Somnath Patra

PGPM

Summer Internship

8 Weeks

Wipro Ltd., Bangalore

April '16 May '16 (8 Weeks)
Summer Intern
Roles & Responsibilities
Conducted secondary research to identify top trends in the retail industry and classify them as per retail sectors and geography
Analyzed 500+ startups in the retail space to understand how they are adopting these trends and incorporating it in their business
Identified other value offerings by these startups in terms of operational and technical innovations and customer experience provided
Developed a short term (2 years) and long term (5 years) strategy to develop and enhance the Wipro startup partnership ecosystem
Prepared an information appendix containing list of all the analyzed startups, geographies, sectors of operation and value offerings
Key Learnings and Achievements
Studied fundamentals, change drivers and trends in customer experience, digitization and business optimization in the retail industry
Received Best summer intern award for Consumer business unit and selected as top 10% of the internship batch all over India
Work Experience

40 Months

Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. (CTS), Kolkata

January '12 May '15 (40 Months)
Associate Projects
Roles & Responsibilities
Optimized performance of applications under the wealth, brokerage and retirement domain of a banking client using Automation
Formulated project plan artifacts including test plan, test strategy, test scenarios, test cases and requirement traceability matrix
Led a team of 4 to handle a project in 'Automation testing as a service' model where billing was on the basis of delivered quantity
Kept track of the testing process by integrating and managing a test management tool, HP Quality Center, for regression test suites
Proposed new business area in Mobile Automation domain on real devices (Android/iOS) using Mobile Labs Device Connect
Enhanced the automation frameworks by development and integration of fresh features as per client requirements or value - adds
Improved quality of deliverables by conducting code reviews for the team members based on defined coding and scripting standards
Tracked and communicated status of the project after test execution by preparing test logs, test summary and various status reports
Maintained functional knowledge repository by preparing knowledge transition documents in the team for applications under test
Key Learnings and Achievements
Received Travel and Hospitality Icon award for commendable contribution to the travel and hospitality practice in Cognizant
Received Making a difference award for valuable contribution of the team towards Banking and Financial Services practice
Received Pillar of the month Delivery award for consistent high performance and contribution towards the automation project
Designed an innovative Website Usability Benchmarking solution for measuring and enhancing user experience over the web
Completed the Cognizant Certified Product Consultant certification on test automation tool HP Quick Test Professional 11.0
Completed the Cognizant Certified Professional certification on Fundamentals of Banking and Financial Services Industry
Education
Year
Qualification
Institute
CGPA/ %
2011
B.Tech. (CSE)
Bengal College of Engineering and Technology, Durgapur
7.52/10
2006
XII, CBSE
DAV Kapildev Public School, Ranchi
83.00
2004
X, CBSE
DAV Public School, Chaibasa
89.60
National winner out of 97 teams in Product Leadership Forum Showcase to develop a Minimum Delightful Product
Secured a rank within top 5% of the students in DAV public school, Chaibasa in class 10 th examinations under CBSE

2016
2004

Professional Certifications
Cleared Brainbench corporate written test to complete Certified professional in Business Writing certification
Cleared Brainbench corporate written test to complete Certified professional in Telephone Etiquette certification
Academic Projects

2012
2012

Studied the applicability of marketing concepts like Marketing Mix, Segmentation Targeting and Positioning,
SWOT and PEST analysis, Five Forces Model and Consumer behaviour analysis for maggi noodles.
(Course: Marketing Management; Team Size: 6)

Marketing concepts
for Maggi noodles
Position of Responsibility

MDI
CTS

Junior Team Member, ThinC The Information Consulting Club

Junior Team Member, Focus Photography SIG
Junior Team Member, Aarambh The Entrepreneurship Cell
Team lead; led automation testing team of 4 for a project in ATAAS model

2015
2015
2015
2014

Extra Curricular Activities

Received best student of the class in acting for outstanding performance in dramatics, DAV Public School, Chaibasa
Received best actor in a comic role award in a drama competition, IPTA (Indian Peoples Theatre Association)
Was part of the Basketball team which bagged the Runners up position in King of Kings sports event, MDI Gurgaon
Key Interests
Travelling
Photography

Passionate traveller and follower of travel blogs and websites like lonelyplanet, xbhp and tripadvisor
Abstract and Landscape Photography enthusiast with knowledge of basic photography techniques

Email: placement@mdi.ac.in | Contact: +91-124-4560012 | Roll No: 15P172

2004
2004
2015