Name: Hitarth Parmar
Nationality - Indian.
GMAT: 710 (Q48, Q39); IR - 8; AWA - 5.0.[Recently appeared for my GMAT on 16.02.2018]
10th: 89.7%
12th: 86.2%
Graduation: B.E. Electrical with 7.64/10 CGPA.
Work Experience: 59 months [as on 24.05.2018] at a Public-sector Oil & Gas industry in India. I worked for 53 months in Operations & Maintenance department as an Officer, and was responsible for managing the Routine Maintenance Schedules, Breakdown maintenance with Root Cause Analysis and Report Generation; was responsible for a critical design change which was universalised in the company.
Recently, I have been promoted to Sr. Officer (kind of a big-deal in my organisation

) and transferred to Projects department since 6 months and have been looking after Project Scheduling, Planning, review and approval of procedures, materials, managing and co-ordinating with other agencies (Consultant, contractor, inspection agencies).
Extra-curriculars: Have won a team event at a national level sports fest in the game of Table Tennis; was associated for 1 year with an NGO.
Post-MBA Goals:
Long term: Strategic consulting
Short term: Project/Portfolio Management
Why MBA?
I am currently looking after management of time and resources while liaising with concerned agencies. I have seen that I do have an ability to positively influence people. However, currently, my reach/authority is limited. A formal education in management would provide me quantitative and qualitative techniques, and effectively a better reach towards positively influencing people.
Leadership is latent in people, but there needs to be something to spark it and I think an education in MBA is the required ignition.
Which are the best schools to target for Operations and which are the best schools for General Management?
Should I re-take GMAT, considering I have been consistently getting 750-770 in practice tests?
Thanks in advance.
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