Manager Marketing

PALKI ARORA, B.Sc. M.Sc.

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LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/palkiarora

EDUCATION

MASTER OF SCIENCE Biosystems/Environmental Engineering Aug 2018

Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA

GPA: 3.75 (4.0 in Major)

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Agricultural Engineering June 2014

Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

GPA: 3.3

EXPERIENCE

AUBURN UNIVERSITY

Graduate Research Assistant Auburn, Alabama January 2016 – Current

Performed validation and testing of watershed models to ensure adequacy and reformulate models including different hydrological models as necessary.

Recommended Best Management Practices in decreasing water contamination (including Nitrogen and Phosphorus) using Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model for pastures and agricultural land uses.

ACADEMIC TUTOR

Tutor Ludhiana, Punjab, India July 2010 - December 2015

High School Level Tutor in Science, Mathematics and English. Taught up to 25 students 20 hours per week as self-employed tutor.

KING EXPORTS

Marketing Manager Ludhiana, Punjab, India July 2015 - December 2015

Managed marketing department (Export Division) of the company with 500 number of employees.

Supplied tractor parts including P.T.O adopter, top link end, tow balls and rapid hooks to the European customers with a sale of up to 300,000 Euros.

Developed customer base from 325 to 350, in a period of 5 months.

Collaborated with Engineering, Production and Packaging team for on-time deliveries to our customers.

Setup an automated system to get Voice-of-the-Customer feedback for continuous improvement.

KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK

Relationship Manager Ludhiana, Punjab, India July 2014 - July 2015

Achieved assigned individual performance goal for income generation, product sales and new client growth targets.

Maintained client communication & coordination that increases sales and customer growth up to 1.2 million rupees and 70 new customers respectively.

RECOGNITIONS

Won top presentation award in ‘Mahindra Igniters Technical Quotient’ as only female among 15 competitors.

Got second prize in National Service Scheme (NSS) speech competition on ‘Female Foeticide’.

Selected from top 25% GPA in class of 60.

Awarded Summer Training Program at International Summer School of Moscow State Agricultural University, Moscow, Russia.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Hydrologic Models: Arc SWAT, HEC-HMS, Win TR55

AutoCad

ArcMap, ArcGIS

Programming Languages: C, C++ and Visual Basics for Applications

Ability to understand situations and adapt accordingly

Effective Communication skills

Willingness to learn

Excellent attention to detail

Ability to work independently as well as in team

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Serving as vice president of Alpha Epsilon, Agricultural Engineering Honor Society from May 2017.

Research Poster Presenter at American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) 2017 conference held at Spokane, Washington.

Voluntarily participated in Graduate Student Agricultural Poster Showcase consecutively for 2 years.

Member of National Service Scheme (NSS) for 4 years.

Selected to represent ‘BSC pvt. Ltd.’ Company at ‘Kisan Mela’ fair for two consecutive years.

Taught up to 25 student’s 20 hours per week for 5 years (July 2010- Dec 2015) as self-employed tutor in which subject matter included Science, Mathematics and English at High School Level.

References will be provided upon request.

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