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ONDC Network expansion in Agri Domain

Creating decentralised Data exchange for agriculture

ecom supply and F&V branding

Sorted F&V national sourcing.

Got acqui-hired by Zomato for their Hyperpure businessCreated standardisation in F&V , farm to B2B supply chain

I managed three portfolio-Project ManagementHead- Agri- Machine Supply AcquisitionHead- Market Activation, Rajasthan(2017). supported by an awesome team.

Setup a team in Bihar who were providing B2B marketing acquisition funnel management for top tier software/IT companies based out of USA

Designing sustainable food packing.Creating a framework to provide smaller SMEs a business advantage in printing industry

HT Burda Media Ltd is a joint venture between HT Media Ltd and Burda Druck GmbH, Germany. The Joint venture (JV) has setup rotogravure printing facility with a capacity of 52000 MT of paper, the largest in India. My role involved:• Project management assistance to the business head• Building library of training and technical material in association with our German counterparts• Business development during period of construction to reach out to clients and clocked 35 million INR in revenue, as part of a two member sales team• Client Management and Servicing• Development of estimation model for rotogravure printing services• Business Development for setting up International standard Pre-Press facility (KPO in image publishing) in India, added clientele like John Player and Wills Lifestyle, JWT, ULKA, Lintas etc;)• Logistics Management for high value orders like IKEA, in year 2010 for 3.5 million catalogue for Australia• In period Jan 2011- Aug 2011 , helped the management team as PPC (Production-Planning& Control) Head, with delivery responsibility of orders worth of 100 million INR per month.

The company entered media space with acquisition of the B2C magazine brand 'Digit' and other B2B magazine brands like CTO Forum, and EDU (http://www.9dot9.in/). My role involved:• Database Management for all the B2B publications. Designation group included CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, CIOs, Logistics Heads, Purchase Manager etc; • Product Manager – Industry2.0 and Logistics2.0 (catering to Manufacturing and Logistics sector respectively)o Product Reengineering – re-modeling the magazine, build 360 degree B2B media platform around the producto Conceptualizing and selling custom advertising options for advertisers targeting B2B space (SMEs)

Head quartered in Kolkata, India, ABP is a diverse media group with brands like Anand Bazar Patrika, The Telegraph, ABP TV, FM 91.9. My role involved:• AVA- Activity Value Analysis – A companywide program to identify areas/activities to increase efficiency and reduce cost • Financial modeling and project planning- FM Radio station in Kolkata (Friendz FM 91.9)• Evaluation of an acquisition target in event and magazine space• Vision & Strategy Project, ABP group- The project involved outlining 10 year growth plan for ABP group across different verticals. I worked on the print strategy and project implementationo Laying the existing and potential landscape for creating a strong regional as well as a national presence in the print verticalo Laying out the potential business model for ABP- a mix of organic and inorganic growth strategy• Building on an innovative business model in “Newspaper” vertical in synergy with o Collaboration and tie-up(LOI) with a foreign partner, project support to a team of 6 VPs, reporting to CEOo Building business plan to be presented at board level during stages of approval and progress

Head quartered in Kolkata, India, the groups’ interests include Rollick ice cream, paddy processing capital machinery, etc. My role involved:• Project planning and support for new Ice-cream factory (capacity 3 million liters per annum) to the Managing Director, and knowledge transfer to appointed factory head • New product designing, launch and anchor sales in capital equipment businesso Product conceptualization, Identifying consultant for product development, product launch followed by saleso Introduced Husk fired fluidized bed furnace and On-line moisture meter in Indian market• Inventory management - Introduced the ‘Make to Stack’ concept which helped in 20% reduction in inventory carrying cost• Project manager for ERP solution development and implementation for the capital machinery business (high BOM industry)

The company is a sister concern of VeeTee, UK, with operations in India, Africa, Pakistan and UK. They are into Basmati rice processing and export. My role involved:• Plant management of an eighty ton per day capacity parboiling plant, with seventy percent export to Middle-East countries, with an export value of around 350 million INR• Identification and Implementation of process control practices and methods for HACCP certification• Waste and Water Management• Project proposal, Techno-commercial negotiation and Project planning for a capacity expansion project worth 15 million INR