Chandra Shekar D Email & Phone Number

Bangalore

After 2 years of serving as the Principal of VBR PU College & Academy, achieving few key milestones -* 900+ student enrollment / admissions* 300+ Medical Seat Selections through NEET (2017 & NEET 2018)* Spectacular results from the Pilot II PUC Batch (40+ Distinctions, 90+ first class, 60+ qualifications for JEE Advanced, 25+ direct medical seat selections through NEET 2018)Relinquishing the highly 'Prestigious Principal's Post' am back as the 'General Manager' to plan and dedicate more time for expansion plans of the institute and importantly to spend more time with my family

Bangalore

About - VBR PU College - VBR PU College – A startup (estd in 2016) founded by retired bureaucrats, with a focus on offering intensive coaching for PUC students, to enable them excel in leading competitive exams like – CET, NEET, AIIMS, JEE Main & JEE AdvancedPanel consisting of highly experienced faculty who had helped 1000’s of students to secure Medical, IIT, NIT and Engineering seats in the past Role - As a PrincipalAfter successfully planning and supervising the Admission of 150 students in the very first year, the next role as the Principal of the college involves the responsibility to ensure overall functioning of the college as per the Pre-University Board, Government of Karnataka norms KRA's-* Supervision of General Administration * Work in close co-ordination with the Academics Director and Managing Committee to ensure the curriculum is delivered as per the planned schedule* Co-ordination with the teaching faculty to plan the schedules, review performance and also liasion with the non teaching faculty to ensure effective administration* Constant interaction with the Students and Parents to ensure, individual goal setting for each student and define a path to help them realize their dream (of securing a seat in their preferred college / stream)

Bangalore

After a successful stint of 12 years (joining a startup and transforming it as one of the most preferred service provider) in ITES domainLanded on this assignment of strategizing marketing and admission activities for another startup but this time in the Education sector The key roles included – Planning & executing strategies related to - Branding (websites, brochures etc), Marketing (freezing target audience, database, collaterals), Pitch / interactions/ Counseling Sessions (with Parents & students)Admissions - The ultimate Goal was to clear the apprehension in the parents and students mind about the ‘New College’ tag and convince them to enroll their kids with us Achievement - Our team was successful in enrolling around 150 students into 1st year PUC, +1 course, in the very first year

Bangalore

Was instrumental in transforming a startup into a the most preferred brand for online visitor engagement & lead generation services Helped in developing business development & service delivery strategy to acquire & serve clients (including industry leaders from diverse business sectors including - Realty, Health Care, Hospitality, Education, IT, Exports & more)Involved in the complete life-cycle of the client (sales pipe-line, pitch, demo, contracts, service delivery, retention strategies), mentoring sales & marketing teams, strategy & planning, key account managementResponsible for P&L of the organisationNow, LivServ Technologies is the most preferred brand for online visitor engagement & lead generation services with more than 300+ live clients from diverse business sectors

Bangalore

Joined LivServ in its nascent / start-up days, was instrumental in co-ordinating with the senior management (including MD, CTO, CFO) in devising strategy & planning (business development, service delivery, pricing strategy)Played a key role in business development - including client acquisition, service delivery, key account management, was responsible for revenue generation Helped the company break even & turned it into a profit centre

Hutch (Now Vodafone) had outsourced its pre-paid customer service voice call centre to Magus Customer DialogDuring my tenure from 29th Feb 2004 to 7th Feb 2005, my roles were as under...As as Senior Customer Care Executive I was responsible for handling escalated inbound calls from Hutch pre-paid customersProviding information to the customers about various value added services provided by Hutch..To track complaints of the customers and escalating to the concerned departments. Assisting customers about various tariff details available and also promoting various value added services to clientsAssisting junior customer care representatives

Mba, Sales / Project Management

Gdm, Business Management

Was part of the School Debate Team Won the best fielder for the tournament award at the Inter Scholl Cricket Tournament Was a pioneer.

Icse, English