TOSHIKA AGGARWAL

+91 9540892479 | toshika.aggarwal9@gmail.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/toshikaaggarwal/

EXPERIENCE
YOURDOST SOLUTIONS (India’s top 5 Emotional Wellness startup) BENGALURU, INDIA
Chief of Staff (reports directly to CEO & CSO) Oct/2022 – present
YourDOST is a Series A startup providing online counseling and emotional support to Fortune 500 companies
(Samsung, FedEx), top institutions (IITs, IIMs), and 400+ organizations (TATA Group, Puma).
- Built & led a new HR team from scratch, implemented processes for a much smoother functioning,
introduced key initiatives like Performance Management System, and changed employees’ perspective
about culture within 5 months.
- Identified opportunity in the career counseling space, interviewed 40+ college career development clubs,
pitched new vertical to CSO, and collaborated cross-functionally to spearhead the go-to-market in just
6 weeks; estimated revenue of USD 3.6B (200% of organisation’s current revenue) in 2023.
- Received Dost@YD award (everyone’s go-to person) at the annual award ceremony & Spotlight Award
(significant performance) at the quarterly award ceremony.
- Partnered with college placement clubs and leveraged personal network to increase the inflow of job
applications for customer success manager & operations executive by 500% vs previous month(s).
- Implemented solutions & automated processes in the customer success team to solve the current pitfalls.
Also, built a more efficient structure by studying the structures at other organisations thereby reducing
internal costs by 50% and increasing team efficiency by 30%.

IELTSMATERIAL.COM (India’s largest IELTS preparation startup) BENGALURU, INDIA

Entrepreneur in Residence (reports directly to COO) Sep/2021 – Feb/2022
IELTS Material (acquired by CollegeDekho) is an Edtech startup and the largest platform for IELTS Preparation.
- Collaborated cross-functionally to create 2 new business verticals and launched them within 10 weeks.
- Initiated and led employee engagement domain for 250+ employees by convincing the COO; introduced 5
new policies and organized 2 events, then hired & trained an HR executive to take this forward.

MCKINSEY & COMPANY GURUGRAM, INDIA

Junior Capabilities & Insights Analyst (Strategy & Corporate Finance team)
Sep/2019 – Sep/2021
- Helped a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical client retain its public investors by suggesting the team look
investor communications instead of the company’s performance as it was doing good financially.
- In the 2nd year, mentored 5 junior analysts and analysts (hierarchically seniors).

EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, GARGI COLLEGE DELHI, INDIA
Bachelor of Commerce; Minor in Mathematics. 2019
- Marketing Club, Treasurer: Elected with 90% votes as the treasurer of marketing club, managed annual
budget of USD 1.2K (highest for any club in college) and organized 2 big events with a total audience of
4K+.
- Anti-Drug Club, Founder: Grew club to 70 members; organized 3 campaigns to stop drug abuse.
- Internships: Marketing at Vodafone (2018), Monotype Solutions (2019) & Viacom 18 (2018-19)

CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL, CBSE BOARD INDIRAPURAM, INDIA

Senior Secondary; Commerce with Mathematics. 2016
- Received 94%.
- Secured 3rd position in the commerce department
- Organised the 1st inter-school fest by the department & secured sponsorships worth USD 600.
 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Hoick (Non-profit), Founder (2020-2021), enabling students to become an entrepreneur. Impacted
15K+ students by motivating them to become an entrepreneur and providing them necessary resources.

- Rotary International, District Director Startups & Entrepreneurship (2018-present): held multiple
leadership roles and received the Paul Harris Fellow award, the highest honor given to a member for their
contribution

o Routinely organized events for 2K+ regional members and the public including a startup
simulation (sponsored by Google, Techstars) and an 8-day event on community service with 64K
attendees. Also, supported the South East Asia governing body as a PR member.
- Interests: Public speaker & Jury member; attended events across India including top institutions (like
IIITs), impacting 25K+ individuals.