A Ph.D. candidate at Michigan State University specializing in Operations and Sourcing Management. Skilled in research, supply chain management, and advanced analytics with a proven track record in industry and academia. Passionate about delivering solutions to complex operational challenges.
Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Operations and Sourcing Management

Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business, East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Skills: Research Skills, Econometrics, Supply Chain Management, Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methodologies, Python, Scikit-Learn, Data Envelopment Analysis, Stata, R

Master of Technology (MTech), Industrial Engineering

Indian Institute of Management Mumbai, India

Activities: Student Coordinator at Samiksha Industry Interaction Cell of NITIE
Skills: Research Skills, Supply Chain Management, Six Sigma, Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methodologies, R

Bachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Manipal Institute of Technology, India

Experience

Research Assistant

Aug 2022 - Present at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Skills: Stata, Scikit-Learn, +7 skills

Management Trainee

Anklesvar, Gujarat, India, at Asian Paints (Full-time)

Skills: Supply Chain Management, Six Sigma

Research Associate

Jul 2021 - Aug 2022 at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Skills: Supply Chain Management, Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methodologies, +3 skills

Summer Intern

Apr 2017 - May 2017 at PepsiCo, Gurgaon, India

Skills: Supply Chain Management, Six Sigma

Graduate Engineering Trainee

Jun 2015 - May 2016 at JSW Steel, Ballari Area, India

Responsibilities:

  • Executed Preventive and Breakdown maintenance activities of equipment in Steel Melting Shop
  • Worked as a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer in Steel Melting Shop 2 in Basic Oxygen Furnace area

Projects

Process and Work Standardization for World Class Quality (WCQ) requirement at TATA Motors, Jamshedpur

Jun 2013 - Present

  • Performed the Time study and formulated WIS (work instruction sheet) to standardize human work
  • Documented various Non-Value added activities done by operators during the assembly of parts
  • Calculated load on each operator of the assembly line and compared it with time available
  • Implemented WIS on the shop floor and ensured time taken at each station was kept below the takt time
  • Eliminated Non-value adding activities and decreased the cycle time of the stations in the assembly line
  • Formulated load balance sheet to ensure deployment of sufficient manpower to achieve desired capacity
Skills: Six Sigma

Minimization of impeller changing time of Kanbara Reactor for De-sulphurization of Hot Metal at JSW Steel Vijaynagar Works

Jan 2016 - Feb 2016

  • Studied the impeller changing process and applied Time & Motion Study to measure the work content
  • Applied ECRS and VA/NVA framework to reduce work content in impeller changing process
  • Implemented SMED to restructure the work and suggested use of dedicated standard tools
  • Reduced impeller changing time of Kanbara Reactor by 46% (130 minutes to 72 minutes)
Skills: Six Sigma

Revamping of the Basic Oxygen Furnace at JSW Steel Vijaynagar Works

Dec 2015 - Jan 2016

  • Analyzed risk involved and prepared Risk Assessment Sheet for welding and gas cutting activities
  • Implemented the design of the furnace and scrutinized the stepwise execution of revamping activities
  • Synchronized and supervised civil and mechanical activities considering heavy equipment movements
Skills: Six Sigma

Low Temperature Thermo-Mechanical Treatment effect on the characteristics of AL 6061 alloy

Jan 2014 - May 2014

  • Analyzed chemical composition of the Al 6061 alloy and performed the annealing process
  • Solutionized the sample and conducted Hardness, Tensile and Microstructure studies
  • Carried out hardness and tensile tests for the cold rolled samples of 20%, 25%, and 30% deformation
  • Calculated peak hardness time for the deformations and plotted the graphs
  • Increased peak hardness value (51 HV to 132 HV) and higher peak load in tensile test for deformed samples
  • Achieved a reduction of 47% time in obtaining peak hardness for cold rolled sample
  • Increased peak tensile value by 3 times (1191 N to 3393 N) for deformed one with respect to annealed one
Skills: Six Sigma

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