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New York, NY, US

Baar, ZG, CH

Successfully transformed Glencore’s legacy Recycling business into a global Circularity platform for key energy transition metals, thus playing a key role in the company’s Net Zero by 2050 ambitionBattery Recycling: Glencore is one of the world’s largest recyclers of battery metals, with ability to refine and recover critical metals like Lithium, Nickel.

Baar, ZG, CH

• Positioned Glencore as one of the world’s largest Producers and Marketers of sustainably upcycled Sulfuric Acid, achieving approximately 9 million tonnes globally.
• Led the business in improving standards for safe transportation of Sulfuric Acid, with Glencore being recognized as one of the safest shippers in the industry many years in a row
• Developed, and executed a 5 year margin and market share improvement strategy involving significant investments in infrastructure, implementation of Glencore’s trading strategies, development of new purchase & supply.
• Delivered multimillion $ synergies in the business within first 6 months of Glencore’s merger with Xstrata by linking North American and Global trading books, applying Glencore’s trading strategies, prioritizing.
• Oversaw negotiations of long-term contracts worth $1 billion with rail carriers, tank car manufacturers, import terminal operators, and other logistics partners, including a strategic long term contract with CN Rail

Baar, ZG, CH

Toronto, Ontario (ON), CA

Joined Li-Cycle's board as a non executive director, following Glencore's $200MM investment in the company

San Francisco, California, US

Magrathea is pioneering zero/low carbon Magnesium production in North America and Europe - a critical metal needed for EVs and other lightweighting applications. Very excited to be able to support the team in a small way

Collegepark, MD, US

Collaborating with one of the top Robotics research teams in the country at the University of Maryland as an Industry Advisor, reimagining the future of recycling: automated robotic unmanufacturing of batteries and mobility systems

Helped define and launch the Circular Electronics Partnership for promoting circularity in the electronics industry

Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Supported Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) projects focused on "Materials Recovery Technologies for Defense Supply Resiliency," funded by the Army Research Lab, Department of Defense, including assistance with defense appropriations funding requests for FY22 and FY23

Founding Member of IITians Influencing India’s Transformation (IIT-IIT) in New York. IIT-IIT aims to harness the collective voice of IITians to give back to India through national scaling of social impact programs in Education, Healthcare, and Livelihoods.

London, GB

Studied open outcry trading on the LME floor (and related strategies), with a focus on non-ferrous metals

Baar, ZG, CH

Assisted with transactions and deal analysis in PE and alternative investing across a range of markets (US, Europe, India) and sectors (Hospitality and Technology)

Marketed equity and debt fund raising to potential investors for a US consumer electronics company. Researched the mid-market lending opportunity in US and Europe and created a pitchbook to support bid for an exclusive fund-raising mandate for a new fund in the sector.

Kharagpur, West Bengal, IN

India's First Integrated Bioenergy Center. Helped design the center by engaging several experts at American and Indian Bioenergy and other research Centers. Coordinated with international thought leaders, scientists, government, IIT Director & Deans, alumni and investors during execution and launch phase.

Evanston, IL, US

• Advised Fortune 100 companies as well as small businesses on Sales, Marketing, and Operations projects. Led 20 project teams and coached 50 Associates and Associate Consultants
• Market Entry Strategy: Identified acquisition targets, conducted market research, modeled scenarios, and assessed risks to enable a $15 BN global company to successfully launch operations in South Korea
• M&A: Assessed synergy potential to recommend a $15 BN pharmaceutical client against acquiring a $4 BN target by using a complex forecast model for 60 products in 100 countries
• Integration: Led integration of post-merger commercial operations for two Fortune 500 companies in Australia by working with 30+ stakeholders that resulted in $5 MM in cost saving
• Sales Force Strategy: Designed next generation sales force models for a mid-sized US pharmaceutical company to manage patents expiries and new product launches ($4 BN portfolio, 2000 sales reps)
• Portfolio Evaluation: Evaluated market and product performance for 20 multi-billion dollar drugs for major pharmaceutical companies using above product, generating $3 MM in revenue

Evanston, IL, US

• Helped develop the new outsourcing practice area and the related launch of ZS’ India operations
• Designed and managed a core part of ZS' first and largest outsourcing project involving a team of 30 in US & India and reduced costs by 35% for a major pharmaceutical company

Evanston, IL, US

Resident expert on Sales and Marketing analytics for the Medical Devices industry

Research topics included:- Bilateral control of Teleoperators- The Overvoltage problem in AC motor drives- Using the PHANTOM Haptic Interface for Teleoperation over the Internet- Tele-assisted Multi Agent Systems.

Pune, Maharashtra, IN

Reduced setup time (by reconfiguring shop floor area and reducing its size by 20%) and improved productivity by 10% in gear shaving through KAIZEN exercise. Learned Total Productive Maintenance and Six Sigma concepts

Mba With Distinction, Private Equity, Finance, Strategy

Master Of Science (M.S.), Robotics

B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering