Niketa Dedhia-Shah, MBA

Experience

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  DAAD Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst

  Sept 2001 - May 2011

  Head - Western Region

  * Marketed DAAD – a German government education, research and exchange organization, in western India. As a result, the bilateral student exchange strength grew from 500 to 4700 in each year* Reviewed proposals to allocate grants and awarded funding to premier Institutions like Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)* Strategically planned, developed and fostered joint academic, research and scientific collaborations such as Symbiosis Management Institute in Pune, India and Stuttgart Institute of Management and Technology, Germany and others* Spokesperson for education, research, science and technology for Germany in western India* Organized high impact campaigns to capture and market Germany and Europe as a premier destination for education, research, science and technology and industry such as:* Rediscover Germany (ReDGe) to showcase Germany’s competitive edge in the field of higher education and research with 500 participants each in Mumbai 2009 and Ahmedabad 2010.* As a part of ‘Catch them Young’ campaign 2008, a Science Train with various science projects travelled through 57 cities in India. I was responsible for hosting this train at 4 cities in Western India to promote Science and Technology* Hi! Potential and European Higher Education Fairs, 2006-2007 – organized in western India for European UniversitiesBRAND established the DAAD name for Germany Education recognition in western India, in a market where US, UK and Australia were pre-dominant players.Initiated new marketing and branding strategies to create awareness among more than 25,000 students through roadshows, education fairs, University/College events such as REDiscover GErmany (REDGE). This resulted in over ten-fold growth of number of student exchanges Show less

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  Exponent Consultancy Services

  Jan 2011 - now

  Advisor/Consultant - ECS
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  Nex-One, USA

  Mar 2012 - Dec 2012

  Project Specialist

  • Coordinated and liaised between Nex-One, Inc. and the US Air Force Academy/the Government, to develop active working relationship between the staff engineers, contractors and government officials Resource planning for 10 different Department of Defense projects with budget ranging from $250K to $6 million with personnel working at varying caliber levels and time commitments.Maintain the current business and develop new avenues through establishing the brand of Nex-One Inc. under challenging government funding scenarios.Developing a comprehensive RFI package to respond to requests for proposals in collaboration with various stakeholders in the US Government who sponsor the Projects..Implemented vendor management practices to maintain the competitive edge at all times. Show less

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  ECS Exponent Consultancy Services

  Jan 2013 - now

  Principal Consultant

  Launched the YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@ecs.studyandresearchingerm7079. This has 78 organic videos on various sector analysis, C-suite STEM Business interviews.Subject Matter Expert SME- presentation at relevant events and webinars – held over 1500+ Presentations Innovative business development through targeted marketing of core business of debt-free higher education for undergraduate and graduate students aiming to pursue higher education in Germany Managing cross functional teams through resource optimization and goal-oriented strategy Conceived, curated and presented the ECS Industry Analytics presentation in form of Videos Unique ECS STEM Series of interviews with Stalwarts to create awareness through information dissemination Planning and preparing detailed documentation of projects and campaigns Institutional client partnership development resulting in more than 200 collaborations Maintain leadership with continuous research and analysis of key performance indices and ongoing information exchange with strategic partners Show less

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  ECS

  Jan 2013 - now

  Serving students and researchers across all fields and levels
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  Equifax Workforce Solutions

  Oct 2022 - Aug 2023

  Project Manager - Strategic Initiatives. IDEAJam Winner out 50 Teams across 15000 employees

  Drive and support the deployment of key strategic initiatives with the sourcing, procurement which involves multiple stakeholders, coordinating strategy discussions with leaders. Managing execution of major strategic projects in collaboration with internal stakeholders.Vendor Relationship and Management for the 25 Vendors with Invoices totaling to several million $$$ - these Vendors are some of the big players in the midwest region of North America.Integral part of the Vendor Rationalization Strategy for 25 Vendors employing 934 Resources as CTE, actively involved with the Global Sourcing Team of Equifax. Focus for 2023 is the Objective Key Results OKR’s implementation which is KPI’s towards the overall Growth Strategy of Equifax; where the Key Results are metrics driven. Partnering with key stakeholders and Business Transformational Teams members to prioritize work aligning with the organization’s strategic direction. Assist in Integration for the acquired Acquisition companies through M&A. Change Management implementation for all the Product Engineering Leaders PEL’s across EWS. Show less

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  Charter Communications

  Dec 2023 - Mar 2025

  Lead Project Manager