Kishlay Singh

MBA Consultant

Project Lead

• Directed product strategy and end-to-end launch of e-commerce platform to empower rural artisans, projected to generate $4.3M+ in annual revenue • Introduced tech buddy system to streamline rural artisan onboarding, reducing registration time by 37% and enabling scale-up from 1,500 to 9,800 artisan in 12 months Technical Project Leadership

Consultant --> Project Leader

Senior Project Consultant: Handicraft Cluster Development Scheme, 2023-2024 • Led skill development programs for 4,500 artisans in collaboration with Government of India to align product offerings with market forecasts and enhance product quality, reducing return rates by 49% and increasing sales by 64% • Leveraged customer feedback and market research to refine value proposition and channel strategy for key artisan product lines, increasing qualified leads by 121% • Launched and managed 12 retail fairs with 30K+ attendees to expand market access for artisan sellers, accelerating YoY revenue growth by 86% • Analyzed cluster-level production and sales data to establish 12 producer cooperatives, enhancing 32% revenue growth and 23% customer expansion • Organized 22 business development workshops for 3,200+ artisans to drive adoption of best practices, enhancing operational efficiency and increasing sales by 31% Attention to Detail, Strategic Planning and +9 skills

Consultant --> Project Leader

Project Consultant: Water-life Mission Soft Intervention:- Spearheaded soft interventions for the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), with a focus on empowering rural communities to manage and maintain sustainable water resources. Promoted community engagement, capacity building, and behavior change to ensure safe and consistent access to drinking water. • Negotiated policy and managed key stakeholders to mediate 50+ water distribution disputes, ensuring undisputed access to clean water to 40,000 households • Devised targeted awareness campaigns reaching 60K+ households to deal with water scarcity & elevate hygiene standards, increasing rainwater harvesting adoption by 39% • Executed end-to-end training and governance program for 1,800+ committee members to operationalize tax collection systems, sustaining water supply for 500K+ daily users • Implemented waste segregation and community vigilance program to drive behavioral change, reducing plastic contamination in natural water bodies by 34% YoY • Formulated risk assessment and contingency plans for water supply systems to proactively mitigating operational disruptions, cutting unplanned outages by 26% • Mentored junior team members and established structured knowledge-sharing framework to address process inconsistencies, improving team execution efficiency by 20%

Sponsorship

Umeed is an interschool cultural meet. It extends a welcoming hand to underprivileged students from across the region, providing them with an inclusive platform to shine. -> UMEED’17 witnessed record-breaking participation of over 1000+ students from 50+ schools of Dhanbad region and 7 NGOs. Event Management, Attention to Detail and +7 skills