VijayaKumar Shanmugam
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An Overview
> A result oriented International MBA Graduate from Italy having more than
* ***rs of work experience in International Trade, Agribusiness, IT and
Equity research (Corporate finance).
> Currently associated with Indo Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry as
an Assistant Manager.
> Adept in driving business growth through identification & penetration of
new market segments for attainment of targets with a view to optimize
revenue.
> Exposure in tapping areas of growth & proposing new projects to the
management to capitalize on such opportunities through market
intelligence activities.
> Possesses excellent communication with exceptional interpersonal,
networking, problem solving, leadership, team-building organizational and
presentation skills.
Core Competencies
Career Scan
Mar'12-Present with Indo Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Chennai
Assistant Manager
Role
V Processing the business requirements received from Italy & India and
doing market research to identify potential partners for the same.
V Drafting the business proposals and preparation of product/sector market
reports.
V Networking and interacting with Indian experts with respect to scope and
opportunities for Italian companies in India.
V Handling the membership department by retaining the existing members and
identifying new members.
V Doing office accounts and representing Chamber of Commerce in
international trade fairs, exhibitions and events and preparing
presentation's and reports for the same.
Notable Attainments
V Successfully handled "Made in Vicenza" and "Promos" delegations, where
some Italian companies are in the process of going joint venture with
Indian companies.
Jul'11 - Sep'11 with Biolea, Crete, Greece
Managerial Intern
Role
V Managed activities from Farming to Marketing.
V Planned & prepared strategies and implemented them for smooth marketing
functions.
V Undertook market research & new product development and strategically
launched new products in new markets thereby generating additional
revenue opportunities in India.
Notable Attainments
V Piloted interpretive tours of the factory for tourists and visitors.
V Mapped new markets: India and Belgium.
V Recommended as a passionate and righteous candidate for Agri and food
business.
Jan'09 - Dec'10 with Family Business - Agriculture - Erode, India
Associate
Role
V Took responsibility to change the structure of farming by forecasting the
demand and familiar with variety of crops like paddy, sugarcane,
turmeric, etc.
V Tracked consumers and the products in food industry.
Notable Attainments
V Moved towards a new way in contract farming.
V Effectively implemented organic farming and formed a group with
neighbouring farmers as well as widen marketing strategies.
Part Time Assignments
July'09 - Dec'10 with Indian Stock Market, Erode, India
Independent Stock Analyst
Role
V Focussed on micro, small and mid cap stocks, which had potential to
become future large cap stocks and followed key commodity stocks and
companies which adapt to present and future change in business.
V Discovered some short term trading stocks based on momentum which were
good in financial analysis.
June'07 - Dec'08 with RK Networks, Coimbatore, India
System Administrator
Role
V Installed complex hardware and software and upgraded to ensure work was
performed as per company's policy.
V Looked after the supervision of back-up and disaster recovery operations.
Notable Attainments
V Efficiently created and implemented recommendations to improve
scalability and performance.
Academia
V International MBA from University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy in 2011.
V Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Anna University, India
in 2007.
Subjects Studied During MBA
Marketing Management, Management Control, Strategy, Doing Business in
Emerging Economies, Human Capital Management, Auditing and Governance,
Innovation Management, Financial Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis,
Corporate Finance, Corporate & Investment Banking, Principles of Marketing,
Organizational Behaviour and Design, Statistical Concept for Business And
Management, Information Systems and Introduction to Management.
Subjects Studied During B.E
Operating System, Computer Networks, Data Structures, Object Oriented
Programming, Software Engineering, Introduction Analysis and Algorithm,
Computer Architecture, UNIX Internals, Principles of Compiler Design,
Computer Graphics.
Academic Attainments
V Successfully developed Cross Cultural Management Skills and Business
Knowledge through MBA Colleagues where the student composition was of 21
different countries.
V Top scorer in Corporate Finance.
Projects
Project Title : Italian Olive Oil Marketing in India.
Period : August'11-October'11
Scope : Identified the high quality olive oil producers in Italy,
the possible market opportunities for
Olive Oil in India, Market Entry Strategy and way of
promoting & positioning it as a Brand.
Project Title : Agriculture and Food Processing Business
Opportunities in India.
Period : March'10-June'10
Scope : Done lot of research on present trends, challenges and
opportunities in this sector.
Project Title : Garments Trading.
Period : January'09-April'09
Scope : Gained experience in marketing activities of buying
various men's collection from companies
and wholesaler and selling them to different retail outlets
based on consumer preference.
IT Forte
Skilled in Microsoft Office, Internet Research and Statistics Software R.
Extra-Curricular Activities
V Merit of being selected among 50 from more than 2000 applicants for ICICI
Rural Development Fellowship (Leadership) Programme in 2010 in India.
V Functioned as Class Committee Member for three successive years (2004 -
2007) first person to hold this post for three years in this department).
V Piloted the Football Team for inter college competitions and honoured as
the Best Fielder in 'Textrophy-07'- an Intra Departmental Cricket
Tournament.
V Efficiently started a fund raising club to help the students economically
for their education.
V Acted as the one the Chief Coordinator for 'Blitzkrieg-06'- an Intra
College Event and for 'Futura-06'- National Level Inter College Technical
Symposium as well.
Personal Dossier
Date of Birth : 6th December, 1984.
Present Address : 141/7, 4th Flat, Sivanadha Salai, Bharadwaj
Appartments, Gill Nagar, Choolaimedu
Chennai-
94.
Permanent Address : 4/180, Vaikkalpudur,
Nichampalayam(po), Perundurai, Erode - 638055
Linguistic Skills : English, Tamil and Italian (Basic).
Expertise in:
Marketing Revenue Generation Market Research
Team Building Financial Analysis Business
Development
Event Management Equity Research
Corporate Finance