Chandan Agarwal

Chandan Agarwal

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Building Tech Solutions in Micro-Niches to Help Businesses Grow Revenues and Reduce Costs.
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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  • Olli for Brands
    Co-Founder and CEO
    Olli for Brands
    Jan 2025 - Current (1 year 9 months)
    Building AI-driven tech solutions that solve specific problems in micro-niches. Each product is a deep, targeted solution crafted for one niche challenge at a time — starting with helping brands create high-quality content like product photos for their e-commerce listings, UGCs for their performance marketing and reels for their social media.
  • Noor and Nest
    Founder
    Noor and Nest
    Aug 2024 - Current (2 years 2 months)
    At Noor and Nest, we’re building an ecosystem—a one-stop solution for D2C brands to launch, scale, and grow. From design and manufacturing to warehousing, tech, and marketing, website development, we cover every touchpoint.

    And what sets us apart? We embed technology and modern tools into traditional workflows—unlocking process efficiency and cost synergies thereby helping legacy businesses modernize without losing their soul — with innovation that’s practical, scalable, and ROI-driven.
  • Miles Education
    Chief of Staff and VP (Growth)
    Miles Education
    Apr 2024 - Jul 2024 (4 months)
    ------------ Focussed primarily on: Growth initiatives ------------

    Led the launch of two new business initiatives in the US to further the diversification product-wise and geography-wise.
  • Miles Education
    Chief of Staff (To the Founder and CEO)
    Miles Education
    Nov 2022 - Apr 2024 (1 year 6 months)
    ------------ Focussed primarily on: Building new product offerings from scratch ------------

    Spent majority of my time at Miles working alongside the CEO on the 0-to-1 of the flagship product 'Miles US Pathway'. Witnessed all the stages of a product lifecycle starting from finding a PMF to creating a MVP to launching the first cohort to iterating multiple times to scaling. While I was involved in everything related to successful launch of the product, noting down a few below:

    Business Development (B2B): The demand side of the product involved onboarding B2B partners on to the platform. Built and implemented strategies for successful onboarding of their partners.
    Business Development (B2C): The supply side o
  • Unacademy
    COO's Office - Product led growth initiatives
    Unacademy
    Jan 2022 - Nov 2022 (11 months)
    ------------ Focussed primarily on: Strategy and Growth (primarily Product / Tech led) ------------

    Strategic advisor and central touch point between the business teams and product teams. Spent a lot of time figuring out which product initiatives to expedite and which ones to delay in line with the organisational priorities.

    > Led new strategic initiatives at the org level with the objective either to drive growth or to improve value offering.
    > Revamped the referral policy to use existing user base and fuel organic growth.
    > Pushed the initiative to revamp the website to drive more traffic and increase engagement.
    > Instrumental in ideation and launch of the biggest ever traction eve
  • Unacademy
    Category Management
    Unacademy
    Apr 2021 - Dec 2021 (9 months)
    ------------ Focussed primarily on: Growth and User Engagement ------------

    Scaled existing distribution channels and built new channels to get new users for one of the biggest product categories.

    > Scaled an existing traction channel for one of the biggest categories. Shifted the baseline of the primary metrics tracked (number of views and number of subscribers) by 4x within a span of 6 months.
    > Started 2 new channels in 5 months of taking over the category.
  • Unacademy
    Business Development
    Unacademy
    Apr 2020 - Mar 2021 (1 year)
    ------------ Focussed primarily on: Growth (Sales led) ------------

    Coming from a finance and consulting background, sales was never something my community did. But I had realised early on that selling is a skill crucial for success in any role, not just sales. And I wanted to learn it not by signing up to a course but by being hands-on. So I spent an unconventional year working in Sales @ Unacademy learning the art of selling from the best people.

    My learnings and achievements include:

    > Building and scaling sales teams for 2 new categories from scratch. This involved hiring the team members, training them on the Product and selling skills, helping the team members close deals, setting their KPIs,
  • FOITO
    Corporate Trainer | Finance
    FOITO
    Sep 2019 - Aug 2022 (3 years)
    ------------ Pursued my passion for training ------------

    My association with FOITO was based on my strong belief that understanding the relevant aspects of finance always helps irrespective of the field you work or specialise in.

    > I developed tailored training modules and educated numerous founders, students, and aspiring entrepreneurs on various finance-related topics.
    > I had the honor of delivering the opening speech at the Entrepreneurship Summit at IIM Lucknow, where I shared insights from my intrapreneurial journey.
    > Additionally, I served as a trainer during the induction and orientation sessions at EY.
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    Failed Founder
    The Emotion Club Alternative Education and Learning Company
    May 2019 - Mar 2020 (11 months)
    ------------ Founded a venture in K12 space focusing on holistic learning ------------

    I started The Emotion Club as my passion project. The idea was to redefine the traditional meaning of education to bring it in line with the fast changing requirements of the evolving world. And our work primarily involved:
    • Spreading awareness amongst the educational institutions/Parents/Students around the concept of Social/emotional quotient.
    • Building course modules for students in the age group of 9 to 15 to help them enhance their SEL (Social and emotional learning).
    • Guiding the education institutions on how to incorporate these concepts seamlessly into and without compromising on their academic curriculum.
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  • EY
    Associate | Strategy and Transactions
    EY
    Aug 2017 - May 2019 (1 year 10 months)
    ------------ M&A Consulting ------------

    Part of Core team in M&A advisory:
    > Evaluated prospective investment opportunities/companies for Strategic investors/PE/VC firms and provided financial/business/commercial insights to facilitate M&A deals.
    > Worked on 10+ deals/assignments (both domestic and international) in BFSI sector, including a few of the biggest deals in the M&A space.
  • Qubit Capital
    Consultant | Transaction Advisory Services
    Qubit Capital
    Jan 2017 - Jun 2017 (6 months)
    ------------ Investment Banking / Fund raise ------------

    Interned with a boutique fund where I was involved in:
    • Conducting preliminary research and preparing investment decks for investor meetings at Qubit Capital.
    • Attending client meeting along with the partners to understand their requirements.
    • Collaborating with team members to ensure smooth execution of projects and deliver high-quality results.
  • EY
    Executive | Audit
    EY
    Sep 2015 - Dec 2016 (1 year 4 months)
    ------------ Auditing ------------

    Sector exposure: Banking, Finance services and Insurance (BFSI)

    In-depth understanding of BFSI sector:
    > Statutory audit assignments of leading Private Sector Indian Banks and Indian operations of a Foreign Bank.
    > Statutory audit assignments of Private Equity firms and Mutual Funds.
    > ICFR Assignments for Private sector Banks.
  • EY
    Intern | Audit
    EY
    Jan 2013 - Aug 2015 (2 years 8 months)
    ------------ Auditing ------------

    Sector exposure: Banking, Finance services and Insurance (BFSI)

    In-depth understanding of BFSI sector:
    > Statutory audit assignments of leading Private Sector Indian Banks and Indian operations of a Foreign Bank.
    > Statutory audit assignments of Private Equity firms and Mutual Funds.
    > ICFR Assignments for Private sector Banks.
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  • Saïd Business School University of Oxford
    Chief of Staff Executive Education Program, Organizational Leadership
    Saïd Business School University of Oxford
    Nov 2023
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
    Chartered Accountant
    Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
    Jan 2011 - Jan 2015 (4 years 1 month)
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    Opening Speaker at IIM Lucknow | Enphilia | Annual Entrepreneurship Summit
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  • EY
    EY Kudos
    EY
    Won EY Kudos Award for handling a big account and delivering exceptional service.
  • Unacademy
    Relentless Leader Award
    Unacademy
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