Experience

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  SparkLiv Innovation Pvt Ltd

  • Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder

    • Sep 2022 - Present

    We are upcycling discarded plastic waste and making outdoor furniture and home decor products. Susbequently, we sell these products through online/offline channels to environmentally concious people and institutions.

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  SparkLiv Foundation

  • India
  • Waste Treatment and Disposal
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Chief Strategist & Co-founder

    • Jun 2020 - Present

    Our plastic waste management programme, named "Wastology", works closely with bulk municipal plastic waste generators like schools, colleges, hotels, restaurants, hopsitals, community halls, offices, housing societies, social events, etc. Key components are:1) Waste education based on 4R - Refuse, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle2) Plastic Waste segregation at source and collection 3) Tie-ups with recyclers for responsible management of each grade of plastic waste

  • Chief Strategist and Co-Founder

    • Feb 2018 - Jun 2021

    SparkLiv Foundation is a social impact (Section 8) company based in Lucknow (India). SparkLiv works with youth on road safety. Under our Youth4Change programme, we run dedicated projects named "Road-Wise" on road safety with school and college students.Our vision is to "broaden the role of children and youth in social development". Our mission is to partner schools/colleges in Uttar Pradesh and to work with students (6-25 yrs) on hands-on projects and education programmes.

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  MicroSave

  • India, Africa, South East Asia and Pacific Region

  • Senior Manager and Practice Group Leader

    • May 2010 - Jan 2018
    • India, Africa, South East Asia and Pacific Region

    At MicroSave, I was working as a Senior Manager (Specialist) in 'Digital Financial Services' domain, where I was leading the 'Banks and Product Development' practice group. I was playing the role of a DFS strategy, operations and technology solutions consultant, and led developmen...

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  SEWA-Lucknow

  • Lucknow (India)

  • MBA Summer Intern

    • Feb 2010 - Apr 2010
    • Lucknow (India)

    The topic of this project was “IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF MICRO ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ON WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT-A STUDY OF SEWA-LUCKNOW”. Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) Lucknow is an autonomous organization of Chikan artisans. SEWA-Lucknow was set up based on a UNICEF sponsored study conducted ...

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  • Lucknow and Delhi (India)

  • Software Systems Engineer

    • 2008 - 2009
    • Lucknow and Delhi (India)

    I was a core development team member and module lead of the prestigious 'Passport Seva Project' which was awarded to TCS by Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. Core areas of work included - requirement specification, module development and coding, functionality testing, tea...

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  Infosys Technologies Ltd

  • Pune (India) and San Ramon (USA)

  • Software Engineer

    • 2005 - 2008
    • Pune (India) and San Ramon (USA)

    As part of my first job, I worked for an important telecom giant (AT&T) based in USA. My job responsibilities included software development, functionality testing and configuration management. I also played the role of team lead and was responsible for project management of an important proje...

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  Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

  • Bangalore (India)

  • Project Intern

    • Feb 2005 - May 2005
    • Bangalore (India)

    The project title was "Development of Network Inventory and Monitoring Tool (NIMT)" for the Information Technology Department of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore.The objective of developing the tool was: "NIMT supports all functions related to the control and management of ...