Journey
Five acts, one capability each. Read top to bottom, or jump to the act you care about.
Patna Visakhapatnam Berhampur Gurgaon Dubai Gurugram and New Delhi
The engineer
Patna, Visakhapatnam, Berhampur
2011–2019
An engineering degree taught me structure; running campus events taught me people.
B.Tech, Civil Engineering with Honors
NIST, Berhampur, Odisha. 2015–2019
- Vice President of the Civil Club, running college techno-managerial initiatives.
- Event Coordinator for the Inspire Science Camp (DST), the IWAM Workshop and the annual Blood Donation Camps, 2016 to 2017.
- Organised orientation programmes for incoming students.
- Counseling Service: Student Trainee, then Student Guide, then Student Coordinator.
Built: structure, event operations, peer leadership
Intermediate (PCM) and Matriculation
Sri Chaitanya, Visakhapatnam (2013) and PMS, Patna (2011)
- The analytical grounding the rest of the story runs on.
Built: maths, physics, structured problem-solving
Intermission · 2019–2020 Prepared for the IES and UPSC exams at MADE EASY.
The seller
India
Oct 2020 – Jun 2022
BYJU'S taught me that selling is mostly listening, then gave me a target every month.
Senior Business Development Associate
BYJU'S. Promoted BDA → SBDA → Senior BDA
- Beat monthly B2C sales targets by 20 to 30% through need-based consultative selling.
- Worked on CRM and lead-funnel optimisation, lifting conversion 15% across key regions.
- Trained and mentored 20+ new hires, cutting ramp-up time and raising team quota attainment by 25%.
- Revenue King #1 (June 2021) and #2 (Oct 2021); Achievers Club ranks #11, #18 and #19; four appraisals in 18 months.
Built: consultative selling, CRM discipline, coaching
The team lead
Gurgaon
Jun 2022 – May 2023
At Square Yards the job stopped being my number and became everyone else's.
Senior Area Sales Manager
Square Yards, Gurgaon
- Drove 30% year-on-year revenue growth with developers and property investors across key territories.
- Led and coached a 10+ person sales team to a 20% lift in conversion.
- Turned market-trend analysis into sales strategy behind a 15% territory expansion.
Built: people management, territory strategy
The operator in Dubai
Dubai
Jul 2023 – Jul 2026
In Dubai I owned the whole client journey, from first call to a licensed company with a bank account and visas.
Customer Success Advisor
Paramount Zone LLC, Dubai
- Managed 100+ HNI, SME and entrepreneur accounts a month with 95%+ client satisfaction.
- Owned the full client lifecycle, from onboarding to a working UAE company: formation, banking, visas and compliance.
- Coordinated internal teams, banks, free zones and government entities to keep setups moving.
- Cut business-setup turnaround by 20% through process changes and stakeholder work.
- Represented the company at networking events, driving 30% month-on-month lead growth, sustained over several months.
- Improved SOPs and handled escalations while keeping long-term client relationships.
Built: client success, compliance, cross-entity coordination
The founder
Gurugram and New Delhi
2026 onward
Everything before this was preparation for building the business side of creative work.
Founder, FilmFolio
filmfolio.in. Launched 2026
- Building a credit-first network where film, photo, beauty and design creatives catalogue their credited work and clients hire them.
- Live with sample profiles while the first creators come on board.
Built: product, marketplace design
Photography and cinematography
As Arsh Jaiswwal
- Event and company shoots for clients, from brief to final delivery.
Built: camera, direction, client delivery
PGP Rise, Startup and Entrepreneurship
Masters' Union, Gurugram. Jul 2026 – Jul 2027
- In progress: building ventures alongside the programme.
- Also completed the LearnBay Data Science and AI Master Program (2023).
Built: venture building, data literacy
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