization & reduced inventory levels from INR 4 Cr to 3 Cr
 Consulting project with RAW Pressery (Health drinks startup) to overcome growth & supply chain
challenges
Other Achievements
 Gold Medalist & topper of the PGPM batch of 2019 at Great Lakes Institute of Management,
Gurgoan. Also emerged as domain topper in ‘Operations’
 Selected for Rising Stars program in London in April 2017 for future managers of TCS
 Awarded as, Star of the Month in March 2016 for delivering 2 large volume fast-track projects on
time
 Awarded as, Star of the Learners Group at ILP Trivandrum in February 2014
Interests and Hobbies
 Economics enthusiast who likes to read about latest developments in the Indian & world economy
and effects of global economic policy changes on businesses
 Indulge in reading about latest technology and automobiles