Curriculum Vitae
Download PDFShikhar Kumar
PGDM'27 Candidate, Great Lakes Gurgaon
Gurgaon, India · shikharkr55@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/shikharkumar1025 · github.com/NotReallyShikhar

Summary
Business analytics and operations professional with 4+ years of hands-on building, currently pursuing a PGDM at Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon. Leads MarQuest, the college's marketing club, as President. Previously ran full operations for a 50-bed hospital, closed a sales stint worth 18 lakh+ in three months, and built a Telegram bot that reached 20 million+ users solo.
Experience
President · MarQuestLeadership
2026 - Present · marquest.in
- Run marquest.in end to end on Next.js and MongoDB, now the club's public face for events and recruitment.
- Lead the club representing Great Lakes Gurgaon's marketing arm across campus and events.
Sales & Business Development Intern · INME LearningInternship
Apr 2026 - Jun 2026
- Closed 22 enrolments worth 18 lakh+ in booked revenue from 2,500+ outbound calls, twice named Top Performer of the Week with a company record of 146 connects in a day.
- Built a four-step sales cadence tailored by region and family type, handling safety, price and readiness objections head-on to go from a first close in week 4 to a peak of nine enrolments in week 7.
- Built the Inme Suite, a set of browser tools (WhatsApp sender, log filler, participant finder, ID card generator) that cut per-call admin about 20x and saved the team 3 to 4 hours a day; the ID card generator alone cut a 2 to 3 hour manual process to about 5 minutes.
- Ran a 235-response parent survey analysed in SPSS, returning an NPS of +92 and a 9.5/10 experience rating.
- Built a pitch matrix and 3 buyer personas from ad demographic data, sharpening targeting around mothers aged 35 to 44.
Product Manager Intern · BETFOCInternship
May 2025 - Sep 2025
- Managed end-to-end client journeys, from requirement gathering and demos to onboarding and final delivery, coordinating with developers, license providers and marketing partners.
- Designed and launched a Telegram-based notification bot for real-time updates and mobile admin access.
Marketing Intern · The Local MediaFull-time
Jun 2025 - Aug 2025
- Took over a live project under a Great Lakes senior, managing The Local Media's social pages end to end and running Local Kahani, a sister page, solo.
- Promoted to team lead over 10 peers at Great Lakes, training them on Canva, colour and layout so the team could ship consistent posts.
Operations Manager · Vikalp HospitalFull-time
Apr 2024 - May 2025
- Ran full operations for what was then a 50-bed hospital (now grown to about 75 beds), covering everything from OPD to surgery scheduling.
- Evaluated multiple vendors and selected the hospital's medical history (EMR) system, negotiating pricing and features.
- Owned maintenance and vendor management end to end, from security to machinery to medicine and equipment suppliers, with final sign-off on every vendor application.
- Replaced the paper attendance register with a live online system I built myself, closing a proxy-marking loophole and cutting scheduling delays by about 15 percent for 30+ staff.
- Built an AWS-based SMS alert system notifying staff automatically whenever their duty assignment changed.
Digital Marketing Intern · TechAzoraInternship
Dec 2024 - Apr 2025
- Managed digital marketing operations for the TCH network across Telegram, Instagram and Threads, growing reach to 300k+ genuine live users across India.
- Designed creative posters, advertisements and interactive campaigns that boosted brand visibility across the client's online communities.
Education
PGDM
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon · 2025 - 2027
B.Sc. (General)
Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur · 2024
12th
B.S.S. Education Centre, Kanpur · 2020
10th
Pt. Deen Dayal U.S.D.V., Kanpur · 2018
Achievements
Top Performer of the Week x2
INME Learning · 2026
Chairman's Merit List x2
PGDM Year 1, Great Lakes Gurgaon · 2025-26
Yukki Music Bot, sold 6L
Open-source Telegram bot · 2021-25
Advanced Certificate, Digital Marketing & Communication
MICA Ahmedabad, 26 weeks · 2026
Skills
Analytics & Research: Excel, Python, SPSS, Power BI, EDA, Regression, Clustering, Hypothesis Testing
Marketing & Growth: Digital Marketing, Market Research, Buyer Personas, Social Media, Content
Business & Finance: Financial Modeling, Ratio Analysis, Cost of Capital, Valuation Basics
Leadership & Ops: Team Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Sales & Negotiation, Process Automation