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Through the Concierge, we aim to bring various business support services to our members and enable them do their business better. The Support Centre enables our members to empower their employees/vendors etc by making available to them a pool of professional skill advisors in an extremely cost efficient manner. The Industry Corner enables our members to stay abreast with the latest happenings in their Industry, the Opportunities Landscape allow our members to explore new opportunities and the Premium Listing & Offers allows our premium members showcase their products and make special offerings, thus improving market opportunities. It also allows us to bring pre negotiated deals to our premium members.

     
   
Prakash Chandra Prabhakar
Prakash is passionately driven by the spirit of innovation and an unflinching commitment to the causes he pursues. He is a thinker, strategist and a great survivor without compromising on the cardinals of ethics and integrity. He has an eye for details and deep respect for specialists and the skills they bring. At times he is impatient and intolerant about insensitive and careless attitude.

His experience has been in end to end project management, consulting, and building businesses in various industry domains. He brings in extensive experience of working closely with over 250 small and medium enterprises and has deep understanding of the challenges they face. His 19 year plus experience spans over the engineering, automotive components, printing & packaging and waste management industries.

Prakash enjoys mentoring and analyzing new business models, opportunities management & financial modeling, contracting and quality, cost & risk planning. He is currently developing his skills in brand and communication management. He is a Mechanical Engineer from Delhi College of Engineering and has also completed an Advanced Program in Strategy Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. Prakash was admitted into the Prestigious Sloan Fellowship Program at London Business School. He, however, chose to stay away and stay focused on the goal he is currently pursuing.
Girdhar Gopal Das
Girdhar believes in striving to be the best, in whatever he is doing and works passionately to ensure that people around him also achieve their full potential and be the best in what they are doing. A firm believer in life being a growth school where, once we have understood our lessons, we move to the next level where the lessons could be subtler and experiences more evolved. Every event in our life is guiding us to our greater purpose and ultimate calling, which makes it important to have a long-term faith and courage to face the present realities.

Girdhar’s 14 year plus experience has been in the areas of business development, business incubation, project management, sales & distribution channels’ management and rolling out new initiatives. He brings with him deep understanding of business processes and people management. He has worked exhaustively in the Banking, Finance and Insurance domains and specializes in setting up new businesses.

Girdhar enjoys understanding businesses and devising execution road-maps to take them to their next levels of performance and growth. He is an MBA (Finance) from the Mumbai University and has also done NSE’s Certification Program in Derivatives Market.
Pritam Mohapatra
Pritam has a rich and extensive experience of over 14 years in managing various types of IT Software projects. He has a proven track record of turning around projects and sustaining efficient operations for global corporations in the Banking & Financial Services domain.

He is strong in delivery management, projects and program management, resource management, knowledge management, offshore project execution, onsite project coordination, business analysis, architecture, project strategy, quality analysis, CMMI implementation and internal project audits.

Pritam is an engineer and has also recently completed an Advanced Program in Strategy Management from IIM Calcutta.
Prof. Abhoy Ojha
Abhoy is a Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Analysis from University of Alberta and a Mechanical Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, is currently a Professor of Organizational Behavior & HRM at the IIM, Bangalore.

Besides teaching, he is passionate about research and mentoring. His exemplary works include several consulting assignments with organizations in India and abroad. He has also authored and mentored several incisive papers and research works.

Abhoy is a friend, expert and guide in matters related to Visioning, Organizational Behavior and Goal Setting for strategic interventions and transformations.
Prof. Biswatosh Saha
Biswatosh teaches at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in the Strategic Management group. He is a Mechanical Engineer by graduate training. He completed his doctoral studies in 2002 from the Economics Group of IIM Calcutta, working on competition between domestic and foreign firms for his dissertation. He has taught at IIT Kharagpur and XLRI before joining IIM Calcutta. His current research interests include innovation, networks and system views of strategy. His works embrace multiple methods ranging from qualitative interpretative studies to theoretical modeling.

He has consulted with NTPC, OIL India, the Planning Commission, Government of India and UNCTAD and is also one of the lead authors and a member of the review board of 'India Science and Technology Report', published from National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi under a grant from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.

He has published in several national and international journals and is on the review board of several journals and the editorial board of AI & Society - a multi-disciplinary journal published from London.
Mr. Chandrashekhar Lal
Chandrashekhar carries the distinction of being the signing partner for many foreign banks’ accounts in India and has innovated and structured several loan instruments like the first ever rent securitization deal in the Indian banking industry.

Various companies have the benefit of his rich experience in his capacity as their Director, including ICICI Investment Management Co Ltd, Fine Support Services Private Ltd (In Strategic Alliance with HDFC bank Ltd), Tech Atlantis Solutions Private Ltd (In Strategic Alliance with Aditya Birla Minacs), Icicle Technologies Private Ltd, Rais Dairy Farms Private Ltd, and Kedia Energy Ltd

Chandrashekhar is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, has an LL.B. from the Mumbai University with specialization in Banking and Co-operative Laws, and has a Master of Commerce degree from Mumbai University, with specialization in Banking and Finance
Mr. I Hasmi
Mr. Hasmi has deep subject matter expertise in operations logistics and transportation management and transportation infrastructure development. His 40 plus years of industry expertise spans over the domains of oil and gas, power, rail and road transportation and their operations infrastructure management. He has special interest in the management of supply logistics for key Economic Sectors including power, fertilizer, steel and cements plants, and railways.

Mr. Hashmi has also served as the Transport Adviser to Libya Oil Corporation, a Government of Libya enterprise, been on deputation by the Ministry of Petroleum, Government of India, served as a Senior Consultant with Reliance Industries Limited and has a rich network with the ministries of petroleum, railways, power etc.
Mr. S N Sahai
Mr. Sahai is a practicing Advocate and is also a Member of Indian Council of Arbitration (MICA & FICA). He has also served the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) as Chief Consultant Legal, Additional Secretary (Centre) Rank after his retirement from State Bank of India as its Chief General Manager (Legal).

Mr. Sahai was appointed by Government of India and Reserve Bank of India as a member of several RBI and GOI committees on Law Making and Financial Sector Reforms. He was also associated with the Indian Banks Association (IBA) as Alternate Chairman of their Legal Committee and has also served the NSIC (National Small Scale Industries Corporation) as a member of their Legal Team.
Amit Kumar
Amit is a part of the business research and client servicing team. He has an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi and has a Bachelors degree in Information Technology Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.

Amit has in the past worked in the domain of Banking and Financial services with Satyam Computer Services Ltd, Hyderabad as a Software Engineer and his hobbies include travelling, reading short stories, analyzing movies and playing badminton.
Anuj Nangia
Anuj is a part is a part of the business research and client servicing team. He has an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi and has a Bachelors degree in Engineering.

Anuj has rich and comprehensive banking experience with ICICI bank, in Strategy Planning, Collections and Customer Relationship Management, where he was also recognized and included in the Talent Pool –ICICI Bank’s leadership program. He is an avid adventure sports enthusiast and has participated in bungee Jumping, Para-sailing, Para-Gliding to name a few and plans to sky dive soon.
Arun Asok Rajee
Arun is currently working in the External Communication & Marketing domains. He is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, and an Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Arun’s interest areas are general management consulting as well as consulting in the SME and micro-finance sector. He loves risk-taking and is willing to plunge in and take risks provided there is a promise of good amount of learning and recognition.
Atif Hussain
Atif is currently engaged in developing business analytics tools and programs as a part of our core research team. He is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and an Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

Atif has comprehensive management expertise, and has in the past worked on development of analytical tools and software. He is an NTSE scholar, winner of the P&G retail marketing strategy contest and carries the distinction of ranking 11th worldwide and 1st in India in ITK Online Programming contest.
Dheeraj Ahlawat
Dheeraj is a part is a part of the business research and content development team. He has an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi and has a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Dheeraj has worked with Infosys Technologies Limited and served clients across different industries like Motorola, Peugeot Citroën, CVS pharmacy, and North Western Mutual Insurance. He is a quick learner with good analytical skills, a creative bent of mind and great people management skills. He can strike a good rapport with new people and build long term relationships with them. He likes to learn new things, engage in sports, and meet different people and travel.
Jagatjit Turuk
Jagatjit is a part is a part of the business research and content development team. He is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, and is an Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Jagatjit has worked in the IT & ITeS industry with Infosys as a technical consultant and a team leader, and has extensive experience managing critical projects in the Insurance, Healthcare and Life sciences domain. He also has extensive experience in Knowledge Management and has played pivotal roles in various knowledge management initiatives in the organizations he has worked with.
Kumar Jayant
Jayant is a part is a part of the business research and client servicing team. He has an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi and has a Bachelors degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering.

Jayant has in the past worked with Infosys Technologies Limited in the Healthcare and Insurance domains, where his role included analyzing and implementing business solutions for various Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 clients. He is an avid reader, follows cricket, and is passionate about automobiles.
Navneet Kumar
Navneet is a part is a part of the business research and client servicing team. He has an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi and has a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from IT-BHU. He has also completed the first 2 levels of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Program (USA).

Navneet has worked with Samsung, where he worked on latest telecom technologies and worked with many teams with sizes varying from 4 to 40. He has also worked closely with clients in diverse geographies such as UK, USA and South Korea.
Neerja Sharma
Neerja is a part of the firm’s Sales, Marketing and Customer Relationships team. She has an MBA in Finance from Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan and graduated from St. John’s College, Agra.

Neerja has in the past worked in the fields of research and business advisory services, primarily M&A and Business Restructuring. She has served complex projects across various industries in her previous and current roles.
Shibasis Biswas
Shibasis is a part is a part of the business research and client servicing team. He is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, and is an Engineer from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

Shibasis is a dedicated and a true team player. He is a state rank holder in both 10th & 12th level board examinations, has authored two IEEE international conference publications and qualified for National Mathematical Olympiad. During his internship stint with an online marketing firm, he conducted extensive due diligence on textile markets of Turkey and Vietnam, evaluated target online portals for potential JVs and interacted frequently with foreign Government officials and management teams of textile SMEs in those geographies.
Vikram V. Reddy
Vikram is a part is a part of the business research and client servicing team. He is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, and is an Engineer from the JNTU College of Engineering (Hyderabad).

Vikram has in the past worked for Infosys Technologies Ltd. His belief is that education will play a major role in shaping the future of not only individuals, but also the social and economic development of a nation, and he therefore wants to play a role in improving the education levels through increasing awareness in case of primary education and establish educational institutions to provide high quality education at a very affordable cost.
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Self help kits and “To Do Templates” that you can use to manage your business processes and build competencies
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To assist you in addressing you Human Resources and Hiring needs.
To assist you in raising working capital and in other financing needs.
To assist you in your environmental services needs and in evaluating your Green Score.
To help you provide your customers/vendors/members etc with access to a pool of high quality professional skills’ bandwidth in an extremely cost efficient manner.
To keep you abreast with the latest developments in the various industries.
To explore existing listed opportunities or request a detailed study report on a new opportunity.
To showcase your products and solicit interest and avail pre negotiated deals and offerings.
To help you raise business queries and seek the support of our skill bank and professional expertise to address your business challenges, take and implement your decisions in the context of these challenges and your options. We are committed to our service SLAs – upto ten days for low complexity, upto twenty days for medium complexity and upto thirty days for high complexity queries, unless agreed otherwise between the client and the resolution resource during the course of resolution. The SLAs may also depend on the number of queries being solved in parallel.

The Query Centre Service is available on an unlimited basis subject to the service SLAs to the subscribers if they have adequate query points. Query points are allocated to the subscriber’s basis the premium membership plan purchased and are expended basis the query complexity.
To make your query resolution process powerful and to avail additional points.
Offline Project Engagement is currently available only for our Premium Members through the Query Centre.
To help us get high level information about you and to help you manage your account with us, including your preferences.
To provide you with assigned delivery resources including escalation resource.
To ascertain your “as is” context, needs and priorities.
To help you prioritize your Implementation initiatives through a Proprietary 4X4 Metrics indexing your cost, adequacy, growth & risks across the key business result areas.
To enrich your knowledge and make available industry and research reports along with various case studies, methodologies, how to templates and self help tool kits.
To help you raise business queries and seek the support of our skill bank and professional expertise to address your business challenges, take and implement your decisions in the context of these challenges and your options. Queries are resolved in a first in and first out format (FIFO) and at any point of time only one normal and one red flag query will be resolved. We are committed to our service SLAs – upto ten days for low complexity, upto twenty days for medium complexity and upto thirty days for high complexity queries, unless agreed otherwise between the client and the resolution resource during the course of resolution.

Typically the total direct time taken for resolution of a query is approximately fifteen (for high complexity query) to five (low complexity query) blended hours at various levels of the resources deployed to resolves the query; however, in addition to this direct time allocation, you also greatly benefit from our fulfillment templates and research across various functions and industries that we constantly undertake to improve both delivery efficiency as well as its quality

Our advisory and skill support will be dependent on the quality of your engagement during the course of your query resolution with the assigned resource and you will need to provide any primary data that may be required to resolve your query.
To make your query resolution process powerful.

To over ride the FIFO and help you raise an emergency query while another of your query may already be under resolution. Only one red flag query status will be allowed for resolution purpose.

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Amit Kumar
Amit is a part of the business research and client servicing team. He has an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi and has a Bachelors degree in Information Technology Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.

Amit has in the past worked in the domain of Banking and Financial services with Satyam Computer Services Ltd, Hyderabad as a Software Engineer and his hobbies include travelling, reading short stories, analyzing movies and playing badminton.

Skill Areas Key Skills
Project Evaluation Critical Analyses, Risk Evaluation, Benchmarking with Global Best Practices, Development of Project Assessment Methodology
General Management Budgeting & Cash Flow Management, Corpus/Fund Management, Supply Chain Management
Business Evaluation Operational Analysis, Growth Plan Analysis
Project Implementation Client Interaction & Needs Assessment, Mentoring, Business Plan Execution
Research Primary & Secondary Research
Marketing Consumer Behavior Assessment, Brand Management, Sales & Distribution
Anuj Nangia
Anuj is a part is a part of the business research and client servicing team. He has an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi and has a Bachelors degree in Engineering.

Anuj has rich and comprehensive banking experience with ICICI bank, in Strategy Planning, Collections and Customer Relationship Management, where he was also recognized and included in the Talent Pool –ICICI Bank’s leadership program. He is an avid adventure sports enthusiast and has participated in bungee Jumping, Para-sailing, Para-Gliding to name a few and plans to sky dive soon.

Skill Areas Key Skills
Research Primary & Secondary Research
Market Analysis Industry/Macro Assessment, Performance Benchmarking
Business Evaluation Financial Analysis, Operational Analysis
Management Tools Porter’s Industry Analysis, BCG Matrix Analysis , Ansoff Matrix Analysis , SWOT, PESTEL, DuPont Analysis, Pro Forma Analysis
Project Evaluation Cash Flow Projections, Break-Even Analysis, IRR & NPV Analysis, Sensitivity Analysis
Marketing Market & Consumer Behavior Assessment, Brand Management
Arun Asok Rajee
Arun is currently working in the External Communication & Marketing domains. He is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, and an Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Arun’s interest areas are general management consulting as well as consulting in the SME and micro-finance sector. He loves risk-taking and is willing to plunge in and take risks provided there is a promise of good amount of learning and recognition.

Skill Areas Key Skills
Research Primary & Secondary Research
Market Analysis Industry/Macro Assessment, Demand Estimation
Business Evaluation Financial Analysis, Operational Analysis
Management Tools Porter’s Industry Analysis, BCG Matrix Analysis , Statistical Methods, Simulation Techniques
Marketing Sales & Marketing, Consumer Behavior Assessment, Brand Management
Atif Hussain
Atif is currently engaged in developing business analytics tools and programs as a part of our core research team. He is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and an Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

Atif has comprehensive management expertise, and has in the past worked on development of analytical tools and software. He is an NTSE scholar, winner of the P&G retail marketing strategy contest and carries the distinction of ranking 11th worldwide and 1st in India in ITK Online Programming contest.

Skill Areas Key Skills
Marketing Analysis Research Formulation, Marketing Plan Development,
Project Feasibility Cash Flow Projections, Modeling Uncertainties, Real Options
Business Evaluation Financial Analysis, Operational Performance Benchmarking
Strategic Business Analysis Strategic Management Frameworks
Micro-Economics Competitive Assessment (Different Forms of Competition)
Operations Production, and Supply Chain improvement
Dheeraj Ahlawat
Dheeraj is a part is a part of the business research and content development team. He has an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi and has a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Dheeraj has worked with Infosys Technologies Limited and served clients across different industries like Motorola, Peugeot Citroën, CVS pharmacy, and North Western Mutual Insurance. He is a quick learner with good analytical skills, a creative bent of mind and great people management skills. He can strike a good rapport with new people and build long term relationships with them. He likes to learn new things, engage in sports, and meet different people and travel.

Skill Areas Key Skills
Research Secondary Research, Primary Research
Market Analysis Macro & Micro level Analysis, Industry Analysis, Competition Analysis
Business Evaluation Financial Analysis
Management Tools BCG, Ansoff, Porter, SWOT Analysis, PESTEL, IFE, EFE, Competitive Profiling
Project Evaluation Projections, Returns Analysis, IRR and NPV Analysis
Jagatjit Turuk
Jagatjit is a part is a part of the business research and content development team. He is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, and is an Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Jagatjit has worked in the IT & ITeS industry with Infosys as a technical consultant and a team leader, and has extensive experience managing critical projects in the Insurance, Healthcare and Life sciences domain. He also has extensive experience in Knowledge Management and has played pivotal roles in various knowledge management initiatives in the organizations he has worked with.

Skill Areas Key Skills
Research Primary & Secondary Research
Industry Analysis Trend Analysis, Segmentation, Consumer Behavior Assessment
Business Evaluation Financial Analysis, Operational Analysis
Management Tools Porter's 5 Forces, SWOT, PESTEL, BCG Matrix, GE-McKinsey 9 cell Matrix, McKinsey 7S
Project Evaluation Cash Flow Projections, Break-Even Analysis, IRR & NPV Analysis, Sensitivity Analysis
Competitor Analysis Competitors, Products offered, Competitor -Strengths, Weakness, Strategy
Kumar Jayant
Jayant is a part is a part of the business research and client servicing team. He has an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi and has a Bachelors degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering.

Jayant has in the past worked with Infosys Technologies Limited in the Healthcare and Insurance domains, where his role included analyzing and implementing business solutions for various Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 clients. He is an avid reader, follows cricket, and is passionate about automobiles.

Skill Areas Key Skills
Research Primary & Secondary Research
Industry Analysis Industry/Macro Assessment , Trend Analysis, Segmentation, Consumer Behavior Assessment, Competitive Assessment
Business Evaluation Financial Analysis, Operational Analysis
Management Tools Porter's 5 Forces, SWOT, PESTEL, BCG Matrix, GE-McKinsey 9 cell Matrix, McKinsey 7S
Project Evaluation Balance Sheet Analysis, Cash Flow Projections, Break-Even Analysis, IRR & NPV Analysis, Sensitivity Analysis
Business Development & Client Interaction Business Data base, Client Requirements Analysis
Neerja Sharma
Neerja is a part of the firm’s Sales, Marketing and Customer Relationships team. She has an MBA in Finance from Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan and graduated from St. John’s College, Agra.

Neerja has in the past worked in the fields of research and business advisory services, primarily M&A and Business Restructuring. She has served complex projects across various industries in her previous and current roles.

Skill Areas Key Skills
Market Analysis Competitor’s Evaluation & Analysis, Industry/Macro Assessment, Demand Estimation
Business Evaluation Operational Analysis, Financial Analysis, Business Model Analysis, Value Chain Management
Project Evaluation Project Planning, Feasibility Study, Forecasting and Projections
Research Primary and Secondary Research
Marketing Sales and Customer Relationship Management, Marketing Plan Development, Marketing Budgeting, Distribution Management
Prakash Chandra Prabhakar
Prakash is a part of the business research and client servicing team. He is a Mechanical Engineer from Delhi College of Engineering and has also completed an Advanced Program in Strategy Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Prakash has been in end to end project management, consulting, and building businesses in various industry domains. In the past, he has worked with Tata Group, Ingersoll Rand, Harman group and has hands-on experience in solving issues of over 250-300 businesses across various verticals. He has also served as an Honorary Advisor on brown issues to WWF India. He is currently engaged in writing a book.

Skill Areas Key Skills
Project Evaluation Performance Analysis, Risk Assessment, Quality Analysis
General Management Quality, Cost and Risk Analysis, Capital Management, Supply Chain Analysis, Legal Adequacy Management
Business Evaluation Financial Analysis, Operational Analysis, Growth Plan Analysis, Performance Evaluation
Project Implementation Client Interaction & Needs Assessment, Mentoring, Business Plan Execution
Research Primary & Secondary Research
Marketing Consumer Behaviour, Strategy Formulation, Budget Analysis , Sales & Relationship Management
Pritam Mohapatra
Pritam is part of strategy formulation and implementation team. He is an engineer and has also recently completed an Advanced Program in Strategy Management from IIM Calcutta.

Pritam has extensive 14 years of experience in managing various types of IT Software projects and liasoning with vendors, in India and abroad. He has been associated with the companies like Infosys, Satyam, Cognizant, Standard chartered in his previous roles. Some of his areas of expertise includes project/ programme management, knowledge management, business analysis, project strategy, quality analysis, audits etc.

Skill Areas Key Skills
Project Evaluation Requirement Assessment, designing, Implementation planning, maintenance management
General Management Delivery Management, Project/ Programme management, Resource management, Knowledge Management
Project Implementation Business Analysis, Architecture, Project Strategy, Quality Analysis, CMMI Implementation and Internal Project Audits.
Shibasis Biswas
Shibasis is a part is a part of the business research and client servicing team. He is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, and is an Engineer from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

Shibasis is a dedicated and a true team player. He is a state rank holder in both 10th & 12th level board examinations, has authored two IEEE international conference publications and qualified for National Mathematical Olympiad. During his internship stint with an online marketing firm, he conducted extensive due diligence on textile markets of Turkey and Vietnam, evaluated target online portals for potential JVs and interacted frequently with foreign Government officials and management teams of textile SMEs in those geographies.

Skill Areas Key Skills
Research Primary & Secondary Research
Industry/Market Analysis Environmental Analysis, Competitive Assessment, Industry Trend Analysis
Business Valuation Financial Analysis (Valuation): Extensive use of valuation techniques like FCF, APV, CCF, FCFE, multiples analysis; Cash Flow Projections, Break-Even Analysis, IRR & NPV Analysis, Sensitivity Analysis; Operational Analysis
Management Tools Porter's 5 Forces, SWOT, PESTEL, BCG Matrix, GE-McKinsey 9 cell Matrix, McKinsey 7S
Data Analytics Tools SAS Enterprise Miner, SPSS, MiniTab, XL Miner
Vikram V. Reddy
Vikram is a part is a part of the business research and client servicing team. He is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, and is an Engineer from the JNTU College of Engineering (Hyderabad).

Vikram has in the past worked for Infosys Technologies Ltd. His belief is that education will play a major role in shaping the future of not only individuals, but also the social and economic development of a nation, and he therefore wants to play a role in improving the education levels through increasing awareness in case of primary education and establish educational institutions to provide high quality education at a very affordable cost.

Skill Areas Key Skills
Research Primary research (Annual reports & Industry reports), Secondary research (databases like DataMonitor and Crisil research)
Industry Analysis Market size and growth analysis; Industry/Sector analysis; Competitor & Customer analysis
Business Valuation Business Model Analysis, Value Chain Analysis
Management Tools Porter's 5 Forces, SWOT, PESTEL, BCG Matrix, GE-McKinsey 9 cell Matrix, McKinsey 7S
Project Evaluation Project feasibility analysis, Financial analysis
Anupam Sharma
Anupam has in the past worked in the IT/ITeS space with Atrenta India in their Electronic Design Automation (EDA) division.

He is currently pursuing his MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies and has an engineering degree from the Delhi College of Engineering.

Skill Areas Key Skills
Project planning, Leadership, Mentoring, Client Interaction and Business Delivery Client Requirement study, Interacting with client during course of product delivery for expectation matching
Vaulation of Firms Valuation of firms, Industry Analysis, Intangible Asset Valuation, Financial Statement Analysis
Meger & Acquisition Synergies Evaluation, Analyzing the rationale behind the deal, Deal Structurring, Financial Aspects, Soft aspects of a deal
Operation research Linear Programming, Goal Programming, Inventory Management
Isha Tumane
Isha has in the past worked in the Pharmaceuticals industry working with the R&D department at Rubicon Research Pvt. Ltd. and with Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories. The R&D experience has instilled in her a natural tendency towards dwelling deeper & looking beyond obvious, while encouraging a structured approach.

She is pursuing her MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies and has a B. Tech. in Pharmaceuticals from UDCT (Mumbai).

Skill Areas Key Skills
Client Interaction and Team Management Client Communication, Understanding needs of clients, Working with teams of different sizes
Industry Analysis Analysis of Indian Pharmaceutical sector, Analysis of logistics sector, Analysis of Real Estate Industry , Analysis of restaurant business models in India, Healthcare sector analysis, Analysis of tourism industry
Quality cost and risk management Tool designing for QCR management
Operations and Manufacturing Understanding of functions of Quality assurance and quality control, Understanding of Manufacturing business process, Pharmaceutical manufacturing operations
Marketing research Questionairre design
Supply chain and Operations Inventory management, Logistics Management, Floor planning
Pallav Parajulee
Pallav has in the past worked in areas of research and credit analysis working with CRISIL Limited. His greatest strengths are his quick learning ability, problem-solving skills, and analytical aptitude, and his good domain knowledge of pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. He also has expert knowledge of Prowess database and working knowledge of Bloomberg database.

He is pursuing his MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies and has a Bachelor in Science (B.Sc.) degree from Kathmandu (Nepal).

Skill Areas Key Skills
Project planning, Client Interaction and Team Management Understanding needs of clients, Working with teams of different sizes, Preparing Specification Document for clients, Acting as interface between many teams
Market Analysis, Business Evaluation Company Analysis, Evaluation of assumptions made by research analysts, SWOT analysis, DCF Valuation method including FCFE and FCFF approach, Relative valuation method, Excel Modelling
Meger & Acquisition Analyzing the rationale behind the deal, Analyzing the market in which the target operates, Valuing the company
Prachi Bansal
She is pursuing her MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies. She also has a B. E. in Chemical Engineering from BITS Pilani (Goa Campus).

Skill Areas Key Skills
Project planning, Client Interaction and Team Management Working with teams of different sizes, Preparing Specification Document for clients, Conceptualizing and executing events
Market Analysis, Business Evaluation Top down approach: Analyze economy, market and then firm, Excel Modelling, Porter's Analysis for pharmaceutical industry, Forward rates and spot rates analysis, SWOT analysis, Financial Statement Analysis, Industry analysis of ready to eat food sector, Electronic waste Recycling
Meger & Acquisition Analyzing the rationale behind the deal Analyzing the histories of two companies Valuing the Target
Operation research Linear and non linear Programming, Goal Programming, Project planning and evaluation techniques, Simulation, Queuing Methods
Supply chain and Operations Inventory management, Logistics Management
Rohan Anand
Rohan is an assiduous team player. He has worked on various sponsored projects related to wireless technology during his years at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. His career interests include capital budgeting, risk and financing decisions. He likes reading novels and playing TT.

He is pursuing his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and has completed his Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

Skill Areas Key Skills
Project planning, Client Interaction and Team Management Client need assessment, Working with teams of different sizes, Preparing Specification Document for clients
Market Analysis, Business Evaluation Top down approach: Analyze economy, market and then firm, Analysis of Real Estate Industry , SWOT analysis, DCF Valuation method including FCFE and FCFF approach, Relative valuation method, Financial Statement Analysis, Currency market Analysis, Excel Modelling
Meger & Acquisition Analyzing the rationale behind the deal, Analyzing the market in which the target operates, Valuing the company, Deal Structurring
Operation research Linear Programming, Goal Programming, Cost and time minimization, Simulation, Queuing Methods
Supply chain and Operations Inventory management, Logistics Management, IT in supply chain
Sagar Gaikwad
Sagar has worked with Larsen & Toubro Limited in the past, where he worked in the R&D lab at Tractor Engineers Limited as a design and project engineer.

He is pursuing his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and has an engineering degree from the College of Engineering, Pune.

Skill Areas Key Skills
Project planning, Client Interaction and Team Management Understanding needs of clients Working with teams of different sizes Acting as interface between many teams
Manufacturing Design 3D modelling and analysis using Pro Engineer and CATIA platform, Auto Cad, Turn Key as well as Batch Production and Assembly, Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
Project Management Quality and Manufacturing project management of Concrete Manufacturing Units
Endurance and Fatigue Testing Lab Structure Building, Commissioning and Operations Handling of Hydraulic Fatigue Testing Machines 360° operation handling of Endurance Testing Lab Handling operations and supervisory teams Planning, Layout and Construction of India's first Endurance Lab in Earthmoving Industry
Marketing Luxury Marketing Advertising Management Designer Label Marketing Brand management Consumer Behaviour
Vinay Menon
He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and is currently pursuing his MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies. He completed his B.Com. and M.Com. from the H.L Institute of Commerce Ahmedabad which he finished with University-level ranks.

Skill Areas Key Skills
Client Interaction and interfacing Understanding needs of clients, Working with teams of different sizes
Accounting/Audit Accounting for business in books of accounts, Auditing the books of accounts with vouchers, Checking for compliances, Tax audits of partnership firms as well as private companies
Sectoral Analysis and financial modelling (including analysis) Top down approach: Analyze economy, market and then firm, Analysis of Solar power Industry , SWOT analysis, DCF Valuation method including FCFE and FCFF approach, Brand Valuation Method, Analyzing and preparing projected P&L and Balancesheet, Financial Statement Analysis, Excel Modelling
Meger & Acquisition Analyzing the rationale behind the deal, Analyzing the market in which the target operates, Valuing the company, Deal Structuring
Vineet Arora
Vineet has extensive experience in handling a wide variety of intellectual property research projects, and possesses good knowledge of US and Indian IP laws. He has in the past worked with leading research and consulting organizations like Evalueserve and Infosys Technologies. His key strengths are team handling, training, and project management.

He is pursuing his MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies and has an engineering degree from the Delhi College of Engineering.

Skill Areas Key Skills
Project planning, Client Interaction and Team Management Client communication, Managing teams of different sizes and domains, Preparing project proposals and service level agreements, Preparing project plans, Keeping track of project pipeline and forecasting revenues
Intellectual Property Research Patent drafting, Patentability assessment , Patent landscape analysis/ white space analysis, State-of-the-art studies, Patent portfolio analysis, Patent infringement analysis, Commercialization studies
Market Analysis, Business Evaluation Analysis of Food Processing Industry, Medical Devices Industry in India, Customer Profiling Techniques, Service Blueprinting, SWOT analysis, Excel Modeling
Human Resource Management Designing Performance Management Systems
Operations Research Linear Programming, Goal Programming, Cost and time minimization, Simulation, Queuing Methods
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