Aseem Kumar

Aseem Kumar -- EDUCATION Jul’16 Jun’17 Young India Fellowship, Ashoka University Post Graduate Diploma in Liberal Studies Sonipat, India Feb’17May’17 Harvard Business School Online - Credential of Readiness Financial Accounting, Economics for Managers and Business Analytics Sonipat, India Jul’09 Jun’13 Indian Institute of Technology - Banaras Hindu University Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering Varanasi, India WORK EXPERIENCE NRB Bearings Limited Aurangabad, India Jul’17 Present Executive Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer ❖ Driving 20+ major VAVE (cost reduction) projects across all NRB India business units ❖ Leading 4 major special initiatives across NRB related to outsourcing , workplace diversity, Industry 4.0, and knowledge management ❖ Managed the fastest (40% of usual time) CRB development for a major European auto manufacturer clinching business worth 2 Million USD equivalent to 11% of FY 17-18 PAT ❖ Leading daily teleconference across 4 key manufacturing plants to monitor production against target and take decisions to deal with critical business exigencies ❖ Chief Coordinator for the Steering Committee Meetings & COO Staff Meetings Jul’13 May’15 (40% of usual time) Ambuja Cement Ltd. Kolkata, India Civil Engineer - Customer Support Group ❖ Managed the launch of contractor loyalty program in Hooghly district (hostile market) Increased premium Ambuja(+) sales three fold from base revenue of 2 lacs INR/month ❖ Kolkata Branch Star Performer, February 2015 for best performance in marketing activities ❖ Top CRM Performer CSG - East (team of 25) - October 2014 May’12 Jun’12 Summer Intern, Integrated Construction Enterprises, Inc. New Jersey, USA Responsible for estimation work, occupational safety and indigenization of shop floor drawings LEADERSHIP & VOLUNTEERING Feb’19 Delegate at Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations Conference (2019) at Cambridge, MA, USA. Participated in the track Global Markets & Economy Dec’17 – Mar’18 Contributed 120 hrs to mentor 15 Grade-7 students for First Tech Robotics Challenge 2018 Jul’14 Delegate at Interseliger Youth Leadership Summit, 2014 at Ostashkov, Russian Federation Dec’11 Led the college team to the finals of the General Electric Edison Challenge at Bangalore, India Designed rainwater harvesting system 20% more efficient than traditional systems OTHER INFORMATION Languages Hindi, English, Bengali, & French Hobbies Travelling, numismatics, graphic designing and reading Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumaraseem/