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29 May 2026, 23:40
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10th-10 CGPA
12th-90%
B.Tech-Chemical engineering-NIT Jalandhar (7.92 CGPA)(graduated in 2018)
GMAT-685(FE)
Awards & achievements- GATE AIR-94 in Chemical Engineering in the year 2018,came out as top 1% of my centre in NSEJS science olympiad in school
Extracurriculars-designed a dress form trash and walked a ramp in college fashion show, love reading Historical fiction,Non Fiction historical memoirs
One promotion in 2024 to Executive Engineer
Work ex-7+ years
4 months-HPCL-Project engineer for HRRL Rajasthan Refinery(since the stint was short nothing substantial to highlight)
Working in ONGC since Mar-2019
Initially joined at a small town Mehsana in Gujarat , worked in oil field -ensuring health of oil wells for oil production optimization , was the only female engineer in entire process installation
thn got transferred to a desk job in a department called Surface Equipment Management which handled service as well material contracts for the Mehsana Asset basically entailed Contract Scope of Work Formulation, Technical Bid Evaluation Criteria Evaluation and final award to vendor
thn got transferred to Gas processing plant Hazira in 2022
Worked in Morning Evening Shifts for about a year on a DCS control panel at Dew Point Depression Unit of the plant to ensure round the clock maintenance of gas temperature within optimum limits
was moved to desk job in Engineering Resource Group of the plant again looking after material and surface needs of the plant
currently for the last 1.5 years working in Training Centre of the plant and coordinating for the various OISD mandated trainings of the plant personnel
Devised a new initiative for the plant personnel where in a senior executive will share insights about one activity they are passionate about apart from work so as to encourage employees to not ignore the things they are passionate about
Also currently in process of devising a debut Learning Management Portal for the plant personnel in collaboration with a private vendor which will find out Gaps in the skills of the employees and suitable training module will then be assigned to each employee as per the gap identified
target colleges-ISB ,IIM A and B
10th-10 CGPA
12th-90%
B.Tech-Chemical engineering-NIT Jalandhar (7.92 CGPA)(graduated in 2018)
GMAT-685(FE)
Awards & achievements- GATE AIR-94 in Chemical Engineering in the year 2018,came out as top 1% of my centre in NSEJS science olympiad in school
Extracurriculars-designed a dress form trash and walked a ramp in college fashion show, love reading Historical fiction,Non Fiction historical memoirs
One promotion in 2024 to Executive Engineer
Work ex-7+ years
4 months-HPCL-Project engineer for HRRL Rajasthan Refinery(since the stint was short nothing substantial to highlight)
Working in ONGC since Mar-2019
Initially joined at a small town Mehsana in Gujarat , worked in oil field -ensuring health of oil wells for oil production optimization , was the only female engineer in entire process installation
thn got transferred to a desk job in a department called Surface Equipment Management which handled service as well material contracts for the Mehsana Asset basically entailed Contract Scope of Work Formulation, Technical Bid Evaluation Criteria Evaluation and final award to vendor
thn got transferred to Gas processing plant Hazira in 2022
Worked in Morning Evening Shifts for about a year on a DCS control panel at Dew Point Depression Unit of the plant to ensure round the clock maintenance of gas temperature within optimum limits
was moved to desk job in Engineering Resource Group of the plant again looking after material and surface needs of the plant
currently for the last 1.5 years working in Training Centre of the plant and coordinating for the various OISD mandated trainings of the plant personnel
Devised a new initiative for the plant personnel where in a senior executive will share insights about one activity they are passionate about apart from work so as to encourage employees to not ignore the things they are passionate about
Also currently in process of devising a debut Learning Management Portal for the plant personnel in collaboration with a private vendor which will find out Gaps in the skills of the employees and suitable training module will then be assigned to each employee as per the gap identified
target colleges-ISB ,IIM A and B
30 May 2026, 07:14
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Hi !
Seems it is a good profile. Please make sure you craft powerful essays - as former director of admissions I had seen so many good applications missing shortlisting because of weak essays.
Pl connect if you need more information.
Thanks
Seems it is a good profile. Please make sure you craft powerful essays - as former director of admissions I had seen so many good applications missing shortlisting because of weak essays.
Pl connect if you need more information.
Thanks
rakku
03 Jun 2026, 08:11
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rakku A 685 on Focus puts you in the mid-90s percentile, which is comfortably above the ISB sweet spot and stronger than the prior reply implied, so the real game for you isn't the test, it's the narrative architecture around a 7+ year PSU engineer pivoting at 30.
- Your biggest strategic risk isn't your score or your school brand, it's the age-experience math. At 30 with 7+ years, you're at the upper edge of the ISB PGP demographic. That means adcoms will quietly ask whether an MBA is genuinely the next step or a delayed reset, so your essays must answer the 'why now, why not an EMBA route' question before they ask it.
- The ONGC arc actually reads better than most NIT plus PSU profiles I've seen, because you've quietly rotated across field ops, contracts, DCS operations, and L&D. Frame this as a deliberate general-management apprenticeship inside a state-owned giant, not as a series of transfers. That reframe alone shifts you from 'oil and gas engineer' to 'multi-function operator', which is a far more interesting bucket.
- The 'only female engineer at the installation' detail is the kind of lived-experience signal ISB essays reward. Don't bury it in a list. Build one essay around a specific decision moment from Mehsana, because adcoms are reading for judgment under constraint, not for hardship.
- The LMS initiative and the passion-sharing program are your strongest differentiators, more than GATE AIR-94. Quantify adoption, hours saved, employees touched. Initiative inside a PSU is rare and reads as leadership without title.
- For IIM A and B, treat them as a parallel, not a backup. PGPX and EPGP weigh work-ex depth and post-MBA clarity heavily, and your profile fits both, but verify current eligibility windows on their sites since the bands shift.
Lock the post-MBA goal first. Everything else, including school fit, falls out of that one sentence.
- Your biggest strategic risk isn't your score or your school brand, it's the age-experience math. At 30 with 7+ years, you're at the upper edge of the ISB PGP demographic. That means adcoms will quietly ask whether an MBA is genuinely the next step or a delayed reset, so your essays must answer the 'why now, why not an EMBA route' question before they ask it.
- The ONGC arc actually reads better than most NIT plus PSU profiles I've seen, because you've quietly rotated across field ops, contracts, DCS operations, and L&D. Frame this as a deliberate general-management apprenticeship inside a state-owned giant, not as a series of transfers. That reframe alone shifts you from 'oil and gas engineer' to 'multi-function operator', which is a far more interesting bucket.
- The 'only female engineer at the installation' detail is the kind of lived-experience signal ISB essays reward. Don't bury it in a list. Build one essay around a specific decision moment from Mehsana, because adcoms are reading for judgment under constraint, not for hardship.
- The LMS initiative and the passion-sharing program are your strongest differentiators, more than GATE AIR-94. Quantify adoption, hours saved, employees touched. Initiative inside a PSU is rare and reads as leadership without title.
- For IIM A and B, treat them as a parallel, not a backup. PGPX and EPGP weigh work-ex depth and post-MBA clarity heavily, and your profile fits both, but verify current eligibility windows on their sites since the bands shift.
Lock the post-MBA goal first. Everything else, including school fit, falls out of that one sentence.
rakku
