Tarana Ahmad
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Joel Tham
Working with Tarana was fantastic, she helped to deliver massive pieces of work for WSP NZ around our Future Ready research which was so influential it was picked up and adopted globally. She is very much missed and anyone will be lucky to have her on the team.
Reena Raj
It has been a pleasure to work with Tarana for more than 4 years. She is an amazing knowledge professional with the capabilities of putting end to end management of any project assigned to her. She goes an extra mile to achieve the objectives and you can feel her energy as she articulates her work. Tarana also comes across as a great person to work with. Fun loving and enthusiastic - she pulls off a great team mate! An asset to any team.
Joel Tham
Working with Tarana was fantastic, she helped to deliver massive pieces of work for WSP NZ around our Future Ready research which was so influential it was picked up and adopted globally. She is very much missed and anyone will be lucky to have her on the team.
Reena Raj
It has been a pleasure to work with Tarana for more than 4 years. She is an amazing knowledge professional with the capabilities of putting end to end management of any project assigned to her. She goes an extra mile to achieve the objectives and you can feel her energy as she articulates her work. Tarana also comes across as a great person to work with. Fun loving and enthusiastic - she pulls off a great team mate! An asset to any team.
Joel Tham
Working with Tarana was fantastic, she helped to deliver massive pieces of work for WSP NZ around our Future Ready research which was so influential it was picked up and adopted globally. She is very much missed and anyone will be lucky to have her on the team.
Reena Raj
It has been a pleasure to work with Tarana for more than 4 years. She is an amazing knowledge professional with the capabilities of putting end to end management of any project assigned to her. She goes an extra mile to achieve the objectives and you can feel her energy as she articulates her work. Tarana also comes across as a great person to work with. Fun loving and enthusiastic - she pulls off a great team mate! An asset to any team.
Joel Tham
Working with Tarana was fantastic, she helped to deliver massive pieces of work for WSP NZ around our Future Ready research which was so influential it was picked up and adopted globally. She is very much missed and anyone will be lucky to have her on the team.
Reena Raj
It has been a pleasure to work with Tarana for more than 4 years. She is an amazing knowledge professional with the capabilities of putting end to end management of any project assigned to her. She goes an extra mile to achieve the objectives and you can feel her energy as she articulates her work. Tarana also comes across as a great person to work with. Fun loving and enthusiastic - she pulls off a great team mate! An asset to any team.
Experience
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cKinetics
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India
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Manager - Carbon Market Intelligence & Research Publications
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Jan 2023 - Present
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WSP in India
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India
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Civil Engineering
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Specialist - Research and Insights
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Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: - Responsible project deliveries and stakeholder management- Working on for high impact projects, and directly with leadership from all the levels, including senior global leadership- Handle requirement scoping & solutioning with the stakeholders followed by project execution with junior members - Ensure delivery quality by guiding junior team members around research methodology and end-to-end review - Building team capabilities by identifying the development areas - Training & onboarding of new team members KEY HIGHLIGHTS: - Worked on two whitepapers with international stakeholders, which have been published on WSP websites mentioning my name among the contributors- Worked on a sample work with a stakeholder which led to the project win involving two years of work- Have been instrumental in helping the team size grow to double since I have joined by ensuring quality delivery and relationship building with stakeholders- Significant experience of working on climate change, sustainability, net-zero, and ESG related subject areas Show less
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Senior Research & Business Analyst
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Mar 2019 - Dec 2020
Joined the team while it was still young and was in the early growth phase and required a lot of trust building with the stakeholders across the WSP offices globally by ensuring high quality delivery and value creation for them. The team remains the only structured research team across WSP and continues to support its offices globally.In this role, I was responsible for independent client delivery from the initial stage of project scoping, working on effort estimates, methodology & solutioning, delivering the research and final presentation to the stakeholders.By ensuring effective delivery, I was able to build trust-based relationship with various new stakeholders globally which turned into team's regular clients.Select areas of engagement: Digitisation, Account management, BIM, Channel partner programs, net-zero, healthy cities index, Other varied requirements around the engineering sectors in which WSP is working such as Transportation, Building & property, Infrastructure. Show less
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Evalueserve
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Switzerland
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager
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Feb 2017 - Feb 2019
- Instrumental in setting up teams for two new clients - Directly managed 7-8 member teams delivering short- and medium-term requests with the highest level of quality.- Primary point of contact for project- and delivery-related issues for all the deliverable/projects of the team- Generated ~1100 hours of annual productivity gains for the Canadian client by strategically automating the non-value-adding activities- Ensure client satisfaction, ensure adherence to service level agreements, and act as the team's interface for client interactions. - Prepare governance metrics and manage the governance process with the client Show less
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Senior Business Analyst
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Mar 2014 - Jan 2017
As a Senior Research Analyst, worked primarily on financial services, public sector and technology sector (along with cross industry). Worked on diverse and challenging projects along with training new members in the team.Key Responsibilities and Achievements:- Responsible for end to end client delivery of research projects allocated to me along with workflow allocation of the team in India and Chile delivery centres.- Created some new deliverables and industry reports for the client, which were well received by the end users and are still one of the recurring deliverables of the team.- End-to-end client delivery covering workflow allocation, quality and client handling. Show less
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Business Analyst
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Jun 2013 - Feb 2014
Key Responsibilities:- Responsible for delivering quality research to the clients covering project scoping, delivery, self quality check and client calls.- Worked on multiple projects across sectors.- Hands-on experience in using premium databases such as Factiva, Capital IQ, Hoovers, Avention, DNBi, Business monitor International
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Wipro
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New Delhi Area, India
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Business Analyst
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Nov 2011 - May 2013
Engaged with Wipro BPO’s Research, Analytics & Social Media unit with a focus on business research and social media monitoring. KRAs: • Business research assignments on BFSI sector which includes company profiles, newsletters, trend reports, industry reports • Research reports including in-depth company profiling with complete understanding of its market and competitors • Support to the pre-sales team for research and social media monitoring projects Engaged with Wipro BPO’s Research, Analytics & Social Media unit with a focus on business research and social media monitoring. KRAs: • Business research assignments on BFSI sector which includes company profiles, newsletters, trend reports, industry reports • Research reports including in-depth company profiling with complete understanding of its market and competitors • Support to the pre-sales team for research and social media monitoring projects
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ETASHA Society
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India
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Facilitator cum Placement Coordinator
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Sep 2010 - Apr 2011
Handled the placement of trainees across Delhi-NCR and actively participated in the facilitation part to empower the trainees with the necessary skills and knowledge for the employment. Handled the placement of trainees across Delhi-NCR and actively participated in the facilitation part to empower the trainees with the necessary skills and knowledge for the employment.
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CyberMedia
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India
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Technology, Information and Media
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200 - 300 Employee
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Summer Intern
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May 2009 - Jun 2009
Undergone summer traing wherein I was held held responsible for a market research assignment titled “Evaluation for Reorientation, of DQ Week (Delhi & NCR)”. It gave me exposure in the following areas: • Conduct primary review of the product ,DQ Week( weekly newspaper), for preparation of questionnaire • Conducting interviews • Analysis & Interpretation Undergone summer traing wherein I was held held responsible for a market research assignment titled “Evaluation for Reorientation, of DQ Week (Delhi & NCR)”. It gave me exposure in the following areas: • Conduct primary review of the product ,DQ Week( weekly newspaper), for preparation of questionnaire • Conducting interviews • Analysis & Interpretation
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Education
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Jamia Millia Islamia
Masters, International Business -
Delhi University
B.Com.(p), Commerce -
Delhi University
Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)