Lead - Talent Initiatives at SmartBridge As Lead for Talent Initiatives, I was responsible for all new Government corporate collaborative skilling initiatives. Over the past 4 years, I have successfully driven 35 major skilling initiatives in collaboration with various Industry partners like Google, Salesforce, IBM, GoDaddy, Oracle, VMware, Tableau, etc. Stitching partnerships with government organizations such as AICTE, TNSDC, APSCHE, and TASK.
As Lead for Talent Initiatives, I was responsible for all new Government corporate collaborative skilling initiatives. Over the past 4 years, I have successfully driven 35 major skilling initiatives in collaboration with various Industry partners like Google, Salesforce, IBM, GoDaddy, Oracle, VMware, Tableau, etc. Stitching partnerships with government organizations such as AICTE, TNSDC, APSCHE, and TASK
Project Head for some of the key PAN India Initiatives:
Salesforce: Virtual Internship Program (2022 - 2024)
· Launched by the Central Education Minister of India in 2022, A Pan India highly successful program implemented jointly with Salesforce.
· Worked as Project Head handling complete program since its inception right from architecting the program to driving it across the nation enabling more than 400k learners from 2.5k colleges in the country. Handled various stake holders like Govt, Corporate and Academia in successful implementation.
· Worked with key Salesforce Partners ex., Accenture, TCS, Cognizant, Persistent Systems, Deloitte, NTT Data etc. The program has built strong pipeline of about 80k credentialed learners in the country helping them to kickstart their journey into Salesforce ecosystem.
· Extensively worked with Salesforce MVP as part of community engagement into the program. As a partner for Salesforce, Played vital role in evangelizing the Salesforce technology in the Academia.
· Implemented diversity initiatives focused on increasing representation from underrepresented groups within the student community.
Key Highlights:
IBM Hack Challenge Series:
· Global Hackathon Series by IBM project given to SmartBridge in India to drive student participation and active submissions for the challenge
· Drove the initiative by organizing various sensitization sessions in universities across the country bringing in 100k plus participants with 62% valid submissions to the challenge
· IBM got 1M Badge completions over 3 Years through this initiative
· The project has been subsequently extended for 3 consecutive years based on its success.
Tableau DataViz Challenge Australia:
· A Data Analytics Visualization challenge launched in Australia to enable various student and developer communities showcase their skills on Tableau platform
· Created entire workflow and strategy to drive the Initiative by understanding the Australia academia ecosystem
· Managed to drive within the budget by bringing in Non-Commercial community partnerships in Australia to increase the reach of the program
· Onboarded 4 Major University Professors to work as ambassadors for the Initiative and contribute to its success
· Worked day in day out with the Tableau Global team to successfully implement the program in Australia.
Oracle ML Build-a-thon:
· Govt-Industry collaborative Initiative launched in Association with TASK - Telangana Academy for Skills & Knowledge and Oracle as technology provider
· Worked closely with Govt skill development body to extend the program to all undergraduate students in the state
· Best performing students were identified and awarded by the Govt
Managed the program by anchoring from SmartBridge coordinating with both major stakeholders from the Govt & Oracle Academy team.
Cofounder of Drool Monkey, A Digital Marketing startup worth 3 Million USD today.
Awards & Achievements: 2 times Best Employee of the year awardee. CEO's Appreciation Award for 3 consecutive years.
Travel: Love for travel! Traveled 25/28 States in India. Admirer of culture, people, tradition and History
Driving: Love to drive, made a 3700km drive at a stretch. Always up for road trips
Sports: Cricket, Badminton