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720+ Ex-Techie+Current Non-Profit+NGO

by jayantnarayan » Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:33 am
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


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(720 - QA 49, VA 39 Analytical Writing 6)

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by Deena@ClearAdmit » Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:17 am
Hi Jayantnarayan,
Thanks so much for your post. It looks like from what you've stated here, that your profile is solid for some competitive MBA programs. You might start researching some of the following schools to see if they are a good fit for you: Yale, Fuqua, UC Berkeley and Michigan. You also could look at Kellogg.
Feel free to contact us at [email protected] for a more detailed free initial assessment.
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