Profile Review : 720 + Ex Techie + Current Non-Profit + NGO

[jayantnarayan]

Kindly Review my Profile. I am hoping to crack top 15-20 (need more clarity on which schools to go for 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 (TCS) 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


***************** GMAT **************************** (written in Sep 2011)
(720 - QA 49, VA 39 Analytical Writing 6)

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[Bryant@VeritasPrep]

Having international experience, a top GMAT score and a very clear vision for your future (and how your past preparation has positioned you to achieve it post MBA) are all very attractive components of a winning candiate for top b-schools. You should have no trouble getting the attention of a school in the top 15 so long as you distinguish yourself from other applicants with a similar background. B-schools tend to put applicants in buckets along with other applicants with similar traits, so you should begin looking at your credentials in this way and see if you can come up with some unique things about you, very personal things, which position you in a different light vis-a-vie your peers. If you are able to do this, you should be able to get an offer from your target range of schools. You listed several things that you are involved in which could easily put you in this unique light, so I don't see any problems.

[jayantnarayan]

Thanks for your input. I will work towards shaping my profile even more and hopefully come up with a good application for Fall 2014 Round 1.