EY · Summer Associate · May – Jul 2018

Early Exposure to Operational Consulting & Structured Research

Worked on educational content operations, structured data collection workflows, and research support during a summer consulting internship on MHRD's DIKSHA initiative — the Govt. of India's national digital education platform for teachers and students.

VBAResearchContent OperationsData CollectionConsulting

Work Areas

1. Video Link Validation Tool

·Asked to help "write a tool" — with no coding background at the time
·Learned enough Python in about two weeks to ship a working script
·Scanned the platform's video catalogue for broken or blocked YouTube links
·Flagged dead links so content teams could queue replacements

Tools

PythonYouTubeSelf-taught

2. Educational Content Operations

·Assembled catalogue of 700+ educational videos
·Worked with digital and teacher-created content
·Supported content organization across multiple states
·Coordinated tagging workflows with large instructor groups
·Assisted SEO-oriented content classification

Tools

Google SheetsContent OperationsSEO Tagging

3. Workflow Automation

·Built VBA-based questionnaire workflows
·Automated structured data collection processes
·Supported instructor information gathering across multiple states
·Reduced manual operational effort through lightweight automation

Tools

VBAExcelStructured Data Collection

4. Research & Ecosystem Analysis

·Evaluated startup ecosystem opportunities in Gurgaon
·Supported research workflows for mentoring and funding programs
·Assisted structured operational analysis and reporting

Tools

ResearchEcosystem AnalysisReporting

This internship introduced me to structured operational workflows, large-scale coordination, and early automation-driven problem solving within consulting environments.