Varahe Analytics (Indian political consulting and research firm) | Chennai

• Policy and Political Affairs Research Assistant, Political Intelligence
  • Shaped core campaign strategy for 2024 Parliamentary elections in Tamil Nadu by mapping voter trends and local issues, driving constituency targeting and message alignment for state and national leadership
  • Built predictive post-poll models with 90% accuracy across 9 constituencies, enabling real-time feedback loops and efficient leadership-level resource decisions
  • Synthesized political intelligence and voter sentiment into daily briefs and strategic updates for national and state leadership, driving rapid, aligned decision-making across campaign messaging and field operations
     

Grant Thornton (Global advisory firm specializing in audit, tax, and risk advisory) | Mumbai

• Consultant
  • Led cross-country SOX compliance during SAP S/4HANA transition for a global CX firm across India, South Africa, Malaysia, Australia, and the USA, ensuring seamless control migration and multi-jurisdictional regulatory adherence
  • Spearheaded enterprise-wide risk workshop for a logistics major, conducting peer benchmarking and building a strategic risk heatmap through probability-impact matrices for board-level action
  • Led internal audit for an aviation logistics major, conducting Pan-India station reviews across flight operations, engineering, and inventory; flagged procedural inefficiencies and presented findings to the Audit Committee for operational reform
  • Investigated high-stakes whistleblower complaint, leading internal inquiry and control reviews for an aviation major; findings escalated to board audit committee, prompting process overhauls
  • Assessed finance, procurement, receivables, and administration for a chain of international schools; uncovered control gaps and process inefficiencies and recommended governance enhancements 
     

BDO (Global advisory firm specializing in audit, tax, and risk advisory) | Chennai

• Senior Assistant
  • Uncovered collusion in a corporate fraud investigation for a medical diagnostics firm through email forensics, background checks, and social engineering; findings triggered executive-level corrective action
  • Conducted IBC transaction audit for an offshore logistics company, identifying preferential and fraudulent transactions under Sections 43, 45, and 66; findings formed basis for recovery actions and claw back proceedings
  • Flagged suspicious fund diversion patterns in a distressed power company by analyzing vendor payments and transaction thresholds for a public sector bank
     

Deloitte (Global advisory firm specializing in audit, tax, and risk advisory) | Chennai

• Senior Analyst
  • Led end-to-end internal audit for a ₹2,000 Cr abrasives firm, uncovering ERP logic failures and scrap mismanagement, resulting in enhanced inventory accuracy and improved working capital control
  • Identified ₹2.6M in revenue leakages and flagged subcontractor stock inefficiencies during audit of a ₹5000M auto components manufacturer; findings informed incentive restructuring and tighter vendor oversight
  • Drove financial transformation for a southern food & hospitality chain by streamlining ERP readiness, restructuring payment workflows, and restoring discipline across receivables and payables
  • Redesigned reimbursement cycle for UAE-based insurance shared services center by identifying ₹0.3M in overpayments; enabled tighter claims control and alignment with the Table of Benefits
  • Supported setup of a ₹20B telecom company’s finance shared services center in India; conducted P2P control reviews and supported stabilization phase 
     

Crisil (Indian Credit Ratings and Analytics Company; subsidiary of S&P Global) | Chennai

• CCAP Associate
  • Contributed to CRISIL’s Green Bond Rating methodology by benchmarking 50+ global standards and validating alignment on 20+ bonds, supporting its ESG ratings framework launch

• Received 3 Spot Awards at Grant Thornton (2023–2024) for independently managing multiple client engagements, exceeding delivery expectations, and earning strong client feedback ⁠
• Recognized with the firm-level “Move the Dot” Award (2018) at Deloitte for client centricity and delivery excellence
• Received CRISIL’s CLAP Award (2017) for outstanding contribution to the development of India’s Green Bond Rating framework, demonstrating deep research and methodological clarity
• Awarded Best Outgoing Student (2017) at M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women for consistent academic distinction, leadership, and all-round excellence

• B.Comm (Information Systems Management), M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai

• Certified Fraud Examiner, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• Post Graduate Program / Data Science and Business Analytics, University of Texas and Great Lakes Institute of Management

• Vertical Head (Consulting) in the Placement Committee of PGPX
• Elected Home Affairs Minister in student cabinet modelled on Indian Parliament during Under-Graduation 
• Trained Bharatanatyam dancer (18+ years); mentored students and performed on national stages ⁠
• Active long-distance runner and member of ‘Chennai Runners’