Hi Jon,
I would basically want a profile evaluation from you and a recommendation as to which schools i should apply.
Full-Time Work experience - I have 5.75 years of work ex till date and all have been with Tata Steel and in manufacturing. I started out in mechanical maintenance where i was part of the team that commissioned and ramped up operations of a new plant.
Post that i had a brief 6 month stint in Business development where i was in a team with Mckinsey to improve our overall EBIDTA of our organisation.
Post this stint i joined production and was incharge of our main Auto-segment manufacturing line for 1yr.
After which i took over from the plant head and was heading the plant for 2years (about 300 people) till we decided to stop operations and relocate the plant to our central facility. My experience of shutting down that plant (dealing with government bodies, distraught workmen,employees and contract employees) and completing the task with absolutely no major events(strikes,newpaper coverage) etc was an achievement in itself.
Post this im now looking after engineering and projects and involved in two major upcoming expansions of our plant.
GMAT Score - 720 (AWA - 5.5, IR - 7)
College info - Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering Pune(COEP). Passed out in 2009. Grades are CGPA - 7.85/10. Got good quant scores, poor scores in theory based subjects like metallurgy etc.
Extracurricular - College - Was part of the football and badminton teams. No major tournament victories but represented the college in national level tournaments in football.
Was Co-founder of the college entrepreneurship cell and hosted a lot of events / programs to facilitate a spirit of entrepreneurship in the college.
Was co-ordinator for the college sports festival and helped out as a volunteer in the technical festival for 3 of my 4 years in college.
Was part of the robotics club for the first 1.5years of college and came up with a mini - robot which won nothing basically, but participated in events with it.
At Work - Initiated an employee engagement wave/system in the first month of joining work(2009) which basically focused on daily employee appreciation and is now a part of our work system system (5years since).
Was employee engagement champion for the new joinee work group.
Organized company wide football tournaments for 2years for all employees and their families.(was never done before)
Personal - Have always been associated with orphanages since a very small age. I personally help out a orphanage in my hometown whenever i visit there. (Volunteer+ take the kids out for picnic etc spend time playing football with them. Help out with some difficulties in maths etc). Also i intend to start an orphanage sometime in the future. (I dont know if i should use this or not for my mba admission as its not something i do to grow professionally or benefit me professionally. Its something i do just out of my own desire)
Important certifications - Certified internal auditor for ISO 9001 and TS 16949. Also some certifications in plant safety programmes.
Target Programs - ISB India (Havnt really researched on schools as i was busy with work and gmat till now. Wanted to start this with recommendations from you first)
When you plan to apply? - R1 in 2015 for the academic session starting in August 2016
Your post-MBA goal - My goal is just one - To become CxO in a top manufacturing organisation. (This is a blunt goal - but that is what it is)
The way i achieve it is basically by bringing about excellence in operation systems. I intend to achieve that by having a brief stint post mba with a consultancy firm specializing in operations consultancy and after an experience of about 4-5 years in that firm move to a manufacturing industry.
Also im currently learning a forgein language - Spanish. should be done by this language course by August 2015.(I should be speaking fluently by then)
Thanks.
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22 Feb 2015, 22:51
