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Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Commercial Due Diligence and Business Plan Validation (Target: One of India’s leading healthy packaged-F&B player, Client: leading FMCG player present across categories): Assessment of Target’s business performance.
• Commercial Due Diligence and Business Plan Validation (Target: A leading medical diagnostics chain in India): Demand the supply assessment for a leading diagnostics chain with strong presence in North and West India.
• Commercial Due Diligence and Business Plan Validation (Target: IT and ITeS services provider, Client: Leading India-based IT services provider): Due diligence and business plan review to understand growth potential.
• Commercial Due Diligence (Target: Large multi-specialty hospital chain): Demand and supply assessment for chain of multi-specialty hospitals through analysis of demand originating from local and out-of-state.

Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Market Assessment and Business Plan Development (Client: Private Equity Firm): Assessed kitchen products market in India through opportunity sizing across product segments, understanding consumer need-gaps, and.
• Commercial Due Diligence (Target: Baby and Adult Incontinence products manufacturer): Conducted due diligence on Target’s business and operating models, brand strength and distribution operations through market.
• Go-to-Market Strategy for Workwear (Client: Leading Global Apparel Manufacturer): Assessment of potential opportunity, existing need-gaps, ease of execution and strategic alignment for workwear and custom-clothing.
• Commercial Due Diligence (Target: Leading Metal / Non-metal Product Manufacturer in India): Conducted the due diligence on the Target’s E-B2B and E-B2C venture across Manufacturing and Construction sectors to validate.
• Commercial Due Diligence and B-Plan Validation (Target: Leading Indian Nuts and Dry Fruits Manufacturer): Conducted Due Diligence of India's leading nuts and dry fruits manufacturer, performed competitive benchmarking.

Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Go-to-Market / GTM Strategy (Client: Allana Group): Developed the GTM Strategy and Business Plan for setup of an Edible Oils and Fats manufacturing unit for Allana Group through market and competitor assessment.
• Go-to-Market Strategy and Business Plan Development (Client: L&T): Advised L&T on market entry into data-centre space in India; project involved market and competitive landscape assessment, learnings from global peers.
• Go-to-Market / GTM Strategy and Business Plan Development: Advised a leading glass manufacturer on the setup of a new flat-glass production plant through identification of products to be manufactured, raw material.
• Commercial Due Diligence (Target: Subway): Advised Everstone Group with evaluation of Subway, leading to acquisition of master franchise and development plan for 2,000 stores in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh; project.
• Commercial Due Diligence and Growth Strategy Development (Target: Swiggy Kitchens): Evaluated the business model and operational performance of Swiggy Kitchens to validate the investment hypothesis, and developed a.

Delhi Area, India

• Evaluated sales team performance across parameters spanning market outlet coverage per sales executive, maintenance of retailer and distributor relationships, terms of trade (return policy, credit period and fulfilment.
• Identified areas of improvement likely to promote primary & secondary sales effectiveness, and developed a view on implementation of standardized ways of working (SoW) across Delhi NCR region

Bangalore

• Market assessment of the Automotive sector in India covering political & economic landscape, technological developments & disruptions, and environmental concerns & stakeholder initiatives
• Understood the competitive landscape across major OEMs in India, and developed a view on competitive strengths, barriers to entry, level of consolidation and expected growth plans
• Devised a high-level Go-to-market strategy for Original Equipment Manufacturers into the Indian market

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Led a team of five people across design, sales and customer success teams to design and execute high-quality B2B and B2C marketing media solutions for retail clients such as Vodafone, Samsung, and SBI across vinyl.

Barabanki, Lucknow, India

• Assessed existing rice plant machinery in Barabanki (UP), and procured new machinery from China to increase finished-good output by 14.28% and decrease downtime by 40%, thereby increasing overall productivity by 27%
• Market entry strategy for rice and flour: Conducted market assessment, value chain mapping, competition benchmarking, and regulatory landscape assessment to develop operating model and entry strategy into Africa

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: ChessPost Graduate Diploma in International Management

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, International Management

Master of Business Administration in International Management - ESCP Europe

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Computer Science, 7.63 / 10