Nithish Manikandan

Experience

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  Shaastra, IIT Madras

  Apr 2020 - Apr 2022

  • Part of the 9-member team responsible for negotiating corporate sponsorship associations worth INR 10M • Onboarded Diamond Sponsor & IDP Sponsor; raised 15% of the total sponsorship (2nd highest)• Secured endorsements from lead celebrities like Ahsaas Channa • Worked on monetary, cross-promotional publicity deals and negotiations with the major brands and sponsors of Shaastra 2020 and coordinated the deliverable execution of Boeing, OneWord and Foxmula• Conceptualized & coordinated 1st ever social media campaign with 65% increase in engagement

  • Corporate Relations Head

    May 2021 - Apr 2022

  • Sponsorship and PR Coordinator

    Apr 2020 - May 2021
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  Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

  Apr 2020 - Apr 2021

  Internship Coordinator

  • Part of a 20 member team which liaises with top companies for Campus Internships throughout the year, with a 33% increase in the number of offers.• Coordinated the internship process for Salesforce, Texas Instruments and Samsung

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  InuAid Solutions

  Nov 2020 - Feb 2021

  Business Analyst

  Computer Vision based COVID Detection : Performed U-Net based Image Segmentation to identify lung damage on DICOM chest X-rays

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  Centre For Innovation (CFI)

  May 2021 - Mar 2022

  Project Member - Computer Vision and Intelligence Group

  Computer Vision & Intelligence ClubProject : Reinforcement Learning for Games (Blind Chess)

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  RWTH Aachen University

  Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  Deep Learning Research Intern

  Guide: Prof. Heinz Pitsch, Abhishek DeshmukhRenewable fuel Flame Characteristic Prediction using Artificial Neural Networks • Obtained updated coefficients of the analytical Asymptotic and Gülder Models to predict Laminar Burning Velocity of CH4• Predicted the refined form of the Gülder model by selectively adding nodes to the ANN to discover important reaction pathways

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  Subex

  Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  Advanced Analytics Intern

  • Proposed and implemented automated model selection for Time series forecasting and Anomaly Detection• Designed a rule based Invoice parser for automated extraction of tabular data for 40+ templates

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  ITC Limited

  May 2022 - Jul 2022

  KITES Intern

  Received a Pre-Placement Offer at the end of the internship

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  GOAT Brand Labs

  Sept 2022 - Jan 2023

  Growth Intern

  Inventory Planning & Growth:• Developed an Omni-channel Demand Forecasting capability for 15+ D2C brands • Strategized and implemented forecasting for short lived single time period fashion brand

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  ITC Limited

  Jul 2023 - Jul 2024

  Industry 4.0 Projects, Staples Category

  • Manager

    Mar 2024 - Jul 2024

  • Assistant Manager under Training

    Jul 2023 - Mar 2024
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  Ops Matters

  Aug 2024 - now

  Community member

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  UNIQODE

  Oct 2024 - now

  Founder's Office