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by rahulpurohit24 » Fri Sep 17, 2010 2:30 am
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Male/ indian / Engineer / June 2008 passout / Electronics and communication engg. /Manipal Inst of technology,Ind
College CGPA : 8.26/10
Pretty good extra curriculars in college

Founder of a club, now officialized.
Editor of college magazaine
Headed many teams/committees etc.
Gmat 1 - 660
Gmat 2 - 700 (q 47 ; v 39) (sept 2009) 90th percentile

WORK EX.

January 2008 - July 2008 : 7 months internship at one of the worlds leading semiconductor companies(ST Microelectronics) during my last semester. Got a 10/10 gpa for my work there.offered a position...

Aug 2008 - Present :
Have always wanted to get into marketing and business development. Left STM after 7 months and joined as a management trainee at delhis first natural gas company Only Non MBA selected for marketing position

Currently : Dy. manager, zonal head for Western U.P. Expansion. Currently heading two mutually exclusive verticals (industrial marketing and CNG transport). Main work = marketing and marketing mgt.

Others :

part of a buddhist org (Soka Gakkai) since 2000 ; chapter level responsibility of handling kids ; hundreds of skits,plays,musicals etc for the past 10 years..

working at an NGO (tying up with various schools etc to support our cause -- > marketing again)

consultant editor to a magazine (pro bono);

Six Sigma Green Belt
Planning to apply this year, to try to begin with the session in 2011. will have arnd 3 yrs wrk ex at entry.

have completed a "basic accounting" course already.

Future goals post mba :

Mgt Consulting

Long term : would want to move towards Indian retail

Schools :

Kellogg ; Ross ; Duke ; Rotman ; ISB--> certainly applying due to strong GM/consulting.

Tuck (confused because class size is very small and will they admit me?) or Booth

May be YALE or CORNELL(1 of them) (though they re not that gr8 in consulting)

(total targeting 5-6 in us ; 1 in india ; 1 in canada)

Moreover, I am not going to any other schools apart from them. Life/degree/tag are there only for once. Its my last degree..cant fool with any other TAG.

I would be grateful for getting evaluated .


Many Thanks..

rahul
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by MBACrystalBall » Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:34 am
rahulpurohit24 wrote:Its my last degree..cant fool with any other TAG.
Interesting way of putting it, Rahul-bhai.

Some questions for you to think about or clarify in a better manner:

- 7-months internship! Is there a story here?

- The Dy. Mgr tag sounds good. But what does it mean for your organisation? Are you one of the young achiever types in your org or is this a designation that anyone else in the role could get by default?

- Why do you want to apply with less than 3 yrs work ex?

- CNG transportation --> Consulting --> Retail ?

Let's try to reduce the number of questions and increase the answers, sir. Right now, in my mind it's the other way round.
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