Profile Review : 720 + Ex Techie + Current Non-Profit + NGO

[jayantnarayan]

Hi


Kindly Review my Profile. I am hoping to crack top 15-20 (need more clarity on the schools as well) and looking for a role in the Development Sector post MBA. If not purely a development sector profile, I would prefer a consulting role with an organization working in a similar set-up (for instance an organization working with the Govt.)

Work Experience:

Current:

(Since Oct 2012 - 3.5 months) Non-profit - Working with GIZ in the Indo-German Environment
Program. E-waste Management Project across 4 cities in India. Policy, Stake-holder engagement,
facilitation, training and capacity development. Youngest in the team.

(Since Feb 2012 - 1 year) Joint Secretary at CSSAR - an NGO involved in imparting primary and
secondary education to underprivileged children. Helped start the Secondary program exclusively
for girls. Project short-listed in Mahindra Spark the Rise.

Past:
(Sep 2012 - Sep 2008 - 4 years) : Worked in India's biggest IT-Service provider in retail and
pharmacy domain. Involved in design and development and process improvement. Also worked as a
module leader in Snap-on Business Solution in the IT-Automobile domain for GM. Received
appreciation from the Director.

Academic Background :

B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics (CGPA 8.36/10 - top 10% of the branch) from VIT University, Vellore, India

Extra Curricular :

"¢ Director, Indian Society for Technical Education Students Chapter VITU. Winner of the
best students chapter award.
"¢ Member, Quiz Society. Organized, participated and won many intra-college quizzes.
"¢ Coordinator for National Level Fest 'Akshaya' and 'Confluence'. Organizer of the highly
successful online gaming event.

XII - 87.2
X- 85.4

"¢ Prefect of Junior House
"¢ Class Representative for 3 consecutive years
"¢ Member of Quiz Society
"¢ Awarded Gold-Medal for excellence in academics for 6 consecutive years

Other Activities:
Photography,
Film Enthusiast - taken a 62 hour course on film Appreciation by Prof. Richard Allen from Tisch, NYU. Member of a film club which views and discusses movies.
Placed third in Delhi Region in Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz in 2010,
pub-quizzing,
writing


***************** GMAT **************************** (written in Sep 2011)
(720 - QA 49, VA 39 Analytical Writing 6)

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[Jon@Admissionado]

Things look very good. In general your first job would be to ease over this transition you made into non-profit work. But that I feel you can do pretty well through storytelling, plus by the time you apply, you will have had two good years behind you, so it shouldn't be that hard!

Where to apply? There's a lot of good schools out there and it's hard to say exactly. Your obvious choice would be to start with the schools with notable strengths in Nonprofit - HBS, Stanford, Yale - and then move your search onto other schools. To be honest though, the kind of consulting work you are looking for can be gotten likely through any of the Top 15 schools. Given the tendency of large NGOs to be coastally-based, you might take that into consideration for reasons of finding an internship.

Looks like you are off to a good start.

[jayantnarayan]

Thanks for your input. I will work towards shaping my profile even more and hopefully come up with a good application for Fall 2014 Round 1.

[Jon@Admissionado]

Sounds good. Good luck to you!
And don't forget ot be creative and passionate!
Breathe some life into those essays, dude!