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EDUCATION
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida | B.Tech (ECE), 75% - First Class with Distinction Jun’15 – Jul’19
• Achieved the highest-grade rating for design and delivery of final semester major project
Ericsson | Selected as a trainee for the Advanced Radio Access Network Course Jul’18 –
• Shortlisted (~5% trainees selected from across 500+ students) to be trained on advanced communication technologies (5G, etc.)
Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi | 10+2 (PCM), 92% - First Class with Distinction Apr’14 –
WORK EXPERIENCE
Bain & Co. – Associate (Gurugram, India) May’21 –
Present
Led workstreams to design and implement go-to-market, digital, policymaking & ops strategies for clients based out in Southeast Asia
and Middle East
Key Awards and Achievements
• Fast track promotion (top 10%) from Senior Analyst to Associate in a span of 9 months (average being 1-1.5 years)
• Individually lead a team of 2-3 Analysts and managed client communication with the Case Team
Business Transformation Strategy | Defined ‘Where to Play’ and ‘How to Win’ for Asset Management Co in Indonesia
• Projected Indonesia asset management Industry by 2025 and 2030 based on the underlying drivers
- Retail: Indonesia liquid asset and allocation
- Institutional: Pension industry, insurance industry
• Analyzed retail customer survey to understand key purchasing criteria and point of departure for Asset Management Co
- Analyzed data for ~750 participants to understand the root cause of investing in various liquid assets, NPS, channel of purchase, etc.
• Identified key enablers and risk to the strategy and defined implementation plan
Go-to-market and Operations Strategy | Designed end-to-end strategy (Strategic foundation, Ambition, Choices, Enablers) of a
Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) fund for Capital Management Co
• Estimated the market size of NCS funds and private sector commitments into the NCS space
- Strong confidence in $60-80B as ‘target’ capital for NCS
• Enabled the fund vision to target projects sequestering ~1 Giga Tonnes (GT) Carbon across natural ecosystems in Southeast Asia by
identifying new opportunities/ potential projects
- Identified key bottlenecks and streamlined the entire process for shortlisting a project by introducing an identification framework
- Identified 2-3 target countries within the region possessing untapped potential to conduct projects across peatlands and forests
- Conducted a bottom-up analysis to identify carbon projects across 3 stages (Origination, Design and Development,
Registration/Credit generation)
- Recommended a solid portfolio for Capital Management Co encompassing a dedicated focus of one single country, undertaking
80% forestry projects, devising a 70:30 ratio between protect and restore projects, focusing on projects generating credits both in a
long term v/s short term, projects averaging a ticket size of ~$10-15M
• Identified key Anchor Investors basis the market characteristics and recommended the involvement of relevant PFIs, DFIs, Family
offices, Corporates as target investors for the fund
• Envisaged a suitable governance structure and operating model for the fund
- Laid down the key entities and the roles and responsibilities of the entities involved in NCS funding/ management activities
Policymaking | Developed policy initiatives and strategized long-term vision for Ministry of Education in GCC
• Conducted current state assessment for General Education, Higher Education and TVET
• Recommended emerging strategic themes and priorities for National Education and Training Strategy, including General Education,
Higher Education and TVET strategies
• Benchmarked the governance structure for leading education system(s) across the globe and proposed new governance transition plan
ZS Associates – Senior Associate (Gurugram and Pune, India) Jul’19 –
May’21
Led the implementation of commercial excellence initiatives for a MPS client based out in Americas
Key Awards and Achievements
• Achieved ‘outstanding’ rating within the mid-year review cycle within the team
• Helped attain a permanent contract with the LATAM geography basis the work delivered in ZS investment phase
Commercial Excellence | Performed end-to-end implementation of Incentive Compensation and handled Strategic Ops for
North America and LATAM
• Created comprehensive reports used for tracking sales force effectiveness of the client’s sales rep structure
• Performed UAT and deployed top-notch QA Frameworks on a time-to-time basis to ensure at par quality of deliverables
• Designed the methodology for awarding the top-performing reps (President’s Club Program)
EXTRA-CURRICULARS
Leadership Activities
• Senior Mentor, Career Edge - Platform for mentoring students/ employees to ace interviews at dream firms; ~5,000 followers LinkedIn
- Mentored ~10 students to ace jobs at leading management consulting firms
- Selected to lead the firm’s initiative to help students via the Telegram channel and student seminars conducted with various