Research & Teaching
Assistant Professor, Operations & Decision Sciences, TAPMI, Manipal (July 2022 to Present)
Visiting research scholar, Luxembourg Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management, University of Luxembourg.
Industry Experience
40 months of professional work experience in business development.
Industries: Retail (Amazon India) and IT (Cognizant & Wipro).
Sales Specialist (L4): In Amazon India, I was a part of the seller management team responsible for seller acquisition and business development for the following product categories: Groceries, Stationery, Baby products, Toys, and Office supplies.
Skills gained: Data analysis (using Excel and R), developing training materials (playbooks, videos etc) for sellers, delivering persuasive sales pitches to C level executives, product category management, and conducting interviews.
In Cognizant Technology Solutions, I was a part of the horizon 3 (digital) products marketing team. Specifically, I was involved with the marketing activities for Cognizant's Telematics based solution 'GeoLocus'. I was also involved in the marketing activities for Cognizant's digital SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud) solutions.
Skills gained: Internal team coordination, Developing marketing plans and managing marketing budgets, Developing marketing materials such as product brochures and micro-sites.
In Wipro Technologies, I handled the business development and go-to-market strategies for Wipro's remote health monitoring solution.
Skills gained: Product pilots, field sales, lead generation, and market research.