Profile Evaluation - Need Expert Advice
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23 Nov 2015, 01:12
I have just written GMAT a week back and now I want to commence with the application process to meet the R2 deadlines.
The details of my scores and profile are presented below.
Nationality - Indian
Gender - Male
Undergraduate - B.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering)
CGPA - 8.36 on a scale of 10 from VIT University, Vellore
GMAT : 710 (Q-50, V-37, IR-6, AWA-5)
Work Experience
I have been working in a Fortune 500 French Energy major since I graduated in 2012 in the Infrastructure Operations department working on ERP's, Cloud and other Enterprise applications related to logistics, warehouse management, scm and finance.
Senior Functional Analyst – (April 2014 - Present)
Technical Analyst – (April 2013 – March 2014)
Graduate Engineer Trainee – (July 2012 – March 2013)
My current work experience is over 41 months and I am a part of a global team wherein I work closely with my counterparts in Singapore, Ireland, Spain and US.
Certifications
1- ITIL® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
2- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification
Internships
1- Product Development Intern at a startup for 5 months during the final semester of my undergrad studies where I worked on the development of an online customer loyalty platform for retail stores.
2- Intern at HCL Infosystems for 2 months where I worked with the sales team involved with tendering and sales process pertaining to government and its agencies
Extracurricular Activities
1- Have been a member of the core committee of a club at work involved in employee engagement and CSR activities. I have lead the team organizing events on few occasions and have also volunteered in the rest as an organizing team member.
2- Have been actively participating in debates since my school days. I have participated in many inter-school an inter-university debates.
Research
I have been actively involved in research projects since my college days and lead many projects which have resulted in multiple publications.
I have 5 publications – 4 of them were presented in International Conferences and published by IEEE and 1 published by a peer reviewed International Journal.
The topics of my research include knowledge discovery, data mining, network security and sustainable computing.
Achievements
1- First Prize in a global cloud based application development competition by my company for development of an application for sentiment analysis which can prove to be helpful for market analysis.
2- Second Prize in a strategy building and multitasking competition organized by my company.
3- Finalist in the whitepaper writing competition twice organized by my company on topics such as digitization and IoT.
4- Among the top ten finalists from all over India in Challenge Yourself India – 2011 presented by the Swedish Institute for scholarships and admissions to Lund University, Sweden.
5- Finalist in Inter-University debate competitions.
I am a technology and research enthusiast and would like to pursue my MBA to add credibility to my profile and enhance my knowledge about business processes which I can utilize in future to set up my own venture.
I am interested in knowing about schools that would can help me realize my dreams and at the same time are not averse to having me as a possible candidate for their MBA program given my scores and profile.
Thank You