Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur (Fortune 500 global steel manufacturing company)

• Area Manager Improvement, Office of Vice President Operations
  • Led a team of 100+ employees to manage Production, Cost, Quality, Risk, Safety, Legal of the steel operations value chain with inbound and outbound supply chain (10 million tons per annum & daily working capital of INR ~30 Cr)
  •  Developed smart visualization dashboard in Tableau for 200+ KPIs integrating data from eight critical departments for easy strategic decisions for senior management, saving INR 1 Cr annually
  •  Trained and facilitated departments on 500+ projects every year, generating annual recurring savings of INR ~110 Cr by training, brainstorming and hand-holding teams and periodic review
  •  Youngest Core Team Member of taskforce (led by CEO) to collaborate with the senior leadership team of Tata Group of Companies for Business Excellence Assessment (based on US based Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award) and Data Maturity Assessment (based on TCS based model). Enabled >10% increase in scaled score (from past assessment) through application writing, team synergy, site visits
  • Enabled TSJ to receive World Economic Forum’s 4IR Lighthouse award, given to (only 4/2.5 Lakh) the most advanced manufacturing units. Youngest member of the leadership team (led by CEO) to prepare Best Digital cases on productivity & agility in Global Lighthouse assessment
  • Mitigated business risks of INR ~30Cr in steel supply chain via. Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework. Single handedly carried out Risk Maturity Assessment of the Steel Division collaborating with E&Y Team and Senior leaderships in Tata Steel
  • Managed the budget of INR 80 lakhs to reward and recognize Top10% projects from VP level to boost employee morale
  •  Led the kickoff 4-year TPM consulting assignment with Japanese team to improve quality by 5% and reduce downtime & unplanned breakdowns in cold rolling mill
     
• Manager QA Product Technology
  •  Led a team of 25 shift in-charges to manage quality of 500+ SKUs in steel melt stop of 4 million tons /annum with ~1000 Crore annual revenue and daily working capital of INR 10 Cr
  •  Implemented Quality 4.0 Dashboard with team of consultants from Accenture to detect process anomalies by integrating data sources and building business logics, saving INR 1 Cr YoY through optimal process control. Presented paper in ANQ, South Korea (virtual)
  •  Improved process capability by 20% to produce 10+ difficult grades under stringent Bureau of Indian Standards norms by statistical process control and strong daily management.
  •  Achieved annual savings of INR 2 Cr via green belt project, reducing quality rejections by 4%YOY for advanced high strength product for emerging auto-segment in India
  •  Led weekly discussions with joint venture team from Japan (Nippon Steel Corp) and managed the DMAIC project to reduce a chronic steel defect by ~4%
     
• Manager Technologist, Product Technology
  •  Responsible for benchmarking best practices across top competitors across China, Japan, South Korea through literature research
  •  Led the new product development from customers & evaluated the trial performances from suppliers’ new products
  •  Reduced inhouse rejection by 3% of semi-finished products by finding root causes using random forest method from 1000+ historical data
  •  Worked on abnormal heat transfer in continuous caster during monsoon season; recommended solutions through data analysis and literature research of Chinese steel plants; received recognition from Chief Technology Officer
     

WorldQuant LLC (Quantitative asset management firm, founded in 2007, with more than 850 employees across 13 countries )

• Quantitative Research Consultant (Part-time and remote)
  • Created and back tested long-short neutral trading strategies in websim platform with high sharpe and low turnover using python/mathematical formulations and 100+ datasets (price-volume, fundamental, analyst estimates, social media, news tick, option, vendor valuation models) for US markets
  •  Worked on advisory program with WQ China portfolio manager solely for European top 800 and top 600 liquid stocks

•  Won Best Paper Award in ANQ 2022 at Beijing China, on Machine Learning model to optimize live decisions in steel production line
• Selected as delegate (2/10000) by CEO&MD to attend ANQ Conference 2023, Vietnam for cross-learning opportunity from Asian industries on quality
• Authored Paper titled “Reduction of Flushing in IFHS grade “- selected 10 out of 500 entries in AISTech2020, USA
• Represented Tata Steel’s scrap recycling project in BOF process (aligned with UNSD Goal #12) in International Quality Sustainability Award USA
• Recognized by CEO (4 years in row - 2018,2019,2023 & 2024) for the Apex Award (Top 1%) for the best TQM Project for improving business KPIs – 2 as leader and 2 as facilitator
• 2nd Runners-up (out of 20 teams) in Business Case Competition on ‘Resilience of Organizations’ by AIMA, New Delhi
• Recognized by Vice President TQM in Innovation Award for project titled – “Defect Logging – Speech to Text Way”
• Trained & facilitated 2 kaizen teams to present their projects in ICQC conference at Beijing (2023) and Colombo (2024)
• Authored paper titled “Enhancing Steel Quality using Six Sigma approach” in Yokohama Japanese Society for Quality
• Won Aspire Sponsor Level Award (Top - 5%) by Vice President for project to reduce sliver defect in automotive steel grades
• Secured All India Rank 3314 in JEE and 1357 in AIEEE in 2011 among more than 10 Lakh candidates

• Bachelor in Technology (Honours) & Master in Technology – 5 year Integrated Dual Degree, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

•  Forward Learner Program by McKinsey & Company
•  Financial Analysis by London Business School
•  Business Excellence Foundation Program & Data Centricity by Tata Group
•  Generative AI by DeepLearning.AI, Generative Al Essentials: University of Michigan
•  Product Management by IBM, AI Product Management
•  Brand Guidelines by Tata Steel
•  Corporate Ethics, Tata Code of Conduct, Anti-bribery
•  Digital transformation for Agile Organizations by Duke University
•  Safety and Health, CPR
•  Foundations of Leadership by XLRI

•  Led team of 7 under the guidance of Ms. Bachendri Pal to trek in lower Himalayas (~11500 ft)
•  Organized Annual Dog Show with Kennel Club in Jamshedpur, attracting 500+ participants from 50+ dog breeds from Asia and spreading awareness regarding animal friendliness in the city
•  Provided knowledge sessions to 1000+ worker-level employees at our Steel Plant on basic statistics and TQM methods
•  Volunteered for clothes distribution and plantation drives in nearby villages of Jamshedpur with CSR teams of Tata Steel
•  Provided mentorship to 50+ high school students, offering guidance on career development and graduate education under IITians for Youth
•  Leading a team of 50 from IIM A for International Immersion Programme to ESADE Spain, collaborating with faculties from Madrid and Barcelona campuses
•  Travelling, Nature Photography & Astrophotography – explored 5 different Asian countries in last 5 years
•  Gold Level in Summer Alphathon (Algorithmic Trading Contest) by WorldQuant among participants from US, Russia, China, India, UK. Won 2nd Prize in two Live Alphathon events in Delhi and Mumbai