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Joined: 15 Mar 2014
Posts: 53
Location: India
Concentration: Operations, General Management
WE:Information Technology (Computer Software)
India IT Male/690/ Please evaluate my profile- Really worried
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10 Oct 2014, 08:07
Hello Everybody!!
I would request a profile evaluation.
I belong to the run of the mill Indian IT male crowd. Hence I am really worried about getting admissions to my list of colleges.
I would appreciate if you guys can evaluate my profile and let me know if I am on the correct path with regards to university selection
Pool : Indian Male
GMAT –
690 (Q50,V31, IR-6, AWA – 5.5)
Academics -
10th- CBSE board (85 %)
12th - CBSE board (88 %)
Bachelors in Engineering from Nagpur University (Rknec college) in Electronics Engineering (71 % - I think this should be between top 10-15% in my university)
Work Experience- Close to 42 months at matriculation (Fall 2015)
Senior Systems Engineer at Infosys Limited
1. Working as a SAP-Business Intelligence (SAP-BI) resource that involves Interaction with business users and business owners for requirement gathering and understanding of the business. Optimizing the existing application designs, coordinating with teams in multiple locations to provide a seamless service to client and ensure minimal disruptions to existing applications and while introducing new business functions.
2. Handle production support scenarios and responsible for delivering technical solution to incidents/service requests/enhancements.
Key Achievements
1) Led a team of 6 (with senior most deputy being a Senior systems engineer)people for a period of 2 monthsto ensure the successful transitioning of existing model into a new Global delivery based model. My manager chose me out of the pool of existing 12 resources having the same job level.
2)Recognized as Best L3 SAP-BI Consultant by client across markets for the end to end ownership of deliverable's and continuous System improvement initiatives.
3)Chosen by my manager to shoulder the responsibility of supporting an entire wave in a project that involved direct interaction with client and another vendor inspite of being Job level 3 employee. (Note- This was for previous client engagement)
Volunteer/Community work –
1) NGO Name /CSR activity National Service Scheme (NSS)
Designation Office co-ordinator (Rknec )
Achievements- Single largest participation till date in RKNEC Blood Donation drive organized in co-ordination with 'Jeevan Jyoti' blood bank
Cleanliness drive- to clean the surrounding area of college. The event was flaggedof by Deputy mayor
Foodgrain distribution to"Deaf and dumb" school in saoner
Old garments collection in collaboration with NGO "Zero Gravity"
2)NGO Name / CSR activity Soften (Infosys, Mysore) CSR
Designation Volunteer
Achievement Was part of a team that imparted computer education to the security and housekeeping staff of the DC. Our team also helped
guards improve their English language skills.
Soften also conducted a cleanliness drive of Mysore bus stops.
Extracurriculars-
1)Offices Held Executive of Electronics branch ( 3rd year)
Most Valued Initiative Carrying out all the technical and cultural event of the branch under the banner of Electrolitz event
2)Offices Held Secretary of Semicolon Tech club (4th year)
Most Valued Initiative Organizing all the technical events in the technical fest of the college(Colosseum)
3)Offices Held Joint treasurer of Electronics branch (4th year)
Most Valued Initiative Handling all the monetary resources required for managing the technical and cultural events of the branch under the banner of Electrolitz event
Hobbies and interests
Played club cricket at inter district level
Played football at school level
Completed Level-3 certification in Tabla (musical intrument)
Mountaineering- Completed Sar Pas trek,Himachal Pradesh (15000 ft)
Why MBA ?
A firm grounding in business management knowledge and the cultivation of leadership skills are some of the things
I hope to gain out of an MBA. At a functional level, I want to pursue an MBA to gain expertise in strategic or technology
consulting. I want to transition from being a pure technical role to a functional role.
Post MBA goals
To work in a consulting firm as a strategic/ tech consultant where where I can leverage my
interpersonal skills and contribute more on the business side.
As,I have an IT consulting background, I want to pursue a career in consulting.
The technology relevance of the university combined with job opportunities are the two critical factors for me in choosing a university
I'll be applying in Round2.
Below are the universities that I am thinking of.
I wont be applying to all the colleges. I need help from your side to know about my chances of getting admission in these colleges. That way I can cut down on this list to 7
University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
Brigham Young University (Marriott)
Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller)
University of Georgia (Terry)
Pennsylvania State University (Smeal)
University of Connecticut
North Carolina State University (Jenkins)
University of South Carolina (Moore)
Baruch College- Zicklin
UT-Dallas
Pittsburg (Katz)
Cincinnati (Lindner)
Univ of Connecticut
I would really appreciate any kind of help that I can get from your side.