PROFILE

AVI SHARMA

Bachelor of Technology (2008-12),                                Associate (Project Planning & Control)

Civil Engineering,                                                            KEC International Ltd.

Shri Ramdeo Kamla Nehru Engineering College,              2012-Present

Nagpur                                                                                   

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1.      Academic Background:

Examination	Year	Board/ University	Marks Obtained
GRE	2012	-	308 (Q-155, V-153)
TOEFL	2012	-	99
B.E. (8th Semester)	2012	RTMNU	72%
B.E. (7th Semester)	2011	RTMNU	70.5%
B.E. (6th Semester)	2011	RTMNU	66.14%
B.E.(3rd Year)	2011	RTMNU	65.9%
B.E. (2nd Year)	2010	RTMNU	65%
B.E. (1st year)	2008	RTMNU	57.76
12th	2007-08	C.B.S.E	69.4%
10th	2005-06	C.B.S.E	69.3%

2.      Professional Experience:

     Associate (Project Planning & Control) for water infrastructure projects (Canal, Dam and waste water treatment plants), KEC International Ltd. (July 2012-Present)

§  Working with McKinsey (consultant to company) for incorporating process re-engineering in planning.

è Creation of standard WBS & activities for entire water business.

è Providing linkages to each of the activity with duration.

è Configuring the project on Primavera with resource loading.

è Testing a pilot project of Pench Dam, India.

§  Setting up and implementing Project Progress Monitoring System by defining Weightages (Earned Value).

§  Setting up of “Key Progress Indicators & Milestones”.

§  Subcontractor Progress Monitoring and Review.

§  Resource Budgeting / Allocations.

§  Preparation of MIS Reports / “S-curves”

§  Reporting project progress to Senior Management / Stake Holders like JV, Client etc via Primavera dashboards which includes CPI, SPI, expected completion of project etc.

§  Continuous interaction with Execution Team in order to
achieve Baseline Target.

§  Preparation of Revised / Recovery Works Program.

§  Creating Project Benchmarking database for evaluating
future water projects.

§  Preparing cost overrun reports incorporating design changes

§  Working with McKinsey (consultant to company) for incorporating process re-engineering in planning.

§  Conducting preliminary discussion with contractors for finalization of rate and T&C.

§  Assist HO project manager in claim management.

3.      Academic Projects:

      Worked with a Research Team on ‘Evaporation Suppression Project’, working in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under leadership of Prof. Moshe Alamaro of Harvard-MIT Division of Health.

      Collected Data from Central Water Commission & Maharashtra Jivan Pradhikaran(MJP).

      Research & Analysis of data collected.

      Submitted my analysis for Goa, Bihar and Maharashtra.

      Bachelor’s Final Year Thesis on: “Watershed Prioritization of Upper Wunna catchment of Godavari Basin using Remote Sensing & GIS”.

      Won Award for the Best Presentation on “Scope and Future of High-Speed Railways in India”, in Technovision’10 (A national level technical fest).

      Presented a research paper on “Effect of Non-Standard Curing Tests on Compressive Strength of concrete” in 2010 (A national level Civil Engineering Symposium)

3. Academic Internships:

      Completed internship at Ordnance Factory, Ambajhari (Nagpur) under Ministry of Defence, in the area of water management, from May, 2010-June, 2010.

      Analyzed water supply scheme for a capacity of 3,500 home networks

      Gave valuable solutions on water supply scheme in administrative building.

è  Administrative building is the highest building in the estate. To provide water to top most floor of this building, authorities were using high pressure. I suggested inclusion of a tank and solar model to increase efficiency of system.

      Analyzed and advised on stability issues in Ordnance Factory, Ambajhari estate’s earthen dam.

       Completed summer training and did project on water supply at National Academy of Defence Production (NADP), Nagpur.

4.      Computer Proficiencies:

     Primavera, MSP, Oracle JDE (beginner), STAAD.PRO (Medium level expert) and ARC GIS desktop 10 (final year project, hence very familiar) and other MS Office package software.

5.      Extra-curricular Achievements:

      Performed as volunteer in United Nations’ International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (UN IPC-IG) on “Website Launch – Mobilize Communication Channels”.

      Received USA President’s Volunteer Service Award for my contribution to an American NGO named Humanity Road.

      Performed as Data Miner and assisted United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs (UNOCHA) on “Media Monitoring for OCHA crisis in Libya”.

      Founder of “The Bigbattle”, a Twitter based debate platform on relevant issues for the nation.

Declaration:

I hereby declare that all the information provided above is true to best of my knowledge.

Place: Nagpur                                                                                                                                    Avi Sharma

Date: 1^st Oct., 2013