Siddharth Karandikar
Strategy, with the engineering attached · Electronics & Telecommunication, COEP
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Most problems are only hard at the wrong resolution. I break cost bases, markets and machines down until they can be argued with line by line. Joining Searce as an AI Solutions Consultant in January 2027.
Selected work
- May – Jul 2026
Godrej Properties ₹178 crore of a ₹183 crore savings proposal was approved, because the cost base had been broken down far enough to argue with line by line. ₹178 CrSavings approved, of ₹183 Cr proposed - May – Jul 2025
Sparkonix ₹1,700 crore of import records contained ₹30 crore of demand nobody had called. ₹30 Cr+Untapped demand identified - Jul 2026 – present
Overseas market entry Enter a foreign market as somebody's representative first, and as a principal later. StagedRepresentation first, capital commitment later - Jan 2025
CEO Challenge Rural banking expansion that assumes the internet is not there. 1st / 25+Against MBA and undergraduate teams
Leadership
- Sep 2025 – Jan 2026
Pune Startup Fest Investor commitments rose 54% because the screening funnel was built before the guest list. +54%Investor commitments, ₹8 Cr → ₹12.3 Cr - Jan – Apr 2025
COEP 5G Lab A ₹40 lakh national telecom lab exists at COEP because the stakeholders were worked, not the technology. ₹40 L+Secured under the DoT hundred-lab initiative
The technical edge
- Congestion prediction in the 5G radio network — 250 ms telemetry granularity, 50 devices over four cells. For telecom operators.
- OTFS-ISAC reproduction study — 64× reduction in dominant computational cost. For telecom.
- Real-time EEG seizure detection — 3,906 µs interrupt-driven sampling interval, jitter-free. For medical devices.
- Speed control in an automotive ECU — Bench full validation with no vehicle required. For automotive.
- Banking transactions over 5G network slices — 500,000+ concurrent transactions simulated. For banking and payments.