Gaurav Vikramsingh Chhonker

Consultant at iGrant.io
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(386) 825-5501
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Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, IN
Languages
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Hindi Full professional proficiency
  • Marathi Limited working proficiency
  • Nepalese Limited working proficiency

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Col Gaurav is a thorough professional and a veteran who has rendered yeoman service to the Nation. He has held various appointments in the organisation and has made outstanding contributions. It was great to undergo the Post graduate program in Artificial intelligence with him and this is a fine example of his zeal to consistent updation and embracing niche technologies. I strongly recommend Col Gaurav and wishing him all the very best for his future endeavors.

Angad Reyar

I have witnessed the professionalism of Col Gaurav at close quarters. He was at that time leading a large team with such remarkable standards that the team under him was highly-motivated, achieved many 'firsts' & delivered beyond the expected standards on numerous occasions. A well read, intuitive leader who is a life long learner. He is always on the path of self-learning & mentoring, aptly utilizing his enormous knowledge to guide, improve, nurture his team.

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Experience

    • Sweden
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Consultant
      • Sep 2022 - Present

      SaaS - Data privacy - Global interoperability - Consent Management - Data intermediary services - Zero knowledge integration - Blockchain SaaS - Data privacy - Global interoperability - Consent Management - Data intermediary services - Zero knowledge integration - Blockchain

    • India
    • Retail Art Dealers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Independent Consultant
      • Aug 2020 - Aug 2022

      • Freelance consultation to Kaushalam Creations, a Woman led start-up which deals in authentic hand painted products created by in-house artisans in 6 different types of ancient Indian art forms • Consulted in digital marketing including new website creation and export oriented sales • Consulted in opening of new retail spaces and customer acquisition in international market • Freelance consultation to Kaushalam Creations, a Woman led start-up which deals in authentic hand painted products created by in-house artisans in 6 different types of ancient Indian art forms • Consulted in digital marketing including new website creation and export oriented sales • Consulted in opening of new retail spaces and customer acquisition in international market

    • India
    • Financial Services
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Vice President Business Operations
      • Mar 2020 - Aug 2020

      • Designed and operationalized Centralized distribution network across 80 cities in the country. • Handled crisis situations of COVID -19 wrt establishing work from home norms to ensure continuity of Business operations • Data driven Capacity planning for optimization of Service Assurance and Business Operations Team – 50 % cost reduction • Operationalized automation of Business Operations pan – India; resulting in reduced TATs in service assurance • Operationalized Automated call Centre process including Instant Technical resolution for a 60000 + customer touch points Show less

    • Defense and Space Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Director Of Training And Development
      • Aug 2018 - Mar 2020

      Company deals with providing umbrella leadership for 13 combat units of 350 employees eachRole – Appointed as Director to head overall training and development efforts in imparting leading edge capabilities to 4500 employees by analysing current trends and identifying areas for positive change to achieve organisational goals. Track and Recommend awards and incentive to best performances in core competencies and co-curricular activitiesSelected Achievements - Designed comprehensive training matrix for career progression of 4500 combatant for 9 levels - Formulated 5 training advisories, 2 validation manual for assessing performance standards and 13 annual appraisal reports Show less

    • Head Of Operations
      • Feb 2016 - Aug 2018

      Role – Promoted as Commanding Officer to head the independent unit of 200 employees under direct leadership. Team awarded 4 GOC-in- C Commendation Medals for executing 2 missions; first of its kind in Indian Army on Northern Borders.Selected Achievements – Recognized as best performing unit for 2 consecutive years in annual performance assessment test - Initiated and managed infrastructure Project worth 450 Cr for developing office cum residential facility for 200 employees - Forecasted and managed annual budget and administered all purchasing process for office supply and property- Reduced operational costs by 20 % in administrative and back office expenditure by automation of office work - Laid down KPI, assigned tasks based on WBS, track and analyze employee records, vacation schedule, payroll, department metrics and performance appraisal to identify variance and implemented comprehensive plans for up skilling - Maintained direct communication with senior management at Army Headquarters to achieve 15 % annualized cost saving through presentation on units restructuring proposal and several brainstorming rounds until approval of government sanction- Executed 2 CSR projects of plantation and facility for war widows in collaboration with ecological force and state governmentProject – Challenged with typical people management crisis of 100 employees (50%) transferred to different companies in 1 month and replaced by 100 employees from 95 different units. Designed and implemented 6 week team building orientation capsule to train and one on one counselling sessions with each to culture fit and motivate them towards goals Show less

    • Director Of Operations
      • Jun 2014 - Jan 2016

      Premier national training institute; apex centre which is a research centre & trains combatants including foreign country Role – Handpicked to function as HR & Administrative Head of 500 + non-combatants employees of the training instituteSelected Achievements - Managed HR functions including pay fixation, appraisal management, training needs and welfare- Resolved promotion anomalies while being member of 10 departmental promotion committee at Army Headquarter Level- 15 % annualised cost optimization by restructuring resource utilization in Training Institute – review once in a decade- On boarding: Conducted end to end recruitment process of new employees at various levels - Presented resource optimization plans, statutory orders promotion norms applicable pan- Indian army Additional Assignments – Functioned as Head of institute funds office and managed finances , achieved 10% reduction in operating costs by accurate forecast in bulk purchases through market surveys and investing in profitable options - Project manager in Equipment & Technology Department to conduct outdoor Trials of new generation equipment Show less

    • Head Logistics and Supply Chain
      • Mar 2013 - May 2014

      Combat unit deployed in remote insurgency area of north – east, typically functioning in a joint operations environment in close coordination with stakeholders from state department, CAPF, vigilance, tea – estate managers and police departmentRole – Promoted as the second – in – command responsible for operations, logistics, HR and administration of 410 combatantsSelected Achievements – Operated as the face of unit in conjunction with and also absence of commanding officer - Directed logistic operations in supply chain of rations, clothing and ammunition in captive fleet and inventory management - Implemented containerised and assured full capacity carriage on return which resulted in 15% reduction in logistic costs - Project - Volunteer Work - Conducted psychological analysis of 400 combatants for personality assessment and prepared employment matrix (right man – right job) Designed and implemented Stress management programme for affected combatants Show less

    • Defense and Space Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Chief Planning Officer
      • Apr 2011 - Nov 2012

      Role – Responsible for strategic planning in infrastructure development, training philosophies and inventory management Selected Achievements – Formulated Roll on plans and allotted projects worth INR 120 Cr and achieved 95 % on time delivery - Headed project of excel-based data analytics integrated with MIS for scalable data representation to plan operations - Managed accurate invoicing of 2000 plus inventory items and distribution to 25 customer entities Role – Responsible for strategic planning in infrastructure development, training philosophies and inventory management Selected Achievements – Formulated Roll on plans and allotted projects worth INR 120 Cr and achieved 95 % on time delivery - Headed project of excel-based data analytics integrated with MIS for scalable data representation to plan operations - Managed accurate invoicing of 2000 plus inventory items and distribution to 25 customer entities

    • Defense and Space Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Operations Manager
      • Jan 1999 - Dec 2010

      Role -Handled various portfolios in the rank of Lieutenant, Captain and Major of Indian Army in the verticals of security, operations, HR and SCM. Growth from operations leads to operations manager responsible for 120 combatants Role -Handled various portfolios in the rank of Lieutenant, Captain and Major of Indian Army in the verticals of security, operations, HR and SCM. Growth from operations leads to operations manager responsible for 120 combatants

Education

  • The University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business
    POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR LEADERS, Machine learning, Deep learning and neural networks
    2019 - 2020
  • Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
    Course in International Business Management, International Business
    2019 - 2019
  • Defence Information Warfare Institute, Indore
    Certificate in Cyber Security, Social Media Management & Psychological Operations
    2018 - 2018
  • Defence Headquarters Training Institute (DHTI), Delhi
    Certificate in Personnel Management
    2015 - 2015
  • Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR) , Delhi
    Psychological Management Course
    2012 - 2012
  • Defence Training Institute, Indore
    Middle level Leadership course
    2005 - 2005
  • University of Pune
    Master of Science - MSc
    2004 - 2005
  • Defence Training Institute, Nasik
    Diploma in Weapon Systems
    2004 - 2004
  • Defence Training Institute , Nasik
    Certificate in Weapon Systems
    1999 - 1999
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University (National Defence Academy)
    Bachelor of Science - BSc
    1994 - 1997
  • Ramjas School - Delhi
    HSC
    1993 - 1994
  • St Johns High School, Nagpur
    SSC
    1980 - 1992

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