The affable Dr. Stu =)

Five wunderful days with Dr.Michael Thompson in our campus, 19-23 feb 2007.. assignments, sessions, foto shoots, interview and high tea..all peppered with lotsa fun! Thanks a lot, Sir!

Cheers,
Ganga

Lecture: Joseph Stiglitz

Folks,

Topic: "Making Globalization Work" by Joseph Stiglitz
Link: \\mitserver\PGDSM MIT\Lecture

This lecture was delivered in Chennai on January 4, 2007.


Cheers,
Subin

Library: Ready Reckoner

How to get online formats of buks on VT libraries?

* goto "VT Library" (bistrobanter has this link)
* in search addison (lib catalog), type *XML*
* in the returned row, click the link of type *online format*
* $POOF$ you are now reading an online buk...

The present...and the future

HTTP, XML sessions...neat stuff, neat X-tools =)

Keywords: IEhttpAnalyzer, XMLspy, Altova

Dr. Michael Thompson is here..

Dhal gaya din, ho gayee shaam...

Bistrobanter Playlist: Send your fav mp3 today!

All our friends' fav mp3 at one place! This was apna Kartik's wunderful idea...Now, the IT implementation is thro' and bistrobanter 63 FM serves you all those favs...at one place..and how!

1. Javed - "Kangna-DrZeus"
2. Nitin Sharma - "TereBin-Atif"
3. Partha - "WindsOfChange-Scorpio"
4. Ganga - "Jotheyali-SPB"
5. Divya - "KabhiYunBhiToHo-Jagjit"
6. Rohit - "TeriBaahonMainHum-Sonu"
7. Sonia - "TuneMujhe-Shaan"
8. Subin - "DoPal-Sonu"
9. Josyula - "ItzMyLife-BonJovi"
10. Somansh - "Aadat-Atif"
11. Sachin Pahwa - "KisiNaKiseSe"
12. Delzin - "WorldHoldOn-BobSinclair"
13. Pallavi - "NothingGonnaChange-Madeiros"
14. Tarun - "EveryBreath-Police"
15. Parag - "TumGayeHo"
16. Rachit - "Roobaroo"
17. Vishal - "HoshwalonKo"
18. NitinSharma - "SummerOf69-BhaiAdams"
19. Javed - "LifeIsAFlower-AceOfBase"
20. Nitin Sharma - "KuchIsTarah"
21. Mitros - "UAreBeautiful"
22. Sukanya - "EnMelVizhunda-Jesudas"
23. Praveen - "VellaiPookkal-ARRahman"
24. Sukanya - "AgarTumNaHote-Kishore"

Patent in the waiting: Optical Fiber - Manas Sahu

Optical fiber with low attenuation at 1380 nm wavelength region and the method of producing the same.

The present invention relates to a method of preparing low attenuation single mode fiber and particularly to the preparation of optical fiber preform from which single mode optical fiber is drawn shows low transmission loss in the 1360 to 1460 nm (E-band) wavelength region.

Inventors: Gupta, Kaushal; Dayanandan, Sreena; Sahu, Manas Ranjan; Ahmed, Koilakh; Sahu, Hrudaya Ranjan

Assignee: STERLITE OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

For more details, click here

Cheers,
Ganga - Bistrobanter, Technorati

Prof. Lakshmi Mohan's lecture on Walmart

The Indo-American Society Management Development Forum had invited Prof Lakshmi Mohan to give a lecture on Walmart this evening at Hotel Marine Plaza. All the eminent dignitaries were present such as the Founder of the Forum Mr. Jasu Shah, Chairperson Ms. Elizabeth Kauffman and President Mr. Balachandran. The audience comprised of 70% corporates and 30% SPJIMR students. Ms Elizabeth set the initial tone of the lecture by specifying that Walmart had planned to use the superstore concept in India. She also mentioned that the Indian market has the ability to absorb foreign influences. Also Walmart offers the lowest prices and it has the potential to overcome some of the infrastructural problems prevalent in India. With this, she handed over the podium to Prof Lakshmi.

Walmart- Its Growth and the Future

Some Facts

• Jack Welch benchmarked Walmart for the speed at which they performed.
• It is the World No 2 Company as far as size is concerned, the No 1 being Exxon Mobil.
• Failed in Germany and South Korea
• Sluggish growth in US market in the recent past
• They have the EDLP (Every Day Low Price) segment which they followed for years. But now they are rethinking on that front
• Best in inventory management and logistics – Sued Amazon for stealing their inventory management ideas
• Data warehouse is 2^nd only to that of the US government

Growth

• Information Technology played a major role in the company’s growth- extensive use of the same in its business
• It has robust management processes
• Partnership with its suppliers and employees
• Obsessive focus on Costs – always thinking of cost cutting methodologies
• Absolutely Iron tight process is what they follow

History

• Started by Sam Walton in 1962. The first store was launched on that year
• It was located at Bentonville, which was a town at the backwater of Arkansas, a place which was known to have ‘More number of chicken than number of people staying there’
• 1970, it went public

Business Model

• Located stores in small towns
• Problem – No proper infrastructure or logistics
• Kept overhead low
• Moved into food retail in 2001 which is comparatively difficult to maintain
• Paid very less to their employees but made them the stakeholders of the company (“Golden Cuffs”)
• Knocked off the wholesaler in the distribution chain which saved the money which would have otherwise gone as commission
• Incorporated Just in Time approach where he incorporated IT extensively
• Strict about prices with suppliers
• Shared information with its suppliers

Key Features

• No class system or segmentation – all employees known as Associates
• 60% of their managers are those who have moved up the chain over years
• Empowering of front lines
• Keeps track of the competitor’s prices by visiting the competitor’s stores and buying goods from there
• Disdain for extravagance – corporate offices itself has a worn out look
• On outbound trips, CEO is supposed to share a room
• Culture of cost consciousness adhered to strictly
• Thinks one store at a time – strategy executed at the detail level
• The department store managers or the sales managers in the various stores knows the profit margin of each of the goods sold
• Keeps ears close to the ground – The company’s managers themselves go out in public and gather customer feedback instead of sitting in their corporate offices
• Follows Scan based Trading
• Reaction time very quick
• Incorporated IT to help in Absentee Ownership i.e. ability of the manager to control and monitor the store even in his/her absence
• Roped in a young CIO for the same

Failures – Germany

• Entered Germany by buying 2 small stores
• Germany has very strict and stringent shop rules and regulations
• Already many local low priced stores or shops were present
• Walmart wanted to provide customer delight by providing bagging and other facilities to the customers without hiking the price. But the customers were suspicious about the quality and nature of products which Walmart was selling
• Faced a culture difference

Changes taking place

• Detail rich HR database
• Hired a director of diversity
• In China, they opened the doors to unionism
• Segments customers into six major segments and designs stores accordingly

With this Prof Lakshmi concluded the lecture saying that Walmart might prove to be a baggage of surprise for India.

Cheers,
Sonia Kar - Bistrobanter, Marine Plaza

Profile: Sudhir Kumar Jena

Sudhir Kumar Jena, 22
Bachelor of Technology (Information Technology),College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar

DOCC Project – IMAGE, Bhubaneswar

Implementation of a web interface to make rural people aware of better agricultural management practices.

Making women self help groups in Bhubaneswar aware about Right To Information Act and its need in their lives.

Certifications

Completed “Certificate Course in Network Management using Linux Level I” from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar and “Certificate Course in Network Management using Linux Level II” from Xavier Labour Research Institute, Jamshedpur.

Achievements

Winner of the Power-up event ( a B-plan competition) hosted FMS, New Delhi among participants from Top 30 B-schools in India.

Selected for the post of Software Engineer in 2005 by Infosys Technologies

Secured second position in Inter College T.T. Fest ’05 hosted by KIIT (DU), Third position in T.T. Singles and Doubles Events during Indoor Athletic Society of C.E.T Meet 2004-05, First position in T.T singles and Second position in Doubles events during Indoor Athletic Society Meet 2000-01 of College of Basic Science and Humanities.

Secured First prize in Group Dance Competition during Annual Intercollegiate Cultural Meet of C.E.T, Bhubaneswar – X’tasy 2004 among 17 teams.

Profile: Abhishek Jain

Abhishek Jain, 23
Bachelor of Technology (Electronics & Telecommunication)
College of Engineering Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh Technical University Lucknow

DOCC Project – Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal Ltd. (MAVIM), Mumbai
Micro-financing for Women SHGs – Analysis & Recommendation Plan; enhancing operational efficiency through MIS optimization. Assistance and strategy model for integrating the working of Self Help Groups.

Software Engineer, Infosys Technologies Limited (4 months)

Part of a team which designed a Simulation Software for general Banking operations.

Achievements

* International Business Summit, L’Oreal e-strat challenge, amongst the top 4 % teams worldwide selected out of the 15000 participating teams (2006)

* International Business Summit, Part of Management Student Program, IIMA Confluence (2006)

* National Level B School Fest, E-Connect Virtual Game Event: 1^st prize, Nimitt SPJIMR (2006)

* National Level B School Fest: Vyavsaya Marketing Event 3 ^rd prize - Nimitt SPJIMR (2006)

* Business Analytics Case Competition conducted by Inductis: 3 ^rd prize-SPJIMR (2006)

Profile: Rahul Jain

Rahul Jain, 24
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical), Nagpur University

DOCC Project – Public Concern for Governance Trust (PCGT), Mumbai
Access to Justice (A2J) – Implementation of ISO based GAP analysis tool for the research done in Indian Justice System including Mumbai High Court, Mumbai police and Prisons.

Engineer 1, PTC (Parametric Technology Corporation) Software Ltd, Pune (11 months)

Domain – PDM & PLM | Role – Product Specialist

Major Client Handled: Toyota Motors Corporation (TMC)

· Responsible for the product enhancement through client interaction.

· Testing of the Windchill PDM and PLM software enhancements

Senior Engineer, Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited, Pune. (24 months)

Domain – Engine Research and Engineering, PLM, ERP usage | Role – Project Module lead

· Researched and Designed 40 HP and above CNG Engines.

· Development of Engines and deployment of processes through PDM & PLM implementation.

· Market competition analysis for engine development project

Certifications

· APICS Certification in Basics of Supply Chain Management

· Technology Management Certification from Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited(Training held under NICMAR, Pune)

Achievements

· Awarded “Performance excellence award” for the work in Kirloskar Oil engines limited, Pune.

· Represented S.P.Jain Institute of management and Research in GE Day Business plan competition out of 80 teams from other top B-schools.

· Held 2^nd Position in B-Plan competition in NIMITT, an annual event held at SPJIMR

· Represented SPJIMR in the “Concept2Creativity” event held at XLRI, Jamshadepur and “Ogilvy”

Profile: Delzin Irani

Delzin P. Irani, 24
Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical), Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Pune University

DOCC Project: Salaam Balak Trust, Delhi
Developed a web enabled database for the trust and actively took part in the local initiatives of the trust.

Work experience:

• Responsible for communicating with different business partners, understanding their requirements, analyze the business as well as the systems impact and roll out onto environment
• Worked as Senior Officer in the Retail and Liabilities Sector in ICIC Banl Ltd
• Responsible for implementation of 5S and 6 sigma at the branch office.
• Frozen quotations for various business proposals after interacting with clients

Achievements:

· Awarded the second prize for Inductis- Business Analytics Case competition held in Aug, 2006.

· Third Place in writing a paper on “E-Governance and its Potentials” for SBU-IM magazine.

Profile: Natasha Indras

Natasha Indras, 22

Bachelor of Engineering (Bio-Medical), Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Bhopal

DOCC Project – UNDP and PCGT, Mumbai
Gap analysis and Process improvement of the entire justice delivery system involving Police, Judiciary and Prison suggesting feasible solutions for access to justice.

Graduation Projects:·

. Designed an Automatic Temperature Controller using Fuzzy Logic and artificial neural networks which could sense the room the temperature and automatically

· Developed a project on Therapeutic Cloning and Genetic Modification (Bio-informatics) for MP Science and technological park.

· Presented a project plan for Telemedicine to Madhya Pradesh State government.

Achievements

· In Top 1000 participants for the Microsoft Secure wars at national level.

· Organizer for event management in National Level Technical Symposium as a convener.

· Won first prize from M.P. Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park in project (bioinformatics) for state government.

· Received first prize in NCC drill competition at district level

Certifications

· Certified Six Sigma Green Belt.

· NCC C+ Certificate.

Profile: Tarun Gupta

Tarun Gupta, 24

Bachelor of Engineering ( Electronics & Communication )
Bangalore Institute of Technology, Bangalore

DOCC Project – Satark Nagrik Sangathan, Mumbai
Implementation assistance and strategy model for maximizing awareness about Right to Information. Piloted in the slums of Nehru Nagar, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai.

Software Engineer, Huawei Technologies India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore. Sep 2004- May 2006

( Domain – Telecom, Wireless Terminal Department, Mobile Handset Applications )

· Led a team of 5 people for the implementation of one of the major modules in Mobile Handsets.

· As part of Huawei Marketing team, negotiated with Reliance Telecommunications for getting the contract.

· Solely developed the application for the automation of test cases.

· Implemented one of the Critical Requirements for the China Unicom and was appreciated for that.

· Worked Onsite for the client: China Unicom for a period of six months.

Trainee System Analyst, Sonata Software Ltd. Jun 2004 – Sep 2004

Was under training for the period of 3 months

Achievements

PROFESSIONAL:

· Awarded the “ Employee of the Month “ twice in a team of 50 Employees at Huawei Technologies

ACADEMICS:

· Represented SP Jain Institute of Management at SCMHRD, Pune in the Paper Presentation Contest.(Nov,2006 )

· Certificate of Merit from National Mathematics Olympiad in 1998 ( 92% ) – Highest in the state ( UP )

· Certificate of Merit from CBSE in 1998 and 2000 for being among the top 0.1 percent of the successful candidates ( 97% )

· Awarded the Best All Rounder in the School for the year 2000

EXTRA-CURRICULARS:

· Winner of Inter College Table Tennis Championship ( 2003 )

· Represented School and College Cricket Team. Won several awards in cricket for excellence in that field. Was also selected for the District team ( 1999 )

· Named the Sports Person of the Year ( 2004 ) - BIT, Bangalore

Cloud so far...

cloud so far, words so few
in the rainbow, brought colors new

skies shone bright, birds sang
in the spring, brought flowers new

joyous moments many, dark clouds few
in my life, brought meaning new

in the rain, on the dew...
where are you...

cloud so far, words so few...

- Ganga

System Tweaks for U !

 
System Tweaks for U !
All Windows shortcuts have an arrow to the left bottom of the icons. Now if you want to have a clean desktop with arrow-free icons do the following:

1. Type "regedit" in the run command box (the same box you use to access dataserver)
2. Then navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIcons in the explorer pane. Now create a new string value by right clicking on the registry pane and name it 29. Then press enter.
3. Double click the newly created string value and set its value to "C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,52". Then press enter.
4. Close the registry editor and restart your computer to see the difference.

Please do let me know whether you would like such system tweaks published at bistrobanter by droppping in a mail to mit03.sudhirj@spjimr.ernet.in

Mr.Michael Nemeth visits SPJIMR

Mr. Michael Nemeth, VP - Insurance of CTS visited SPJIMR for a Guest Lecture on 7th Feb 2007.Mr.Nemeth has 27 years of experience in the Insurance industry with a diverse background in both 'Property and Casualty lines' of business and 'Life and Annuity lines' of business. He has extensive experience in consulting, outsourcing, business development and software package development, with a strong track record of building new business units.

Mr. Nemeth recently authored an article on ‘Overcoming Intuition: Flying lessons for Offshore Outsourcing Management’. In this article, he talks on ‘Beyond Management by intuition’.

On his visit to SPJIMR, he delivered a talk on the same. The following is the summary of his talk to the students.

Mr. Nemeth started the lecture by sharing his perspectives on IT revolution over the years. He said that the first phase marked a missionary zeal among the IT services organizations to convince clients about the proofs of concepts. They were getting the work that used to be done by independent vendors. They were typically harvesting the low hanging fruits in their domain of work. This first phase of IT revolution is over. Currently we are at the start of the second phase of IT revolution. The question in the minds of the clients these days is how to get strategic leverage out of the offerings from companies like CTS.

Second revolution is going to be counterintuitive, said Mr. Nemeth. Over the last 10 years the objective of outsourcing has been to save money. This is akin to dieting for the sake of reducing one’s grocery bill. A good outsourcing program achieves strategic objectives. Labor cost arbitrage is only a minor part of the contribution. Today the big ticket deals are in the area of rationalizing application portfolio for the client. We need to tell the client what applications can be pruned, upgraded and also advice them regarding the inclusion of strategic applications. Clients need partners to transform the business by applying technical and business skills. Billing rates only reflect our unit costs but the customer cost is known only after the project is completed. So billing rates are not costs, Performance is. No Cost Benefit Analysis can be done if the business value of the IT solutions is not known upfront. We need to increase the performance and there need not be a decrease in billing rates.

We are moving from what are currently pure services offering to a mixed services offering. The services are offered as a continuum. CRISP is an initiative where multiple companies come together to solve major problems in the Insurance industry. As regards the regulatory barriers, IT services firms face licensing requirements problems in only couple of states in the US. It is not a good idea to outsource your core competency. There is a gap between the strategy space and the implementation phase. CTS offers to bridge that gap. Speaking about the value of a deliverable, Mr. Nemeth observed an objective solution is of a lesser value if it is eventually not implementable. Corporate memory is preserved in the minds of the employees. Mr. Nemeth recounted Mr. Narayan Murthy’s words “My company’s equity becomes zero when my employees go back to their homes in the evening”. He added that this illustrates the criticality of human resource capital for a company. Having said this, he pointed out that professionals with business skills are the ones who are going to herald this second phase of IT revolution. Currently in CTS, 1000 out of 40000 employees are MBAs. This number, he said, will be going northward in the years to come.

An article was published in Coolavenues.com covering his visit and his speech.
http://www.coolavenues.com/bschools/news.php3
http://www.coolavenues.com/bschools/070212/spjimr-michael-1.php

The news is also linked from the Home Page of the site. You can also check Google News for listing of the same: -
http://news.google.com/news?&q=site:coolavenues.com&hl=en&scoring=d

Cheers,
Sukanya

Team Advitiya win @ IIT-Kgp

Shireen Shaikh, Sonaal Bangera, Saikumar Swamy and Ankur Joshi (team 'Advitiya' of SPJIMR's PGDSM MIT 03) have won first prize in the event Marca da Fabrica (Marketing Event) held during Kshitij '07 at IIT-Kharagpur. In all, 19 teams had been shortlisted for the final round.

The teams had been asked to design an ad campaign for a fictional company. The objectives of the campaign were:
1. To lay bare the racial undercurrent present in the movement against the company and to appeal to the masses to boycott such malicious campaign.
2. To highlight the technical edge of the company over its competitors.
3. To highlight that the company has a distinct pro employee stand.

Team Advitiya had designed the Logo, USP, Tagline, Color Newspaper Ad, poster and a 3 page internet based ad.

Congrats guys! Great job!


Cheers,
Ganga - Bistrobanter, Kharagpur

Profile: Shruti Gupta

Shruti Gupta, 24

B. Tech (Electronics &Communication Engineering), Uttar Pradesh Technical University

DOCC Project- INDCARE Trust, New Delhi
Case Study on the Midday meal program, an initiative by Delhi Government.

Associate Software Engineer, Birlasoft Limited (9 months)

* Developed, tested and maintained a .Net application for Stream Solutions, Australia.
The scope of work included Requirement Analysis, Architecture Designing, High Level
Designing, Low Level Designing
* Provided Support, Maintenance and Enhancement to Web application built on Asp.Net and
VB.Net
* Selected to work as a Technical writer because of good writing skills
* Created User Manual, Administration Manual and On-line Help Manual for KVH Telecom,
Japan (An Fidelity Investment Company)

Achievements

• 3rd place in “ Managing Nations” case contest at IIMA’s Confluence 2006
• Was a part of a 6 member team in analyzing a case on “State of Elementary Education in Ahmedabad”
• 1st Place in group discussion competition held at Sant Longowal Institute Of Engineering and Technology (SLIET) – Punjab
• Won the Best Speaker Award of the year 2003-2004 at Galgotias College of Engineering & Technology, Noida, U.P
• Was part of the editorial team that won best team of the month award at Birlasoft.
• Was part of the technical team that won best team of the month award at Birlasoft.
• Won Open Merit scholarship in Junior Science Talent Search Examination (JSTSE) at Delhi Level

Profile: Subin Gopinathan

Subin Gopinathan, 26

Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronics), Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu.

DOCC Project – ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Kochi
Understanding and assessing the Rural Insurance needs and developing a strategy for the company to successfully enter and sustain in the Rural Market

Assistant Manager, Cochin Shipyard Ltd., (44 months)

· Project Lead for Electrical repairs in Ship Repair Projects.

· Managing labour to expedite the repair process.

· Assessing material requirements for the projects and ordering the same.

· Exposure to International work environment, interfacing with clients, across Asia and Europe

· Internal auditor for ISPS

Achievements

• Ranked first among the batch of 30 Executive Trainees on completion of Training in Cochin Shipyard Limited.
• 3^rd Rank –B.E (EEE) in the University batch of 1998-2002.
• 2^nd prize in Academic Performance in the college for four consecutive years from 1998 – 2002.
• Secretary of Electrical Engineering Association in the college for the year 2001-2002.

RJ's Budday, 05 feb 2007

Was a khool party.. Thanks RJ! Wishing you the best for your silver jubilee year!

Cricket Finals Fotos, 04 Feb 2007

Profile: Anamitra Ghatak

Anamitra Ghatak, 26

Bachelor of Engineering (Information Science and Engineering)
Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum

DOCC Project – Voice of World, Kolkata
Worked for making proposals and raise funds with corporate companies for a medical clinic aimed at the physically challenged.

1. SAP Consultant (Enterprise Portal), TCS Ltd, Bangalore ( 9 months)
Domain – Enterprise Solutions | Customer – Holcim S.A. Holderbank, Switzerland

• Functional Consultancy for KM in SAP Enterprise Portal
• Business Analysis
  
• High level designing
  
• Change Management
  
• Implementation

2. Programmer - Analyst (Module Leader), Infosys Technologies Ltd, Bangalore
(30 months)
Domain – Banking and Capital Markets | Customer – ABN AMRO, SBI et al

§ Onsite Implementation of FINACLE in Paris and Frankfurt

§ Led a team of 7 for product development

§ Business Analysis, Low level Design, Development for product enhancement

§ Post Implementation Support

3. Sales Executive for ICICI Credit Cards (6 months)
Domain – Mercantile Banking

Extra Curricular Activities:

· Foreign Language known: French

· First Place in e-Swayer, a corporate debate in NIMITT -2006, SPJIMR

· Third Place in IIM-Ahmedabad Confluence Case Study competition

· First Place in Annual Drama Competition, Ramkrishna Mission, Belur Math

· First Place in West Bengal Govt. State Quiz competition

· First Place in Scientific Model Competition in Bose Institute, Kolkata

· Obtained National Scholarship for ranking 18^th in the W.B. State Board for 10^th Board Examination

Profile: Nikhil Gala

Nikhil Gala, 25

Bachelor of Engineering (Information Technology)
Thadomal Shahani Engg College,Mumbai

DOCC Project: Anti-Corruption Bureau, Mumbai
Development of the Citizen's Charter for Anti-Corruption Bureau, Maharashtra

Software Developer, MASTEK LTD. Mumbai (23 months)

• Domain: Insurance Broker Dealer Network (USA)
• Part of design and implementation team for migration of an insurance portfolio management system integration solution from BizTalk 2002 to BizTalk 2004.
• Worked on technologies like XML, UML (Rational Enterprise Suite), .net 2.0 framework, Sql Server 2000

Responsibilities

• Provided 24* 7 technical support to onsite team for system faults.
• Was responsible for effort estimation of various projects for same client and scheduled activities for team of 6.

Profile: Pallavi Agarwal

Pallavi Agrawal, 24

Bachelor of Engineering –Information Technology
Mody College of Engineering & Technology, Lakshmangarh

DOCC Project – Karni Vikas Samiti, Kota
Recommendation of an Integrated Information System, after analyzing the complete IT infrastructure, towards enhanced monitoring and control of overall processes and activities of the organization.

Business Analyst, Aakar Consultants (13 months)

• Managed the requirements engineering process and system design.
• Single point contact for interfacing between the project management team and the client.
• Part of the core team responsible for co-ordination between the different stakeholders during and after project completion.

Retainer, DCM Shriram Consolidated Limited (DSCL) (4 months)

• Managed organization’s Wide Area Network (WAN) spanning 14 locations all across India.
• Vendor management and co-ordination with various stakeholders involved.

Junior Software Engineer, Classic Comptech Pvt. Ltd. (6 months)

• Content management of portals and online knowledge bases.
• Designed and developed software catering to niche segments.
• Conducted training on Computer Networks.

Certifications

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), 2003.

Achievements

• 2^nd place in IIM-C international summit “Intaglio” for the event “State of Affairs” based on Supply Chain Management, 2007.
• Received Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Performance in Business Development during the year 2005-06
• Served as the Technical Coordinator for engineering college magazine “ENGINIUM” for two consecutive years 2002-04.
• Senior (4 years) Diploma in Kathak Dance awarded by Prayag Sangit Samiti, Allahabad.
• 1^st position in debate and quiz competitions at state level.

Profile: Siddharth Dhar

Siddharth Dhar, 26

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical), AISSMS, University of Pune

DOCC Project –

Starak Nagrak Sanghathan and Humanist Movement, Mumbai
Right to information for Electricity, Public Distribution System, Sanitation, Water and Education

Engineer Quality Assurance, Saint-Gobain Abrasive, Mumbai (23 Months)

• Implementation of Six Sigma (Black Belt) projects
• Ensuring process capabilities of critical Business Processes in SCM
• All India Customer complaints handing for total customer satisfactions
• Handling quality department of 18- Asst. Engineers for online QC and QA activities.
• Management team member and Internal auditor for ISO 9000,ISO 14000 , OSHAS: 18001 and 5S

Engineer Quality, Johnson Matthey Catalyst, Haryana (13 Months)

• Cost of poor quality analysis
• Gap analysis with respect to ISO/TS 16949
• Customer complaint handling & change process control
• Conducting customer & employee surveys to drive improvement projects
• Total Quality management of product and processes

Achievements

• Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
• Basics of Supply Chain Management from APICS USA
• President Six Sigma Club at S P Jain Institute of Management and Research
• General Sectary of SAE College Chapter.