I would like to state the good and the bad of my profile ...
GOOD :
750 GMAT
- 94% at high school ( was among the top ten in the high school)
- 88% at elementary school (was among the top ten again)
- 198/200 in Math at high school which is the top 0.1% of the state's score in math
- 192/200 in Physics and Chemistry which is among the 0.2% of the state's score in math
- 186/200 in English which is among thw 0.2 % of the state's score in English
- Received the Outstanding Out Going student award in my fifth Grade
- Received the General Proficiency awards in my seventh and eighth grade
- consistently among the top five in the class all through school level
- high school house captain and responsible for organizing and selecting fellow students for inter-house activities and competitions
- School second in the State level tenth examinations in Biology
- Was part of the school's Kho-Kho Team.
- Won recitation / reading and hand-writing competitions at school level
Non-profit work:
1.Director at the "Joy of Sharing foundation" co-funded by myself that funds
education for two tenth grade students. This is a need based aid.
Through this trust, I also councel students regarding admits to Indian engineering programs
2.Associated with The CSR wing of my company which is called OUTREACH that involves
old age home visits, blood donations, teaching children.
3.I Teach dance as a hobby
4.I Donate funds regularly to the CRY - Child Rights and You
5.I Organize blood donation camps at the Adyar Cancer Institute in India
-Work
Role: user experience researcher and product designer for a tier III IT consulting company which is also a fortune 300 IT consulting firm
Designation : Associate Analyst
-Work exp : 3.7 years - all in the same company
-Work profile : project lead
-Worked on : 20 different programming languages in a span of 3 years (something that may probably speak of my ability to learn quickly and adapt)
-received one of the fastest promotions in my company
- multiple awards for innovation and technical skills.
- clients worked for as part of user experience and product design include
include Inter Active Corporation, Ebay Inc, PayPal and BNP paribas.
- lead a 25 member team over a period of two years at eBay Inc (India) that
saw eleven projects being successfully executed for the various clients.
Actual Job Profile :
1. Interactive Corporation (ask.com, dictionary.com)
https://dictionary.reference.com, www.ask.com
- Led a ten member group of team of fresh graduate colleagues in developing
ads randomization for the client ask.com.
- Led a five member team in development of handlers for flash ads for ask.com
- Led a five member team of college graduates in developing the cross word app for dictionary.com
- Led a twenty member team in developing toolbars for partner installers that furnished more business
and saw the project grow in capacity from a twenty member team to a fifty member team that increased revenue by 5%
- Led a team of four in building the site https://quotes.dictionary.com
2. eBay India and PayPal
- Took on the challenge and successfully translated the entire eBay domain to be Accessible to the visually challenged by leading a forty member user experience and product design team. This involved six major domains of eBay to be fixed and the team reported a zero production defect delivery. Over 2000 files were changed in this process.
- Translation of the resolutions domain to the latest spec to improve user experience that resulted in 10% more traffic that improved the satisfaction of resolution of problems via the online resolutions channel.
- Led a twenty member team that developed the Payment Intermediation flow for eBay and PayPal
- Led a ten member team in designing the marketing engine for sellers called the Seller Marketing Engine that enables sellers of ebay to launch seheduled sales to buyers with the integration of
eBay bucks and coupons.
- Re-Designed the check-out flow of ebay.
- Was part of the eBay mobile development team that saw eBay roll out a separate site for browsing on tablets.
- Re-engineered the core user interface components for eBay by leading a 12 member team. This gave birth to the DS2 components and phasing out the previously used eBay darwin core user interface components.
- Led a team of seven members that designed the eBay buy-box that enables users to give product based reviews on eBay.
3. BNP Paribas Solutions
- currently leading a ten member team that involves migration of BNP Paribas assurance applications
from one server to another.
- To take up the additional responsibility of Client Relations Management, Business Development, Product Management and Technology Consultant for the same project at France from October.
part time work exp:
Associated for four years as the process improvement specialist at
an education institution (an elementary and high school) that has over 1000 students and over a hundred faculties involved. It is a NON - PROFIT education institution that was instituted in 1966 in the most rural sub-urbs of India that aims at imparting quality education to the lower cadre of the
society.. As part of my work, I take care of business development, recruitment of students and teachers, infrastructure details and scheduling of examinations from 2008 to present.
INTERNS: (two interns - both in operations) @ two different start ups belonging to my friends.
One intern was in Logistics and Customs Clearance while the other was in a start-up technology company belonging to the CiTiGroup.
THE BAD:
I was scheduled for a promotion and an onsite offer when the client pulled the plug off the project
forcing it to close and ending my hope of another promotion.
UNDER GRADUATION:
I'm from India. Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering at Anna University) (not sure if its good or bad) . In one of the posts, I saw this statement:
"Of course, HBS (and all the top b-schools) know that the grading system in India is very different, and that just breaking into the 70% range can be a sign of stellar performance, so I wouldn't rule yourself out of the game.". So considering the above statement and the fact that my undergraduation was majored in a tough stream as Electronics and communication engineering, please let me know how much would this be on a 4-point GPA scale and how good it is?( I am not sure how much that is on the 4 point scale. I got to know from wikipedia and a few other websites that its close to 3.3-3.6 while some say that it borders between 3-3.2. The Indian systems are quite tough and I am afraid as to how would the translation from percentage to a 4 point scale happen. I would like some confirmation on that. I called HBS and was informed that I do not have to report scores if it wasnt on a 4-point scale. I just had to send scanned copies of transcripts and they would take care of it. )
Achievements at UG :
- I wrote a lab manual for a paper at one of the labs during my undergraduation
which is being followed even till today.
- I was the topper in all the lab papers at college
- My undergraduate project was nominated for the project of the year but lost out.
- One among five to be Selected for a lecture on Signal Processing conducted by professors
of the IISC (Indian institute of science)
Please let me know of my chances at big universities like MIT sloan (LGO program)& MBA,
Harvard MBA,Stanford MBA, Wharton, Judge, Kellog, Said, Yale, Ross Michigan, Booth, Stern, London Business school and the ISB.
GOOD :
750 GMAT
- 94% at high school ( was among the top ten in the high school)
- 88% at elementary school (was among the top ten again)
- 198/200 in Math at high school which is the top 0.1% of the state's score in math
- 192/200 in Physics and Chemistry which is among the 0.2% of the state's score in math
- 186/200 in English which is among thw 0.2 % of the state's score in English
- Received the Outstanding Out Going student award in my fifth Grade
- Received the General Proficiency awards in my seventh and eighth grade
- consistently among the top five in the class all through school level
- high school house captain and responsible for organizing and selecting fellow students for inter-house activities and competitions
- School second in the State level tenth examinations in Biology
- Was part of the school's Kho-Kho Team.
- Won recitation / reading and hand-writing competitions at school level
Non-profit work:
1.Director at the "Joy of Sharing foundation" co-funded by myself that funds
education for two tenth grade students. This is a need based aid.
Through this trust, I also councel students regarding admits to Indian engineering programs
2.Associated with The CSR wing of my company which is called OUTREACH that involves
old age home visits, blood donations, teaching children.
3.I Teach dance as a hobby
4.I Donate funds regularly to the CRY - Child Rights and You
5.I Organize blood donation camps at the Adyar Cancer Institute in India
-Work
Role: user experience researcher and product designer for a tier III IT consulting company which is also a fortune 300 IT consulting firm
Designation : Associate Analyst
-Work exp : 3.7 years - all in the same company
-Work profile : project lead
-Worked on : 20 different programming languages in a span of 3 years (something that may probably speak of my ability to learn quickly and adapt)
-received one of the fastest promotions in my company
- multiple awards for innovation and technical skills.
- clients worked for as part of user experience and product design include
include Inter Active Corporation, Ebay Inc, PayPal and BNP paribas.
- lead a 25 member team over a period of two years at eBay Inc (India) that
saw eleven projects being successfully executed for the various clients.
Actual Job Profile :
1. Interactive Corporation (ask.com, dictionary.com)
https://dictionary.reference.com, www.ask.com
- Led a ten member group of team of fresh graduate colleagues in developing
ads randomization for the client ask.com.
- Led a five member team in development of handlers for flash ads for ask.com
- Led a five member team of college graduates in developing the cross word app for dictionary.com
- Led a twenty member team in developing toolbars for partner installers that furnished more business
and saw the project grow in capacity from a twenty member team to a fifty member team that increased revenue by 5%
- Led a team of four in building the site https://quotes.dictionary.com
2. eBay India and PayPal
- Took on the challenge and successfully translated the entire eBay domain to be Accessible to the visually challenged by leading a forty member user experience and product design team. This involved six major domains of eBay to be fixed and the team reported a zero production defect delivery. Over 2000 files were changed in this process.
- Translation of the resolutions domain to the latest spec to improve user experience that resulted in 10% more traffic that improved the satisfaction of resolution of problems via the online resolutions channel.
- Led a twenty member team that developed the Payment Intermediation flow for eBay and PayPal
- Led a ten member team in designing the marketing engine for sellers called the Seller Marketing Engine that enables sellers of ebay to launch seheduled sales to buyers with the integration of
eBay bucks and coupons.
- Re-Designed the check-out flow of ebay.
- Was part of the eBay mobile development team that saw eBay roll out a separate site for browsing on tablets.
- Re-engineered the core user interface components for eBay by leading a 12 member team. This gave birth to the DS2 components and phasing out the previously used eBay darwin core user interface components.
- Led a team of seven members that designed the eBay buy-box that enables users to give product based reviews on eBay.
3. BNP Paribas Solutions
- currently leading a ten member team that involves migration of BNP Paribas assurance applications
from one server to another.
- To take up the additional responsibility of Client Relations Management, Business Development, Product Management and Technology Consultant for the same project at France from October.
part time work exp:
Associated for four years as the process improvement specialist at
an education institution (an elementary and high school) that has over 1000 students and over a hundred faculties involved. It is a NON - PROFIT education institution that was instituted in 1966 in the most rural sub-urbs of India that aims at imparting quality education to the lower cadre of the
society.. As part of my work, I take care of business development, recruitment of students and teachers, infrastructure details and scheduling of examinations from 2008 to present.
INTERNS: (two interns - both in operations) @ two different start ups belonging to my friends.
One intern was in Logistics and Customs Clearance while the other was in a start-up technology company belonging to the CiTiGroup.
THE BAD:
I was scheduled for a promotion and an onsite offer when the client pulled the plug off the project
forcing it to close and ending my hope of another promotion.
UNDER GRADUATION:
I'm from India. Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering at Anna University) (not sure if its good or bad) . In one of the posts, I saw this statement:
"Of course, HBS (and all the top b-schools) know that the grading system in India is very different, and that just breaking into the 70% range can be a sign of stellar performance, so I wouldn't rule yourself out of the game.". So considering the above statement and the fact that my undergraduation was majored in a tough stream as Electronics and communication engineering, please let me know how much would this be on a 4-point GPA scale and how good it is?( I am not sure how much that is on the 4 point scale. I got to know from wikipedia and a few other websites that its close to 3.3-3.6 while some say that it borders between 3-3.2. The Indian systems are quite tough and I am afraid as to how would the translation from percentage to a 4 point scale happen. I would like some confirmation on that. I called HBS and was informed that I do not have to report scores if it wasnt on a 4-point scale. I just had to send scanned copies of transcripts and they would take care of it. )
Achievements at UG :
- I wrote a lab manual for a paper at one of the labs during my undergraduation
which is being followed even till today.
- I was the topper in all the lab papers at college
- My undergraduate project was nominated for the project of the year but lost out.
- One among five to be Selected for a lecture on Signal Processing conducted by professors
of the IISC (Indian institute of science)
Please let me know of my chances at big universities like MIT sloan (LGO program)& MBA,
Harvard MBA,Stanford MBA, Wharton, Judge, Kellog, Said, Yale, Ross Michigan, Booth, Stern, London Business school and the ISB.
