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# Manan Makhija on Tal

## Headline

Building Products at Wishup \| Sprinklr \| IIT KGP’20

## About

I am a passionate musician and a mathematics lover\. My powerful urge to learn, be it algorithms, real life business problems or communications is what brings in me strong interests and aspirations to work in the fields of product management, business consulting and market research

## Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

## Work experience

Head of Product at Wishup, Mar 2026 \- Present · 8 mos, Bengaluru

Senior Product Manager at Sprinklr, May 2025 \- Mar 2026 · 11 mos, Hybrid

Product Manager at Sprinklr, Mar 2024 \- May 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos, Hybrid

Associate Product Manager at Sprinklr, Nov 2023 \- Mar 2024 · 5 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Graduate Impact Leadership Program \- 2020 at Nation with NaMo, Aug 2020 \- Nov 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Designation : Associate

Summer Research Intern at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, May 2019 \- Jul 2019 · 3 mos, Kharagpur Area, India, Under the guidance of Prof\. Debasis Samanta; Dept\. of Computer Science and Engineering Project \- Statistically Modeling a classification approach for identification of Epileptic Seizures in patients using available ElectroEncephaloGram\(EEG\) Patterns Database

Steering Committee Member at Spring Fest, Apr 2018 \- Mar 2020 · 2 yrs, Kharagpur Area, India, \-\- Part of a 16 member advisory team responsible for overseeing overall functionalities and taking strategic decisions of the fest \-\- Steering the overall sponsorship facets' conceptualization,planning and execution for the Diamond Jubilee\(60th edition\) of the fest

Sponsorship & Marketing Head at Spring Fest, Apr 2017 \- Apr 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo, IIT Kharagpur, \-\- Part of a 4 member team vested with the responsibility of garnering sponsorship and funds for the cultural fest of IIT Kharagpur which has a budget of over INR 1\.3 crore \-\- Member of the apex executive body leading teams of 25 Core Organizing Team Members, 33 Associate Members and 150 Crew Members \-\- Brought in the record breaking cash sponsorship of INR 95\.8 Lakhs \(highest ever\) through corporate dealings and alumni contributions \(21\.74% YOY increase\) \-\- Headed the Corporate Communications and branding management of 150\+ companies and successfully reduced the relative branding cost by 24% \-\- Introduced new ways of branding such as mannequin branding, blimp branding, drone branding etc\. to fulfil the desired deliverables for sponsors

Core Organising Team Member at Spring Fest, Aug 2016 \- Apr 2017 · 9 mos, IIT Kharagpur, \-\- Individually garnered funds amounting to INR 3\.43 lakhs through corporate deals and alumni contributions\. \-\- Coordinated the sponsorship drive in Delhi and nearby regions leading to a 119\.8% YoY increase in the cash sponsorship from INR 6\.23 lakhs to INR 7\.46 lakhs \-\- First ever Member to take the fest to an International Level,by conducting the prelims for Wildfire, Spring Fest’s rock band competition in Kathmandu,Nepal and in 5 other major cities in India\. \-\- Managed all the Corporate Communications during the Fest , which involved On Campus Branding of over 128 Companies , and hospitality of 200\+ Company Executives\. \-\- Coordinated with 4 Associate Members,23 Volunteers and supervised 25 workers for strategic publicity\. \-\- Coordinated the Publicity in Delhi\-NCR resulting in a 151% YoY increase in participation from the region\. \-\- Conducted the NationWide Prelims for 4 Events\(Nukkad,Shake A Leg, SF Idol, Shuffle\) in Delhi at Cross River Mall, New Delhi which witnessed 210% YoY Increase in participation\.

## Education

Master's degree, Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

The Landmark Forum, Landmark

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