Lakshmi Narashiman V

Experience

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  Caval

  Oct 2016 - Dec 2017

  Operations Manager

  • Managed operations for conceiving an online platform for an institute based D2D5 cycle repair start-up CAVAL• Achieved 30% increase in revenue by restructuring the previously existing vendor network and defining KPIs• Acquired 1800+ bookings within 9 months of operation by strategizing plans to boost reach among students

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  Mechanica IIT Madras

  Oct 2016 - Apr 2017

  • Coordinator | Student Relations

    Oct 2016 - Apr 2017

  • Coordinator | Finance

    Oct 2016 - Apr 2017
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  Saarang

  Apr 2017 - Apr 2020

  Spearheaded a 3-tier team of 30 members and organised the outreach activities to promote Saarang (Budget: 6L)• Restructured and organised 9 Milans across South India; doubled participation (YoY) and cut costs by 40%• Conceptualised and executed the first edition of Online Milans; extended outreach to 8 new cities• Expanded the SA network by 100% by strategising a web portal to streamline SA recruitment and monitoring• Established Associations sub-team for handling PR and Sponsorship deals for Milans for the first time• Facilitated 23% YoY cost reduction and better man management by restructuring the Hospitality department Show less

  • Core | Publicity

    Mar 2019 - Apr 2020

  • Strategist | Publicity

    Apr 2018 - Mar 2019

  • Coordinator | Publicity

    Apr 2017 - Mar 2018
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  Shaastra, IIT Madras

  Apr 2017 - Mar 2018

  Coordinator | Media and Student Relations

  • Organized the Chennai Sampark, Shaastra’s outreach event, involving 276 participants (268% YoY increase)• Hosted the Chennai edition of Spark, Shaastra for schools, with 215 students (5% YoY increase) from 32 schools• Secured newspaper and TV channel deals for press conference; Managed 40 ambassadors to publicize Shaastra

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  Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

  Apr 2017 - Mar 2018

  Deputy Coordinator | Internship Team

  • Handled entire internship process of several companies, compiled bluebook & organized preparatory sessions• Achieved an unprecedented 359 internship offers in a year with 30% increase in the number of companies

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  YAMAHA MOTOR INDIA PVT. LTD.

  Dec 2017 - Dec 2017

  Winter Intern
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  Sports Organising Committee, IIT Madras

  Apr 2018 - Feb 2019

  Convener | Table Tennis Club
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  Ashok Leyland

  Jun 2018 - Jul 2018

  Summer Intern | R&D

  Worked on the development of BSVI compliant heavy‐duty diesel engines, analysing its emission and durability• Studied the exhaust system and measured emission rate from the engine for particulate matter, CO, HC and NOX• Performed heat balance trials and endurance test cycles to improve the efficiency of marine engines

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  Rotaract Club | IIT Madras

  Sept 2018 - Jul 2021

  • Headed a team of 10 members and organised lectures on Personal Finance and First Aid for 200+ IITM students• Ideated and executed Project Thazhamboo, a personality development programme, for 500+ school students• Administered the Terry Fox Run 2019, Chennai chapter with 10000+ participants, as the Secretary of the club• Organised a leadership summit for 400+ students under Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) program (2018)

  • President

    Aug 2020 - Jul 2021

  • Secretary

    Sept 2019 - Jul 2020

  • Club Service Director

    Sept 2018 - Aug 2019
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  OYO

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

  Business Analyst Intern

  Optimized the first response and follow up call time for all online leads generated for OYO Total Holidays• Improved call connectivity by 15% by standardizing 5 factors, realizing a potential to increase revenue by 10%• Devised a Standard Operating Procedure for optimal lead engagement, deployed across all 5 call centres in India

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  HOPE Foundation

  May 2020 - Jul 2021

  • Led the 4-member PR team of HOPE, an NGO aimed at creating awareness on sustainable living • Collaborated with guest speakers, NGOs and conducted 12 Instagram lectures (weekly one) with 800+ viewers

  • Public Relations Head

    Jan 2021 - Jul 2021

  • Marketing & PR Lead

    May 2020 - Dec 2020
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  Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

  May 2020 - Jul 2020

  Operations Intern

  Awarded a Pre Placement Offer for impactful contribution to the company during the internship period• Developed a Predictive Maintenance solution as a part of digitisation for achieving manufacturing excellence• Investigated the breakdowns and process parameters of 3 critical oral solid drug processing equipment• Developed a strategy to predict failure and created a schematic flow of maintenance with alerts for 20 use cases• Evaluated the business case and proposed models for scaling up, increasing MTBF by 50% & revenue by ₹ 30L Show less

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  FINMECHANICS

  Jul 2021 - Jun 2022

  Associate Consultant

  • Liaised with Andile Solutions to implement an end-to-end treasury management system at Bank Windhoek• Led the configuration of Accounting module and Asset and Liability Management module for FX, Fixed Income & Money Market products• Optimised code to reduce the computation time for four ALM reports from 20 minutes to 2 minutes• Setup the Historical Simulation based Value at Risk computations including Back testing and Stress testing

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  FrontRow

  Jun 2022 - Nov 2022

  Lead - Operations Strategy

  • Led a 5 membered team to design user experience delivery systems for online live classes and 1 on 1 sessions• Built an ops system that increased graduating users batch continuity from 25% to 85% and their renewals to47% by ideating and executing experiments that revamped the in-app product flow and batch creation model• Hind sighted on the live class delivery model and chartered the org’s goals to optimize costs incurred per user• Established an OKR framework for the entire Operations and User Experience system to gauge performance• Reduced TAT of customer query resolution by 77% (24h to 5.5h) by implementing a novel ticket-based system• Improved the live class moderation system effectiveness by 64% - solving for UX when instructor joins late• Restructured 1 on 1 mentorship slot booking; Improved attendance by 20% and saved instructor costs by 9%• Built an instructor leave accounting system which reduced cancellations by 35% & increased retention by 14%• Collaborated with curriculum team to scale up user progress reports; minimized manhours needed by 40% Show less

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  DaMENSCH

  Dec 2022 - Apr 2025

  • Senior Manager - Strategy and Planning

    Jul 2024 - Apr 2025

  • Entrepreneur In Residence

    Dec 2022 - Jun 2024
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  Urban Company

  Apr 2025 - now

  General Manager