Pragya Sharma Email and Phone Number

Interned at the Mechanics and Electronics department under the Investors Recruitment function. The department is focused at advising and supporting foreign investors in the areas of transport technologies, mechanical engineering, electronics and microtechnology and material processing.Responsibilities:- Assisted in updating and redesigning the investor presentation for Automotive industry- Researching and creating a target list of potential investing companies, especially in the electronic industries- Industry research and analysis on future of electric aviation- Participation in meetings with foreign investors- General support for project work

- Leading the Government & Economic Development Research Practice in India- Assisting research for government clients on finance, education and defense sectors

- Conducted quantitative assessment of 5 sub-sectors in Financial Services space across 14 countries for a market-entry and diversification strategy project- Providing database training- Led Financial Services Research team in India (Jan 2019-Jun 2019)

- Providing comprehensive and targeted research support to the consulting teams across the globe with a particular focus on Financial Services Industry- Developing an understanding of Financial services landscape by working across projects involving different sub-segments of the sector like Banking, Insurance, Payments, Superannuation/Pension Funds etc.- Delivered "Point of view" on recent trends (GST and Brexit) and their impact on industries/consumers

- Worked across industries and service practices to develop insights of the basic nuances of different industries- Provided research support on a wide variety of business development and client projects - Part of the AT Kearney internal research initiatives

▪ Attended sessions on topics ranging from structure of the Indian democracy, economic foundations of Policy, importance of data in policy, advocacy and behavioral economics▪ Conducted a live research project on the topic “Street Children Enumeration and Rehabilitation” for a Member of Parliament ▪ Analyzed the existing policy framework and international best practices to provide recommendations to improve the current situation in India

- Worked as a trainee in the Logistics department.- Project: Optimisation of Pick-Pack-Dispatch processThe project required an analysis of the entire warehouse process to detect "fat" (excess men, material or machinery") and solutions to optimize the process- Deliverable: Successfully designed a work hours to labor required ratio quantifying the amount of time and resources required to finish the warehouse process on any given day