THE WORLD’S LARGEST UNIVERSITY BASED CONSULTANCY

BITS GOA

What is 180 DC

Mission

Why are we called 180DC

180 Degrees Consulting is a fast growing social enterprise and the world’s largest student volunteer consultancy, with operations in 33 countries and more than 5000 consultants worldwide. We work with organizations to develop innovative, practical and sustainable solutions to whatever challenges they are facing.

To ensure that non-profits and social enterprises committed to education, health, and poverty alleviation can reach their full potential by meeting their demand for very affordable, high-quality strategic and operational assistance, and in so doing developing the next generation of social impact leaders.. .

It’s because we work to turn good organizations into great organizations, challenges into opportunities, ideas into reality. We’re focused on positive transformation. Transforming organizations, and – in turn – transforming lives.” 2

FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ‘ Our capacity to make positive social impact has never been greater than now. There are tens of thousands of socially conscious organizations around the world that are run by passionate people who have dedicated their lives to the causes they care about. How do we ensure that these worthwhile organizations are having the greatest possible social impact? How can we help them operate as effectively as possible? How do we ensure that motivation translates into impact? That’s where 180 Degrees Consulting comes in. Every year we work with several hundred socially conscious organizations to help them overcome challenges they are facing and achieve a greater social impact. ‘

Nat Ware, CEO 180 Degrees Consulting, is an economist, entrepreneur, and international development specialist. He is a Rhodes Scholar based at Oxford

University, whose research focuses on social impact, poverty alleviation, and the economics of happiness. Nat has lectured on innovation, strategy and global business at The University of Sydney, and was awarded the Said Prize for Top MBA Student at Oxford, Two-time World Top 20 Debater, Goldman Sachs Global Leader, World Economic Forum Global Shaper. He is a frequent keynote speaker at international conferences and events, and has consulted for many of the world's largest foundations and non-profit organizations.

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World map of 180Degrees Consulting locations

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Method of Operation

The Institute

BITS Pilani, KK Goa Campus is one of the premier engineering and science institutes in India. Apart from technology, it is also known to have produced world leaders in fields of arts, commerce and politics. The current stude6nts share the same spirit of entrepreneurship and leadership and are getting ready to be world citizens. BITS Pilani University (Goa campus is the branch) is ranked 3rd in engineering and science college in India. 5

Problem Solving Process Think disaggregation and early hypothesis: What could be the key elements of the problem?

Think impact: What do we need to know?

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BUSINESS

DEFINE PROBLEM

PROBLEM

STRUCTURE

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PRIORITIZE ISSUES

PROBLEM

Think speed: Which issues are most important to the problem?

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DEVELOP ISSUE ANALYSIS PLAN

Think next iteration: How can we embed and sustain the solution?

DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS

Think potential solution: What should we do?

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SYSTESIZE

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FINDINGS

CONDUCT ANALYSIS

Think efficiency: Where and how should the team spend its time?

5 Think evidence: What are we trying to prove/disprove?

Think “so what”: What implications do our findings have?

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Our Solutions Identifying, examining and providing strategic direction on potential growth opportunities through the following processes : 

Business Development

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Examining and providing insights with regards to the client's business model and helping them integrate feedback from various aspects like sales, production, operations, marketing etc. to better leverage market opportunities Identifying and helping them set up strategic alliances and partnerships to expand the client's capacities or meet organizational goals Helping to identify, research and analyze new products and realize them in a marketplace

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Work with the client to help generate a business plan to be implemented to generate revenue (wherever applicable) and make the organization more sustainable.

Business Modeling

This may include helping develop • a business model canvas, • offer tailored business planning services • critically evaluate all present business plans. The deliverables could also be extended to include a business plan implementation framework or a dashboard for effective monitoring of the business blue-print etc. according to the needs of the client.

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Graphic Designing, Branding & Website Development

Cost effective branding and designing solutions that focus on creating design frameworks that have a high visual impact and business value for the client and the products. Also as part of our digital solutions, we provide our clients with services such as • Website development and Mobile Application development • Developing special portal systems • Making recommendations using modern analytics and big data techniques. We have a team with expertise in the domains: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Perl, and more, for web development, Android-Studio for Mobile App Development, and AMOS for data analysis. Moreover the student team remain ever interested to explore new territories of technology.

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Undertake market research and mapping exercises of behalf of the client for evaluation of specific organizational needs (may include but not limited to quantitative and qualitative data, in person interviews, detailed questionnaire and surveys etc.

Market Research and Analysis

Deliverables could include • Summary reports • Market analysis frameworks • More supplementary forms in terms of designing questionnaires and surveys according to the requirements of the client. This helps to client to gain intelligence about market trends, potential customers segments, need and impact assessment, competition and key partnership opportunities/partners.

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Partner Identification And Analysis

Help the client benefit partnerships that scale operations and help increase impact/outreach. Services would include systematic partner identification and facilitation of partnerships affecting the organization’s value chain. This would also include providing support in managing the partnership portfolio and help them structure strategic methods of partner management. We also help client’s explore new distribution channels, and focus on network building, market enablement and customer acquisition.

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Our optimization service will use process improvement principles that can be implemented by non profit organizations. We will provide guidance on process improvement activities appropriate to the current state of the organization process as well as frameworks for action.

Optimization

We will be providing our services in the fields of process optimization using the six sigma approach : • DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control) • DMADV (Define, Measure, Analyze, Design and Verify)

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Our Timeline We provide our services to clients according to systematic four-stage process

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STAGE 2

STAGE 3

STAGE 4

Introductions.

Research and Analysis.

Finalizing the

Final presentations.

Initial meeting with client.

Interviews. Developing

deliverables. Building

Developing project brief

initial hypothesis. Interim

the solution. Preparing

and approach

reports.

final report.

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Past Projects Client Name

A Friend Abroad

Client Description

‘A Friend Abroad’ is a Danish not for profit, already have presence in China, Japan and Korea.

Client Need

The organization wanted to expand it’s activities to India

Service Offered

Following are the areas where 180DC BITS Goa consulted ‘A Friend Abroad’ in their successful expansion in India. •Market Research in terms of the demand, services and the packages of services to offer, and prices at which they should be offered. • Finding and collaborating with the existing players in Indian market in similar domain. • Publicity of ‘A Friend Abroad’ in admission counselling sector in India • Web Development and maintenance of ‘A Friend Abroad’ pla\orm.

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Past Projects Client Name

Shubhakshika

Client Description

‘Shubhakshika’ is a Delhi based NGO working in the field of Education and Children Empowerment.

Client Need

The organization was looking for help with fundraising and internal process remapping for higher efficiency.

Service Offered

Following are the areas where 180DC BITS Goa consulted Shubhakshika: •Reconfigured the proposal of Shubhakshika. •Made LFA (Logical Framework Approach) •Helped them with ‘Due Diligence Form’ •Compiled the list of companies which can provide funding to Shubhakshika.

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Our Team : Social Sector Experience Parth Madan (President) Intern at Sattva Media and Consulting Advisory Team, Worked on two USAID funded projects in the Agriculture/Food Security Space driving B2B partnerships/systems integration for the respective clients. Team Captain, Hult Prize Regional Finals, Dubai

Shardul Walwadkar (Secretary) Intern at LetsEndorse Development Pvt. Ltd. Was involved in increasing outreach of LetsEndorse in Maharashtra and Goa. Onboarding social impact clubs across all over India and helping them collaborate with NGO’s. Ideated programs aimed at increasing the utility of the Let’s Endorse platform. Senior consultant at 180DC for past one year, involved in 2 major projects. Co-Founded a Health sector NGO. 16

Our Team : Social Sector Experience Madhur Garg (Consulting Director) Intern at Deloitte (Panasonic Innovation Center) Design value chain, RACI framework, Go to market Strategy and Risk Analysis Accounting for Panasonic

Bhavya Gujral (Marketing Director) Intern at Sattva Media and Consulting Advisory Team, Worked on a pan-India philanthropic project related to public healthcare and constructed the entire operational plan of the client’s fund to enhance the penetration of pediatric liver transplants.

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Our Team : Consulting Experience Kunal Malviya (Project Leader) Intern at Samhita Client Acquisition Team, Heavily involved in on-boarding new clients and pitching the value proposition at Samhita.

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Contact Us

PARTH MADAN PRESIDENT

+91 9130673507 [email protected]

SHARDUL WALWADKAR SECRETARY

+91 9527057082 [email protected]

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