Ram Nachiappan

Ram Nachiappan

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Business and Operations @ Cenizas || 2x Founder || JSW || Expedia || BITS Pilani

  • Education

    • Maharishi International Residential School

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      Higher Secondary 94.5% in AISSCE
    • FIITJEE

      2016 - 2020
    • Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

      2020 - 2024
      Bachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering 8.27

      Activities and Societies: Joint Coordinator - Department of External Affairs (Introduced Road to Aarohan resulting in 100% YoY revenue growth) President - ISHRAE (Rejuvenated the chapter to represent the institute at a national platform) Oasis Coordinator - Renewable Energy Club (Introduced a legacy event of that edition of Oasis) APOGEE Joint Coordinator - Communo (Conducted events during APOGEE for the first time and emerged as a widely spoken event post APOGEE) Cultural Secretary - Pilani Tamil Mandram

  • Experience

    • Hashlearning

      Nov 2020 - Mar 2021
      Education Professional
    • Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

      Nov 2020 - Dec 2020
      Campus Ambassador
    • Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

      Nov 2020 - Dec 2020
      Campus Ambassador
    • Tessaract Education

      Dec 2020 - Feb 2021
      Campus Ambassador
    • Chegg Inc.

      Mar 2021 - Jul 2022
      Subject Matter Expert

      As a subject matter expert, I help students solve their doubts in the field of Chemistry irrespective of their age and qualification.

    • CUMI Ceramics

      Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
      Internship Trainee

      I went as an inplant-trainee to CUMI-IC on a period of 3-9 march 2021. I had a wonderful experience learning how an industry works and the essential things needed to run an industry.

    • The Entrepreneurship Network

      Apr 2021 - May 2021
      General Management
    • Mega Rubbers

      Jul 2021 - Jul 2021
      Internship Trainee

      I went as an inplant-trainee to MRTPL on a period of 12-17 July 2021. I had a very fruitful experience learning how rubber is getting processed from the primary stage (Raw material) to finished goods.

    • Caesura CS

      Jul 2021 - May 2024
      Founder

      Caesura is a startup focused on helping school students to make a smooth transition from school to college. As a founder, I take care of management, finance, hiring, research divisions and also get updates from the marketing and website development, GD team. There are 17 people reporting to me.

    • Growth Central VC

      Oct 2021 - Dec 2021
      Human Resources Specialist

      My role is to find and hire talented people for the company. I also manage employee grievance cell, employee development programs.

    • Aashman Foundation

      Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
      Human Resources Manager

      I help the foundation in hiring some quality interns who are skilled and have the interest to do social service.

    • Asiana Times

      Dec 2021 - Jan 2022
      Human Resources Manager
    • TVS Motor Company

      Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
      LEAN Manufacturing trainee

      During my time at TVS I analyzed the lean techniques followed in the company and gave suggestions on effective improvement. I observed the manufacturing process from start to end for both tyres and air springs.

    • JSW Energy Ltd

      May 2022 - Jul 2022
      Summer Intern

      JSW energy is a sub part of JSW group. It has an annual revenue of around Rs.2500 crores and the main objective is to supply power to the adjacent JSW Steel plant.Being the youngest ever engineer intern JSW energy had I am working on finding the efficiencies of individual components involved in power generation. I am also assigned to the task of finding the effective power that can be processed out after excluding auxiliary power usage using Gross and Net heat rate.

    • GagaHealth

      Jun 2022 - Jul 2022
      Social Media Intern

      Managed social media campaignsPlayed a significant role in scaling the mothers' community from 3 WhatsApp groups to 23 groups (2.8x increase)Performed SEO and analytics on Babynama's social media pages

    • Unschool

      Jul 2022 - Aug 2022
      Operations Intern
    • Sapientury

      Aug 2022 - Oct 2022
      Business Development Associate

      We at Sapientury work towards making the Indian youth employable by upskilling them.I as a Business Development Associate work to onboard University Patners and fast growing startups.

    • TTK Prestige Ltd

      Aug 2022 - Aug 2022
      Industrial Trainee

      Trained on the industrial process while making a pressure cooker. Understood the nuances of testing, TPM and micromanufacturing

    • Nutshell (Uber for farmers)

      Sept 2022 - Feb 2024
      Founder & CEO

      Nutshell (Krishimitran) provides a platform to facilitate farmer-processor direct trade with an added feature of price regulation.

    • Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

      Sept 2022 - Dec 2022
      Teaching Assistant

      I help Prof.Rajneesh Choubisa in preparing course content, and set evaluative components for the course "Organizational Psychology" which is taken by around 130 students.

    • Expedia Group

      May 2023 - Jul 2023
      Data Analyst

      Expedia Group is one of the largest flight and hotel booking companies in the world.As a Data Analyst, I work with a multi-cultural team of the Insurtech division for hypothesis testing on major business decisions such as new platform integration. Developed success metrics for the biggest loyalty rewards program of the year One Key spanning 168 million users. Presented a business idea (brand expansion) with a revenue potential of 4% EG revenue ($300 million)

    • Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

      Aug 2023 - Dec 2023
      Administrative Assistant

      Developed an inventory management system to the Central Workshop of BITS Pilani.

    • Technische Universität Braunschweig

      Sept 2023 - Jan 2024
      Guest Scientist

      Worked in a bicultural group of Indians and Germans with a shared goal of saving our planet. The six month research project was about the sustainability assessment of proposed PV circular economy models, finding hotspots and providing mitigation options

    • Cenizas Labs, Inc.

      Jan 2024 - now

      Design and development of Smart balance boardsOnboard clients and SDE firms to world's first AI empowered matchmaking platformProcessing business deals with manufacturers on integration of Cenizas stabilizersFormulating B2B Pipeline for all Cenizas products Work on mechanical designing and testing of patented Cenizas stabilizers.Perform thermal simulations to observe hotspots and recommend alternatives.Generate leads and close dealsDevelop GTM strategies for all Cenizas products.On a lookout for possible scaling up in any of the business avenues.

      • Product and partnerships Executive

        May 2024 - now
      • Procurement and Business development associate

        Jan 2024 - May 2024
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • StartUp India Learning Program

      Invest India
      Oct 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • MBA in Marketing and Business strategy

      Udemy
      Nov 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Advanced Excel

      Udemy
      Jan 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Micromasters in Personnel Management

      Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
      Nov 2021
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Ram Nachiappan
      Mr.Chitrarth Dagar award for the overall performance - Nominee Mechanical Engineering Department, BITS Pilani Apr 2023 The family of the late Mr. Chitrarth Dagar has instituted a scholarship in the name of their loving son. The award will be given to a third-year Mechanical engineering student on the parameters of academics and all-round performance.I have been nominated in the top 4 of the batch of 165+ for this award.
    • Awarded to Ram Nachiappan
      Runners - Prototype: Project Presentation APOGEE, BITS Pilani Apr 2023 The Prototype: Project Presentation competition during APOGEE 2023 assures a platform where student innovators can showcase the solutions they have developed to break boundaries and create new ones.With over 200+ participants competing in the category of Entrepreneurship, we bagged the second prize for our prototype.
    • Awarded to Ram Nachiappan
      Mantra Entrepreneur of the year BITSAA International Mar 2023 Mantra Awards are the highest recognition to outstanding current students of BITS Pilani who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership potential, innovation, and/or entrepreneurial initiative.The Mantra Entrepreneur of the Year award is given for outstanding achievement in entrepreneurship demonstrated during the stay at BITS, either in writing a business plan(s), starting social or commercial ventures, or creating commercializable innovations on… Show more Mantra Awards are the highest recognition to outstanding current students of BITS Pilani who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership potential, innovation, and/or entrepreneurial initiative.The Mantra Entrepreneur of the Year award is given for outstanding achievement in entrepreneurship demonstrated during the stay at BITS, either in writing a business plan(s), starting social or commercial ventures, or creating commercializable innovations on campus.https://www.bitsaa.org/page/mantra-awards Show less
    • Awarded to Ram Nachiappan
      Overall Runners - Desert Hack CEL, BITS Pilani Dec 2022 Desert Hack is BITS Pilani's biggest startup pitching competition, where the brightest minds in BITS build the most innovative solutions to pressing problems.I pitched my idea of Nutshell along with its prototype, which fetched me the overall runner-up position across all four campuses of BITS Pilani.