Gaurav Saraswat

RYT-200 - Certified yoga teacher from Yoga Alliance, USA.

Activities and societies: Member of the cultural club, blood donation society, and event management. photography club, etc.

Activities and societies: Participated in swimming and squash events. Volunteered for college magazine editorial board. Organized blood donation camp.

I am working as a freelancer to provide creative services to my clients:

• Worked on web content writing, SEO copywriting, and blogging projects for clients like On The Map Marketing, GoDigitalChina, CasaOne, and Teakruthi.
• Wrote a book for DRDO (Government of India) on AWACS.
• Wrote articles for US college students on study techniques and mental health.
• Provided web content writing and marketing strategy to a pottery studio named Dharamkot Studio.
• Prepared social media campaigns for multiple clients like Kia Motors, Greenply, Travel Triangle, The Golden Tusk Resort, etc.
• Worked on photography assignments for various genres.
• Provided yoga/pranayama/meditation training to various clients.

Worked on a short-term project with a dutch organization, aimed at creating one million employment opportunities for rural women in India. My primary task was to interview and tie up with the social entrepreneurs in India that work with rural women and prepare a detailed response document with my feedback about them.

Prepared an extensive training program for civil servants along with PMI, using primary and secondary research. Here, I interviewed many bureaucrats, IAS officers, and other stakeholders to understand the training requirements and accordingly created training program content.

Helped explore new opportunities for this upcoming startup dealing in art decor and design, bringing on board the best artists after assessing them, and extensive market research for the product viability. Managed the quality control and performance of the artists' team.

Undertook the role of Area Sales Manager for the Delhi NCR region in CRISIL's institutional SME rating department. Here I was responsible for their solar grading and ESCo grading business and actively worked with the Ministry of New & Renewal Energy, GoI.
Before this, I was into operations profile providing all backend support to the sales team by preparing sales reports, marketing collaterals, presentations, invoices, sales quotations, email newsletters, minutes of the meeting, etc.

Started HR recruitment consultancy under the guidance of a well-established recruitment firm. Undertook recruitment process that included:
- Understanding job description and specification
- Searching relevant job profiles from the naukri.com portal
- Initial screening by interviewing the candidate
- Scheduling the interview with the hiring company

Worked onboard cargo vessels taking care of all the machinery, main engine, and auxiliary engines. Besides that, my job responsibilities included inventory management, delegating daily tasks to the subordinates, taking the daily logs, undertaking the safety drills, etc.