AKSHAY JALAN

Curriculum Vitae

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT & HR

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AKSHAY JALAN

Address: A-804 Lake Bloom Society, Saki Vihar Road, Powai, Mumbai-400072 - India
Mobile:+91 97695 25019; Email:akshayjalan@rediffmail.com

PROJECT & HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Profile: A High caliber industry professional with 9+ years of experience, proven track record in delivering large
Projects, increasing top line growth through effective business planning, resource and team management in a
process driven environment. Additional expertise in spearheading Human Resources functions. Exploring
challenging Project Management/Human Resources Positions to contribute significantly towards company
objectives. Presently associated with the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

VALUE ADDITION

Seasoned, dynamic and versatile Professional with unique blend of experience in Project Management and Human
Resources with excellent managerial acumen in leading projects coupled with insightful exposure in

Software Research & Development, Requirement Translations, Process Management & Re-engineering,
Team Building skills, Succession Planning, Vision for future projects. Knowledge and Technology
Management.
Employee welfare, Recruitment, Attrition Management, Conflict Management, Learning & Development,
Management Reporting, Rewards & Recognition Programs.

Involved in Leadership of Projects for Design, Development, Deployment and Support of Solutions, specializing in
Academics, Government, Banking & Financial Services and IVR systems. Proven track record of implementing crossfunctional HR and team building strategic initiatives unique to the needs of the business.
Articulate communicator who can fluently speak the language of both people and technology, blending technofunctional expertise with interpersonal skills while co-ordinating with the cross-functional teams, customers and
other stakeholders. An Effective Negotiator.
Versatile leader with exceptional organization skills, problem solving, presentation and analytical skills. An assertive
leader, capable of performing a wide range of people management functions from goal setting, performance
appraisal, career planning, competency building, optimum resource utilization & capacity planning, knowledge
transfer.
Core Expertise:

Project
Delivery &
Resource
Management

Process Reengineering

Team
Management
Skills

Recruitment &
Training

Managing
Stakeholder
Expectations

CAREER HISTORY
-Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay - India
Project Manager (Mar 2013 onwards)
-CGI, Mumbai - India
Senior Software Engineer (Apr 2010 Feb 2013)
-Apantec Solution Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai - India
Senior Programmer (Jun 2009 Apr 2010)

-Cognizant Technology Solutions, Kolkata - India

Progammer Analyst (Oct 2006 May 2009)
-Scope Solutions, Kolkata - India

Career
Assessment &
Performance
Management

Co-ordination,
Logistics &
Negotiation
Skills

Human Resources Executive (May 2006 Oct 2006)

DOMAIN SKILLS
Human Resources Management
Focus on activities related to talent acquisition, compensation & benefits, performance management, recruitment &
retention, learning & development, management reporting and knowledge transfer.

Engage in skill identification of resources and employee engagement activities besides directing staff welfare policies
with key focus on enhancing employee motivation.

Conducting induction of new hires and employee orientation and people managers on Performance & Competency
Management system and any relevant updates.
Contribute in HR Administration functions ensuring optimum and effective utilization of funds in providing a
pleasant work environment with basic amenities on the premises.
Devise creative, cost-effective incentives & morale-boosting programs to increase employee satisfaction and
productivity. Monitor performance of multi-skilled workforce and develop an appropriate reward and recognition
system.
Build rapport and motivate resources at all levels in order to expand their capabilities to achieve individual as well
as organizational goals.

Project Management
Delivering and implementing the project as per scheduled deadlines; planning and coordinating postimplementation and maintenance support to the technical team and clients.

Identifying, developing and using strengths of team members, as well as locating, detecting and resolving problems
and weaknesses of each team individual. Facilitating supply of resources by providing solution to any bottleneck
faced by the team.
Providing innovative & feasible solution to increase the efficiency and productivity within the boundary of set
processes and policies. Identifying business process needs and ascertain business risks for achieving corporate goals.

Maintain continuous alignment of processes with strategic business objectives, and make recommendations to
modify the process to enhance effectiveness toward the business result or strategic intent.
Multilayer account review presentations with stakeholder, senior leaders in order to influence decisions for
achieving operational excellence and to align technology strategy with business goals.

Communicate/Present business decisions and implementation strategy effectively to client, team and management.
Anticipate and manage change effectively in rapidly evolving global business environments

PROJECT ASSIGNMENTS

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay - India

Project: Academic Review System
Description: Design and implement an academic review system which would help a student submit assignment/papers
on an online portal and reviewers to provide feedback on current submission. It will facilitate a description to help
identify the reasons for acceptance, rejection or even suggestions for improving the current submission and also
versioning the submissions.
Information and Communication Technology for Rural Settings

Description: Developing and deploying a system which will facilitate automated voice/sms based communication in
rural areas. A multi-level touch tone feature is to be implemented to allow the user to choose suitable options/store and
retrieve voice messages.
Application Classification and Recommendation Engine

Description: The purpose is to come up with a thorough, extensive and accurate algorithm that makes use of extensive
pattern matching and machine learning algorithms to recommend relevant apps to users, based on feature vectors and
certain other parameters. This algorithm is very much similar to Google's PageRank System. It also involves studying

user behavior by tracking his details from various apps like Google play store, running predictive strategies and
suggesting relevant recommendations on regular timings.

Project: Development of Android Based Application for educating Rural population and Evolution of R & D and
learning centre
Description: Educating the villagers with information and knowledge and empowering them to solve their own
problems proactively, with use of what is accessible to them. Created a knowledge management system which will
preserve the knowledge of traditional practices by using new technology in a scientific way

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS

Implemented cost reduction strategies which reduced recruitment costs by as much as30%.

Successfully delivered RuralIVRS project in a span of 6mths (as opposed to 9 months) and that too with a smaller
team size consisting mostly of students (interns) rather than staff.

Essayed a stellar role in minimizing attrition and retaining employees/interns in the project who had resigned from
the organization.
Holds the credit of increasing efficiency in professionals by training them in multi technical and soft skills as well as
cross learning of technologies and utilizing their new honed skills in wider range of projects and tasks.

Introduced several programs for employee welfare and employee engagement that had an excellent impact on the
staff morale eventually leading to HR team implementing the program on a wide scale basis.
Received appreciation E-mail from Client for ensuring team delivers to all SLAs for the entire year of 2014.

CREDENTIALS

Academics:
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication, 2006
Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, with 80.9%

Computer Knowledge:
Platforms: IBM Mainframe (Z/OS), Windows XP

Languages: Proficiency in COBOL, SQL, C/C++,PL/SQL, Java

MS Office applications, Internet usage

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Acknowledged with an appreciation Letter at IIT Bombay for Phase 1 Completion of Social Project Information &
Communication Technology for Farmers.
Received Star of the month Award in March 2008 for outstanding performance in FDMS Project at Cognizant
Achieved best performer award for the year 2009 at Apantec Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Awarded the Best Project Lead certificate across 30 teams in Computer Science and Engineering Department, IIT
Bombay.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of birth:23rd October 1983

Languages: English, Hindi, Assamese and Bengali

Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Indian