APEKSHA SWARAJ (REG NO : 0249/60)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS (in reverse chronological order)

Examination/Degree Year Board/University %/CGPA Rank
(optional)
Indian Institute of Technology
B.Tech Chemical Engineering 2020 68.2%
Roorkee
XIIth 2016 Shiv Ashish School 90.2%
Xth 2014 DAV International School 10/10

ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS
▪ CAT 99.09%ile (VARC 99.31%ile, DILR 92.78%ile, QA 97.25%ile)
▪ GSO (Gujarat Science Olympiad): 73rd Rank in Gujarat among 5824 participants, 2009
▪ 6th International Mathematics Olympiad, School Rank 3, State Rank 576, International Rank 1523
▪ Participated in Outdoors Experimental Education Programme at Aranya Wilderness Park.
▪ Creative Writing Award, DAV International School, 9th class
▪ 5th IMO, School Rank 7, State Rank 1347, International rank 34031
▪ 13th NSO, School Rank 2, city rank 163, State Rank 649, International Rank 12852
▪ 3rd IMO, School rank 2, city rank 126, state rank 640, international rank 11654
▪ Achievers Institute certificate of merit for excellent display of performance in Academics (10 CGPA) in
class 10th
CO-CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS
▪ AWS Elastic Beanstalk: Deploy a Python(Flask) Web Application – Coursera
▪ AWS Fundamentals: Building Serverless Applications – Coursera
▪ AWS: Publish a NodeJS Website from Scratch – Coursera
▪ Creating an AWS EC2 Autoscaling Group using Load Balancer – Coursera
▪ AWS Fundamentals: Addressing Security Risk – Coursera
▪ AWS Fundamentals: Going Cloud-Native – Coursera
▪ AWS Fundamentals: Migrating to the Cloud – Coursera
▪ Cloud Computing Applications, Part 1: Cloud Systems and Infrastructure – Coursera
▪ Cloud Computing Applications, Part 2: Big Data and Applications in the Cloud – Coursera
▪ Cloud Computing Concepts: Part 2 – Coursera
▪ Cloud Networking – Coursera
▪ Cloud Computing Concepts, Part 1 – Coursera
▪ The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking – Coursera
▪ Excel Skills for Business: Essentials – Coursera
SELECT PROJECTS AND PAPERS
BTP Project: Ethanol production from Potatoes and other Starches

WORK EXPERIENCE (must be in Reverse Chronological Order) < Total # of months> Months
[BAJAJ FINANCE LTD.] [SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER] Aug ’20- Nov’22 (27 months)
▪ Awarded Kudos award for exceptional contribution in delivering integrations for the new ISD App.
▪ First to integrate Azure Cosmos DB in the organization, reducing query time to single-digit
millisecond. Saved 12% in costs & 5k+ manhours for maintenance and scaling.
▪ Single-handedly created the backend support for the ISD-CIA App with 32 APIs, which handled
onboarding of 17k+ customers in the first month with 98%+ success rate.

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 ▪ ISD now handles 15% of total transactions, contributing 23% to the total revenue
generation.Business venture & POS sale increased by 35% in Tier 3 cities due to its incorporation at
the vendor side.
▪ Reduced initial verification and client onboarding time by 70% before the QC process.
▪ Lead a team of 4 off-role engineers to create end-to-end journey for the new TWF Project.
▪ Increased rural sales by 27% in the vertical within the year of launch, onboarding 3.3M+ NTB
customers.
▪ Created backend-infrastructure for the RBL-DBS Credit card. RBL creates monthly 3 lac leads with
more than 50% on-boarding and 80% active users. DBS integrates 2.25 lacs monthly new customers
on-boarded.
▪ Added KPI trackers to 4k+ in-house APIs which updates the Azure dashboard and creates Kaizala
alerts to ease maintenance by 7k+ manhours.
▪ Provided Festive season support during code freeze and Diwali (Sept-Oct) ensuring smooth
functioning of all Credit Card and POS APIs, amounted to a record high 12 lac customers in the peak
3 days.
▪ worked as IT Project Manager for Two Wheeler ISD Project. Captured business requirements and
created project-flow after detailed discussion with Business executives about project scope and
objectives. Helped manage expectations through experience and knowledge of software (SFDC,
Cosmos) and existing infrastructure (PODs).
▪ Communicated project plans to all project stakeholders together with their individual
responsibilities. Conducted pre-project evaluation to identify potential unsuccessful project
elements, understood the pain areas and ensured that issues are flagged and resolved in time.
▪ Worked as a single point of contact from the IT side for tracking and reporting on project
development and operational activities. Supported the successful delivery of programs undertaken
through effective tracking and reporting.
▪ Managed delivery timeline and conducted code review before deployment. 32 APIs of ISD App have
been created in record time, has smooth integration with SFDC, Cibil, Cosmos, ATOS and various in-
house APIs.
▪ Participated in full stack architecture design , development and maintenance of Banking Web apps
with focus on API delivery using Spring Boot and JAVA
▪ Provided Festive season support during code freeze and Diwali (Sept-Oct) ensuring smooth
functioning of all Credit Card and POS APIs, amounted to a record high 12 lac customers in the peak
3 days.
▪ Optimized API to reduce response time from 25 seconds to 24 milliseconds using multi-threading
and better management of HTTP connection pool
▪ Production and Operations support to Backend team of POS and Credit Card
▪ Performed DR drills using Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
▪ Worked on NOSQL Databases (MS Cosmos DB) for the Marketplace project.
▪ MarketPlace/Bajaj Mall: Developed product and loan movement APIs for the project to complete
the transaction process without any hassle. Dealer side integration completed smoothly (data &
figures). Minimal latency and high success ratio. 20% cancellation or more is considered failure,
which hasn’t happened yet. Periodic syncing is performed for the dealer centric app with
automatically generated reviews.

[ORGANIZATION 2] [DESIGNATION] Jun ’18 – Apr ’19 (11 months)

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INTERNSHIPS / PART-TIME WORK EXPERIENCE
AJMERA INFOTECH [INTERN] May ’1 – Jul ’19 (3 months)

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▪ Collaborated with Business, Design and other verticals to accomplish feature rollouts, pushed bug fixes &
hotfixes by managing development sprint cycles. Achieved minimal latency and increased efficiency by
17% by optimizing monolith ReactJS code.
Increased sales revenue by 23% by implementing a GPS location and tracking system for the client studio.
Had sessions with client to better understand their needs and implement their vision for the application.

[INTAS PHARMACEUTICALS] [SUMMER INTERN] Jun ’18 – Jul ’18 (2 months)

Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP): Studied the Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) of the unit to understand the
industrial application of the basic waste water management concepts. Also visited the Matoda Plant of the
company which has advanced technologies for purification and observed the working and management of the
plant.

[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd] [Summer Intern] May’18 – Jun ’18 (2 months)
WELLBORE INSTABILITY: Studied the causes and effects of Wellbore Instability with respect to Drilling Fluid
under the Drilling Fluid Services Section ONGC, Ahmedabad Asset. Learned the uses of various types of Drilling
Fluids by visiting various Rigs and monitoring the mud flow. Tested the Drilling Fluid used in the Hajira rig
during the field visit to start the drilling process. Learned about Blowouts and how to prevent them.

ENTREPRENEURIAL/NON-PROFIT VENTURES
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POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
▪ Joint Secretary, Basketball, IIT Roorkee 2018-19 - Represented Basketball in the Sports Council to get team
concerns addressed & needs fulfilled. Navigated through the bureaucratic process of installing new flood
lights in the women’s court. Co-ordinated Sangram (Sports Fest) and managed fixtures and basketball
games of 20+ teams
▪ Captain, Basketball, IIT Roorkee: Led team to win Bronze in Uttarakhand State Basketball Championship.
▪ Bagged a Gold medal in Inter IIT Sports Championship in 2017 & Silver medal in 2019.
▪ Bagged Gold medals in Udghosh (IIT Kanpur Sports Fest) in the consecutive years of 2017 & 2018
▪ Co-Ordinator, Basketball, Sangram 2018
▪ Co-Ordinator, Basketball, Intra Bhawan Sports Meets, Kasturba Bhawan 2018
▪ Organizer, Sports, CHESS, Chemical Engineering Department

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS

▪ Finance Cell, Watch Out, IIT Roorkee
▪ Finance Cell, Geek Gazette, IIT Roorkee
▪ Basketball – Inter IIT gold in 2017, silver in 2019. Udghosh gold in 2017 & 2018, Sangram Silver in 2017,
2018, 2019. Fourth in Sportech in 2018, 2019
▪ Uttarakhand State Basketball Championship 2019 – bronze & captain
▪ Snooker Mixed Doubles, 2nd position, CHESS IIT Roorkee
▪ Inter Bhawan Sports Meet, Winner - Basketball
▪ Runner Up in Ahmedabad District Kho-Kho Championship
▪ 3rd place – Vogue (Fashion Event, Thomso, 2016)
▪ Zysports: 3rd in 4*100 relay, Gold in Kho-Kho
▪ 3rd in quiz competition, 5th class
▪ 2nd in Patriotic song competition, 5th class
▪ 1st in Handwriting competition, 10th class
▪ Extempore, 1st position, 7th class
▪ 3rd in Group Song Competition, 9th class
▪ Best Costume Award in 10th class
OTHER INFORMATION
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Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
▪ School rank 1 in 10th, Sports Captain, Kho-Kho Captain for school, 2nd in Head Girl election in 10th, lost by 30
votes
▪ First in school painting competition in 4th grade
▪ Elocution Competition, 5th grade, 1st place
▪ Rock On Group Dance Competition, 7th grade, 2nd place
▪ Athletics Meet, IIT Roorkee : Bronze in long jump, silver in high jump, gold in 100*4 and 400*4 relay races,
silver in 100 m race in 2018

email: <abc2022>@email.iimcal.ac.in
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta