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# Arka Mandal on Tal

## 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

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