Day 1
Mon, 12 Oct
Run a Live Dark Store
Manage orders, riders and real-time disruptions in a simulated Q-Com store.
12 – 18 Oct 2026Starts Mon, 12 Oct
Experience an Operations JobBefore Your First Interview.
Run realistic Q-Commerce scenarios, make operational decisions, and discover how you perform.
Walk into interviews with real scenarios you’ve handled, a profile of how you decide, and a certificate you can show.
- 5 simulations
- Personalised Operator Profile
- Live Industry AMA
Same degree. A bigger you.
Register now · ₹499
₹1,499 ₹499 · Founding Cohort Price
Regular price₹1,499Offer price₹499
Founding Cohort PriceAll seven days included · 12 – 18 Oct 2026
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Full refund if you cancel before the challenge starts on 12 Oct 2026. Refund policy
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- Works on a phone
- Certificate of completion
Inspired by real operations in
- Zepto
- Instamart
- Blinkit
Different brands. Same real-world challenges.
Operator Forge is independent: not affiliated with, endorsed by, or in partnership with the companies named here. The simulations are modelled on the kind of operations they run, and the Day 7 speaker joins in a personal capacity, sharing their own views.
See it before you pay
This isn’t a recorded course. You make the decisions.
Half a minute inside the product: the screen you run the store from, the calls it puts in front of you, and what happens to the numbers when you make them.
Decision
You set the floor
Breakfast peak, one person short. You decide who picks, who packs and who runs dispatch — then keep deciding as the morning argues back.
Consequence
The store answers
Click-to-dispatch, the number a dark store is judged on, moves in seconds. Orders queue. Riders wait. Nothing resets while you think.
Click-to-dispatch · target 180s
204sand climbing while the queue sits
Score & profile
Your operator profile
Every decision, how long you took and the queue behind it are scored across five dimensions — and become the profile you keep.
- Time & Priority Management
- Critical & Logical Thinking
- Inventory Management
- Team Management
- Customer-First Judgement
Register now · ₹499
Five simulations like this one, one a day, 12 – 18 Oct 2026.
Day 6 · Your Operator Profile
The part you keep: how you actually decide.
Every decision you make in the simulations is recorded — what you chose, how long you took, and what was waiting behind it. On Day 6 that becomes a profile of how you work under pressure. This is a real screen from the product, not a mock-up.
A score, and what it makes you
A readiness score out of 100 and the operator signature behind it — in this run, a Methodical Investigator who follows the evidence before committing.
Competencies, scored from your decisions
Inventory reasoning, root-cause thinking, evidence discipline, prioritisation and loss-prevention judgement — each one read from what you actually did, not a questionnaire.
Where you were strong, in your own moments
The profile quotes your run back to you: the missing scan you kept chasing, the stock the system had given up on, the difference you held between presence and proof.
One thing to work on next
A single key area to develop, with the evidence for it — the sort of note a good manager would give you after the shift.
Register · ₹499
Five simulations, then your profile on Day 6.
The 7 days · 12 – 18 Oct 2026
7 Days. 5 Simulations. 1 Operator Profile. 1 Live AMA.
- About 15 minutes a day
- Days 1–5 live simulations
- Day 6 Operator Profile
- Day 7 live AMA
Day 2
Tue, 13 Oct
Investigate Real Inventory Losses
Find what's missing, analyse the data and recommend solutions.
Day 3
Wed, 14 Oct
Build and Lead Your Team
Assign roles, handle conflicts and drive performance.
Day 4
Thu, 15 Oct
Fix the Operational Bottleneck
Identify what's slowing the store down, and unblock it.
Day 5
Fri, 16 Oct
Protect the Customer Promise
Handle customer issues and ensure on-time, error-free deliveries.
Day 6
Sat, 17 Oct
Discover Your Operator Profile
Get your personalised Operator Profile and your key strengths.
Day 7
Sun, 18 Oct
Live AMA With an Operations Expert
Ask. Learn. Get real advice from an industry operator.
What you leave with
Your Operator Profile, and the rest of what the week leaves you with — enough to answer “tell me about a time you handled pressure” with something you actually did.
Real operations experience
Five live dark-store simulations. Absences, stockouts, angry customers and a clock that does not wait.
Live industry AMA
An hour with the State Head (Kerala), Blinkit. Ask what the job is really like.
Certificate of completion
Finish the five simulations and the AMA, and download a certificate with a verification link for LinkedIn.
Everything included · ₹499
- Five live operations simulations — Days 1 to 5
- A scorecard after every day, built from what you actually decided
- Your personalised Operator Profile and key strengths — Day 6
- Live AMA with the State Head (Kerala), Blinkit — Day 7
- A cohort that starts the same week as you
- A certificate of completion from Operator Forge
Proof you have done the work, not just read about it.
Day 7 · Live AMA · Sun, 18 Oct
Ask the person who actually runs it.
An hour with the State Head (Kerala), Blinkit — a decade+ in digital commerce operations. Bring the questions a job description never answers.
- Practical insights
- Real experiences
- Real conversations
Your AMA speaker
State Head (Kerala), Blinkit
A decade+ in digital commerce operations
- Open Q&A — you bring the questions
- What the role is really like, day to day
- How careers in operations are actually built
Built for the people who want in.
About 15 minutes a day · 12 – 18 Oct 2026
- Students and fresh graduates curious about operations roles
- Anyone weighing a career in quick commerce, supply chain or logistics
- People who would rather try the job before they interview for it
Who built this
Built by an Operator, Not Just an Educator
Abhijith Vijay — Founder, Operator Forge
10+ years across operations, supply chain, logistics and programme management, working on large-scale operational problems.
Experience the 7-Day Challenge“I want students to experience the kind of decisions operators actually make — before they enter their first job.”
Questions, answered
What is Q-Com?
Quick commerce — groceries and daily essentials delivered in minutes from small neighbourhood warehouses called dark stores. Someone runs each of those stores. For seven days, that is you.
Do I need operations experience?
No. Every day opens with a short brief that tells you where you are and what is at stake. The challenge is built for people who want to find out whether operations suits them.
How much time does it take?
About 15 minutes a day for Days 1 to 5, time with your Operator Profile on Day 6, and the live AMA on Day 7.
What do I need?
A phone or a laptop and a stable internet connection. The simulations run in your browser — there is nothing to install.
What is the Operator Profile?
A read of how you work, built from what you actually did in the simulations — every decision, how long you took, and how deep the queue was behind it. It names your strengths, the habits you repeat and where you lose time. It is a practice assessment, not an employment certification, and it is yours to keep.
Will I get a certificate?
Yes. Complete all five simulations (Days 1 to 5) and attend the live AMA on Day 7, and your certificate of completion unlocks in your account — with your name, the challenge dates and a verification link — ready to download and add to LinkedIn. It shows you completed the programme; your scorecards and Operator Profile are a practice assessment, not an employment certification.
How do I register and pay?
Enter your name, phone and email in the registration form, and you go straight to a secure Razorpay payment page — UPI, cards or netbanking. The offer price is ₹499 for all seven days.
Can I get a refund?
Full refund if you cancel before the challenge starts on 12 Oct 2026. Message us on WhatsApp with your payment ID before 12 Oct 2026. Refunds go back to the original payment method through Razorpay within 7 working days. If we cancel or reschedule the cohort, you get a full refund whenever you ask. Reach us on WhatsApp at +91 80895 08891 or by email at hello@operatorforge.in.
I have a different question
Message us on WhatsApp at +91 80895 08891 or email hello@operatorforge.in — a person reads every message.
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12 – 18 Oct 2026 · ₹1,499 ₹499 · Founding Cohort Price