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• Campus finalist (30/290+) in ‘Accenture B-school challenge’; devised a go-to-market strategy for a US manufacturer in China
• Campus finalist (20/200+ teams) in ‘ABG Stratos’ a flagship business simulation competition organized by Aditya Birla Group
o Maximized profits by designing business strategy encompassing production, capacity, sales and marketing, and financing decisions
• Events and Marketing Coordinator - Manufacturing and Operations Club
o Led a team of 5 to conduct 8 career development programs, a Six Sigma workshop, 8 peer learning, and 5 speaker sessions
• KPMG Certified Six Sigma Green Belt professional; trained on Total Quality Management and Lean Production methodology
National Institute of Technology, Warangal – B. Tech, Mechanical Engineering |CGPA 7.91| (Top 5 %ile) Jul’11- May’15
• Top 0.2% (out of 1.2M) in AIEEE 2011; Top 1% (out of 500K) in IIT-JEE 2011
• Interned (2/500+) at NIT Allahabad: Improved process efficiency by 10% for an advanced manufacturing process (ad-judged best paper)
o Determined optimum machining conditions by Identifying 5 parameters along with their significance on surface finish quality
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ASSOCIATION OF BILLION MINDS| Senior Associate Consultant Mar’19 - Apr’19
Led a team of 50 members to formulate election campaign strategy and to execute ground-level operations for one of India’s largest National
party in Lok-Sabha 2019 election; managed campaigning covering 15M people in most critical constituencies of Uttar Pradesh
Strategic Planning and Ground Operations
• Drove voter reach up by 10% (1.5M+); ideated and led first of its kind awareness campaign ‘Get-Out-to-Vote’ by engaging 5000+ volunteers
o Spearheaded ground operations to reach 400K+ households for candidates by designing and executing new issue-based campaigns
o Established 8 constituency level war-rooms by leading team of 240+ to monitor crisis management and information dissemination
o Designed constituency level manifestos by identifying 50+ local issues; drove district-level primary research to gauge political scenarios
o Negotiated alliances with 1500+ socio-political influencers &20+ journalists to increase candidates’ outreach in opponents’ stronghold
APPLIED MATERIALS |Manufacturing Engineer Jul’15-Mar’19
World’s #1 semiconductor &display equipment manufacturer;3.5+years of experience in operations, process improvement, vendor management
and project management; managed cross-cultural teams while handling clients (Intel & Samsung) across USA, Taiwan and Singapore
Key Achievements & Recognition:
• Received 2 Fast-track Promotions in 3.5 years (avg 5 years; only 1/100 global cohort): Trainee->Design Engineer->Manufacturing Engineer
• Received Applied Materials’ Excellence Award (1/150+ nominations) for spearheading fundraiser; raised INR 3M (15% YOY growth)
• Awarded ‘Team of the quarter’ (1/50) for showcasing excellence in cost optimization; saved $1.2M/yr (8% of base) by value-engineering
• Received Operational Excellence Award for resolving critical parts vendors’ manufacturing issues in 3 weeks (avg 5 weeks)
Operational Excellence and Vendor Management
• Generated savings worth $5M/yr (10% of base) - Led Cost optimization program for a high-value line of product for Samsung
o Owned end to end execution from re-design to procurement to production; implemented project in 6 months (avg 10 months)
• Realized savings of $3M/yr (12% of base) by identifying and onboarding low-cost vendors in Asia Pacific (APAC)region for critical parts
o Decentralized manufacturing out of US to APAC region to diversify sourcing risk; negotiated with 15+ new vendors in Taiwan & China
Problem Solving and Analytical Skills
• Developed modularized product architecture by standardizing design specifications and automating Bills of materials of 5 products
o Delivered savings of $200K/yr (5% of base) by reducing man-hours by 92% (from 54 hours to 4 hours) and material cost by 10%
• Saved $1M (20% of base) by identifying obsolete inventory and initiating revival of parts, thereby enhancing their usable life
o Devised a mechanism to increase the salvage value of inventory by kitting the parts into sub-assemblies and supplying to customers
Stakeholder Management
• Chaired the ‘Change control Board’ (consisting of 10+ senior management) to aid and approve design & manufacturing changes up-to $100K
• Identified opportunity for competency enhancement of operations team by working with design team at the concept stage of product release
o Optimized the product release cycle time by 25% by reducing the handover time from development to operations team
Leadership and People Management
• Youngest at age of 24(avg. age 29) to be handpicked (1/250+) by country president to lead New College Graduate (NCG) Training curriculum
o Mentored 80+ new recruits, reduced on-boarding time by 20% by ideating, developing and implementing new training curriculum
• Reduced spent on staff costs by INR 10M/yr- Spearheaded recruitment, moving from contractor model to a permanent team of 7
o Conducted 30 interviews with Operations Director; hired and on-boarded 7 employees in the team
• Handpicked by MD (1/80+) to lead Oracle to SAP ERP transition. Achieved 97% completion (target 95%) in 3 weeks (against 5 weeks)
• Selected (1/70+) to revamp engineering standards; trained 35 engineers to reduce drawing errors by 11% points (from 13% error to 2%error)
Process Improvement and Project Management
• Selected as Quality Focal (1/150+) for Engineering Change Management process; achieved process accuracy of 98% against a goal of 95%
o Reduced execution time ~40% (avg 15 days) by leading an 18-member team for the new design Change Management process roll-out
• Achieved 55% reduction in manufacturing queries backlog by de-bottlenecking and automating query-flow route
o Led a cross-functional team of 5 to identify process gaps and stakeholders, formulate action plan and to execute the change
o Reduced manufacturing delays ~20% by discontinuing 5 underperforming vendors; consolidated the vendor base to 10 (from 15)
• Reduced final assembly build time ~25% (avg 4 weeks) by identifying assembly line bottlenecks through remote plant simulations
• Developed and implemented a new obsolescence SOP to streamline the obsolescence process; reduced execution time by 50% (avg 6 days)
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STUDENT LEADERSHIP & EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Lead Coordinator, Applied Materials CSR Committee Jul’16 – Feb’19
• Raised fund INR 6M for sponsoring education of 600 underprivileged children by organizing food drives and sports carnivals
Head of Events, Spring-Spree, Second largest Cultural Festival of South India Jul’14 – Feb’15
• Managed a footfall of 10000+ individuals and a budget of INR 5M by leading a team of 80+ students to organize 50+ events
General Secretary, Hindi Literary and Debate Club, NIT Warangal Jul’14 – Apr’15
• Improved club position from 11th to 2nd best club in college by conducting 15+ events with 60% increase in participation
Interest: Hindi Poet: Performed in over 30+ open mic programs in Bengaluru and Delhi