LALITA REDDI
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EDUCATION
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY Pittsburgh, PA
Dec‘09
M.S. Engineering and Technology Innovation Management (GPA 3.53/4)
VNR VJIET, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Hyderabad, India
May ‘08
B.Tech. Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (GPA 3.6/4)
GRADUATE COURSES
Engineering Design Projects Strategy and Management of Technological Innovation
Managerial and Engineering Economics Brand Strategy
Product and Brand Management Ethnography
Product Planning and Development Organizational Management
Decision Tools for Engineering Design and Entrepreneurship
WORK EXPERIENCE
May – Aug ’09
Business Development Intern – Solar Semiconductor
Researched and analyzed potential markets and calculated demands; created databases with researched information,
prioritized the potential markets based on product analysis, static and dynamic demand analysis, made strategic plan to
enter markets that support the firm’s principal strategy, created project financing details and optimized finances.
GRADUATE PROJECTS
Engineering Design Project
Built a visual-inspection device that could work in a radio-active environment
Decision Tools for Engineering Design and Entrepreneurship
Worked on the cost and demand analysis for the new product
Brand Strategy
Presented a Brand Audit for a chosen Brand
Ethnography
Ethnographic studies for the disabled/old.
UNDERGRADUATE PROJECT
Built a pick and place rectilinear robot on an 8051 microprocessor.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Programming Languages: C, Java, Assembly Language
Application Software: Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Macromedia Fireworks, PageMaker, AutoCAD
LEADERSHIP
Instrument Society of India Student Chapter: Secretary (’07-‘08), Vice-Chairperson (’06-‘07)
Headed the Technical Symposium CONVERGENCE for the years ’07 and ’08 which had a team of over
100 students and over 1000 participants
Under-Graduate Student Committees: Editorial Committee, Cultural Committee
ACHIEVEMENTS
Raised INR 1 million as the sponsorship team lead during the college symposium and increased the scale of the event 4
fold during a period of 2 years
As a member of the editorial committee successfully released the monthly newsletter