Apoorva Choudhary
@apoorvachoudhary
Senior Research Specialist at Gartner
New Delhi, India
Apoorva is a research specialist with expertise in critical thinking and lean management techniques. He utilizes a well-rounded research skillset to derive actionable insights from client questions. He has a demonstrated history of remote research management and successful collaboration with stakeholders across diverse geographies and industries.
Experience
Senior Research Specialist
Gartner
Independently leading the end-to-end research process to support Gartner's Technology and Service Provider (TSP) expert network in an Individual Contributor (IC) capacity. Editor of the monthly analyst-facing TSP newsletter, continuously tracking engagement and evolving the format to drive leverage of Quant Insights (QI) research data. Spearheading the TSP Research Circle - increased the proportion of projects that are low-cost and fast to reach clients from 32% in 2021-2023 to 57% in 2023-2024. Co-led the organization-wide strategic initiative to explore applications of synthetic data in Research and Advisory (R&A).
Senior Research Executive
NielsenIQ
Led research-related activities for the Consumer Insights (CI) division, catering to clients across the Indian aviation, infrastructure, real estate, and utilities industries. Scope of project work included brand tracking, messaging development, CSAT, and NPS. Discovered, formulated, and implemented solutions to latent data quality issues that had been leading to unaccountable volatility in primary research data in three Brand Tracking projects.
Research Manager
Kantar
Acted as the key point of contact for clients. Scope of project work included contribution to rigorous hypothesis testing, A/B testing, and correlation analyses. Acquired hands-on experience with mystery shopping and shopper insights.
Project Developer
The Nielsen Company
Remotely and independently managed primary research questionnaire design and project operations (fieldwork and vendor management) as part of the BASES EMEA team. Developed preemptive abilities in data quality management - crafted solutions to bring the average number of survey quality issues down to three per project, down from 5-7 initially. Co-led the biggest annual contract with a Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) giant in the UAE, helping achieve expedited timelines for an additional contract value of over $10,000.
Education
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Bachelor of Fashion Technology
Apparel Production
Bal Bharati Public School
High School Certificate (HSC)
Non-Medical Sciences
Licenses & Certifications
IELTS 8 band (General Training)
IELTS