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Opened avenues and conducted interviews with key companies from 1) Freight Transport Industry2) Cold Chain Industry3) Mutual Fund IndustryThe areas of work done includes:• Conducting in-depth interviews with key management people from the mutual fund industry• Conducted extensive research on overall “Assets Under Management” of various types of funds• Estimated growth rates of various schemes such as gilt, equity, debt and money market• Assessed the key growth drivers and enablers of the mutual fund market• Projected of the market size and growth rate of the Assets under management over the next 5 financial years• Created detailed profiles of 15 plus fund houses• Recommended key action items for policy makers, investors, service providers and end usersInitiatives:As a part of the research, wrote 4 case studies on the following topics:*Mundra Port- Re-engineering freight handling in Indian ports*Rise in demand for "Reefer trucks" in India due to the boom in organized retail sector*Domestic vs Foreign Player A Case on how Reliance Fresh and McDonalds use the cold chain Logistics in India*Morgan Stanley Mutual Fund Buyout by HDFC Asset Management Company. Is consolidation picking up in the Mutual fund space?

Performance Testing of Web Based Applications handling load of over 3 lakh users• Conducted system reliability, capacity and scalability testing • Develop over 80 plus automated test environments and analyze test results• Generate 10 plus test summary reports for management review• Assisted in project planning, scheduling, budgeting and tracking activities

Part time faculty in TIME coaching classes in MumbaiConducted session on the following subjects for CMAT entrance examination and for Bank Probationary officer Examination.*Quantitative ability *Logical Reasoning*Data Analysis and Interpretation