GURLEEN KAUR CHADHA

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Profile

• Strong educational background in Economics with reputed institutes

• Adept understanding of theoretical and quantitative techniques of the subject

• Adequate knowledge of tools to work with data analytics

• Dedicated, hard working individual with the interpersonal and communications skills to work and educate personnel at all levels of the organization

• Ability to efficiently amalgamate theoretical knowledge with practical experience

• Innovative problem solver with a high degree of research acumen and ability to manage multiple functions simultaneously

Academic Qualifications

LEBOW COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, DREXEL UNIVERSITY 2017-19 Masters - Economics

TERI UNIVERSITY

Masters of Science - Natural Resource Economics 2015-17 UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

Bachelors of Arts - Economics 2011-14

Work Experience

• SAP, USA - Customer Research June-December, 2018 o Worked in the Forbes 500 company within the Digital Transformation Team as a Customer Research intern

o Wrote White Papers and prepared reports on customer trends and target groups o Gained and implemented an adequate knowledge of HANA, Leonardo, Success Factors and all SAP related tools

• Drexel University, USA - Teaching Assistant September, 2017-May 2018 o Assisting the professors in grading, conducting and managing the assignments, projects and exams of the classes taught by the professor

• Cians Analytics, India - Analyst June, 2014-February, 2015 o Did exhaustive research and analysis as per the client requests. Made many Industry Overviews (IOs), investment documents and presentations

o Supporting diverse clientele which includes leading global investment banks, manufacturing companies, think tanks, retail giants, to name a few

o Intelligence and data gathering using online tools and databases such as Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Factiva, Capital IQ, EIU and IBIS

Academic Projects

• The Effectiveness of Reverse Logistics in the Pharmaceutical industry (Dissertation project) 2017 o The aim is to study the incentives for every stakeholder in the supply chain to return the unused/expired medicines back for safe disposal and to propose socio-economic policies for the same o Primary as well as secondary data was collected and two methodologies were used, Analytical Hierarchy Process(AHP) and Contingent Ranking(CR)

• Economic Valuation of water resources: A comparison of methods (Term Paper) 2016 o The paper examines the various prevalent methods for valuing water resolves and conclude which is the best method under varied situations

• Economic Development Project 2016

o Written three critical reviews under the broad purview of Indian Economic Development o The topics being: Child Nutrition status in India, Growth in Post-Independence India: A perspective on 1950-60s and Agricultural Policies after 1991-92: efficacy and impact

• Unemployment and Health Hazards 2016

o A review paper that delved into the effects of unemployment on the health status of an individual as well as methods to determine the effect

• International Trade Networks 2016

o A critical review on the importance of existing trade networks to carry out international trade and the need for improving such networks

Social Work

• Worked as a volunteer at the NGO, Carol Foundation. Taught paper quilling to underprivileged women and girls and helped them earn a living. Also, helped in setting up stalls at various college festivals to sell their products. Feb-May, 2014

• Worked as a volunteer at the school Sparsh. Assisted children with special needs with their academics and vocational activities. Taught them packaging of room fresheners, incense sticks, etc. which helped the school generate extra income to support the kids. December 2012 Other Skills and Interests

• Languages known: English, Hindi, Punjabi

• Knowledge of Softwares: Stata, R, SPSS, SQL, SaaS

• Avid reader. Also, writing on social issues as well as fictional writing

• Team facilitator with comprehensive problem solving abilities

• Good communication and oratorical skills

• Interests: Reading, Traveling

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