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Profile Evaluation

by rahulsar » Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:23 pm
Age: 25 years (as of this post)
GMAT: Male
Nationality: Indian

Education:

B.Tech in Electronics and telcom from UPTU, india

Cum. GPA: 3.4

GMAT: 730-750 expected

Work-ex:

Completed 3 years full-time in IT Domain ( Unix system admin ) consultant and project management role

Brief Details:

1) Aug. 2007 to Present - ST Microelectronics, India

● Part of a 25 member team, responsible for managing the world wide data center activities.
● Providing IT consulting to various design groups, understanding their requirement and providing them the solution. Active member of the consulting team for setting up the data center for a new company Numonyx.
● Part of project management team for two projects... one completed and one in transition
● leading an internal project of incident management with 14 people under me and got appreciation from higher management
● ITIL foundations certified
● Working with various applications team for problem management
● Managing various data center projects and troubleshooting
- Trainer and supervisor of the 2 new joiners in my group

2) July 06' - Aug 07' - HCL Technologies

- System analyst for the client teradyne
- Best performer of the quarter memento and appreciation certificate from the client
- Part of change management and capacity management team
- Working with various teams for problem management
- Managing various data center projects and troubleshooting

Extra Curricular Activities

- Started a trekking club name Rangers in college to help students break their jinx and explore the unpredictabilty of wilderness
- College captain leading college to 4th position in ALL INDIA sports meet in IT BHU
- Gold medalist in volleyball in ALL INDIA sports meet
- Strated a social welfare cell in the society to teach the slum children
- Study and practise spirituality.
- Various singing and dramatics prizes
- School sports captain and prefect
- Did a modeling assignment for a clothing store during college
- Organized various cultural and technical fests at inter collegiate level
- Active member of the training and placement cell

Interests

Making Music, volleyball and cricket, Travelling (have travelled to a majority of Indian states)

Why MBA: I want to leverage and combine the experience I have gained in IT Consulting and assume higher roles like management consulting. MBA school would allow me to exploit networking opportunities with the many peers expected to be in top programs.


Questions:-

1. Based on my profile which US or canadian colleges do you refer..
2. Whether its possible for me to switch to sales and marketing domain during my MBA and get a reasonable job?
3. What do you suggest about General management?
4. Is it worth to spend a huge amount on B schools ranging from 15-30 in rank
5. Being an IT profile ( most common ) what do you refer, should i do to boost my chances ( apart from score and applications )

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by Paxton Helms - Kaplan » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:40 pm
1. Based on my profile which US or canadian colleges do you refer..

There are simply too many factors to consider to recommend a specific program: size, location, city v. suburb, program specialization, teaching method, whether you want to try for a scholarship or not, etc., etc. This is a very personal choice so I can't really tell you what to do here.

2. Whether its possible for me to switch to sales and marketing domain during my MBA and get a reasonable job?

Yes. Absolutely! People use MBAs to switch to and from all kinds of career paths. Just be clear and focused going in since the two years go by quickly.

3. What do you suggest about General management?

It's fine but given your background I would focus on a speciality and then move into GM several years out.

4. Is it worth to spend a huge amount on B schools ranging from 15-30 in rank

Probably not. Your advantage, though, is that you may be able to get some free money in the form of a scholarship.


5. Being an IT profile ( most common ) what do you refer, should i do to boost my chances ( apart from score and applications )

Have a clear idea of what your IT base can give you after business school --something unique that makes you special.

Good luck--

Paxton
Keep me in the loop about your thinking and let me know if you have any more questions.

Paxton



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