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Work History
Education
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Accomplishments
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Ishani Das

MBA (Strategy and Marketing)
Toronto, Canada (Permanent Resident)

Summary

A versatile, dynamic management professional with close to 12 years of experience. Demonstrated knowledge of business management and revenue development. Hands-on leader with exceptional organizational, critical thinking and prioritization skills to drive business. Strong interpersonal communication skills and proficient at managing teams, while working collaboratively and cross functionally to accomplish challenging objectives. Strong forte in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced market and settings

Overview

12
years of professional experience
4
Languages

Work History

Lighthouse Communities Foundation
Pune

Senior Manager, Strategy
03.2021 - 05.2022

Job overview

  • Strategized for Business Expansion – sustainable goals (short term, intermediate, long term), fundraising
  • Total project management using Asana
  • Scaled across 6 states in India. Partnerships with Deloitte, Vanderlande, Honeywell, eZest Solutions, Rotary Club, Tech Mahindra Foundation. Facilitated revenue by 50%
  • Targeted growth through innovative business models - Mini Lighthouse (lower price, lower throughput), Hub-Spoke model (higher price, catering to larger communities). Increased engagement by 80%
  • Commenced budgetary plans aligned with business forecasts, KPIs, Resource Allocations for 2021-22. Devised staffing matrix for adequate coverage of department
  • Engaged in public outreach, networking events to identify and capitalize external fundraising opportunities, social media campaigning advertising
  • Established operational standards, organization policies and procedures. Developed centralized repository for data management and documentation
  • Fortified loyalty and relationships with investors, stakeholders by developing focused strategies for retention, and implementing best practices

NASSCOM
Gurugram

Manager Co Create
01.2019 - 02.2021

Job overview

  • Equipped business strategy and created – Industry Innovation Digital Consortium (IndDiC) and national digital channel Voice of Manufacturing (VoM)
  • Established partnerships with Honeywell, Honda, Volvo, Mitsubishi.
  • Established agreement with "Foundation for Smart Manufacturing" (FSM), "Samarth Udyog", Government of India
  • Engaged with partners for requirements, and understanding expectations
  • Introduced system of modelling and validation of digital solutions for adoption across industry value-chain for end users. Roundtables, Strategic Innovation Group(SIG)
  • Led teams to analyze, assess Digital Maturity status of partners. Provided recommendations, advisory to team about real time requirements and expectations from partners
  • Assessed governance framework, managerial methods and business functions across processes and verticals. Provided strategic advisory to improve processes, systems and procedures
  • Developed and defined matrices on partner value additions as organization. Assessments for verifying alignment or need to redesign
  • Led co-creation program with partners and solution providers to evaluate feasible, credible, easy to scale solution
  • Conducted valuations effectiveness of programs - Startup Co Create Program, InDiC, Smart Manufacturing Competency Center

Confederation of Indian Industry
Delhi

Business Strategy Manager
08.2015 - 01.2019

Job overview

  • Project "Accelerating Energy Efficiency in Indian Data Centers" – CII & Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) USA, US Dept. of Energy (US DoE), Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), India for formulating policy regulations for Indian Data Centers
  • Established and validated foundational processes, frameworks, strategic advisory to improve business processes, managerial methods and achieve goals
  • Capacity Building - Technical skills – project management tools, primary and secondary research, technical surveys, technical writing
  • Led development projects - ‘USAID' “Global Food Safety Strategy (GFSS)” to co-create, co-design tangible & intangible resources for R&D interventions
  • Collaborated between pioneering countries for Technology Transfer and adoption - Israel- Tel Aviv University, Start Up Nation, Ministries & Government, MIT, Honeywell, Microsoft, Amazon
  • Project for Incubation Centre submitted to Niti Aayog (Gov. of India)
  • Policy advocacy for businesses on standards, regulatory policies and procedures as per government guidelines and real time need of businesses in market

Various
Delhi

From Aug 2010 to Jul 2015

Job overview

Worked with several organizations - AVL India Pvt Ltd.; Tata Consultancy Services; Indian Institute of Technology Delhi,

Education

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Delhi

MBA from Strategy And Marketing
07.2014 - 04.2017

University Overview

  • Department of Management Studies - QS Ranking 132 (2022)
  • CGPA - 8.85
  • Elected to Batch Representative for course duration in semester 2 Year 1.
  • Elected Captain of Strategy & Leadership Club

MBA Thesis -

“Comparative Assessment on Energy Policies of Different Countries and Impact of Policy Implementation in India” under guidance of Prof. Kanika T. Bhal, IITDELHI. The aim of the project was to develop a framework of Energy Policies in India as per the international energy policy standards

Galgotias College of Engineering And Technology
Greater Noida

Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) from Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
07.2006 - 07.2010

University Overview

B.Tech in Electronics and Communications

Skills

  • Project Management
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Accomplishments

Accomplishments
  • Conducted weekly sessions on Dr. Monika Sharma's "Radical Transformation Leadership" framework tools
  • Established partnerships and expanded across 6 states in India (Last Org) thereby contributed to 50% revenue
  • Standardized of processes, centralization of data management and documentation, policies and procedures
  • Widespread usage of Asana for Project Management
  • Extensive stakeholder engagement with government, industries (Vanderlande, Deloitte, Rotary Club, Honeywell, eZest, Honda, Mitsubishi), research institutes (IITs, NITs) and Startups
  • Delivered guest lectures at Dept. of Management Studies, IIT Delhi for QIP (Quality Improvement Program)/CEP
    (Continuing Education Programme) -Course in Digital Marketing
  • Worked with Dr. Parry Aftab, Distinguished lawyer – Internet and Security

Interests

  • Poetry
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Traveling
  • Music

Timeline

Senior Manager, Strategy
Lighthouse Communities Foundation
03.2021 - 05.2022
Manager Co Create
NASSCOM
01.2019 - 02.2021
Business Strategy Manager
Confederation of Indian Industry
08.2015 - 01.2019
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
MBA from Strategy And Marketing
07.2014 - 04.2017
Galgotias College of Engineering And Technology
Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) from Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
07.2006 - 07.2010
From Aug 2010 to Jul 2015
Various

Publications

Publications
  • Das, Ishani (2021). THE LIGHTHOUSE PROGRAM: Guiding youth towards their full potential. Whitepaper “Adaptability during the COVID-19 pandemic”
  • Das, Ishani (2018). Compendium & White Paper on Agri- Innovations and Technologies, India, Unpublished Compendium, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Delhi, India
  • CII & Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2016). Accelerating Energy Efficiency in Indian Data Centers- Phase II. Available at https://datacenters.lbl.gov/res ources/accelerating-energyefficiency-indian-1
  • Das, Ishani et al (2016). Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Industrial Lubrication, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Delhi, India (On behalf of CII)
  • Das, Ishani & Raje, Sanyukta(2016). Accelerating Energy Efficiency in Indian Data Centers: Phase II. Paper presented at Accelerating the Energy Efficiency in Indian Data Centers, conference, Delhi

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