Arindam Mukherjee
Industrial Engg. & Mgmt. graduate from IIT Kharagpur, currently working as Co-Founder and VP, Business Development & Brand Strategy at Green Hat Ventures, Mumbai.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Industries: | Internet, Media |
| Skills: | Business, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, French, Industrial Engineering, Languages, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Public Relations, Recruitment, Viral marketing |
| Location: | Mumbai |
| Visas: | India |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding experts, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Growing my group, Helping members of my groups, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup, Starting a company |
| Schools: | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Green Hat Ventures, Mumbai |
| Position: | Co-Founder and VP, Business Development & Brand Strategy |
| Time period: | June 2008 - Present |
| Description: | - The start-up in the education domain was ranked 33 in a pool of 600 in the TATA NEN Hottest Startups,2008
- Tie-up with AIESEC India and formation of a Campus Associate network across 50 campuses - Led a successful launch of the first product CQ- a first-of-its kind career magazine in India |
| Employer: | Clean-Up Mumbai Campaign |
| Position: | Volunteer |
| Description: | An initiative by Mumbai Municipal Corp. and United Way of Mumbai |
| Employer: | P&G Home Products Ltd., Mandideep |
| Position: | Associate Manager, BabyCare Operations |
| Time period: | May 2007 - May 2008 |
| Description: | - Led the cross-geographic team to successfully complete the commissioning and start-up of the first P&G
BabyCare production unit in India followed by successful delivery of market launch volumes - Led the team in setting up base maintenance ,quality control and Line Event Data Management systems - Effected 100% skill matrix qualification for start-up - Led a Focussed Improvement(FI) team to reduce machine scrap from 15% to 5% |
| Employer: | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur |
| Position: | M.Tech Project |
| Time period: | June 2006 - April 2007 |
| Description: | Retail Management and the changing face of the Indian Consumer- carried out a survey to analyse the consumer
behaviour and designed a retail inventory management model |
| Employer: | Procter & Gamble Home Products Ltd., Mandideep |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | April 2006 - June 2006 |
| Description: | Led a team of four members to design and set up the infrastructure for the P&G India Technical Training Centre |
| Employer: | IIT Kharagpur |
| Position: | Placement Co-ordinator |
| Time period: | August 2005 - March 2006 |
| Description: | Introduced student representatives in the Placement Cell and was instrumental in attracting the highest number
of companies on campus |
| Employer: | Optima’06 |
| Position: | Event Management Head |
| Time period: | August 2005 - February 2006 |
| Description: | Conceived, planned and organized events for the national level symposium on Industrial Engineering, a first of
its kind in India. |
| Employer: | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur |
| Position: | B.Tech Project |
| Time period: | June 2005 - March 2006 |
| Description: | Strategic development of third party logistics providers-an Indian auto manufacturer’s perspective: the model
designed seeks to reduce logistics costs of automobile manufacturers in an Indian setting |
| Employer: | Spring Fest 2005 |
| Position: | Organizing Team Head |
| Time period: | July 2004 - January 2005 |
| Description: | The fest recorded a 80% increase in budget and a two-fold increase in footfall as compared to the previous edition |
EDUCATION
| University: | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur |
| Time period: | 2002 - 2007 |
| Degree: | Industrial Engg. & Management, MEng |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Tennis,bowling,cycling. |
| Hobbies: | Music, travelling and photography |
| Memberships: | - Co-founding member of an organization SMILE-The Mission, comprising of college students, that works for the needy and deprived children of the society.
- Vice-President, Technology Students’ Gymkhana, IIT Kharagpur (Apr.’05-Apr.’06) As part of the responsibility also held the posts of Member, Institute Senate and Student Alumni Co-ordinator; Conceptualized and organized Careerz-a career workshop for the first time. Led the IIT Kharagpur Sports team to its first Inter-IIT Sports Meet away victory in 17 years. |
| Awards: | - Special Appreciation Award for Liberty Start-up, P&G (2007)
- Received Pre-Placement Offer from Procter & Gamble Home Products Ltd., 2006 - Won the 1st Prize in Stratagem-a case study competition organized in IIT Kharagpur,2006 - Awarded Certification in Level 1 of French Language course by Alliance Francaise de Calcutta, 2004 - Awarded Certificate of Merit for outstanding performance(top 0.1 % all over India) in Chemistry in the Class XII Board examinations, 2002 - Awarded the Jagriti Independence Scholarship by the National Centre for Talent Promotion, Rashtriya Jagriti Sansthan, 2000 - Awarded Honourable Mention in Athletics, Football and Dramatics by RK Hall of Residence, IIT Kharagpur,2006 |
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Rajat Sethi
Dual Degree (BTech & MTech) in Computer Science & Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, recently co-founded Exergy Consortium and is interested in building a sustainable economy through massive scale-up of renewable energy and smart grid technology.
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Gaurav Parashar
Pursuing BTech in Computer Science & Engineering at IIT Bombay.
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Raj Shekhar Singh
Doctorate from University Of California Berkely, BTech in Biotechnology from IIT Kharagpur, Worked on Project Development of Biofuel Productivity Potentials for economic analysis in India, & Potentiality of Hydrogen production by Microbial Fuel Cell.