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Client: Zepto (Grocery delivery in 10 mins), Unicorn startup• Spearheaded the Setup and Operations Initialization of 1st MLL-Zepto Fulfilment Centre (Grocery Business).• Piloted the project to integrate MOPTRO in Picking Activity to enhance efficiency and reduce ergonomic stress.Automation Fund & Carbon Footprint Reduction Initiatives• Revamped inventory strategy for cold storage to reduce power consumption by 7500 units/month (5.3 MT CO2 equivalent)• Coordinated the deployment of GPS augmented E-bikes in last mile stations for efficient route planning and tracking

Client: Flipkart Private Limited (Subsidiary of Walmart Inc.)• Handled on-ground operations of MLL-Flipkart Fulfilment Centre.• Led the deployment of LIDAR based assistive Picking Robots (AGVs) to improve Mean IPP by 2.2 times, Std.dev by 0.25 times• Designed an IoT solution for tracking totes using RFID stickers• Spearheaded the safe incorporation of Women Workforce in Palletization, traditionally a male-dominated activity

Client: A Market Leader in Aviation Sector (NDA Signed)• Developed a crew scheduling solution to optimize the pan-India deployment of personnel for our client.• Incorporated guidelines from various stakeholders regarding connection times, pairing length, layover policies, deadheads, aircraft changes, expenses.• Adopted spiral SDLC model to upgrade client’s legacy manual scheduling system to navigate the uncertain COVID-19 environment• Designed three versions of scheduling solution involving mathematical modeling of LPP, enumeration (DFS), and Column Generation approach.• Formulated the incorporation of Deep Learning to prune the search space for Resource Constraint Shortest Path Problem in order to improve pairing creation efficiency.

Team: Enterprise Mobility vertical engaged in People Transportation• Formulated a business strategy proposal for Mahindra Logistics Limited to penetrate the B2B2C market in people transportation.• Developed a first and last mile connectivity solution involving the city metro network in between.• Designed technology strategy for integrated ticketing system for the first mile, metro ride, last mile connectivity and payment acceptance using National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) and qSPARCspecifications.• Was offered Pre-Placement Offer to join Mahindra Logistics Limited as Operations Manager

Team: Planning, Supply chain and Operations at Headquarter• Developed a distribution planning software, tailor-made for Becton Dickinson, to balance inventory in Distribution Centres and optimize Pan India supply chain.• Analysed large datasets from ERP Central Component, Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning to uncover network flow patterns pertaining to individual distribution centres.• Developed mathematical formulations for determining the amount of inventory of each SKU type to be placed in distribution centres.• Designed a Recursive Hostel Party Approach Algorithm for solving the formulated Mathematical Models• The tool improved Supply Chain Distribution Plan Creation Efficiency by three times

Topic: Machine Learning enhanced Molecular Communication• Received scholarship from the prestigious Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) funds to conduct research on Molecular Communication methodologies.• Enhanced an existing model of point source transmitter and spherical receiver through parameter fitting to generalise for the case of a Spherical Transmitter and a Spherical Receiver(STSR).• Estimated the values of model fitting parameters for STSR by using non-linear least square curve fitting technique on simulation data.• Generated a dataset involving mapping between 4 input parameters, namely Radius of Transmitter, Radius of Receiver, Diffusion Constant and distance between transmitter and receiver, and the values of fitting parameters • Trained a Neural Network to estimate the value of fitting parameters given the input parameters.• Neural Network enhanced model with fitting parameters had increased accuracy as the distance between transmitters and receivers increased and the radius of receiver decreased.