Hi,
I want to apply for MBA fall 2024 and would like to get my profile evaluated. Please look at my profile and tell what are the top US & UK MBA b-bschools which I can target.
Name : Ishan Goyal
Age : 25 years old
Gender : Male
Nationality : Indian
Undergrad College : Punjab Engineering College (Tier -2 college)
CGPA: 9.0/10| College years: Aug 2016- May 2020
Major : Electrical Engineering
GMAT: 730 (Q50 , V39)
Class 12th score : 96.2%
(Awarded with letter of Appreciation from Ministry of Human Resources India for being among 0.01% successful candidates in 12th board exams)
Job Experience/Internships:
1) Oct 2021- Present : Gupta Industries (Family Business) - As Assistant Manager to my Father (Director of Gupta Industries)
Revenue : 60-70 cr
Business is of cattle feed manufacturing where we process cotton seeds to make cotton seed de-oiled cakes , which is a kind of cattle feed. Involved in selling
cattle feed and cotton seed oil.
Working with sales team, marketing and new business initiatives
- Optimized sales process (earlier happening through brokers) by hiring & managing a sales team for potential regions; witnessed a 30% increase in sales of
our leading product
- Established SOPs in the manufacturing unit for quality monitoring of raw materials & finished products, effectively decreasing operational time by ~14%
- Initiated a new B2B domain business of Rice Milling, planning and supervising the manufacturing unit with a profit projection of 1cr, which will be
operational by Sept 2023
2) Feb 2021 - Sept 2021 :ZS Associates as Decision Analytics Associate
- Was part of market research team assisting clients with quantitative market research projects for pharma clients through survey formation , data analysis
and then presenting analysis to answer key strategic objectives of the market research
3) Oct 2020 - Jan 2021 : O9 Solutions as Functional Consultant
-Configured the O9 platform based on change requests/enhancements to solve clients’ supply chain problems
4) Interned at Eka Software Solutions as Business Strategy Intern for 4 months during 6th semester of undergrad which is Internship semester
- Developed business use cases for Agribusiness and New verticals of Logistics & compliance through the inclusion of freight agreement and
negotiations system in the software
- Conducted product-fit analysis using secondary research for app usage for the cannabis industry and recommended modifications in existing
product functionality
Why MBA?
While working in family business I realised to transform a traditional family business, I need some skills which I can get from a b-school through MBA. One of the issues which I am currently facing is about how to go towards marketing to create a brand among rural customers of India. Plus an MBA can help me to gain a CEO's perspective to the things.
Short term goal :- Work in brand management and marketing for an FMCG brand
Long term goal : Use learnings from MBA and corporate work ex to scale family business and enter into other animal food and nutrition markets
Leadership/Volunteer work /Awards :
- Headed a team to organize festival events for 100+ families in society as a member of Eldeco welfare society
- Managed volunteers and collaborated with hospitals to organize around 5 blood donation camps in the college
- Was part of organizing team of college fests - marketing and publicity team , orientations
- Taught underprivileged children of grades 6-10 under the project of NSS and improved attendance in classes through a door-to-door campaign in slum areas
during college days
- Interest in Drawing and Painting : Was part of Art club during undergrad college ; won awards in inter college competitions in doodle making, painting etc. ; won national awards during high school in calligraphy and poster making
Things to Address : -
1. I got campus placement during covid in O9 solutions but during work I realised that I was not getting to work in business side of things. Due to this I decided to apply for consulting firms and got into ZS associates.
2. Due to some family issues , I had to leave ZS early on and join family business to support my father.
3. I applied to Ross, Tuck , Cornell and LBS during Round 3 of 2023 but got rejected in all these 4 bschools.
Currently I have an admission offer of Masters in Business Analytics from ESSEC , france. But I know that MBA can open more doors for me.
Please suggest whether it is a good option to wait for an year and apply for 2024 intake.
12 May 2023, 04:41 
