pManifold is an information and advisory services company that catalyzes emerging business models through research, consulting, and stakeholder engagement. It helps clients meet their strategic needs within time and budget constraints by providing deliverables such as strategic plans, due diligence reports, and organizational redesigns. pManifold takes a systematic approach to discover clients' strengths and market needs, define strategic opportunities, and drive change implementation.

1. Introduction to our
Consulting Practice
Catalyzing emerging business models through
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT | CONSULTING | RESEARCH

2. About you and about us…
Partnering Value Creation!
Utility
You • Power Distribution
pManifold Franchisee
• Water utility Privatisation
Corporate • Waste Management
Strategy Research
Teams Clean Technology
• Solar
Business • Energy Efficiency and
Owners & We are an ESCO
Managers Information and Infra
Advisory Services Consulting • PPP models
Investment company catalyzing
Companies emerging business Education
models
• Higher Education
Strategy Privatization
Consulting
Boutiques Stakeholder ICT
Engagement
• Tier-2/3 City Expansion
Non-profits,
Startups Health
• KPO
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3. Our team
Globally connected, Locally immersed, functionally diverse, Knowledge driven …
Management Team Advisory
• Rahul Bagdia – Co-Founder. Leads the CleanTech • Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala
Practice at pManifold. Earlier, he led the PE fund in Rural Prof. IIT-Madras
Energy for IFMR Trust, Chennai (supported by ICICI) and
also the R&D for a German automotive component
supplier BHTC Inc. in North America. He holds dual
Masters in Mech. & EECS from Univ. of Michigan, Ann • Dinesh Jain
Arbor; and a BE in Mechanical from VNIT Nagpur Founder Agaami Inc, USA
• Faiz Wahid – Co-Founder. Leads the Education and ICT
Practice at pManifold. Earlier, Faiz worked in Product • T.R. Krishnaswamy
Marketing for NXP Semiconductors (formerly Philips) Founder Energreen Power
Netherlands and also led global Banking-Technology
consulting assignments for Cognizant in Switzerland &
India. Faiz holds an MBA from HEC Paris/Univ. of Virginia • Dr. M. Vidyasagar
USA, MS in Software Engg from BITS Pilani and BE in Prof. Univ. Texas Dallas
Electronics and Power from VNIT Nagpur.
Business Partners
pManifold maintains links with established business partner consultants who have strong domain experience
and their own teams to deliver upon assignments of larger magnitude.
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4. What we do at pManifold?
Research, Consulting and Stakeholder Engagement Services & Solutions
Partnership/Business Development Business Performance Management
Thought Leadership Consulting Strategic Planning & Facilitation
Investment Feasibility Business Transformation
Consulting
Business
Customer studies Research & Community Management
Analytics
Industry landscape reports Conferences & Workshops
Business Effectiveness Information Stakeholder Portals, Social Media
Assessments Products Engagement
Our Core Strength Knowledge & Networks
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5. Our Consulting Services Offering
Aim: To help clients meet their unique consulting needs and discover, define and
drive their strategic initiatives within time and budget constraints.
Strategic Plans
DELIVERABLES
Due Diligence MIS Influence Key Stakeholders
Balanced Scorecard
Diversification Strategies Web & Social Media Strategy
Performance Framework
New Market Entry Org Structure Engaged Stakeholders
Operational Improvement
Opportunity Analysis Competitive Advantage
Standard Operating Procedures
Planning & Performance Enterprise
Entry Strategy
Facilitation Management Positioning
• New market and deal • Org Design including • Aligning of • Establishing thought
CONSULTING AREAS
identification structure and performance leadership online
• Market and demand processes and framework with through publication of
sizing standard operating overall strategic plan whitepapers, success
• Market segmentation procedures (SOPs). • Business Unit, stories, communities
by revenue, • Building Roadmaps Individual Scorecard of practice and
geography, customer • Strategy Workshops • Integration with MIS through active use of
type, end-user market, for consensus building social media.
• Design of Business &
technology etc. • Portfolio Analysis and Performance Report, • Positioning through
• Insights on the timing Rationalization Dashboards effective engagement
of key market and of high-profile
• Partner Identification
technology transitions stakeholders via
specially designed
• Investment Analysis
events
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6. Our Methodology = discover + define + drive
You decide
STEPS >> Discover Define Drive
What you have? What the market what you can do the change within
needs? and how? your organization
You probably know
what you already do
very well
You either want to
improve your
business, grow it or So that you can set So that you
create it new… and achieve business can,
goals and improve
So that you can map
business value
your resources
optimally to the
Improve
market demand
So that you can
leverage it to unlock Scale-up
strategic and
Our commitment
operational value to
So, you are here! do “what you do” and As your “extended arm” we Create or
“what you can do” partner with you to drive change diversify
more effectively
Key Service Business Analysis Market Analysis Strategic Planning Implementation
pManifold
Key Output Strengths, Weaknesses Opportunities, Threats Roadmap, Scorecard Business Value (top line
or bottom line impact)
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7. Select Project Examples of Strategic Planning and CEO advisory
pManifold
Client Client problem Solution Value Results
Proposition
Medium sized IT The client needed to •Discover in-house capabilities and •Competitive A strategic
company with build its exports assets that can be leveraged for Assessment roadmap in
USD 8 million business international business. consensus with
turnover and •Also, assess competitive landscape to •Business the vertical heads
200+ employees identify what competitors are doing in Assessment and top
with sound the international space. management was
domestic •Based on the above, develop • Strategic built which was
business in India roadmap for international business Planning reviewed and
including strategic priorities, focus approved for
areas, potential partners and more. implementation.
CEO of an CEO wanted to •Understand the CEOs priorities and •SWOT, Individual strategy
Environment execute a structured perform SWOT on individual business Portfolio roadmaps and
management exercise for the unit areas through executive Analysis scorecards for
company with company’s long term interviews. each business unit
10 business strategic planning •Shadow quarterly review session and •Strategic aligned with
verticals involving 10 conduct team workshop on portfolio Planning company goals
business unit heads analysis and drive a consensus building was developed
to align individual exercise to narrow down on the •Leadership with consensus of
business unit goals strategic plan with policies and Workshops the entire team on
with organizational priorities. the strategic plan.
goals, structure and
policies.
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8. Select Project Examples of Organizational Design & Managing Change
pManifold
Client Client problem Solution Value Results
Proposition
Top Management Had two new section •Work with the steering committee to •Strategic Operational
of a large group 25 companies define strategy, systems and structure Planning companies with
of educational (alumni and career for two new section 25 companies •Org Structuring people,
institutions with foundations) but and handhold the pilot •Systems processes and
over 25000+ required capable implementation until group wide design, systems in place
students and team to define rollout. •Change rolled out group-
17000+ alumni objectives and Management wide within 6
operationalize •Stakeholder months.
them. Engagement
CEO of an The employee had •Work with client workforce at all •Business Shift from
Infrastructure non-clarity in job levels to analyze client org structure Analysis Individual to Role
company with roles and and related processes to first build •Competitive based
over 3000 accountability was the as-is structure, process maps and Benchmarking organization,
employees and explicitly missing. job descriptions. •Gap Analysis Clarity of role
38 projects Company wanted to •After performing a gap analysis, • Org among
across India internally organize make organizational re-design with Structuring employees at all
better for future role based structure and specific job •Job levels , Increase
growth descriptions to bring about clarity, Descriptions in Management
accountability and efficiency in the Bandwidth to
organization. focus on Growth
•Work with client managers and and Expansion.
support them in adopting the change.
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9. Select Project Examples of Financial modeling and Bid advisory…
pManifold Value
Client Client problem Solution Results
Proposition
A large Client wanted to •Perform focused financial modeling of •Financial The client bid
manufacturing enter the solar the 50 MW solar thermal power plant Modeling in the
group with thermal power and identify opportunities for optimizing •Global vendor recommended
over 1500 Cr in generation space costs. sourcing range and was
turnover from and was looking for •Identify and work with partners to •Cost one of the
Chattisgarh, optimizing costs to identify synergies and opportunities for optimization and successful
India. win position in the indigenization to lower costs. bid strategy bidders in the
Jawaharlal Nehru •Test scenarios and perform sensitivity recommendation JNNSM Phase
National Solar analysis to recommend an optimum bid . 1 solar power
Mission Phase 1 strategy for the investor. plant bid.
A medium Client wanted to bid •Develop technical and financial •Feasibility Study The client was
sized for solar PV power feasibility study for the location • Financial selected to
construction plant license under identified by the client. Modeling, submit the bid
company from the JNNSM Phase 1 •Develop the financial model with •Bid strategy in JNNSM
Orissa, India program. interactions from various vendors and recommendation Phase 1.
EPC partners.
•Educate the client on the terms, risks
and benefits. Support the client in bid
application at various stages.
A large Client wanted to •Develop a financial model for estimating •RFP analysis The client’s
engineering create a financial the optimum input bid prices that should •Financial team
services & model for bidding in be offered in the bid based on estimating modeling, developed a
Energy Mgmt. Power Distribution the operational and capital expenses. •Bid range deep financial
company from Franchisee projects •Advise the client on bid strategy by recommendation understanding
Delhi, India in Madhya Pradesh recommending a bid range. of the power
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10. Select list of pManifold Consulting Clients
Diverse Clientele including corporate, not-for-profits and startups
Select list of our clients…
We work with,
• Corporate Strategy Teams
• Boutique consulting
companies
• Business owners and
managers
• Startup Founders
We are sector agnostic
although we have strong
domain knowledge and
networks in Energy,
Education, IT, Healthcare
and Infrastructure space.
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11. Why pManifold?
Our promise sets us apart!
• We will stay committed to partner with our clients and step in their shoes to
Partner with you understand and solve their problems.
• We will take a strong system level perspective of the client requirements and
Think Systems Level proactively engage in creating solutions that, leverage our knowledge and
networks , and positively impact the client’s overall business.
• We will be methodical, objective and fact-based so that our clients can base their
Methodical & Fact-based decisions with confidence.
• We will be transparent in our work by sharing regular progress reports, our
Ethically Transparent knowledge & our networks with clients yet remain diligent enough to safeguard
our customer’s data.
• We will commit and deliver our projects on a mutually agreed, balanced
Balanced Delivery combination of budget, time and quality.
• We will make the best use of available technology to lower costs of execution
Technology Driven and improve service delivery.
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12. Let’s get in Let’s deploy our insights and actions
for your business to improve and grow!
touch…
Join us in our conversations at,
pManifold Insights
Premium & Free Reports,
Presentations, and more… Talk to us or drop by…
Rahul Bagdia Faiz Wahid
pManifold +91 95610-94490 +91 88056-55069
Community Blog Rahul.Bagdia@pManifold.com Faiz.Wahid@pManifold.com
Articles, technical notes.
India (Main office) USA (Liaison Office)
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Generation
Crystal Plaza, Level 2 2020 Calamos Ct.,
276 Central Bazaar Road, Suite 209
Franchisee
AT&C
Efficiencies
Power
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Maharashtra, INDIA IL 60653, USA
http://www.pmanifold.com Mr. Dinesh Jain
+1 630-853-3520
Connecting talent & Making dinesh.jain@pManifold.com
Local companies discoverable
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