Aakarsh Bengani
Co-Founder at RetOpto
Freshman at University of California, Berkeley
RetOpto
https://www.linkedin.com/company/retopto
-Head of Operations.
-Developed a SaaS-based platform for brick and mortar stores in India to help them in inventory analysis, return optimization, and re-commerce of unsold products.
-Our efforts helped 70+ retailers to successfully optimize their returns and create a low churn ratio for their supply chain mechanism.
New Delhi, Delhi, India
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Co-Founder
Pee Safe
https://www.linkedin.com/company/peesafe
-Assisting the team with product pricing, omnichannel distribution modeling, and target market analysis for Raho Safe products.
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
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Sales And Operations Intern
KICKIZER Sanitization
https://www.linkedin.com/company/kickizer-sanitization
-Aiding Schools in the reopening process, at Kickizer we devise solutions using for schools to deal with Covid -19 crisis.
-Built prototype models using Fusion 360, autocad and maufactured 400+ devices.
-Partnered with Genus Apparels to expand our services to 15 states across India.
Delhi, India
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Co-Founder
Asia Climate Partners
https://www.linkedin.com/company/asia-climate-partners
-Learning Investment strategies employed in the clean energy sector in Asia.
-Estimated clients' exposure to supply chain delays caused due to Covid-19 restrictions in Asia using cohort level analysis of fill rate data across eight major sectors.
Hong Kong SAR
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Intern
PwC
https://www.linkedin.com/company/pwc
-Conducted extensive research on Reverse Logistics Optimization: solutions for ever-increasing return costs for e-commerce retailers with the PWC Indian research institute under Mrs. Shilpa Gupta (PwC public policy Executive Director).
Delhi, India
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Researcher
Bachelor's degree
Business Administerstion and Computer Science( Intended )
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University of California, Berkeley
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Summer Program
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration
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Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
https://www.linkedin.com/school/iitdelhi/
High School Diploma
Business Administration and Management, General
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The Shriram Millennium School
https://www.linkedin.com/school/the-shriram-millennium-school/
-Selected for the U Michigan optiMize Fellowship (LSA School ) followed by the AWS Funding round in May 2021.
University of Michigan - LSA in collaboration with AWS
International AI Incubator -optiMize
-Awarded the first prize by the government-initiated Atal Innovation Center for youth e-startups. --Presented pitch on RetOpto - retail tech SaaS-based platform.
- Received an honorable mention from the Chair of Retail Association of India for our service to over 2000 small scale retailers.
IIIT Delhi
Biz_Pitch winner
-Placed #3 worldwide in Quant-Finance thesis Challenge.
-Made predictions of bond yields in developing markets using historic fixed income asset movements and other macroeconomic indicators in the Black Scholes pull-to-bar model.
Nasscom
Nasscom AI Academy
-Placed #1 in the Econ essay competition.
-Our thesis explores the ways behavioral economic principles can be applied to improve the existing privacy laws.
John Locke Institute
John Locke Institute Economics Essay Competition
-Placed #2 nationwide
-Our case study on the Clean Energy Investments was selected as the best presentation.
Shaheed Sukhdev College of Commerce and Business Studies
National Finance Olympiad
-Interstate football competition
ISC national Football tournament
UP State Football Team -Captain