طارق Haque

Research assignments conducted during this period include:
1. Opportunity assessment for pneumatic valve and actuators in Aerospace & Defense, Medical Devices, Oil & Gas, and Paper & Pulp sectors
2. Research to support new product design of a magnetic drive pumps especially material to be used for bearing and containment shell
3. Evaluate substitution threat for eddy current drive technology in high torque applications such as wastewater treatment plant, metal stamping, and dynamometer
4. Support strategy development for a consulting firms in life sciences sector

Consulting and research assignments conducted during this period include:
1. Recommendation on market positioning of a pesticide in Indian rice market
2. Measure campaign effectiveness for agri-product companies
3. Support launch of three non-alcoholic beverages in Indian market
4. Viability of cash and carry stores in India and detail synergies with client’s existing hypermarket stores
5. Benchmark organisational structures of IT companies in India; explain impact of different structures on aspects such as customer centricity, client mining, client management, and resource planning etc.
6. Solution for improving the profit margin of an agro-chemical client by suggesting change in its procurement strategy
7. Market entry strategy for an Indian online property portal in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
8. Margin structure analysis to improving company’s profitability on hand-blender and mixer grinders (INR 500 Crores business for the client)

1. Benchmark performance of a specialty chemical company with its foreign peers in India and recommend on future growth strategies
2. Return on investment related to investment in R&D and commercialization of a new anode active material for lithium-ion batteries
3. Feasibility of a substitute (3-hydroxypropionaldehyde;3-HPA) for copper in fungicides, anti-fouling paints, and wood preservatives
4. Analysis of competition from a substitute in the concentrated photovoltaic market; the substitute is silicon on glass (SoG) based lenses and the company’s product is PMMA based Fresnel lenses
5. Competition study to help client develop its service position for de-caffeinated tea market
6. Customer insights such as key buying factors, unmet needs, market potential, regulatory pressure for oilfield chemicals in the US market
7. Market sizing and value chain analysis for polyphenols market
8. Market study and technology landscaping for trans-dermal therapeutic systems
9. Database design of biomass plants for bio-ethanol and bio-chemicals; maintenance and updation of 10, 000+ data points

1. Financial analysis and feasibility study of various projects including integrated townships, food processing SEZ, and K-12 business
2. Client’s Latin America market entry strategy
3. Benchmark best practices for chronic care disease management in the UK, Australia, Italy, and Ireland
4. Business plan for client in the UK occupation health outsourcing market
5. Opportunity analysis in the US transportation industry for an integrated construction service provider

1. Quarterly reports on issues related to aerospace & defence, and automotive sectors for KPMG
2. Annual industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) reports for automotive and aerospace & defence industry
3. Impact of car scrappage schemes (incentives) on automotive industry in short-term and long-term
4. Analysis of excess working capital with the diversified industrial firms