Prasad Thakur

Experience

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  Mood Indigo IIT Bombay

  Apr 2019 - Dec 2019

  Compitetions and LYP Coordinator

  • Conceptualizing and Organizing 5 Multicity Competitions pan India thus increasing outreach• Restructured and revamped the rules of 5+ competitions by adding creative elements that align with theme

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  Culturals, IIT Bombay

  Apr 2019 - May 2021

  Member of a core team of 16, organising 100+ events for 10000+ students• Targeting 300% Y-o-Y increase in participation by increasing the scale of events, using larger venues, following a detailed publicity programme and changing club’s philosophy to focus on more interactive sessions• Leading a 6 member team, introducing new events, sub genres and handling a budget of over INR 0.5 million• Revamped the entire structure and working of the club, Introduced new genre of Fashion Blogging and Personal Styling amidst lock down resulting in 300% more participation Show less

  • Institute Fashion Secretary

    May 2020 - May 2021

  • Co-Founder and Institute Cultural Convener (Fashion)

    Apr 2019 - Apr 2020
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  Hostel 4, IIT Bombay

  Jul 2019 - Apr 2020

  HOSTEL CULTURAL SECRETARY (FINE ARTS)

  Contributed towards the hostel to bag the title of “Overall Cultural Champions” • Led a team securing 1st position and 4th position in Wall Painting General Championship and Fine Arts General Championship (Inter-Hostel GCs) respectively, managing an overall budget of 25,000+ INR• Ideated, organized & publicised Fine Arts events leading to increasing the cultural enthusiasm & participation from hostel• Catered to the needs and managed overall logistics for over 500+ Hostel inmates

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  Inter IIT Cultural Meet

  Nov 2019 - Dec 2019

  Contingent Captain (Fashion)

  Awarded Institute Cultural Color (6 out of 10,000+) for exemplary leadership skills and contribution to culturals (‘20)• Led a team of 25+ participants securing first position amongst participation of 21+ IITs• Handled multiple genres like Fashion, Costume Designing, Makeup, Modelling; bagging Overall Fashion Champions title • Ideated, designed and created 20+ costumes for runway walks and fashion photoshoots; handling 0.2 lacs+ INR Budget

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  H & R JOHNSON (INDIA) - PRISM JOHNSON LIMITED

  May 2021 - Jul 2021

  Supply Chain Consultant

  • Analysed market segments and assessed the market size, growth potential by the environmental impacts & financial deals on the corresponding sectors in India; performing a detailed study of the investor landscape in the past 3 years across the world• Proposed recommendations to streamline the process; setting benchmarks for the future, lowering overall environmental impact and scope emissions, and suggested new alternative raw materials and fuels contributing towards the Company’s Annual Report 2021. Show less

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  Placement Office, IIT Bombay

  Jul 2022 - Jul 2023

  Department Placement Coordinator

  • Assisting in placements of 1900+ students by working as a liaison between placement office, students and companines• Delineated efficient Action Plan for 20+ preparatory activities upskilling department students for placements• Expertized in company pitching & responsible for verifying 120+ students' resume for better recruitment

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  Open Secret

  Jul 2022 - Oct 2022

  Supply Chain Associate

  Received LOR from the COO for contribution in making the FMCG supply chain process more succinct • Digitized daily shipment tracking & automated process sheets increasing operational efficiency by 10x• Developed a centralized dashboard to enhance supply chain visibility and save 100+ manhours monthly• Amalgamated a system inspecting multiple bottlenecks for smooth transitions of 3PL partner finances• Automated data updating & filtering by analysing the end-to-end flow of 50+ products across 20+ SKUs• Enumerated 7+ factors affecting the market’s demand-supply cycle by aligning with 15+ stakeholders Show less

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  Swift

  Jul 2022 - Sept 2022

  Product Head

  Received LOR from the CEO for exhibiting problem-solving abilities, determination and strong work ethic• Engineered 3+ PRDs after conducting multiple surveys, building the entire Finance Tracker from scratch• Formulated GTM strategy by performing pre-launch competitor analysis for 5+ companies in the fintech sector• Reconceptualized the UI/UX of the product using Figma by adding 10+ features to enhance user functionality

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  Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

  Jul 2022 - Aug 2022

  Quantitative Researcher

  Stock Price Prediction | Awarded LOR for outstanding contribution to the project by Prof. Ankit Kariya• Scrutinized call transcripts and performed sentiment analysis by studying the relevant Finance methods• Deployed data extraction technique using NLP model around 42k+ data points; achieving maximum accuracy

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  Department of Energy Science & Engineering, IIT Bombay

  Aug 2022 - Jul 2023

  General Secretary, Energy Students Association

  Selected unanimously as a managing head for all colloquial events facilitating 500+ students & 25+ professors• Leading a council of 15+ members by supervising organization of 20+ events catering to the department• Restructured the team with an ESA cabinet, 3-tier hierarchy and secretaries for a smooth coordination• Effectuating timeline changes as part of the council aiding in online to offline transition impacting 500+ students

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  ICICI Lombard

  Jul 2023 - Sept 2024

  Product Manager - Growth and Strategy (Business Transformation)
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  PwC

  Sept 2024 - now

  Management Consultant

  I am helping companies in the BFSI domain with business transformation, focusing on process re-engineering, gap analysis, benchmarking, and leveraging technology to enhance overall efficiency