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Hyderabad, Telangana, India

TSIC is Telangana government’s nodal body tasked with fostering the state's innovation ecosystem. The States’ Startup Ranking is an annual competitive benchmarking exercise across all States and Union Territories in India. For Telangana, I built the capacities of ecosystem enablers—specifically angel investors, incubators, and the government itself:• Persuaded 20+ domain experts to deliver 10+ workshops pro-bono, for 40% more districts than mandated, to sensitize close to 400 potential angel investors to join Telangana’s startup ecosystem.• Co-created a scalable 8-week long program to build capacity of incubator leadership in 100% of state incubators, by engaging Wadhwani Foundation as the Knowledge Partner.• Enabled the procurement of startups’ offerings by the state government, by handholding and matching 20 curated startups to specific departments—thus facilitating innovative solutions to the latter’s challenges.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

A Learning and Development company that offers wilderness-based behavioural group interventions for corporates, NGOs and students, where I co-led marketing and delivery. Key deliverables:• Designed programs tailored to client requirements; assisted in delivery and facilitation. • Created brand newsletters.• Coordinated with delivery leads, camp managers and outdoor instructors.• Networked with clients, camp sites and service providers; tradeshow presence.• Led client acquisition.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

A C2C pre-owned goods marketplace. I led a team of 5 in spawning and maintaining Elanic’s 8 lakh-strong user base with a focus on in-app experience. Key deliverables:• Brainstormed with the team to design effective user experiences.• Built community best practices, drove sustainable transactions using the app’s real estate.• Created editorial calendars for social media campaigns.• Delegated tasks; coordinated amongst in-house teams for campaign implementation.• Collated high-touch user feedback.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Key deliverables at these advertising firms:• Wrote copy for print, radio, and video production.• Built client credibility through scholarly articles.• Took care of impromptu content requirements.• Brainstormed with account managers to co-design client-specific campaigns.• Provided editorial guidance to other departments.• Created brand names and product descriptors.• Maintained clients’ online presence through scheduled social media posts.• Client Sampling: MTR, Nova IVI Fertility, Barbeque Nation, Onesta, Unlimited, and Chevrolet.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Derrick Petroleum provides business intelligence to stakeholders in the Oil and Gas sector. As part of their Mergers and Acquisitions team, I was responsible for research and analysis of M&A activities through data collection and collation. Key deliverables:• Synthesized daily business intelligence data to highlight findings and update the M&A database.• Reviewed files, records and reports for business information and data informing future development.

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Brandix is a major vendor to brands such as Marks and Spencer and Victoria’s Secret. As a buyer-certified quality auditor entrusted with ensuring quality standards, key deliverables included:• Conducted in-line and pre-shipment audits to ensure production met buyer's Acceptable Quality Levels (AQLs).• Facilitated pre-production meetings through collaboration with cross-functional departments.• Computed weekly audit statistics.• Updated the latest Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).• Maintained a healthy rapport with buyers.

Masters In Society And Culture

An interdisciplinary course covering research methodology (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed), sociology, historiography, anthropology.

Bachelor Of Design (Textiles)

Four years that instilled in me a smouldering love of design and handcrafted textiles—and not just the end product, but the lean.