ARYALAKSHMI R
Summary
Rural development professional with a background from IRMA. Experienced in rural banking, cooperative models, and sustainability. Skilled in working with rural communities. Hands-on experience in Monitoring & Evaluation, including creating logical frames, tracking program outcomes, and delivering project dashboards to analyze team productivity and manpower data (MIS).
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager
AXIS BANK LIMITED
Mumbai
06.2025 - Current
- Delivered dashboards for Logins, Business, ROI, and Attrition to enhance decision-making.
- Coordinated rural marketing initiatives to boost product visibility and communication.
- Enhanced performance of Social Security Scheme and improved Financial Inclusion Scorecard.
Summer Intern
V-Guard Industries
05.2024 - 07.2024
- Benchmarked industry sustainable packaging practices by analyzing competitors' BRSR/ESG reports using the 4R framework.
- Created a packaging material scorecard for 21 materials (non-sustainable and sustainable) using the FMEA (RPN) framework.
- Proposed a 5-year action plan to replace the 3 most polluting materials with sustainable alternatives, projecting an impact of saving 950 trees.
Senior Engineer
TATA ELXSI LTD
Bengaluru
12.2020 - 06.2023
- Led a 15-member Scrum team for Edutainment Game development.
- Reduced errors by 20% and eliminated delayed sprints in app delivery.
- Delivered 30+ AR/VR demos and prototypes to external clients.
- Received Exceptional Rating twice + Tata Young Leads nomination.
Education
PGDM - Rural Management
IRMA
01.2025
B.Tech - ECE
Govt Model Engineering College
Skills
- Financial inclusion strategies
- Cooperative governance practices
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Excel and Power BI proficiency
- Data visualization and dashboarding
- Team leadership
- Stakeholder coordination
- Project management
- Survey design methodologies
- Presentation skills
Projects
Platform cooperative model for ride-hailing gig workers - COOP pitch, 01/2024
- Designed a platform cooperative using the Cooperative Business Model Canvas
- Analyzed gig workforce data (Niti Aayog, Statista, Economic Survey) to assess income volatility and worker challenges
- Proposed democratic 1-member, 1-vote governance, and driver councils
- Projected 2% market capture (58) and break even in year 1 with diversified revenue streams
Monitoring and evaluation: logical framework development for a multilingual education program - LLF
- Designed a monitoring and evaluation logical framework (Log Frame) for an early-grade multilingual education project in Bastar, Chhattisgarh
- Developed indicators, outcomes, outputs, risks, assumptions, and means of verification for five core activities, including teacher training and multilingual materials
Accomplishments
IRMA Merit Scholarship - awarded to the top 20 students.
Languages
- English
- Malayalam
- Tamil
- Hindi
Village Fieldwork
Empowering tribal youth through higher education support: a financial need assessment study, Attapadi, Kerala
- Conducted 120 household surveys and 10 interviews to understand higher education barriers for tribal youth
- Prepared a financial model for supporting UG education, co-organized a 169-villager medical camp, and proposed a sickle cell anemia action plan
Timeline
Manager
AXIS BANK LIMITED
06.2025 - Current
Summer Intern
V-Guard Industries
05.2024 - 07.2024
Senior Engineer
TATA ELXSI LTD
12.2020 - 06.2023
PGDM - Rural Management
IRMA
B.Tech - ECE
Govt Model Engineering College