Akanksha Patnaik

Akanksha Patnaik has a diverse range of work experience, starting with their current role as an Engagement Manager at Nanonets since March 2023. Prior to this, they worked at Accenture Strategy from 2020 to 2023, first as a Management Consulting Analyst from August 2020 to June 2022, and then as a Management Consultant from June 2022 to March 2023. Akanksha also completed an internship at Accenture Strategy as a Management Consulting Intern in April and May 2019. Before joining Accenture, Akanksha worked as an ASIC Design Engineer at Infinera from August 2017 to June 2018. Akanksha had also previously worked at Oracle India Pvt. Ltd as a Member of Technical Staff from July 2016 to August 2017. Additionally, they completed a hardware design internship at Infinera from July 2015 to June 2016. Before entering the corporate sector, Akanksha was involved in leadership roles at BITS Goa, serving as the Head of the Department of Media at the annual technical fest Quark in 2013, and they also worked as a trainee at IDMC Limited from May to July 2013.

Akanksha Patnaik completed their Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta from 2018 to 2020. In 2019, they also attended emlyon business school as an exchange student, specializing in MBA. Prior to this, they pursued a Master of Science (MSc) in Physics and a B.E. in Electrical and Electronics from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - Goa Campus, spanning from 2011 to 2016. Akanksha completed their HSC from Army Public School Bangalore in 2011 and their High School education from VPS Public School, Vijayawada from 2006 to 2009. Additionally, they obtained a certification as a Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) from Scrum Alliance in January 2021. Akanksha also completed a course titled "Northwestern University 101: Leading with Analytics" from Kellogg Executive Education, Northwestern University, although the start and end years are not provided.