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Amit Singh Thakur

Amit Singh Thakur

Political Consultant
Bangalore

Summary

A 9 plus years experienced techie turned Political Consultant who can read between the lines of indian political landscape and design data backed strategies and campaigns to best suit the needs of the political leaders and political parties and has already handled average team size of about 500 professionals in this space.

Overview

10
10
year of professional experience
19
19
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Manager/Associate Director

Association of Billion Minds and Grassroots Consulting
10.2021 - Current
  • Demonstrated experience of different political campaigns in the Madhya Pradesh 2018,General elections 2019, Jharkhand Elections 2019, Delhi Elections 2020, Bihar Elections 2020 and West Bengal Elections 2021,Punjab 2022,Uttrakhand 2022.
  • Assisted the client in preparing region/Loksabha wise political strategy/narrative for the election while looking at entire state of Bihar in 2020, Fifty+ Assembly seats of West Bengal 2021, Ten parliamentary constituencies of the Vindhya -Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh in 2019 National General Election
  • Designed, conceptualized, and Managed flagship Central & state election campaigns for the client for 2019 General election and 2019 Jharkhand elections & 2020 Bihar Elections
  • Handled an overall Team Size of Political Consultant professionals more than 450 field associates, 35 Zonal incharges,20 Zonal associates and also co-ordinated with more than 12 National campaign vendors across the state of Madhya Pradesh,Jharkhand Bihar,West Bengal,Delhi,Punjab,Uttrakhand
  • Was responsible for Conceptualization, vendor coordination ,Execution and Monitoring of biggest campaigns in organizational history with management of more than 5000 units at a time
  • Was the head manager for the six Digital rallies covering more than 110 vidhan sabhas during Bihar election 2020
  • Involved in coordination with Senior Leadership,vendors and organizational team
  • Market Intelligence: gathering intel through the ground resources, focus group discussion, In-Depth Interviews, social listening, and retro analysis
  • Political research/Data Analysis: Doing various quantitative and qualitative analyses to find meaningful patterns and insights
  • Analyzing data from field surveys in tools like Microsoft Excel and SQL
  • Formulating Branding and Marketing strategies for the client with a clear and targeted campaign plan
  • Conceptualizing and executing ATL and BTL activities (including Radio, Print, Outdoor, Digital, etc.)
  • Competition mapping & strategizing: Social Media tracking & preparation of counter-messaging & positioning for the client, media monitoring.
  • Digital Growth: Responsible for the digital growth of pan-state social media properties
  • Hands-on experience of Social-Media Management
  • Successfully involved Hiring,onboarding & training of total 380 zonal incharge, zonal and Field associates for Bihar,Punjab,Uttrakhand and Loksabha elections
  • Successful operational management of the designed campaigns by preparing clear SOPs, creating supporting collaterals, managing vendors, regular monitoring, reporting, and Escalations

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Associate campaign head of Madhya Pradesh - Chattisgarh for 2019 loksabha elections
  • Zonal political intelligence Incharge of Madhya Pradesh Vindhya-Bundelkhand & Nimar region during 2019 lok sabha elections
  • State Campaign head of Jharkhand in 2019 Jharkhand elections
  • Campaign Management in 2020 Delhi assembly elections for a short time
  • State level Manager for Political Intelligence & Research wing for Bihar 2020 Assembly elections
  • Lead initial Campaign calendar & conceptualization for Bihar 2020 Assembly elections
  • State level Manager for Political Intelligence & Research wing for West Bengal 2021 Assembly elections
  • State political and campaign Incharge for Punjab Elections 2022
  • State Survey manager for uttarakhand elections 2022.

Education

ATFP (Advanced Software Training) -

ABV-IIITM Gwalior, Group
09.2012 - 01.2013

B.Tech - Electronics & Communication

RGTU
BHOPAL
09.2008 - 05.2012

St Joseph’s Convent School Sagar
04.1993 - 01.2008

Skills

    Political Campaign Designing, Campaign Budgeting, Survey designing ,Data sampling & Analysis, Cadre building & Management conceptualization, People Management, Strategy planning, Market Research,

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Accomplishments


  • Madhya PradeshElections (TEAM SIZE 150)- Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan CM, Shri Rakesh Singh (BJP State president) , Shri Suhas Bhagatji(Sangathan Mantri) 4
  • Shri Vikas bondriya(State social Media Incharge),Shri Ajay pratap Singh(Rajya Sabha MP)
  • Jharkhand (TEAM SIZE 90)-Shri Dharmpal singh ji (Sangathan Mantri) ,Shri Sunil Barnwal(OSD to then CM) ,Shri Mahesh Poddar(Rajya Sabha MP Jharkhand), Shri Subodh singh state minister Jharkhand ,Shri Amit singh BJYM state president,Shri Pratyul Shahdeo,State media prabhari,Shri Sambit Patra,Shri Sudhanshu Trivedi ,Shri Rajiv pratap Rudy
  • BIHAR(TEAM SIZE 160) -Shri Bhupender yadav(General secretary BJP),Sh Devendra Fadnavis (Ex CM Maharashtra),Shri Y Satya Kumar(National secretary ,Sh Anant Ojha(Ex minister jharkhand), Shri Sameer oraon (Rajya Sabha MP),Shri RK Sinha, Shri Dileep Jaiswal
  • WEST BENGAL TEAM SIZE 60
  • PUNJAB TEAM SIZE 100
  • UTTRAKHAND TEAM SIZE 110

Timeline

Senior Manager/Associate Director

Association of Billion Minds and Grassroots Consulting
10.2021 - Current

ATFP (Advanced Software Training) -

ABV-IIITM Gwalior, Group
09.2012 - 01.2013

B.Tech - Electronics & Communication

RGTU
09.2008 - 05.2012

St Joseph’s Convent School Sagar
04.1993 - 01.2008
Amit Singh ThakurPolitical Consultant