I am a 25 year old Indian citizen currently in India with a work experience of 3.5 years in the IT field. Below are the details:
Work Exp
3.5 years of work experience in an IT company Mphasis (subsidiary of HP ) . I have worked for 1.0 years in a Banking project that specifically handles mortgages and loans of an Australian bank.
I then moved onto another project in a manufacturing vertical where my team dealt with maintaining the GLOBAL supply chain management application for a Swedish MNC company. As of now I have completed 2.5 years with the project. This work involves communicating with clients and customers around the world and resolving issues related to delays and stoppage in global supply chain . I can arrange for LORs from my Swedish supervisors.
Despite my CGPA I got hired with a salary package that is way above average in my university as the recruiters were more impressed by my leadership and extra curricular skills (detail below) .
I was elevated by 1 grade to Senior delivery engineer after 2 years .
Education
Electronics engineering from NIT Warangal India (Consistently ranked in in Top 10) with a CGPA of 6.3 / 10 .
The college has a very tough curriculum and especially the coursework in Electronic engineering is the toughest one among all the majors in my university .
GMAT
680 (Q 47 V 35)
Extracurricular activities
Quizzing - Appeared on premier national TV channel twice in a hotly contested International Inter school quiz contest . I have also Represented my school in many country level quizzing events and won those events as well.
I am into public speaking and debating right from my high school days. This interest in debating led me to participate in Model United nations events (Most famous MUN attended is Georgetown University MUN -Middle East) . This love for MUN took a different turn as I became more interested in running MUNs rather than participating in MUNs as a delegate. I got that opportunity to co-found and manage the first MUN society in my college making our society the first MUN related club in all IITs and NITs in India. MUNs are never usually held in engineering colleges unlike how MUNs are held in Law and Humanities universities. MUNs are not popular among engineering students as the strengths required for participating in MUNs (debating, extensive knowledge of the world and UN, diplomacy etc ) are not considered important to become an engineer. The NIT MUN was a first in that regard among NITs and IITs where we could educate engineering students on developing other skills that can enhance their profiles . By the time I graduated attendances for the MUN conference grew by almost 120%.
Leadership skills
I was elected the Headboy (Student president) of my school , which had around 10000 students at the time of my graduation. Also I was the first headboy to be elected to that position as earlier the head boy selection was completely under the hands of School administration. As the headboy I was in charge of a student body consisting of 8 secretaries and another 20 prefects . It was the job of my team to maintain discipline and run various school events. I was the face of the students whenever different dignitaries visited my school.
I ran the Model United Nations event and managed it with my colleague. We were able to kickstart an interest in an event that is not considered important in engineering colleges. We handled the collection of funds, getting sponsors and suitably marketing the event through both online and physical media.I handled issues such as red-tapism since government funded universities are infamous for having a lot.
Other details
I belong to the Syrian christian community , which is a religious minority in India .
I was brought up in Qatar , Middle east till the age of 18. In Qatar I was able to learn about people and cultures from different parts of the world. I have good knowledge of different aspects of life and in the Middle East because of this . As soon as I graduated school, I went to study in India .Thus the two different experiences I had till now taught me many things about life and business that I am applying in my life currently.
I do not know if these matters or not but would like to use these as a differentiating factors .
In short
Weakness IMO: CGPA
Strength IMO : Leadership experience and my extra curricular skills
So- So IMO : GMAT score
Short term goal: Become a product marketing manager in a Tech company .
My penultimate list of Bschools ( i want to cut this list down to 7 bschools) : Kelley, Mendoza, Madison, Foster, Scheller , Smith-Maryland, Fisher, Tippie, Krannert, Urbana-Chaimpaign and Mays
Please be candid in your assessment. Thanks in advance.
Rgards
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