APOORVA GOYAL

E-mail - apugoyal@iitk.ac.in

Mobile No. : +91-7499181437

EDUCATION
Year

Degree/Certificate

Institute/ School

CGPA/%

2010 - Present
2010
2008

B.Tech, Electrical Engineering

Class XII : CBSE
Class X : CBSE

IIT Kanpur (India)

DAV Public School, Kota
DPS Patna

9.5/10.0
93.2%
96.4%

SCHOLASTIC AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Student Delegate for HARVARD Project for Asian and International Relations (Harvard) among 180 delegates globally(2012)
SAT II 2400/2400 (2010)
IITJEE - AIR 327 (2010)
AIEEE AIR 180 (2010) State Rank - 1
Recipient of Certificate of Merit for Academic Excellence awarded to top 5% students of IIT Kanpur
(2012)
Central Sector Scholarship by MHRD, India for academic excellence in Class XII Boards examination
(2010)
Awarded Temasek Scholarship (2 students in IIT Kanpur) for all round performance in the first year
(2010)

INTERNSHIPS / PROJECTS
Selected among Top 40 candidates across all IITs for KITES-Summer Internship Programme13 at ITC Limited (May, 2013)
Business Process Consultant : PBO Plus with the HR Department of Panacea Biotec
(Dec, 2011)
Streamlined the HR structure of the organisation by introducing Succession Planning in a team of 5 consultants
Impact : Increased the PBOs client base by 20 % through data-basing and marketing in FMCG sector
Marketing and Communication : Troopp.com (Won the Best Intern)
(May July, 2011)
Increased the NGOs associated with Troopp by 30 % through extensive marketing and publicity drives
Facilitated focus on For Profit Social Organisations as potential customers through extensive market research
Impact of Forex Exposure on Indian IT Sector (Awarded the Best Summer Project at IIT Kanpur)
(May July, 2011)
Analysed the effect of Forex Exposure on parameters like ROCE and PAT through a detailed study of 200 companies

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Coordinator (Feb, 2013 - Present)
Leadership

Initiatives

Assistant Coordinator ( 2012 - 2013 )

Led a 2 tier team of 132 students for effective conduction of 5 day Orientation Program for 837 freshmen
Helped 128 academically deficient students with a team of 45 Link Students and 66 Academic Mentors
30% increase in walk in appointments of students by increasing visibility of counsellors through hall visits
Communicated with HRD Ministry to help improve the Counselling Service structure in govt. institutes
Conceptualised a 4 day event Wellness Week for the first time with sessions on salsa, nutrition, posture
Increased reach of the organisation by introducing Drop-Box to remain connected with the campus
Organised a play Aawahan and invited Dr. Shekhar Seshadri to burst common myths about suicides

Overall Coordinator, Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kanpur

Leadership

Initiatives

Institute Counselling Service

(Feb, 2012 - Mar, 2013)

Raised funds by 150 % by undertaking marketing trips to Boston, New Delhi and Mumbai
Mentoring the establishment of Entrepreneurship cells at NIT, Patna and IP University, Delhi
Designed an intensive programme Promoting Research Innovation Mentoring and Entrepreneurship
Launched a continuous mentoring for start-ups associating 200 faculties, 300 alumni and 20 corporates
Established Tinkering Lab for product prototype development ; Fostered 5 product based start-ups already
Started first newsletter and first E-Blog Ounce of Madness with over 5,000 viewers within the first week
Instituted Deferred Placement Program (DPP) and pioneered the first Inter IIT Entrepreneurship Meet

SOCIAL INITIATIVES
ENACTUS, IIT KANPUR : Aims at Entrepreneurial action to improve the quality of life for people in need
(2012 - 2013)
Created sustainable livelihood for 250 villagers by coordinating 2 social projects Aagaaz and Pakwaan under E-cell
Pioneered Tele-medical health services with Sana, MIT and Rama Dental College to detect oral cancer (Pilot Run)
Intern Volunteer at Damini : NGO based in New Delhi which works on diverse social issues faced by society (Dec, 2012)
Led to increase of girls enrolment by 25% in the village primary schools by working on the issue of women literacy
Addressed the cause of HIV/AIDS by reaching out to 400 villagers through focussed awareness campaigns near Patna

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Music
Art
Dance

Senior Diploma (5 year) with Distinction in Vocal Music from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad
th
ChitraVisharad PrathamKhand, 4 Year with Distinction in Art from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh
rd
st
3 Prize, Roots (National Folk Dance Competition), Antaragni11 and 1 Prize in Intra IIT Dance Drama
rd

Case Study
Debating
Others

3 Prize in Rev It Up, National Case Study Competition at St. Stephens College, Delhi University
nd
Led the team to 2 Prize in the overall championship at St. Stephens Economic Festival Das Capital 12
Member of IIT Kanpur Parliamentary Debate Team and JAM Team, 2011
Best Delegate (ECOSOC), IIT K Model United Nations (MUN) 2012 ; Best Position Paper IIT K MUN 2011
st
1 Prize, JK White Cement National Ad Making Competition (Techkriti 12 : National Technical Festival)