Abhishek Mehta
- |-| 229, Bokadia Mansion, Princess Street,
Marine Lines, Mumbai 400002
Professional Experience
GradLimited (Jun 2016- Current): Founder and Executive Director
Founder of a startup in the student mentorship and assessment space that help students
find relevant jobs, courses and internships based on their personality traits.
In charge of the overall marketing and investor relations
The startup reached a user base of over 5000 registered students 30 affiliated colleges
and over 45 active recruiters
Some of the places where Gradlimited has been featured
Firstpost:
http://www.firstpost.com/business/gradltd-to-help-graduates-make-career-decisionscos-hire-candidates-.html
BW Disrupt:
http://bwdisrupt.businessworld.in/article/GradLimited-A-Revolutionary-Mentorship-Platform-for-Students-and-Young-Graduates/-/
Daily Hunt:
http://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/business+world-epaper-bizworld/gradlimited+a+revolutionary+mentorship+platform+for+students+and+young+graduates-newsid-?
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Entrepreneur India:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/294762
OYO Rooms (Sep 2015-June 2016): Micro Market Head
Driving room sales in Corporate Travelers segment by signing MOU’s with companies,
managing key accounts pan Mumbai
Achieve sales targets through existing and new corporate clients and travel agents
Work in close connection with hotel owners to secure additional inventory, extract best
rates for bulk booking deals and facilitate flexibility on group booking demands
Drive branding initiatives within the hotel property and the overall micromarket, through
activities like college festival sponsorship, display marketing at travel agent desks, etc
Reaching out and building a network of Clients (Tourism Boards, Hotels, Holidays, Airlines
and related industries) for direct sales
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Purple Squirrel Eduventures Pvt. Ltd (Dec 2014-Sep 2015) - Business Intelligence Manager
Purple Squirrel Eduventures is a SINE, IIT Bombay startup creating safe, hassle free
and impactful industry visit programs. To bridge the industry-academia gap by bringing the right students to meet with the most relevant companies.
Piloted the Account Development Executive (ADE) function, the face of the company for corporate houses. The team consisted of 5 members based remotely.
Established the Partnerships and Alliances function in the company, lead strategic tieup’s like Adlabs Imagica, Monginis, Coupon Dunia, Smaaash, etc
Catalyzed the set-up of Business Intelligence function in the organization. Responsible
for conducting research, creating whitepapers, preparing and conducting training and
development programs
Prepared and conducted the sales enablement program in the organization, enabling
the sales team to do insight driven sales with the help of whitepapers, case studies
and sales scripts
Drafted the feedback collection mechanism on the NPS scale and subsequently the reports for various stakeholders on the basis of the feedbacks, including a quarterly business outcome study report
CEB SHL’s Talent Measurement Solutions (Feb2013- Dec 2014) Sales Support and Project Management
Identifying and increasing the number of qualified prospects through screening
based on parameters like; Employee Strength, Turnover, HR Expenditure, In-house
or Outsourced
Assessment Practices etc and promoting SHL’s’ range of Assessment solutions depending
on the Organizations’ need(s)
Responsible for Creating and Leading the Project Management team, bringing about a
change in the entire organization structure
Leading and managing projects worth 3m USD, including companies like Aditya Birla
Group, Mahindra and Mahindra, ICICI Bank, Tata Power, etc
Selected Accomplishments:
Achieved a growth YOY of 120 % in sector deployed
Built and lead a team of 5 members, created process and templates from the scratch
Bombay Trading Co (May 2010-May 2011) - Business Development
Manager
Developed the Mumbai market, leading a team of 5 people. Created
Marketing programs for a variety of business-to-business clients
Selected Accomplishments:
Expanded client base by 83% in one year by consistently delivering goal-surpassing marketing results and ensuring complete client satisfaction
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Summer Internship
Gem Tours and Travels (Apr 2012-June 2012) - Researcher and
Tour Manager
Duration: 2 months
Location: South Africa
Objectives: Doing a feasibility check of a new venue to aid development of a new product and management of tour groups in South Africa
Selected Accomplishments:
Research aided the market launch of a revised itinerary- South Africa. Identified opportunities, researched new possibilities, collaborated with operations team and oversaw
the successful launch
Hosted groups of 70+ people as a tour manager. Managing their stay, travel, food and
excursion
Additional Qualifications
Certified Digital Marketer by the DMTI Institute
Certificate of Appreciation by TAM in TAM Research with a scholarship reward for the
securing the 2nd Place
Completed the Challenger Sale Training Program at CEB
Education
LLB 3rd Year:
Currently Pursuing- Mumbai University
PGDBM (MBA):
N.L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research-%
B.COM:
Mumbai University (Jai Hind College) March 2010
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