Turn a messy process into a working system.
I built the platform that generated ~3,000 university reports for interns who had been formatting them by hand.
Proof
Product & strategy builder · Bengaluru
Move your light: the evidence is under the dark
Give me an ambiguous problem, a deadline and the responsibility. I’ll figure out the rest.
I’m Yash Gaurav. I turn messy questions into working answers: a reporting platform used by 3,000 interns, a night-safety pilot at IOCL Barauni, and four podium finishes in business competitions, led by Best Manager at Atharva ’39. BBA (Hons.), TAPMI Bengaluru.
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Open to work and learn · consulting, finance, strategy & product
Indian Oil CorporationMaya Kaushaliya FoundationSOS Children’s Villages IndiaMentor EdgeeStatusStudying at TAPMI Bengaluru
Ch. 02 / In the field · IOCL Barauni · Jun–Jul 2026
Cyclists near Ulao Chowk were invisible after dark.
The fix had to cost about ₹80–120 a bicycle. The reflector pilot was my idea, fitted with a team of technical and non-technical interns. The reflective material is rated to be seen at about 160 m, against about 35 m for an unlit bicycle: 4.6 times further.
100+bicycles fitted
₹80–120per kit
#1 of 10refineries, Swachhata Pakhwada (team)
Rated visible at
160m
With reflector · unlit ~35 m
Ch. 03–06 / Selected work
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I follow the question.
Five times a question became a pilot, a working system, a cost model, an investor pitch or a people tool.
For founders & teams
Where I’m useful.
Four jobs I’ve already done, each with more detail you can open.
Run the ground game.
Logistics and awareness for a Swachhata Pakhwada campaign of ~200 activities, ranked #1 of IOCL’s 10 refineries.
ProofTake an idea from question to pitch.
ElderLink placed 2nd runner-up at the NMIMS Virtual Crowdfunding Challenge, with ₹1.25 Cr in a virtual round for 8% equity.
ProofPut numbers on a decision.
I built the Excel cost model and activity-based analysis that found ₹20.77 of profit per pack hidden in overhead (group project, modelled).
ProofEvidence · 28 records
Don’t take my word for it.
Photographs, dashboards, letters and press coverage from the field. Where a number has a document behind it, its small numbered marker opens that record.
Method
How I work.
A repeatable way to get from an unclear brief to something people can use.
Journey · a dated ledger
The record so far.
Every role, build and milestone, dated. New entries get added as they happen, through the MBA and beyond.
Recognition
Results on the record.
Business competitions first, then everything else worth a line.
Recommendations
In their words.
From people who managed or worked alongside me, quoted word for word. Three are public recommendations on my LinkedIn profile; one is a private message from my supervisor, shared in part.
Ch. 07 / The person
Work isn’t something I fit around my life. It’s how I choose to spend it.
I’m at my best running several things at once: leading committees, competing in case competitions, rebuilding my powerlifting total, and building systems that make other people’s work easier. I learn whatever the problem demands and own it from start to finish.
My work moves between spreadsheets, systems, strategy and people. The goal stays the same: turn ambiguity into execution, and ideas into outcomes. I’m open to founder’s office, product and strategy work where I can follow a question all the way to a working answer.
BBA (Hons.) · CGPA 7.9TA Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Bengaluru · Aug 2025 – present
Class 12 · 83%Delhi Public School, Bokaro Steel City · Head Boy
Class 10 · 94%DAV Public School, Munger
Now · updated Nov 2026
What I’m on right now.
A dated log. Older entries move to the journey.
Archive
More work.
Coursework, prototypes and concept builds. Live links open in a new tab.
Ch. 08 / The ask
Have an ambiguous problem and a deadline?
Write to me · I reply within 48 hours
yashgaurav@synarkacore.com
Toolbelt / what I work with
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