Sunil Kumar Naik

My primary objective as a teacher is to provide a safe and nurturing learning environment that encourages student's growth and development. I aim to facilitate engaging and challenging instruction that fosters a love for learning, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

My responsibilities as a PGT faculty in Gateway International School includes:

• Planning and preparing annual, monthly, weekly and daily lesson plans.
• Preparing PowerPoint presentations for engaging biology classes for grade XI & XII students.
• Conducting practical for biology students.
• Engaging social science for grade IX and X students.
  Addressing student's queries and concerns.
  

Achievements:

• Enhanced students critical thinking skills with thought-provoking
  assignments and group projects on environmental issues.
• Supported students in developing social skills through structured activities and positive reinforcement techniques.
• Implemented behavior modification strategies, resulting in improved self-regulation and classroom participation among students.
• Collaborated with teachers and therapists to develop individualized educational plans for each student, ensuring optimal progress.
• Provided one-on-one support for students with learning disabilities, enabling them to excel through enhanced learning experiences by incorporating specialized tools and resources tailored to the needs of special education students.
• Increased student engagement through the use of multimedia
  presentations, videos, and interactive learning tools.
• Provided tutoring sessions after school hours for students needing extra help in understanding complex biological concepts or completing assignments.
• Collaborated with colleagues to develop interdisciplinary lessons that connected Biology concepts to other subjects, such as Psychology & Chemistry.
• Evaluated student work using a variety of assessment methods, including written exams, oral presentations, research papers, and group projects related to Biology/Social Science topics.
• Developed strong relationships with parents through regular
  communication about student progress, concerns, and upcoming events related to ecology coursework.
• Promoted environmental awareness by organizing school-wide events, such as Earth Day celebrations and science expo.
• Participated in NEP training workshop organized by CBSE, New Delhi.

I engaged lectures for post graduate students of Marine Biology. As a teacher I have

• Met with administrators and department team members to work on curriculum planning and assessment methods.
• Engaged students through lecture and discussion, increasing classroom interaction to build inclusive learning environment.
• Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation.
• Planned and implemented lessons using various teaching strategies to meet diverse student needs and delivered course lectures using modern technology to enhance student comprehension.
• Assigned powerpoint presentations and assignments to evaluate student performance and monitor progress.
• Mentored and motivated students to increase class participation.
• Maintained students attendance records, grades and reports in strict confidence.
• Shifted between informal and formal methods of teaching to create multi-layered web of learning incorporating experiments, practical activities, discussions, and projects into lessons.
• Established and maintained inclusive, collegial and collaborative culture within classroom.
• Provided students with constructive, encouraging and corrective feedback.
• Created dynamic learning environment that valued instructor and student interaction.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills, resulting in clear subject matter discussion with students.
• Built strong student rapport by supporting students in personal concerns, driving academics, attendance and behaviors.
• Demonstrated mastery of Microsoft Office Suite and online learning management systems to facilitate class record-keeping.
• Prepared question papers for PG and Ph.D entrance examination.
• Prepared semester exam question papers and evaluated answer papers.
• Mentored and assisted Post Graduate students and Ph.D scholars during their research work.
• Contributed expertise to assist with departmental expansions and course changes.
• Participated in workshops, trainings and conferences to improve educational skills.
• Participated in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.

I was deployed to clients like MainStreamTek Corporation, USA & L&T, India and USA as a recruitment manager/senior talent acquisition specialist for IT recruitment in various domains like Automotive, Capital Market, Banking & Finance. Apart from USA market, I have also supported Indian demands for clients like L&T, Wipro, Veoneer, TATA and Onward group etc.

My responsibilities/activities as a recruitment manager included

• Coordinating with hiring managers and departmental leaders to determine hiring needs and priorities.
• Scheduling a discussion with clients to understand the client requirements and creating a job for the demand in talent CRM/ATS platforms.
• Attracting qualified applicants by creating detailed job descriptions with clearly outlined position responsibilities.
• Promoting opportunities by creating and posting advertisements in social platforms like LinkedIn/Twitter etc.
• Sourcing suitable candidates from job portals like Dice, Indeed, Monster, Naukri (Indian market) and professional networking platforms like LinkedIn.
• Calling the applicants and candidates sourced from various job portals to have a short discussion with them to understand their skills and experience.
• Carrying out soft background checks on shortlisted candidates before submitting the their profiles to clients.
• Scheduling and following up on interviews with shortlisted candidates right until onboarding of selected candidates.
• Alerting applicants of rejection, acceptance or other activities by personally calling them or dropping an email.
• Compiling trackers/reports highlighting candidate pipeline and hiring information.
• Measuring effectiveness of recruitment initiatives by discussing with managers.
• Building strong network of employment agency contacts and bench sales recruiters to share job opening information and fill positions quickly.

Produced well-written and thoroughly vetted research proposal including the research methodology and budget. Successfully received grants for implementing the proposed research project from the Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi.

• Planned materials, resources and execution to adhere to budget.
• Reviewed 500+ research literatures.
• Discussed effective research protocols and procedures to minimize errors.
• Carried out research as per the proposed protocol.
• Discussed research summaries with project team to monitor progress.
• Adhered to all regulatory standards and university regulations for reporting.
• Documented all the progress made and reported to Principal Investigator regularly.
• Annual reports were documented and communicated to Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi in the form of hard copies.
• Research progress was presented in the form of PowerPoint presentation to Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi annually.
• Prepared manuscripts and published the research papers in UGC approved journals.

• I was deployed as process associate in a Market Research project for US-based client ‘AC Nielsen’.
• Being a part of Nielsen store observation team, I handled Nielsen's various customers like Coca Cola, Unilever, P&G and Diageo etc.
• Worked predominantly in Microsoft Excel and Access to pull the data from the mainframe and process it as per client's requirement.

I was deployed to the client Airtel in e-mail support. Carried out following tasks during this tenure.

• Responded to incoming emails, providing frontline corporate customer support or assistance with product and service transactions.
• Addressed inquiries and concerns from corporate customers.
• Upheld quality control policies and procedures to increase customer satisfaction.
• Made necessary changes/raised tickets in CRM for customer concerns and responded to customer’s email mentioning the turn around time.
• Promoted high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable and friendly service.
• Escalated customer concerns, issues and requirements to supervisors for immediate rectification.
• Consulted with customers to resolve service and billing issues.
• Informed customers about billing procedures, processed payments and provided payment option setup assistance.
• Took lead in making outbound calls to repeat customers and resolved their queries/concerns therefore avoiding further prolonged email conversations.
• Remained calm and professional in stressful circumstances and effectively diffused tense situations.
• De-escalated problematic customer concerns, maintaining calm, friendly demeanor.
• Used proven techniques to de-escalate angry customers during telephone interactions.