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Sanat Datt Bhardwaj

Helping simplify India’s Import Compliance Framework | Operations & Governance Leader | Lawyer | LSE Public Policy | ₹100 Cr Scale | Business Strategy, Compliance & Dispute Resolution | 13+ Years

New Delhi

14+ years of work experience

Sep 20242 yrs 1 moPresent

Chandigarh, India

- Secured ₹65+ Cr in projects across Neemrana, NCR, Pune, Chandigarh, and Ludhiana through structured negotiations and strategic business development - Recovered ₹6+ Cr in disputed receivables through contract strategy, structured dispute resolution, and arbitration — directly protecting company cash flow and working capital - Executed multi-location expansion strategy across industrial, commercial, hospitality, and residential segments, building operational infrastructure in 5+ geographies simultaneously - Leads end-to-end business operations including vendor management, compliance monitoring, client liaising, legal documentation, and revenue strategy - Overseeing development of a digital platform to scale service delivery and improve operational tracking across project sites
Dec 20205 yrs 10 mosPresent

KSG IAS - KSG India
Mar 20241 yr 6 mosAug 2025

New Delhi, Delhi, India

SRIRAM's IAS
Sep 20235 mosJan 2024

New Delhi

- Managed business operations at a multi-Cr scale — one of India's largest civil services preparation platforms — covering operations, faculty management, product, and expansion strategy - Stabilised the organisation through a critical physical relocation crisis (GTB Nagar → Mukherjee Nagar), ensuring business continuity and student retention with zero delivery disruption - Redesigned the student counselling and walk-in conversion process, improving conversion rates from 20% to 30% — a 50% relative improvement in acquisition efficiency - Diagnosed absence of standardised course frameworks; built scalable content creation systems enabling rapid product launches including the Anubhuti programme (7–8% conversion from 1,000+ student dataset) - Led digital transformation initiative achieving 150–200% growth in platform reach; built and managed a 40+ member cross-functional team across academics, operations, and digital - Designed multi-city expansion blueprint for Hyderabad and Pune (owned + franchise model), including site selection criteria, faculty hiring frameworks, and operational playbooks
SRIRAM's IAS
Apr 202310 mosJan 2024

New Delhi, India

Sep 201211 yrs 1 moSep 2023

Chandigarh, India

- Founded and operated an independent legal consultancy providing litigation support, contract drafting, compliance advisory, and dispute resolution to individual and institutional clients - 5+ years legal practice covering constitutional matters, contracts, labour law, corporate compliance, and arbitration - Developed expertise in translating legal complexity into operational and governance frameworks for non-legal leadership audiences

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Education

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Public Policy Analysis

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

20232023
Indira Gandhi National Open University

Master of Arts - MA, Political Science

Indira Gandhi National Open University

20232 yrs2025

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Headline

Helping simplify India’s Import Compliance Framework | Operations & Governance Leader | Lawyer | LSE Public Policy | ₹100 Cr Scale | Business Strategy, Compliance & Dispute Resolution | 13+ Years

About

Thirteen years. Three disciplines. One thesis: institutions fail at implementation, not intention. I have built that thesis in practice — managing a ₹250 Cr operation through relocation without losing continuity, securing ₹65+ Cr in new business across five geographies, recovering ₹6+ Cr through arbitration and contract strategy, redesigning a conversion process that moved the needle from 20% to 30%, and reducing costs 40% while holding delivery quality through COVID. My credentials are structured around the same thesis. A Chemical Engineering degree (Panjab University, First Division) built the analytical foundation. A law degree (LL.B., First Division, Kurukshetra University) added the regulatory and dispute-resolution layer. An LSE certificate in Public Policy Analysis — scored 97% — added institutional economics and governance frameworks. A decade of teaching Ethics, Constitutional Law, and Public Administration to civil services aspirants added the governance depth most operations executives never develop. The result: an operations leader who reads regulatory complexity as structured risk, treats legal disputes as strategic decisions, and approaches governance not as overhead but as the architecture of execution. Seeking senior leadership roles — Chief of Staff, Head of Operations, or Compliance & Governance leadership — in organisations where the gap between what the strategy deck says and what the organisation actually does is the real problem to be solved. Chandigarh-based. Open to relocation.

Location

New Delhi

AI stack

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Work experience

Head of Business Operations, Compliance and Legal Advisory at Marrk Engineering Solutions, Sep 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo, Chandigarh, India, - Secured ₹65+ Cr in projects across Neemrana, NCR, Pune, Chandigarh, and Ludhiana through structured negotiations and strategic business development - Recovered ₹6+ Cr in disputed receivables through contract strategy, structured dispute resolution, and arbitration — directly protecting company cash flow and working capital - Executed multi-location expansion strategy across industrial, commercial, hospitality, and residential segments, building operational infrastructure in 5+ geographies simultaneously - Leads end-to-end business operations including vendor management, compliance monitoring, client liaising, legal documentation, and revenue strategy - Overseeing development of a digital platform to scale service delivery and improve operational tracking across project sites

Advocate at District Courts, Chandigarh, Dec 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

Faculty at KSG IAS - KSG India, Mar 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Head of Administration at SRIRAM's IAS, Sep 2023 - Jan 2024 · 5 mos, New Delhi, - Managed business operations at a multi-Cr scale — one of India's largest civil services preparation platforms — covering operations, faculty management, product, and expansion strategy - Stabilised the organisation through a critical physical relocation crisis (GTB Nagar → Mukherjee Nagar), ensuring business continuity and student retention with zero delivery disruption - Redesigned the student counselling and walk-in conversion process, improving conversion rates from 20% to 30% — a 50% relative improvement in acquisition efficiency - Diagnosed absence of standardised course frameworks; built scalable content creation systems enabling rapid product launches including the Anubhuti programme (7–8% conversion from 1,000+ student dataset) - Led digital transformation initiative achieving 150–200% growth in platform reach; built and managed a 40+ member cross-functional team across academics, operations, and digital - Designed multi-city expansion blueprint for Hyderabad and Pune (owned + franchise model), including site selection criteria, faculty hiring frameworks, and operational playbooks

Faculty at SRIRAM's IAS, Apr 2023 - Jan 2024 · 10 mos, New Delhi, India

Founder & Legal Consultant at Nyaya Consultancy, Sep 2012 - Sep 2023 · 11 yrs 1 mo, Chandigarh, India, - Founded and operated an independent legal consultancy providing litigation support, contract drafting, compliance advisory, and dispute resolution to individual and institutional clients - 5+ years legal practice covering constitutional matters, contracts, labour law, corporate compliance, and arbitration - Developed expertise in translating legal complexity into operational and governance frameworks for non-legal leadership audiences

Education

Public Policy Analysis, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Master of Arts - MA, Political Science, Indira Gandhi National Open University

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