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title: "Pranav Arunachalam - Assistant Manager, Operations & Special Projects in Greater Chennai Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Pranav Arunachalam, Founder’s Office & Strategic Ops | Built systems from zero at Agnikul, Sea6 & VS Solar | ₹4.8Cr saved, ₹30Cr+ managed based in Greater Chennai Area. AI stack includes codex and opencode."
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# Pranav Arunachalam on Tal

## Headline

Founder’s Office & Strategic Ops \| Built systems from zero at Agnikul, Sea6 & VS Solar \| ₹4\.8Cr saved, ₹30Cr\+ managed

## About

I'm an operator who works best when I'm close to the founding team and the work is undefined\. Five years across three startups \- a rocket company, a solar energy company, and a deep tech climate company\. At each one, I was brought in for one thing and ended up owning the most important things that didn't have an owner yet\. At Agnikul Cosmos, I built a 150\-vendor global procurement operation from scratch as a fresher — sourcing, qualification, NDA and MOU drafting, contract negotiation, payments, issue resolution across propulsion, avionics, and flight systems\. Saved ₹4\.8Cr through vendor strategy and make\-buy analysis\. No playbook\. No precedent\. At VS Solar, I ran operations across ₹30Cr\+ of solar projects: procurement, delivery, client management, vendor relationships across 20\+ accounts\. Built the ops function a sales\-first company didn't have\. At Sea6 Energy, I was hired for operations and ended up running the CEO's investor sourcing for a Series C raise, OKR rollout company\-wide, new product development for a new vertical, automation workflows, and cross\-border supply chain between India and Indonesia, simultaneously\. Not because I was asked to\. Because it needed to be done\. The pattern across all three: walk in, find what's broken or missing, build it, hand it off, move to the next thing\. That's what I'm looking for next \- a Founder's Office or Chief of Staff role at an early to growth stage company where that instinct is the job, not a side effect\. Open to roles in Bengaluru\. Immediately available\.

## Location

Greater Chennai Area

## AI stack

codex

opencode

## Work experience

Assistant Manager, Operations & Special Projects at Sea6 Energy Pvt Ltd\., Dec 2023 \- Oct 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos, Bengaluru, Hired for operations; expanded into a Founder's Office / Special Projects role working directly with the CEO\. — Reduced ocean farm operations cost significantly through vendor renegotiation, process redesign, and resource reallocation across India–Indonesia supply chain\. — Improved engineering project delivery by building SOPs, scope definition protocols, and audit frameworks across a cross\-functional team — built from zero\. — Supported CEO on investor sourcing for Series C fundraise: built investor profiles, data packs, and dashboards for investor and CFO reviews\. — Led NPD for biostimulant fertilizer vertical: market research, B2B GTM strategy, technical feasibility, resource planning\. — Built workflow automation using Zenphi for QC tracking, sales orders, and payment approvals; led platform migrations with zero operational disruption\. — Pushed OKR framework company\-wide; drafted company policies; managed cross\-border procurement coordination\.

Business Operations Manager at VS Solar, Oct 2021 \- Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Chennai, Joined a sales\-first solar company and built the operations function it didn't have\. — Managed ₹30Cr\+ in solar project operations across 20\+ clients — procurement, vendor management, delivery scheduling, and client satisfaction\. — Saved ₹70L through vendor negotiation and lean procurement; reduced project timelines by 15%\. — Drove 40%\+ of annual revenue through referral and repeat business by embedding structured client follow\-up into project closure\. — Led 18–20 member cross\-functional team across sales, engineering, and procurement\.

Launch Vehicle Operations Strategist at AgniKul Cosmos, Apr 2021 \- Aug 2021 · 5 mos, India, First job out of college\. Built the procurement operation for India's leading rocket startup from scratch — no playbook, no precedent\. — Managed 150\+ global vendors across propulsion, avionics, Flight Termination Systems, and Guidance & Navigation — full lifecycle: sourcing, qualification, NDA/MOU drafting, contract negotiation, payments, issue resolution\. — Saved ₹4\.8Cr through vendor strategy, cost modelling, and make\-buy analysis across 28\+ projects — Reduced supply chain lead time by 25% through proactive risk identification and procurement pipeline management\.

## Education

BE \- Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology

High School Diploma, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's

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