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varun289 wrote:Hi all,
I am aspirant for ISB (Only ISB) my profile -
9,5 years work ex. out of 6 yrs in B2b tech.consultancy + Sales /marketing + R& D (2yrs)+ production (9months)
B.tech in Paints technology from H.B.T.I kanpur
worked with - Asian paints ,honda motors,CPS colors,Wacker,and Coatings specialties
Aim - fortune 100 comp as consultant
Gmat - struggling (plan-feb'12)
plz suggest me ,appx Gmat score , my chances for ISB call etc. what else to improve ????

anushasingu wrote:Hi,

Please evaluate my profile and suggest me how much I should target in GMAT

Indian female - 23 years

Work experience of 18 months as a soft skills' trainer and a faculty.

Certified counselor

X - 93.6%
XII - 95%
B.Com - 89.5%

First rank holder in B.com in B'lore university with eight gold medals.

State level debater , mono actor.

Poetry and stories published.

Was a Radio Jockie champion and participated in TV talk shows.

Was a secretory PR in toastmasters international

Appeared in many news papers including deccan herald.

Got an award for best master of ceremony.

Please suggest me

theone_89 wrote:Hi,

Here is my profile :

10th-94.88%
12th-88.33%
BE(CSE)- 9.04 CGPA(83%)from RVCE bangalore

work exp: working in an MNC as a software developer for the past 18 months .

Extra curricular :

1.have been learning carnatic musical instrument mridangam from the past 6 years and represented college in various events and won prizes .
2.organized fests in college (sponsorship and publicity )
3.Was the placement coordinator for my department in college .
4. Our final year project was selected as the best innovative project from the college to the university level competition .
5. was part of NCC in air division and have attended camps and finished B certificate .



I'm planning to write GMAT in April/may and apply to ISB,NUS in sept 2013 i.e R1 by then i'll have 2+ years of work exp .

waiting for your view on this !

Thanks
RR

blumaters wrote:Hi..
This is Abhishek.

I am planning to apply to ISB R1 for 2014 admissions.

The Following is my profile:

10th Standard: 85.8%
12th Standard: 82.6%
B Tech Mechanical: 7.52/10 (National Institute of Technology, Durgapur)

Work Experience: (41 Months as of now)
Company: BOC India Limited (Linde Engineering)
Present Designation: Deputy Manager - Project Procurement
First 8 months in construction and Engineering.
After that role shifted to Procurement and Supply Chain Management.
Successfully conducted ISO audit for the company.
Nominated for Country Excellence Awards, India in the year 2012.

Extra Curricular:
AIR 32 in Jr Mathematics Olympiad in 2002-03 organised by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, New Delhi.
Photographer with an NGO, and core group member of the Newsletter of the same NGO.
Training and placement representative for my Branch in College.
Organised Various events during the college technical fest.
Organised Blood donation camp in my locality.

Other Facts:
Photographer. Attended Workshops etc.
Cricketer. Many Certificates in both school and college level.


There are a few addition to the above extracurricular, but the majority is already covered.

My Queries:
1) With this profile how much should I aim in Gmat?
2) Which ways can I improve my profile?

Regards
Abhishek Biswas

ifoifo1 wrote:Please help me in evaluating my profile for ISB.
My profile is as follows:

Indian Male,25

GMAT - 710 ( Q - 50, V- 35, IR-8, AWA- 5.5)

10th - 91%
12th - 87%

Undergrad College - Thapar University , 2010 Passout
Discipline - Computer Science and Engineering
GPA - 8.6/10


Work Experience - 3 years in total (As on 31st July 2013 at the time of applying since I am targeting 2014-15 admission)
"¢ Entire 3 Years of Experience in Data Analytics and key Analysis areas include Claim Operation Analysis, Cross-Sell Analysis, Feedback Analysis and Segmentation Analysis.
"¢ Working in a NASDAQ listed Indian firm for a US based Insurance client.
"¢ Assist client's core leadership team in decision making using by providing them analytic results.
"¢ Currently leading two member offshore team and since our team supports analysis work of multiple departments of the client,I have regular meetings with multiple stake holders from the client side in US to understand and implement their requirements .
"¢ When I was allocated this project it was an escalated project and with our team effort steered the project through tough situation to gain the client confidence.Even got employee of the quarter award for the same.
"¢ Leadership Initiatives: Also involved in Business development and business expansion activities.One of the BD pitch is expected to double the revenue we currently get from the client.

Awards At Work:
Have worked for 2 organizations till now and have been awarded in both the organizations
o Employee of the Quarter in my present company
o Team award in previous company

Extra Curricular -
"¢ Write Satires/Political Satirical articles for Country's #1 Satire Site.Many of them were very popular on facebbok and gained enormous likes.
"¢ During College, was a team leader and founding member in one of the clubs which was aimed at using the academic projects for the benefit of college as a whole.We did this recycling the old academic IT projects for the automation of various department of college.
"¢ During college, I was involved in teaching children of construction workers (who were working on building new hostel in campus).Mainly taught them basic maths and basic computer usage . (No certificate for this).
"¢ Played an active member in conceptualizing and organizing events in college fests.One of the event was for school children and was a huge success among Punjab schools.
"¢ Merit position in national level physics exam

Note : I have no onsite exp .

After MBA, I want to pursue a career in Analytics/General Management..Till Now I have decided to apply to ISB.
Please let me know of my chances in the above college.Also let me know whether my GMAT score is decent enough because I am not planning to take it again.
Thanks a lot for your kind help.

Lakshminarayanan wrote:Hi could you evaluate my profile on prospective chances of making it through ISB:

I was a average student in my academics who has managed to clear my chartered accountancy course in my third attempt.

My Marks are as follows:

Std X : 60%
Std XII : 74%
B.com : 61%
CA Final :55%

Im having two years of work experience in management consulting in a medium sized consultancy company in Chennai.

Some of my area of specialization are as follows:
1. Development of Financial Models(projections)
2. Preparing a business plan
3. Process Study and Process Restructuring by doing a risk analysis and suggesting changes in business processes
4. Preparation of Detailed Project Reports for green field projects
5. Valuation of business and Equity
6. Development of customized cost sheets
7. Preparation of accounts, costing and ERP user manuals


Extra Curricular Activities
1. Was part of Dramatic club during school days
2. Was a key member in our in house magazine
3. Actively involved in a NGO called GAINTS

Im going to take up by Certified Fraud Examiner Exam in November'2013 and planing to take up my GMAT in the next year or two.


Kindly assess my chances of getting into ISB considering my background and suggest me the realistic chance of me getting into ISB or any other Top B- schools.

Also Kindly Help in ways of improving my profile for getting into a top B-School.


Regards
Lakshminarayanan

prateek1000 wrote:Hi

Can you evaluate my profile on prospective chances of making it through ISB:

My details are as follows:

GMAT 720 (Eng 37 and Quant 51)
Class X: 89%
Class XII: 90%
Btech (Chemical): 6.7/10

I have done my graduation from Bits Pilani and post that i have been employed with a business research firm for past 3 years. I will have around 3.6 years of experience at the point of application

It will also include 2 promotions till then (till now I have 1)in the current organization.

Extra Curricular Activities
1. Was active part of Dramatics club in college and involved as director/actor
2. Actively played cricket and volleyball in both college and school
3. Won various performance based awards in the current firm

Please suggest the chances of me getting into ISB 2014. And in case you think there are ways in which i can improve my profile, please do suggest

aspirantdk25 wrote:Hi,

My profile is as under(not taken the GMAT test):

1.Worked in Infosys Limited for 2.4+ years as Systems engineer.Domain:Banking
2.Got selected in HSBC and planning to work there for min of 1 yr before applying for GMAT.Will be working on banking domain here as well.

Infosys profile:

1.Part of Finacle product(banking suite) development and maintenence team.
2.Mentored different Finacle teams on e-banking modules like cash management systems and tax payments.
3.Identified as well as Implemented security/performance level fixes and received appreciation from senior management.
4.Won "On the spot award", given to 1 employee per 150 employees in a quarter, for fixing few critical issues in very less turnaround time.
5.While working on porting activities found certain patterns in testing of UI and suggested the same to higher management.Helped automate UI testing in e-banking by Created set of test libraries for each pattern using Molybdenum selenium tool.

CERTIFICATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:
1.Oracle Certified Java Programmer.
2.Infosys certified Java programmer.
3.Technical and functional certifications on Finacle-Infosys.
4.Department topper in Final year.
5.Stood 10th in state in class 8th board.

AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES
1.Participated in Infosys Global buddy program to help the newly hired laterals settle down in the new environment. The aim of the program was to help the person to understand the business, work culture, role requirements and processes followed in Infosys.
2."Certificate of honor" for handling the post of Event Coordinator for Computer Society of India (CSI) in 2007.
3."Certificate of merit" for volunteering for Computer Society of India (CSI) in 2006.
4."Certificate of Appreciation" for publicity drive carried out by IEEE in 2006.
5.Certificate for presenting a technical paper on quantum cryptography during a program conducted by ISA in 2008.
6.Appreciation certificate for raising funds for awareness program for hemophilia in 2002.
7.Prize for all rounder in school (Year 2000).

EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Engineering, Mumbai University(Computer Science) 70.36
Higher Secondary (Class XII), J&K Board 82.50
Secondary (Class X) , J&K Board 88.20

Hobbies:
1.Love to play keyboard .Not done any certification though
2.(Planning to learn japaneese but just for fun)

NRToma wrote:Hi,
My profile is given below-
Female, 23. I am a foreign national from Bangladesh. I have completed my school education from Dhaka, Bangladesh then did my undergrad from India. I have not taken GMAT yet, but I intend to do so in a couple of months & want to apply for the ISB 2014 intake.

Education:
B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Jaipur- CGPA- 5.99 out of 10.
Higher Secondary (Class XII)-Dhaka Board- A+
Secondary (Class X)- Dhaka Board- A+

Work:
I would be having 3 years work experience by the time 2014 classes commences.
Experience 1:
I worked in a Gov. based NGO in Bangladesh from June, 2011 untill August, 2012.
I was working there as a Research Associate. Working on different government projects related to human development Research work.
-Focusing on Microfinance component
-Rural Electrification Development Project
-Financing Growth and Poverty Reduction , a Project funded by UNDP.
-Urban Component of 'Sanitation, Hygiene education, Water supply in Bangladesh', a project governed
by UNICEF.

Experience 2 :
Currently the company I am working for is a Leading fiber optics networks provider in Bangladesh.
-I am working there as an Assistant Engineer in Operations & Transmission Department.
-I am working with several client operators.
- I am also working with SDH Technology & device configuration to set up fiber optics network across the Country.

Certifications & Achievements:
- CCNA certification.
- Tejas Networks certification on SDH technology
- French Language Certification.
- Achieved 100% scholarship from the Gov. of India to complete Under graduation in ECE from NIT.
Extra-Curricular Activities:
- Achieved several no. of medals and National and International level certification for
Creative Arts and Painting.
- Worked as an Organizing head in event of Dramatics society in NIT, Jaipur.
- Worked as the Organizing Secretory in national level techfest 'Neuron '09' in NIT,Jaipur.
- Worked as the literary head of Dramatics society.
- Participated in Dance competition in cultural fest in NIT, Jaipur.

I am planning on taking the GMAT in after 3 months & targetting 700+ . Can you please tell me if my profile is up to the mark to apply in ISB, also kindly tell me what GMAT score should I aim for. Also I am planning on shifting to another company, Is that a bad thing in terms of applying for ISB? In order to amend my low undergrad cgpa should I enroll myself in some management related diploma or would any distance postgrad education before applying in ISB?

Thank You.

pranay25 wrote:Hi,

I am still to take GMAT. My brief profile is as follows:-

X - 92%
XII - 85%
B.Tech - 81%

I did my B.Tech from NIT Jalandhar in chemical engineering. I have almost 2 yrs. of work ex
as a Process Engineer in Technip India Ltd. working on various Oil & Gas, Refinery, LNG and Petrochemical Projects. I will have around 3 years experience when i intend to apply to ISB.

Some other of my activities are :-

1. Gold Medalist of Chemical Engg. Batch 2007-11 at NIT Jalandhar.
2. Served as the Placement Coordinator for my batch at NIT Jalandhar.
3. Member of the Academic Advisory Committee , Chemical Engg. , NIT Jalandhar.
4. Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IICHE) and Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), UK.
5. Member of Publicity and Marketing Committees of Techniti (National Level Technical Festival at NIT Jalandhar) and Utkansh (Annual Cultural Festival of NIT Jalandhar).
6. Member of Symphony club (Cultural) at Technip India office at Noida.

Can you suggest what all I can do to enhance my profile and what my target for GMAT score should
be.

Thanks & Regards,
PRANAY GUPTA

joshi.namrata123 wrote:Hi,

I am Namrata. I am looking for an advice. Please review my profile:

10th- 87%
12th- 83%
B.tech - biotech - 80%
2 years TCS software engineer, 1 year HP business analyst
I am looking for a change in my profile. I am thinking of joining NGO for and use my business analyst skills and produce effective output.

do you advie it will be a good move for my career as an MBA aspirant?

Lakshminarayanan wrote:Hi could you evaluate my profile on prospective chances of making it through ISB:

I was a average student in my academics who has managed to clear my chartered accountancy course in my third attempt.

My Marks are as follows:

Std X : 60%
Std XII : 74%
B.com : 61%
CA Final :55%

Im having two years of work experience in management consulting in a medium sized consultancy company in Chennai.

Some of my area of specialization are as follows:
1. Development of Financial Models(projections)
2. Preparing a business plan
3. Process Study and Process Restructuring by doing a risk analysis and suggesting changes in business processes
4. Preparation of Detailed Project Reports for green field projects
5. Valuation of business and Equity
6. Development of customized cost sheets
7. Preparation of accounts, costing and ERP user manuals


Extra Curricular Activities
1. Was part of Dramatic club during school days
2. Was a key member in our in house magazine
3. Actively involved in a NGO called GAINTS

Im going to take up by Certified Fraud Examiner Exam in November'2013 and planing to take up my GMAT in the next year or two.


Kindly assess my chances of getting into ISB considering my background and suggest me the realistic chance of me getting into ISB or any other Top B- schools.

Also Kindly Help in ways of improving my profile for getting into a top B-School.


Regards
Lakshminarayanan

prateek1000 wrote:Hi

Can you evaluate my profile on prospective chances of making it through ISB:

My details are as follows:

GMAT 720 (Eng 37 and Quant 51)
Class X: 89%
Class XII: 90%
Btech (Chemical): 6.7/10

I have done my graduation from Bits Pilani and post that i have been employed with a business research firm for past 3 years. I will have around 3.6 years of experience at the point of application

It will also include 2 promotions till then (till now I have 1)in the current organization.

Extra Curricular Activities
1. Was active part of Dramatics club in college and involved as director/actor
2. Actively played cricket and volleyball in both college and school
3. Won various performance based awards in the current firm

Please suggest the chances of me getting into ISB 2014. And in case you think there are ways in which i can improve my profile, please do suggest

CHIRAG_mickey wrote:Hello GoISB

I have 5.5 years of work experience in Mahindra & Mahindra. My primary job role is related to the improvement of our Automobile Dealership processes (process excellence of dealers). My job initiatives impacts the business in terms of better Customer satisfaction, improvement in the dealers' reputation in market and improvement in dealerships' operations, quality and revenue. Also responsible for driving process excellence for sales, service and marketing department. I have a team which supports me in this task and i lead this team. Also worked in cross functional teams in organisation level Quality improvement projects.

I am aspiring for ISB in round 1 and am planning to take GMAT in 1st week of September. In Academics I had 67% in 10th and 77% in 12th.

Hobbies & Extra curricular:
1. Member of Rotary club, have conducted fund rising events
2. I compose and record music. Play guitar
3. Have established Music club in my company
4. Have established Rock band in my company, was a guitarist and a lead singer
5. Recorded a Music Album of my band
6. Member of 'youth council' in my company through which we drive several organisation development activities

Please evaluate my profile competitiveness for ISB and also let me know hat GMAT score I should target.

Many thanks

Regards,
Chirag

faraz_jeddah wrote:Hi goISB, I would appreciate it if you could evaluate my profile and share feedback

Indian Citizen. I have 4.5 years of international experience in the Middle east focused on Strategic Marketing.Although, I am a honors Engineering graduate from one of the leading universities in the middle east. My major was Instrumentation Engineering.

I have worked in 3 companies -
1. As an associate consultant in a Marketing Consultancy firm (1 year),
2. As a country marketing manager in one of the top IT firms(2.5 years)
3. Strategy and Marketing Manager in a start up / Entrepreneur company focused in Education technology. I am leading the Marketing department and supporting in sales. The current job is an amazing experience as I am able to mold the company and see the tangible effects.


My grades are as follows:

Std XII : 87.6%
Bachelors GPA : 3.2 / 4


I have leadership positions in my current and previous jobs. I am sure I can highlight a lot of instances where I have been proactive and made diligent plans and decisions which have had a profound effect to my team and organization.


Extra Curricular Activities
1. American football team captain
2. Public speaking on health issues



Any feedback on the above would be great.

I am currently preparing for my GMAT. Draining the life out of me to get back in to books and aim for a decent score.

Thanks many,

Faraz