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I’ve spent the last 10+ years in cross-functional leadership roles, mostly in general management and operations. Most recently, I led a 40-person team at a mid-sized services company, overseeing P&L for a ~$45M business unit across sales, operations, and customer success. Before that, I managed strategic projects in the consumer and B2B services space, including a 12‑month transformation program that consolidated three legacy systems, cut operating costs by 18%, and improved NPS from 54 to 71. I’ve worked mainly in general services, light tech-enabled operations, and some exposure to manufacturing suppliers. My key projects tend to center on scaling processes, turning around underperforming teams, and driving measurable results—things like reducing onboarding time by 35%, increasing renewal rates by 9 points, or taking a region from −3% to +11% YoY growth. I’m very comfortable leading cross-functional teams and influencing without direct authority.
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In your civil engineering studies, what specific design coursework or project work did you complete related to irrigation channels or canals (e.g., design of lined/unlined canals, distributaries, minors)? Describe one such design in detail, including how you determined discharge, permissible velocity, section dimensions, and lining choice for Gujarat-type soil and climate conditions.
Based on your hydrology and irrigation engineering background, explain how you would estimate the irrigation water requirement for a kharif crop in a semi-arid region of Gujarat. Walk me through each step: from reference evapotranspiration estimation, crop coefficient selection, effective rainfall calculation, to arriving at canal discharge for a given command area.
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