Overview
Work history
Education
LANGUAGES
UPCOMING INTERNSHIPS
INDEPENDENT VOLUNTEERING PROJECT ACROSS INDIA
Timeline
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Niara Popatlal Pravinkant

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work history

Assistant teacher

London School of English
, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
11.2017 - 02.2020
  • Taught English as a foreign language to children ages 3-6.
  • Planned and organised classroom activities, for a positive learning experience. Tailoring the same educational experience to different learning abilities.



Internship at families business in packaging

Danae Importação e Exportação Lda
Lisbon , Portugal
07.2024 - 08.2024
  • Developed comprehensive industry knowledge from Portugal’s leading packaging supplier for major supermarket chains, including CONTINENTE and Pingo Doce.
  • Acquired insights into employment welfare strategies designed to boost motivation in manufacturing, fostering well-being and prevention of employee burnout. Additionally, gained knowledge on how performance bonuses are effectively awarded in high-demand settings without compromising productivity and efficiency.
  • Acquired practical insights into the food packaging industry’s shift towards sustainable alternatives to plastic, including the adoption of eco-friendly materials and machinery upgrades to address challenges such as microplastics in biodegradable solutions.
  • Investigated sustainable packaging solutions that maintain equivalent functionality to traditional plastic, meeting eco-conscious demands of major supermarket chains.


Internship at families wholesale business

Canario Hispano Brasileña SL
Santa Cruz de Tenerife , Spain
08.2019 - Current
  • Learned and executed tasks associated with the role of a wholesaler. Demonstrating strong organisation skills by sorting and organising files.
  • Identified key market trends, including colour patterns and styles, enhancing industry knowledge and supporting product development.
  • Responsible on selecting prints for swimwear and clothing, prior manufacturing.
  • Conducted ideas on expanding product range to high-end boutiques.
  • Successfully selected limited quantities of dresses, blouses, and kimonos to target high-end boutiques, leading to high returns for the business.
  • Achieved a complete sell-out within 3 weeks of launching these products.
  • Learned about establishing appealing prices to retailers.
  • Rapidly learned and applied new skills, leading to improved efficiency and productivity in daily operations.
  • Gained firsthand experience in economies of scale and international manufacturing processes during factory visits in Bangkok, with direct exposure to the production of globally recognised brands like Adidas.
  • Surpassed sales projections for the Summer 2024 collection, achieving a complete sell out of 400 units within 2.5 weeks across Tenerife and Lanzarote.
  • Implemented effective measures to address client concerns about declining blouse sales by personally visiting individual stores and enhancing their window displays through strategic product placement, layout redesign, and lending mannequins. These actions led to increased sales, improved mutual inventory turnover, and customer satisfaction, resulting in consecutive repurchases of these items.
  • Gained firsthand insights into Levi’s manufacturing processes in Gujarat, where I was guided through the application of lean production methods in a factory setting, enhancing efficiency, sustainability, and quality control in denim production.
  • Through a personal invitation to an exclusive event hosted by the CEOs of J.R. Exports, one of India’s leading diamond supply firms located in Surat, Gujarat, I expanded my professional network and gained invaluable business insights into integrating South Asian-inspired designs into the European market, including cost-effective techniques.
  • I learned about the importance of securing patents both nationally and internationally to safeguard product and brand identity, ensuring that innovative designs remain exclusive.
  • Currently working towards innovating the business product portfolio by introducing and incorporating pure, culturally rich Lucknawi fabrics into European markets, adding an additional layer of timeless elegance to the upcoming collections.
  • Strategically allocated and finalized the costs and colour schemes for Lucknawi embroidery in collaboration with a trusted supplier in Lucknow, India, maintaining ongoing communication since February, 2024 to bring this concept to life by Spring 2026.
  • Currently refining samples to perfection by ensuring precise execution of Lucknawi embroidery designs, with a focus on wearability, fit, and fabric quality. Ensuring measurements align with standards to deliver a premium customer experience, from fitting room trials to lasting functionality.

Charity donations

Comedor social de La Milagrosa
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
06.2022 - 06.2023
  • Carried monthly bulk food donations.

Donations

Interact Club
Puerto de la Cruz, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
09.2023 - 06.2024
  • Monthly fund raising charities through baking and selling at markets.

Volunteer

Charity
Holborn, London , UK
08.2018 - Current
  • Preparing fresh food from home, for people without housing.
  • Held in charge of filling bags with basic necessities to distribute, alongside with their meals.


Education

GCSEs and A-levels -

British School of Tenerife
Tenerife
09/2010 - 06/2024

LANGUAGES

Spanish
Native
English
Fluent
Gujarati
Native
Portuguese
Upper intermediate
Hindi
Intermediate
Mandarin
Beginner

UPCOMING INTERNSHIPS

  • 3-week internship at family-owned business, Dhamecha Cash and Carry, across London, UK depots.
  • 3-week internship guided by the Head of Country at Patchi Luxury Chocolates in Mumbai, India.

INDEPENDENT VOLUNTEERING PROJECT ACROSS INDIA

  • Volunteered across India for 3.5 weeks (14/12/2024 - 10/01/2025).
  • Two months prior to volunteering, I took private Hindi conversation classes to enhance fluency and overcome language barriers while travelling across five states—Gujarat, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Delhi—enabling effective communication with locals without the necessity of an intermediary.
  • Saved up to 700 euros (62,000 rupees) to personally fund a meaningful volunteering initiative across diverse states in India, driven by my passion for giving back and my commitment to social responsibility.
  • Led coordination efforts across Jamnagar, Lucknow, Rishikesh, Mumbai, and Delhi to efficiently allocate materials, optimizing distribution and cost savings to maximize the initiatives impact.
  • Bulk purchased school supplies, including erasers, pencil sharpeners, rulers, notebooks, folders and boxes of coloured pencils. Donated them to two schools in underprivileged areas: one in Jamnagar, Gujarat, with 87 students and the other in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, with 98 students aged 10-14. This donation aimed to improve access to education by providing resources, directly supporting students learning.
  • Personally sourced high-quality pens and pencils from Spain and transported them to India, playing a key role in fostering an improved learning environment and enhancing access to essential resources for students.
  • Personally organised and distributed a personalised gift to each student —a tailored pack of stickers suited to their age and gender— designed for them to personalise their supplies. Successfully provided 185 complete school supply kits to students, directly supporting their educational needs.
  • Initiated the preparation of 120 snack-filled bags for distribution at strategic pit stops during my five-hour car journey from Lucknow to Agra, providing bottled water, paneer sandwiches, fruit, chocolate bars, and a drink of choice to individuals and families in need along the way.
  • Encountered several street dogs along my journey from Agra to Delhi and took immediate action by purchasing 4kg of dog-friendly food from a nearby supermarket in Agra, feeding every dog I came across.
  • Organized, funded, and assisted in serving two traditional Indian dinners for children at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, in Rishikesh, curating menus based on their preferences and cultural significance. Serving warm meals to 92 children on the first night and 104 children on the second night, ensuring a fulfilling dining experience.
  • Provided support to a household in need in Rishikesh by purchasing and delivering 40 kg of flour, 3.5 liters of cooking oil, 1 kg of spices, 10 kg of basmati rice, a variety of fruits and vegetables commonly used in Indian cuisine, as well as soap and hygiene products.
  • Donated funds to the Ashram where I stayed for 10 days, as well as to the Gaushala Cow Foundation.
  • Arranged the daily distribution of fresh fruit to the local mandir for 3 months to be given as prasad to the local community.

Timeline

Internship at families business in packaging

Danae Importação e Exportação Lda
07.2024 - 08.2024

Donations

Interact Club
09.2023 - 06.2024

Charity donations

Comedor social de La Milagrosa
06.2022 - 06.2023

Internship at families wholesale business

Canario Hispano Brasileña SL
08.2019 - Current

Volunteer

Charity
08.2018 - Current

Assistant teacher

London School of English
11.2017 - 02.2020

GCSEs and A-levels -

British School of Tenerife
09/2010 - 06/2024

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