Rajnish Kumar

Rajnish Kumar

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Product Development (Nonwovens/Paper/Natural fibers/Non-wood fibers

  • Education

    • North Carolina State University

      2019 - 2022
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Pulp & Paper Engineering/Alternate(non-wood) Fibers
    • Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

      2008 - 2012
      Bachelor of Technology - BTech Pulp and Paper Technology

      Activities and Societies: •Awarded Merit cum means scholarship in 2nd & 4th Year at IIT Roorkee by Government of India •Efficiently handled hospitality and logistics of more than 500 participants in a cultural festival at IITR •Contributed to increasing participation from the previous year by visiting & inviting several colleges in Delhi, India

    • Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur

      2016 - 2018
      Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Major in Finance

      Activities and Societies: • Conceptualized, Planned and executed 6 annual intra-college sports events at IIM Udaipur • Coordinated with the project team for the building of new sports complex & purchase of sports inventory • Facilitated the participation of girls for the first time in all major sports events organized by Lakesiders

  • Experience

    • Voith Paper

      Jul 2012 - Jun 2016
      Senior Engineer

      • Assisted Voith’s global papermaking machine commissioning and optimization team on several optimizations as well on complete new machine start-up projects in India region• Improved quality of paper and paperboard at Century Paper Mill BM6, Naini Tissues PM1 & WCPM PM6• Increased production capacity of Century Paper Mill, Bindals Paper & Chadha Paper Mill by increasing paper machine speed• Led a team of five members to provide quality technical services to all major paper mill customers in India• Provided troubleshooting as well as papermaking machine quality and runnability improvement solutions • Identified and integrated services to create a new revenue stream for the company• Worked in tandem with sales and application team to retain and generate new businesses • Complete in-depth market visits and competitive analysis to understand how the company’s products are perceived in the markets viz a viz competitors Show less

    • Suryoday Small Finance Bank Ltd

      May 2018 - Aug 2019
      Product Manager

      • Developed product policies for commercial vehicle loans working directly with CBO & NCM• Set credit standards for CV loans & enforce the policies among fellow underwriters & credit analysts• Leading six members team of credit analysts for underwriting all CV loans in Mumbai & Pune region• Responsible for building & managing CV loan portfolio of INR 250 Crores in the last Six months• Introduced additional features of providing OD facility against free vehicles for retail transporters• Formulated a scoring model for quantifying and predicting credit risk of commercial vehicle loans• Developed statistical model in excel to monitor the aging of the fleet for existing CV customers• Consistently exceeded performance goals: completed 40-45 loans/month against average of~30• Managing credit quality & profitability for CV loans portfolio keeping delinquency rate below 1% Show less

    • North Carolina State University

      Aug 2019 - Oct 2022
      Research Assistant (Pulp and Paper Engineering/Alternate fibers)

      Valorization of sustainable alternate/non-wood fibers and their residues for value-added applications such as hygiene products, packaging, textile, tea bags, non-wovens, etc. And doing their life cycle analysis for different applications.

    • Suominen Corporation

      Sept 2022 - now
      Product Development Scientist
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Lean Six Sigma

      International Standard for Lean Six Sigma (ISLSS)
    • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level I

      CFA Institute