Ruchika Sharma Email & Phone Number

Delhi, India

India

My current role encompasses into the Chief of Staff responsibilities to efficiently manage and run office of the Managing Director, looking into all high-priority activities, follow-ups and outreach as per the goals of Vital Strategies, while engaging and coordinating with core functions such as business development, branding, external/ internal communication and liasioning with the leadership teams across global offices. My role involves facilitating and nurturing the business development-efforts and execute special projects/ requirements that seek to promote goals for the India and South Asia region; ensure operationalization of the strategic goals and putting structures to the concepts through writing Concepts, Board Notes, CEO reports and all kinds of important collaterals. Building relationships and nurturing them for conversion into a strategic partnership/ business development opportunity is also required and demanded as part of my day-to-day job responsibilities.I am responsible for managing and coordinating outreach with respect to partnership and development efforts and ensuring regular follow-ups with internal and external stakeholders. I can be reached at mdindia@vitalstrategies.org to discuss new initiatives/ partnership opportunities with Vital Strategies.

Navigating my way in to the Public Health space, handling projects related to Urban Health, Sustainability, NCDs, Shift in Food Policies and behavior and other market-linked strategies for better public health outcomes through focused interactions, events, launch pads, stakeholders' collaborative platforms etc

Delhi, India

As an Investor and Advisory Board member, I support the organization related to various strategic decisions. I also head various CSR initiatives including Government relations and Advocacy for areas pertaining to Health, Sanitation, WASH, Environment and Sustainability.

Delhi

Represent Media & Brand Strategy for Mr. Sangram Singh – An International Wrestler & Motivational Speaker; Content Creator and a top-notch Influencer across digital mediums.Sangram is a real-life hero, whose journey started from being an arthritis patient to becoming an internationally acclaimed wrestler. He is a well-known sports and entertainment personality, a reality TV and Bollywood star, a motivational speaker, a health and fitness expert, and a brand ambassador of the US-based Sports Nutrition brand Amway

Delhi, India

Represent the needs of the quickly growing plant-based industry in India via required support, networking, and advocacy.

Delhi, India

Under this role, I handled PR and brand associations for the brand Flying Beast and worked with Sports, Entertainment and Lifestyle Industry

India

In my current role with FSSAI, I drive a wide range of external communication initiatives including media engagement, press briefings, digital media and branding, industry association relations as well as Corporate engagement and CSR advocacy. I also focus on strategizing and executing campaigns that help in building up corporate engagement efforts in coordination with other Government associations, departments and line Ministries. I am passionate about modern communication tools and technology to enhance the potential of any relevant dialogue for new initiativesMy expertise include:Marketing and communicationsHandling promotional campaignsPress conferences and media management Branding initiatives including celebs and Influencers Complete media management strategy Event managementEngaging with corporates (food and non-food) for CSR advocacy and related effortsSocial media and digital engagementCorporate communications

New Delhi, India/ Austin, Usa

Xeler8 is a Start-up tracker for Investors and a lead generation platform for Corporates. We discover, track and analyse startups & private companies across 50 industries. Our research tool (in the form of an interactive and informative dashboard) helps investors to supplement their deal process and offer a lead generation tool to Corporate/BD's to enhance their sales process by connecting them to the right people. The database has more than 15,000 companies with highly curated information on Business Model, Founder's, Funding and other important details to help investors in their investment process.

New Delhi Area, India

NASSCOM is India's premier trade association of Indian Information Technology (IT) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry. At NASSCOM, I was primarily responsible for managing various research and related initiatives for Software Products, eCommerce and Start-ups community. Key responsibilities include handling research projects and content production around several emerging areas within Products and Start-ups verticals, knowledge creation (via blogs etc.), social media content management and marketing related efforts. I was also responsible for liasioning with Public Relations agency and handling media queries and external communication pieces for products and start-ups community as well as supporting Start-up and investor/ mentor connect programs and related key initiatives. Co-authored the first Annual Start-up Report in India along with Zinnov featuring the landscape as well as current status of the Indian Start-up ecosystem globally.I was the Nodal person (SPOC) for start-up community development, brand positioning of member organisations (software products) via research, collaterals, interviews and social media engagement. I was a core member of NASSCOM Product Conclaves and related regional events, conference management with extensive client engagement for creating linkages with NASSCOM Member companies and other Stakeholders

A management consulting firm advising leading companies on issues of strategy, organization, technology, and operations. McKinsey Knowledge Center is the largest and most diverse knowledge hub of McKinsey & Company and provides support to consulting teams across the globe.Worked with clients/ consultants across Asia pacific and North America to provide actionable insights and strategic solutions on diverse topics across industries using a perfect blend of primary as well as secondary research expertiseKey responsibilities include:Expertise in research process including data gathering, synthesis, analysis and presentation. Undertake company-level analysis such as growth and diversification strategies, comparison with peers (strategic analysis), financial ratio analysisRegular interactions at all levels of senior colleagues across the globe including partners, engagement managers and senior consultants. Communicate the end products (e.g., frameworks, PowerPoint charts, summaries, fact packs etc) to the clients in a clear and synthesized manner. Due diligence, mergers & acquisitions and market entry strategyKey responsibilities of tracking the work-in-flow into the team (handling the entire Asia region), providing training support on various databases and effective on-the-job coaching and guidance to junior colleagues and new team members in day-to-day course of work. Also responsible for determining time lines and allocate work within the project team thereby, leading and coordinating teams while working on long term requests and ensuring proper quality and sanity checks.

Copal Partners (known as Copal) is a leading Knowledge Process Outsourcing firm based in Gurgaon, India which provides outsourced research and analytics services to the Financial Services industry (two major divisions, Investment Banking and Equity Research). Clients include several of the leading bulge bracket investment banks, private equity funds, hedge funds and corporationsKey Responsibility Areas:Provide leading investment banking clients with financial research & analytics services through products like trading comparable analysis, precedent transaction analysis, benchmarking analysis and company profiles and packsPrimarily conducted quantitative analysis of company's financial data, which includes balance sheets, income statements, cash flows and forecasts along with the qualitative aspects like business description, ownership and management, products and services, customers, etcConducted peer analysis to identify comparable companies for preparation of valuation metrics based on client requirements across all industries and geographic regionsManaged projects and trained analysts on various productsKnowledge of Bloomberg, Thomson, Reuters, Hoovers, Factset and Factiva

Certification -Integrated Marketing Communications: Advertising, Public Relations, Digital Marketing, Communication And Media Studies

The modern methods of planning and evaluating marketing communications strategies and executions by combining appropriate theories.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), International Finance; Marketing, A+

Masters In Commerce, International Business Management, Marketing, A+

Economics, Macroeconomics, Business Economics And Statistics, Indian Economic Develooment

Commerce