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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
OTHER ACTIVITIES
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INTERNSHIPS & OTHER PROJECTS
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Jyotsana Khetarpal

Associate Project Manager
Naliya

Summary

Results-driven project management professional with proven ability to lead teams and drive successful project outcomes. Adept at balancing multiple priorities, ensuring effective communication, and delivering on project goals in dynamic environments. Expertise in project planning, risk management, and stakeholder engagement. Known for adaptability, reliability, and strong focus on collaboration and achieving results.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages

Work History

Associate Project Manager

Escalent
12.2022 - Current

Managing projects with a team of 5 direct reportees and working with 4 indirect reportees.

Manager

Novartis
08.2020 - Current
  • ATU studies for Ophthalmology and Neurosciences team
  • Segmentation study for various molecules for Ophthalmology and Neurosciences

Manager

Intage Group
04.2022 - 11.2022

Worked on various studies for Unicharm for Adult Diaper, Ajinomoto

Consultant

RSB Insights
01.2022 - 05.2022

Research Manager

Niftem
04.2020 - 07.2020
  • Go-to person for Niftem for any Market Research related queries while working with the Ministry of Women and Child care, Kerala

Consultant

Nielsen
01.2020 - 04.2020
  • Find-to-end work for the projects at hand

Manager

Vendor
03.2018 - 01.2020
  • Worked on aspects such as business development, marketing & finance
  • Vendor a tech and convenience company enabling consumers convenience in a compact offering

Consultant

InfoLeap
07.2018 - 02.2019
  • Executed, liaised and resolved project-related issues amongst various research studies. Key projects managed and concluded:
  • Segmentation study for Himalaya face wash users to identify real needs for the category
  • Packaging Test for Himalaya Hair Oil and Himalaya Men’s Cream
  • Max-diff analysis for Himalaya brand
  • Brand Health Study for HT Media
  • Personality Test for Gautam Gambhir
  • Exit interviews for AB InBev
  • InfoLeap is a boutique Market research & Consulting firm enabling their clients to improve their competitive edge and enrich consumers’ experiences

PGT English

DAV School
07.2017 - 06.2018
  • Ensured that students learn proper grammar, writing, and reading comprehension
  • Encouraged and counselled students during exams
  • Coordinated and emceed during multiple school events such as annual sports meet, annual day, Baisakhi celebration
  • Documented, drafted and edited in-house documents such as admission brochures, speeches for the Principal

Consulting Projects

Euro monitor International
02.2017 - 06.2017
  • Conducted profiling of various UK retailers in the supplement category – included finding data and arriving at conclusions

Consulting Projects

Saree.com
02.2017 - 06.2017
  • Drafted and managed content for the website

Consulting Projects

Rediffusion
02.2017 - 06.2017
  • Conclusively, arrived at the perception for two different brands Stellar and Red & White in the low cigarette segment

Research Executive

Nielsen
06.2011 - 02.2017
  • Execution, liaising and resolving project-related issues amongst various internal teams such as DA, GO, RPM, CIPD, CRDC
  • Fundamental in translating the needs of our local and international FMCG customers into strategy and execution. Key projects managed and led:
  • Brand Health Study- Key Clients L’Oreal cream, L’Oreal Face Wash, MTR, Dabur Baby Oil
  • Brand Equity Test- Key Clients Dabur, MTR Snacks
  • Sniff Test for Takasago
  • U&A study for Dabur Honey
  • Product Test- Conducted upon a competition of Dabur Glucobats, JTI products
  • Pack Test for TGBL
  • Customer Satisfaction study for Wipro’s amongst its dealers and distributers

Research Executive

AZ Research
08.2010 - 05.2011
  • Succinctly translated research results into research insights to devise strategy for clients
  • Instrumented a Quantitative study in terms of field-intimation, questionnaire-designing and analysis presentation
  • Collected primary data through In-depth interviews, Focused-Group-Discussions, Central Location Tests and Slice of Life
  • Managed a smooth execution of projects balancing the field and the research. Key projects handled:
  • Feasibility test for Neighbourhood Dental Clinic Concept
  • Bayer’s Market Estimation in the Pest Control industry
  • Idea testing for MTIS across centers
  • Competitive analysis
  • AZ Research is a full-fledged marketing consultancy firm offering Market Research, Market Intelligence and Consultancy Services

Consultant

Sprinklr
02.2010 - 07.2010
  • Planned, executed and analysed online marketing and campaign conversion for the clients
  • Identified new clients and converted them by virtue of strategizing and data mining while understanding their needs, the brand preposition and the target-audience.
  • Drafted whitepapers and reports for the company. A few key reports handled:
  • An analysis for Shine.com to understand the best-mailer and cues for the best subject-line
  • Various insights in terms of invitation mailers, day and time for mailing for Fashion and You
  • Case-study on Citibank and the benefits from using an ESP
  • A Whitepaper to highlight the significance of an ESP, concerning the Deliverability of mailers
  • Presentation to compound the importance of Sprinklr List

Education

PG - Communications Management & Entrepreneurship

MICA
Ahmedabad
01-2009

Masters - English

IGNOU
01-2008

PG Diploma - Business Journalism and Corporate Communication

Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, Delhi University
01-2007

Bachelor of Education - undefined

Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut
01-2006

B.A - Maths and Computer Applications

Kalindi College, Delhi University
01-2005

Skills

Project monitoring

Client relations

Development milestone planning

Resource utilization planning

Task prioritization

Stakeholder relations

Project Management

People Management

Resource coordination

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Performance metrics

OTHER ACTIVITIES

MICA, Ahmedabad, 2008 Co-ordinated and led a team of individuals responsible for the registration of candidates for the Entrepreneurship Forum. The forum had participants from 27 countries GGCSCC, Delhi 2007 Chief Fest Co-ordinator for ‘Zephyr’ – the Journalism Fest Led the media- coverage of the fest Sports Secretary, Kalindi College 2004-05 Organised and managed Sports Fest in College which saw massive participation from other colleges in DU Others Written scripts for NCERT Won second prize in on-the-spot script writing competition held at Hansraj College Won a number of prizes at inter-school level in events like poetry recitation and writing, debates Sports-Athletics Represented my college in inter-university handball tournaments and basketball tournaments Awarded ‘Best Sportsperson of the Year’, at School MICA, Ahmedabad, 2008 Co-ordinated and led a team of individuals responsible for the registration of candidates for the Entrepreneurship Forum. The forum had participants from 27 countries GGCSCC, Delhi 2007 Chief Fest Co-ordinator for ‘Zephyr’ – the Journalism Fest Led the media- coverage of the fest Sports Secretary, Kalindi College 2004-05 Organised and managed Sports Fest in College which saw massive participation from other colleges in DU Others Written scripts for NCERT Won second prize in on-the-spot script writing competition held at Hansraj College Won a number of prizes at inter-school level in events like poetry recitation and writing, debates Sports-Athletics Represented my college in inter-university handball tournaments and basketball tournaments Awarded ‘Best Sportsperson of the Year’, at School

Interests

Sports; Travelling

INTERNSHIPS & OTHER PROJECTS

  • Interned at iMRs, a Marketing Research Company. Key projects managed:
  • Conducted competitive analysis and in-depth interviews for Yamaha
  • Moderated focused- group-discussion to segment, target and position Del Monte, a processed food major
  • Closely worked for the qualitative module in Ludhiana for Toyota’s forthcoming launch in SUV category
  • Completed a report for MSD, a pharmaceutical company
  • Conducted SSIs for Bureau of Energy Efficiency, to understand the success of the star-labelling program, a GOI initiative for energy conservation
  • Conducted competitive analysis for Sanchos, a tex-mex restaurant in South-Delhi. Provided findings to the company to increase the foot-falls in the restaurant
  • Instrumented a project for Deltasoftware, a Software Company, to understand the general psyche of rural people of Himachal towards their software. The software is used by Zoom developers to encourage entrepreneurship in the villages. The project was part of the government’s e-governance project
  • Successfully completed dissertation on Buying Hierarchy- Investigated the validity of the general framework of Functionality, Reliability, Convenience and Price for various samples in the transitional phase

Timeline

Associate Project Manager

Escalent
12.2022 - Current

Manager

Intage Group
04.2022 - 11.2022

Consultant

RSB Insights
01.2022 - 05.2022

Manager

Novartis
08.2020 - Current

Research Manager

Niftem
04.2020 - 07.2020

Consultant

Nielsen
01.2020 - 04.2020

Consultant

InfoLeap
07.2018 - 02.2019

Manager

Vendor
03.2018 - 01.2020

PGT English

DAV School
07.2017 - 06.2018

Consulting Projects

Euro monitor International
02.2017 - 06.2017

Consulting Projects

Saree.com
02.2017 - 06.2017

Consulting Projects

Rediffusion
02.2017 - 06.2017

Research Executive

Nielsen
06.2011 - 02.2017

Research Executive

AZ Research
08.2010 - 05.2011

Consultant

Sprinklr
02.2010 - 07.2010

Masters - English

IGNOU

PG Diploma - Business Journalism and Corporate Communication

Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, Delhi University

Bachelor of Education - undefined

Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut

B.A - Maths and Computer Applications

Kalindi College, Delhi University

PG - Communications Management & Entrepreneurship

MICA
Jyotsana KhetarpalAssociate Project Manager