Deeksha

Deeksha

Strategy and consulting professional with ~5 years at BCG, delivering high-impact engagements across 10+ industries and diverse geographies. Experienced in solving complex business problems across growth, commercial strategy, digital transformation and AI. Adept at navigating ambiguity, managing senior stakeholders and leading cross-functional collaboration to drive strategic priorities from insight to execution.

Work Experience:

4.8 Years

Industry:

Consulting | Technology

Function:

Business Development | Consulting & Strategy

Work Experience

Boston Consulting Group | Bangalore

Analyst

  • Scaled a leading European bank’s AI maturity from Emerging to Scaling through capability assessment and competitive analysis across 15+ peers, identifying 12 critical gaps to shape its transformation roadmap
  • Led development of a National AI Action Plan for a Southeast Asian government, prioritizing 14 sector impact engines and phased initiatives across healthcare, smart cities and public services, aligning 28 ministries and stakeholders
  • Generated $40M+ in net-sales uplift for a global luxury retailer by designing a 60-pilot test-and-learn program to validate personalization-led growth opportunities across clientele, customer experience and digital channels
  • Drove $45M in incremental annual sales and 2x sales conversion for a global biopharma company by identifying opportunities across customer targeting, sales effectiveness and commercial capabilities
  • Led outbound growth transformation for a $600M technology solutions provider through AI-led targeting, personalized outreach and sales enablement, driving 60% higher sales productivity and 7% incremental revenue
  • Developed pre-sales strategy for an industrial goods client through a C-suite GenAI workshop, identifying transformation opportunities and shaping follow-on client engagement
  • Led market-entry assessment for a global industrial company exploring Electronic Manufacturing Services, benchmarking competitors and acquisition targets by market positioning and growth to inform inorganic entry options

Associate

  • Improved public safety and urban mobility planning for a religious city by benchmarking digital initiatives across 10 cities and 4 religious destinations, identifying smart-city best practices to support 20% crime reduction and traffic decongestion
  • Enhanced merchandising, supply chain efficiency, and customer experience for a diversified Asia-based retail group by developing an AI strategy, evaluating 40+ AI use cases across 4 retail functions, and prioritizing high-impact initiatives
  • Evaluated 10+ technology providers for a Bangladesh water-infrastructure program across feasibility, accuracy and cost-effectiveness to inform solution selection and deployment
  • Assessed conversational AI solutions for a South Asian telecom provider, informing chatbot design that achieved 30% in-chat resolution, 80% lower contact volume and 50%+ faster resolution
Accomplishments
  • Awarded the Rising Star Award at BCG for rapidly building expertise across 8+ technology topics and consistently delivering a 100% quality score within six months.
  • Received the Everyday Hero Award at BCG for effectively managing multiple stakeholders and driving impact across five additional technology domains.
  • Awarded the Quality Champion Award for consistently delivering high-quality outcomes, demonstrating strong stakeholder management, and maintaining an average 98% quality score.
  • Selected as 1 of 26 women engineers from South Asia to represent India at the inaugural World Bank WePOWER Regional Conference in Kathmandu.
Education
  • Bachelor of Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Certification
  • Excel Skills for Business: Advanced
Extra-curricular
  • Serving as Vertical Head - Consulting, PGPX 2026-27 Placement Committee, leading consulting recruitment efforts for the 21st batch of IIM Ahmedabad's flagship one-year full-time MBA programme.
  • Led a 20-member TechnoVIT marketing team, driving promotions across 50+ events engaging 800+ participants.
  • Managed a 10-member team at IEEE Women in Engineering, organizing 5+ professional development events.
  • Co-led a 5-member organizing team for IEEE Day, coordinating 10+ events attended by 200+ participants.