Drishti Sikka

Contributed research and benchmarking projects, as part of ongoing client projects or in support of business development initiatives. Conducted secondary research encompassing:
- Analysis of company profiles including business model, revenue streams, strategies, challenges, and recent developments
- Assessment of market dynamics such as industry value chain, growth prospects, competitive landscape, and market analysis frameworks

- Simple to mid-complex survey designing using Qualtrics, and response analysis as a part of primary research activities
- Benchmarking exercises including support functions, salary, cost, and vendor assessments
- Analysis of financial statements and performance metrics of companies and their competitors
- Developed client-ready deliverables using MS PowerPoint, Excel, and Word, ensuring clarity and logical structure
- Exhaustive secondary research by triangulating information from diverse sources, proposed alternative data sources and research methodologies through proxies, to fetch difficult to obtain data

- Logical thought structuring to analyze insights / so-what’s in simple to mid-complex projects
- Communication of findings effectively in grammatically correct business English, both written and verbal
- Created custom frameworks for presenting research findings innovatively
- Developed understanding of project scopes and proactively asked relevant questions for clear understanding of the bigger picture

- Leveraged past experiences and learnings to gain efficiency while enhancing outcomes
- Met all deadlines and offered solutions in case of delays
- Assisted project leads during complex client interactions, while handling simple requests independently
- Independently handled projects with appropriate supervision and collaboration with onshore teams for presentations and key findings delivery

- Point of View papers and Thought leaderships on industry trends