SUMMER PLACEMENT PROGRAM 2015

POST GRADUATE PROGRAM IN MANAGEMENT

AJAY KUMAR
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
2007-11
Bachelor of Technology (ECE)
2005-07
Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha
2004-05
Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations

National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur

7.93/10
B.J.B. Junior College
80% (Odisha Board Score 90.55%)
St. Joseph's Convent Higher Secondary School
92.17%

WORK EXPERIENCE

35 MONTHS

Jun 2011 - May 2014

Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd.
Solution Integrator
Upgraded 76 million live subscribers of Idea Cellular avoiding outage of INR 10.7 crore, 2014
Migrated 50 million subscribers from Nokia Siemens Networks to Ericsson platform for charging, 2012-13
Project
Single-handedly managed the revenue generation records worth INR 52 crore on a daily basis for Idea
Delivery
Installed additional capacity for 10 million subscribers at Pune and Kolkata, Idea Cellular 2011
Handled critical project of syncing Pan-India Idea network of 100+ nodes with a common clock
Sales
Generated a sales lead of $1.3 million for implementation of geo-redundancy at Idea
Technical Consultant to Network Architect; assisted him on project planning and mitigating risks
Roles and
Meeting SLA, dealing with customer on network outages ranging from 10k to 2lakh to avoid escalation
Responsibilities
Preparing Standard Procedures which is being followed by Ericsson Employees in 120+ countries

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Student Editor, Annual Magazine SRIJAN, led a team of 25 editors and designers, NITH 2010-11
Representative Training and Placement, 150 jobs offered to 57 students in 20 companies; ECE NITH 2007-11
Co-ordinator Media Club, led team of five members to co-ordinate with national media, NIMBUS, NITH 2010
Exe-Member English Club,1/6 from 70, organised plays/stage during cultural festival Hill 'Ffair NITH 2011
Associate Editor, Annual Literary Magazine SRIJAN; edited 20 articles and mentored 3 editors NITH 2008-09
Volunteer, organised Soldering workshop, received a footfall of 100 students at S.P.E.C. NITH 2007-08

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Finalist of Marketing Olympiad, among top 7% out of 3400+ students, organised by Unicom Learning, 2014
Awarded Employee of the month amongst a team of 100+ people, Ericsson India, August 2012
Featured photo, International Journal, "A Day in the World"; depicting one day by means of photographs, 2012
Excel Certified by Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd., awarded to toppers for technical proficiency over 40 universities, 2011
Letter of Recommendation, one out of four, from Director, NIT Hamirpur for achievements during 2007-11
Stood First amongst 20, for Paper Presentation at Inter-NIT Technical Festival NIMBUS, NITH 2011
"Moot Court" legal debating, winner out of 12 teams, organised by I.S.T.E. NITH, 2009-10
First out of 18 speakers in "Big Debate" on Euthanasia organised by I.S.T.E, NITH, 2008-09
Stood First in "General Knowledge" quiz organized on 52nd Republic Day, by NA.C. Hirakud, 2002
Winner of elocution on 'Quality Maintenance' organised by Indian Aluminium Company, Hirakud, 2002

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Reading fiction and writing short stories; I maintain short stories at my blog, it has over 11000+ hits
Runner-up at FinDebate, inter-sectional event organised by NetWorth; finance club of IIM-B, 2014
Have an aptitude for chess; on-line player and played in inter-section event at Ice-breaker, IIMB 2014
Passionate about photography; a 2nd round participant of Shutterbug Competition, 2012
Regular contributor of short stories to NIT Hamirpur's Annual Literary Institute Magazine SRIJAN since 2007
Interviewed Goldman Environmental Prize winner M. C. Mehta on behalf of various newspapers, 2010
Regular participant at public speaking events, quizzes and Olympiads; won 10 awards at prestigious levels
Volunteer for Literacy Club; it works towards educating children of lower Socio-Economic classes, NITH 2007-09
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