About Me
I grew up in Kurnool, trained as a mechanical engineer, spent two years split between a cement plant and software support, and found my way to product management through an MBA at XLRI. Since then it's been gaming and live-streaming platforms — Junglee Games, then Loco — building the systems underneath the features: monetization, gamification, and the lifecycle infrastructure teams run on.
Career
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School
Through Class XII in Kurnool. Won a few olympiads along the way, with a feature in the regional paper for it.
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- Regional 8th rank in the Polytechnic examination after Class X (2012)
- AIR 4576 in JEE Mains, 2014
- Rank 3463 in EAMCET, 2014
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering — VNIT Nagpur
Four years at VNIT Nagpur, with a fair amount of extracurricular involvement alongside coursework.
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- Exhibition Head, AXIS'16 (Central India's largest technical festival, 25k+ footfall) — brought in Boeing and DRDO to exhibit
- NGO Affairs Manager, PRAYAAS — closely associated with Atmadeepam Society, Nagpur throughout college; gathered 50+ volunteer scribes to assist visually challenged students in their graduation exams
Senior Engineer — Birla Gold Cement (now UltraTech)
First job out of college, on the mechanical/maintenance side of a cement plant.
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- Evaluated pipe-conveyor-belt technology options, informing a decision that saved ~₹10 lakhs in money and work hours
- Managed installation of a pneumatic conveying system that eliminated manual handling and saved ~₹1.15 lakhs a month
Software Engineer — Hexagon CCI
Moved into a software support role, a first step toward product.
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- Resolved customer service requests 30% faster than the team average
- Contributed to a 30% increase in customer satisfaction through cross-team collaboration
MBA — XLRI Jamshedpur
An internship and a few committee roles alongside the degree — more on those below.
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- Interned at Tata Bluescope Steel (Apr–Jun 2021): built a financial feasibility model for reusable metal palettes, including demand forecasting and payback-period analysis, and a Production Possibility Frontier model for a 2.3-lakh-MT capacity plant
Product Manager I — Junglee Games
Owned Audience, an internal gamification and CDP platform serving 100mn+ users across seven games. Full stories: Timeline Missions and Audience Platform.
Product Manager — Loco
Owned Subscriptions, Quest Engine, and Streamer Tools on Core Platform for a live-streaming and esports platform. Full stories: Subscriptions and Quest Engine.
Beyond the resume
A few things from XLRI and VNIT that didn't fit the career timeline above.
Mirae Asset Foundation Scholarship
A merit-cum-need scholarship at XLRI, awarded to 2 of 427 eligible candidates in the batch of 2022.
Academic Committee, XLRI
Elected Senior Executive Member (14 of 432 candidates) and Class Representative. Ran the selection process for the next batch's committee and organized XL Utsav, a one-day festival with 900+ footfall.
Founding VP Education — XLRI Speaks (Toastmasters)
One of seven founding members of XLRI's Toastmasters chapter; ran the club's educational programming and tracked members' progress toward their speaking goals.
Senior Executive Member, PEACE
Sustainability and environmental awareness initiative at XLRI. Organized a national-level debate on sustainability, drawing 180 participants from 36 top B-schools.
National Finalist — El Empresario, IIM Rohtak
Top 5 of 247 participants in a case-competition final held during Infusion'21.
NGO Affairs Manager — PRAYAAS, VNIT
Closely associated with Atmadeepam Society, Nagpur throughout college, on teaching, assisting, and fundraising activities.
Also travel, and occasional writing — on the Personal page.