Arpitha Rao Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Ka, In

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Business Consulting and ResearchStrategic Leadership:- Lead on the project to propel the commercialisation of ~30 entrepreneurs in their clean energy transition across Africa and Asia (regional specialist team)- Cultivate a collaborative culture that drives partnerships across all departments and with external networks, ensuring cohesion and success for entrepreneurs- Oversee the strategic direction and execution of consulting and research activities, ensuring alignment with enterprise success objectives and maximizing social returns (through market research, supply chain analysis, business modelling, financial/economic modelling etc.,)Knowledge Synthesis and Dissemination:- Drive an institutional focus on synthesizing learnings from across the portfolio to distil insights and best practices into succinct and accessible knowledge products to drive sector-wide impact Performance Management- Maintain a professional, proactive, and results-oriented culture within the team with clearly defined performance metrics and accountability Communication and Relationship Management- Help communicate strategic insights, impact stories, and the progress of key enterprises to different audiences- Act as Intellecap's external representative on matters related to enterprise impact, managing key relationships with various stakeholders

Founding team member with a mission to make meditation accessible and impactful through tech➡️ extend runway : costs discipline, effective budgeting, cut no-/low profit growth programs➡️ build a senior team: recruit experienced meditation teachers➡️ set the right destination : align team behind the right KPIs and OKRs➡️ sales : B2C and B2B sales during various stages of growth➡️ fundraise : co-create pitch decks for angel funding ➡️ meditation curriculum: right sized personalised programs to suit group and individual cases

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Lead: Sattva Impact Office - Measure and articulate impact across all Sattva projects - Create systems and processes for consistent impact measurement Lead: Foundations Advisory - Leading a team of ~20 members to deliver strategic advisory engagements to domestic & international philanthropic foundations and collaboratives- P&L owner for one-fourth of the revenue in the largest business unit at Sattva - Enabler for setting up sustainable business systems and processes for 2X growth Strategic advisory:- Provided portfolio advisory to a global philanthropic on avenues of investment (~600 crores) for highest impact in areas of gender equality, sexual reproductive health (SRH)- Consulted leading global philanthropic donors on the feasibility of a national level network in education; led primary research and ecosystem engagement with ~60 organisations (academia, CSOs, government SPOCs and networks)- Led a pioneering study on grantmaking trends among leading philanthropists in ~60 low and middle income global south countries - Co-created 10-year strategy with a leading domestic foundation to manage ~100 crore annual budget for sustainable community impact

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Strategy advisory:- Led codification of 8 services of a leading philanthropic foundation for scaling across 10 Indian states; enabled government and donor engagement across legal, capacity building, L&D, governance and institution building - Led research to document best practices in a national level healthcare program for LF (lymphatic filariasis) that affects ~31M in India; research report informed policymakers - Designed go-to-market strategy for a group philanthropic initiative for 'gifted education' with an impact vision to enable 300+million children and 10+million teachers across India- Co-created strategy and implementation roadmap with leading subject matter experts and key state government leadership members for effective utilisation of ~1000 crore budget in urban solid waste management - Program managed capability building of community and state/district officials in a large scale state public project (11 districts; 400 villages) through tech-based program interventionsOrg building:- Contributed to sales and delivery of marquee consulting engagements - Led BU level people initiative to enable sustainable growth and culture of ~70 member team

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Led long terms consulting engagement with a leading Indian education philanthropic Foundation - Co-created tech-based L&D strategy to train ~60,000 government education officials across 10 Indian states- Led the creation of a 5-year business plan for the organization to scale for INR 100 crores, 1000 member team across 10 states- Built donor pitch-decks to attract donor funding with a systemic change lens across 8 levers of state education system strengthening

Leading business development and monetary optimization of the company product and service offerings.

Educational consultant for a UNICEF funded project on Inclusive Education (IE).- Developed and implemented resources on inclusiveness in education- Tested the resources on field with the children and teachers- Planed and developed teachers, teacher educators and education administrators on inclusive education - Developed workshop manual on inclusive education for teacher educators in B.Ed and D.Ed colleges

Bangalore, In

Helped build and develop the educational project that impacted 200 rural schools covering 16,000 school going children. Acted as one of the key strategic members in forging collaborative relationships with government educational institutions and administrators in Tumkur district and partnerships with notable NGO partners in Karnataka. • Designed and conducted training for 1300+ government teachers that impacted pedaogical practices in 10 administrative divisions of Tumkur district, Karnataka• Conceptualized and led the creation of low cost science kit that benefitted 16,000+ rural students and found patronage under the governmental scheme of ‘Rashtriya Aavishkar Abhiyaan’ • Mentored a team of 15 rural youth members on leadership, pedagogy and personality who in turn were responsible for coaching around 900+ teachers • Forged and maintained collaborations with NGOs and corporates working on primary education• Maintained good relationship with government officials (DIET prinicipal, BEOs, BRCs, BRPs, CRPs) and teachers• Strategized and designed impact assessment tools for the budget, program implementation and learning outcomes

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Served as a fellow committed for 2 years to teach children in a low-income school and to become a lifelong leader in eradicating educational inequity.• Led a group of 60 children to attain high levels of growth in English as measured by TFI and Akanksha’s reading assessment results (1.2 year growth in 4 months). • Designed and implemented a pilot literacy project called ‘BURP’ targeted at making students independent readers. The success of the project led to its implementation in 7 Akanksha schools across 2 cities impacting close to 500 students on a day to day basis. • Led strategy based language instruction by coaching and mentoring 6 teachers, which directly impacts the learning of 240 students at the school I teach.• Designed assessments for the Akanksha organization wide English exams.• Developed entrepreneurial skills by raising considerable funds to build an extensive library of 500+ books for the students and influencing other stakeholders in the school to build reading habits in the children. This intensive exposure to Indian education system at grass root level has allowed me to develop a good understanding of child development, curriculum and pedagogy, school leadership, community development, data driven instruction and teaching as leadership.

Worldwide, Oo

Served as Business Technology analyst in SAP consulting, which mainly involved technical consultation. 1. Installed and maintained SAP business systems for global pharmaceutical companies impacting business of $32 billion.2. Headed and managed committees in the organization that built the working culture of around 263 professionals for 1.5 years.3. Created technical content that aided the SAP-Basis competency development across the organization.4. Recipient of 'Applause Award' for the very first project in the firm for my contributions to the project.Upon my arrival at Deloitte I seized the chance to completely utilize the intelligent network around me. Through collaborative networking I gained opportunities to improve my technical expertise. SAP-basis content creation, designing technical solutions to real-world business problems and working with tight deadlines required me to display strong time management, planning and organization skills.

Pgp Candidate- Class Of 2018, Management

Master’S Degree, M.A In Elementary Education

Bachelor’S Degree, B.E In Electronics And Communication Engineering

High School, Karnataka State Board