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Arka Mandal

M&A Deloitte USI | IIMB ’24 | IITKGP ’22

Hyderabad

2+ years of work experience

Deloitte
Feb 20266 mosPresent

Bengaluru

Mergers & Acquisitions
Accordion
Apr 20241 yr 10 mosJan 2026

Hyderabad

• Analyzed workorder data for a leading global facilities management provider; liaised with client stakeholders to capture business requirements & translated them into actionable deliverables • Ideated & reported critical metrics in the form of engagement decks; facilitated increase in SLA compliance by 4 PPs from 85% to 89% • Formulated & Modelled Workforce optimization to increase efficiency of workforce; estimated productivities of resources in different categories, facilitated optimal assigning of tasks to resources at location level; reduced headcount by 16% & Average Turn Around Time by 1.03 days • Pioneered vendor replacement model for identifying best replacement candidates of low performing vendors; ideated & computed metric for location presence & problem code similarity to shortlist suitable vendors; improved 3rd party SLA delivery by 3 PPs, optimized avg. cost of service • Ideated and executed development of asset health scoring model for recommending replacement; minimized reactive workorders originating from the assets by 15%, thus reducing downtime incurred due to unexpected breakdowns • Defined objectives for chatbot development to automate computation of operational efficiency KPIs for accounts; verified scope with client, oversaw and executed prompt engineering; delivered chatbot product specialized for use by client leadership • Brainstormed and executed clustering of account buildings based on geographical proximity; estimated opportunity cost resulting from resources' time of travel; recommended reprovisioning of resource locations by stationing dedicated and shared resources to minimize travel time
Tata Consultancy Services
Apr 20232 mosMay 2023

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Pioneered product offering for TCS to implement and increase adoption of CBDC(e-Rupee) in India; addressed gaps in existing CBDC capabilities, synergized with developed capabilities to identify opportunities for adding value • Benchmarked 5+ cases of CBDC implementation across countries, ideated product offering for Indian case, identified 5 improvement areas • Conducted Industry Analysis for Regulatory Technology, uncovered market drivers, performed competitor benchmarking for 7+ players • Profiled digital payments ecosystem, conceptualized e-Rupee in India, developed 4+ strategies to increase adoption, ensuring minimal disruption to existing payment systems architecture • Published Thought Leadership article, critically analyzed future scope of CBDCs & role of banks as complementors, analyzed 3+ fintech startups
fleetx.io
May 20213 mosJul 2021

• Addressed issue caused due to incorrectly entered RFID number by technician for Fleetx after installation of lock for clients’ fleet of trucks • Repurposed and Implemented Deep Learning modules for automatic RFID recognition; minimized sensor installation failure rate by 12% resulting in savings of INR 40L in the form of reduced indemnity cash outflows • Designed functions, preprocessed for text skew-correction & edge sharpening, increased accuracy of text recognition by 22% • Leveraged CNN models, detected and recognized text, boosted RFID number accuracy by 15%, potential cost reduction of INR 4.2L
Reliance Industries Limited
Jul 20202 mosAug 2020

• Addressed issue occurring due to maintenance cycles of oil refinery infrastructure, leading to reduced productivity and mechanical integrity compromise • Analyzed 10+ years of failure data, identified 20+ critical failure points, responsible for defect identification and solutioning supporting largest oil refinery; resulted in potential cost reduction by INR 2.1 Cr

Education

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

20222 yrs2024
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Dual Degree- B.Tech+M.Tech, Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

20175 yrs2022

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Headline

M&A Deloitte USI | IIMB ’24 | IITKGP ’22

About

Arka is a PGP student at IIM Bangalore. He holds a dual degree(B.Tech + M.Tech) in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He has had exposure in the fields of business development, core engineering and data science through shorts stints at OLA, Reliance Industries Limited & Fleetx technologies respectively.

Location

Hyderabad

Work experience

Consultant at Deloitte, Feb 2026 - Present · 6 mos, Bengaluru, Mergers & Acquisitions

Senior Associate at Accordion, Apr 2024 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 10 mos, Hyderabad, • Analyzed workorder data for a leading global facilities management provider; liaised with client stakeholders to capture business requirements & translated them into actionable deliverables • Ideated & reported critical metrics in the form of engagement decks; facilitated increase in SLA compliance by 4 PPs from 85% to 89% • Formulated & Modelled Workforce optimization to increase efficiency of workforce; estimated productivities of resources in different categories, facilitated optimal assigning of tasks to resources at location level; reduced headcount by 16% & Average Turn Around Time by 1.03 days • Pioneered vendor replacement model for identifying best replacement candidates of low performing vendors; ideated & computed metric for location presence & problem code similarity to shortlist suitable vendors; improved 3rd party SLA delivery by 3 PPs, optimized avg. cost of service • Ideated and executed development of asset health scoring model for recommending replacement; minimized reactive workorders originating from the assets by 15%, thus reducing downtime incurred due to unexpected breakdowns • Defined objectives for chatbot development to automate computation of operational efficiency KPIs for accounts; verified scope with client, oversaw and executed prompt engineering; delivered chatbot product specialized for use by client leadership • Brainstormed and executed clustering of account buildings based on geographical proximity; estimated opportunity cost resulting from resources' time of travel; recommended reprovisioning of resource locations by stationing dedicated and shared resources to minimize travel time

Strategic Leadership Program(SLP) Intern at Tata Consultancy Services, Apr 2023 - May 2023 · 2 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, • Pioneered product offering for TCS to implement and increase adoption of CBDC(e-Rupee) in India; addressed gaps in existing CBDC capabilities, synergized with developed capabilities to identify opportunities for adding value • Benchmarked 5+ cases of CBDC implementation across countries, ideated product offering for Indian case, identified 5 improvement areas • Conducted Industry Analysis for Regulatory Technology, uncovered market drivers, performed competitor benchmarking for 7+ players • Profiled digital payments ecosystem, conceptualized e-Rupee in India, developed 4+ strategies to increase adoption, ensuring minimal disruption to existing payment systems architecture • Published Thought Leadership article, critically analyzed future scope of CBDCs & role of banks as complementors, analyzed 3+ fintech startups

Research Engineer Intern at fleetx.io, May 2021 - Jul 2021 · 3 mos, • Addressed issue caused due to incorrectly entered RFID number by technician for Fleetx after installation of lock for clients’ fleet of trucks • Repurposed and Implemented Deep Learning modules for automatic RFID recognition; minimized sensor installation failure rate by 12% resulting in savings of INR 40L in the form of reduced indemnity cash outflows • Designed functions, preprocessed for text skew-correction & edge sharpening, increased accuracy of text recognition by 22% • Leveraged CNN models, detected and recognized text, boosted RFID number accuracy by 15%, potential cost reduction of INR 4.2L

Graduate Engineer Trainee at Reliance Industries Limited, Jul 2020 - Aug 2020 · 2 mos, • Addressed issue occurring due to maintenance cycles of oil refinery infrastructure, leading to reduced productivity and mechanical integrity compromise • Analyzed 10+ years of failure data, identified 20+ critical failure points, responsible for defect identification and solutioning supporting largest oil refinery; resulted in potential cost reduction by INR 2.1 Cr

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Dual Degree- B.Tech+M.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur