Profile Review

Demographics: Indian Male, Age 26

Education :
- B.Tech in Mining Engineering from Tier-I institute in India
- CGPA - 3.52/4 (Academic Excellence Award for ranking 1st among the batch)

Other coursework or post-undergraduate education:
- Cleared CFA Level 1
- Post Graduate Certifications in
a) Data Science
b) Product Management
c) Digital Marketing
- Six Sigma Green Belt

GMAT - 770 (Q51,V44)

Work experience:
- Overall Work Experience: 5.5+ years (67 months)
- First 5 years in Tata Steel:
a) Role: 3 years as an Operations Manager and 2 years as Senior Manager, Strategy & Program Management. Youngest and fastest to be promoted to this role.
b) Led Multiple teams and large scale transformation programs in a 110-year old division. Received multiple awards from CEO, President & VP during these 5 years.
c) Led a team of 130+ workforce as an Operations Manager
d) Led 20+ cross-functional managers to drive digital and agile transformation programs as a Senior Program Manager
e) Reverse Mentored General Manager and led multiple cost reduction programs with significant savings
f) Formulated business plans and long term strategies for the division.

- Later moved to Central Square Foundation, a non-profit org. and partner for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in India:
a) Role: Consultant to the State Education Department, handling $15M projects, formulating and executing long term strategies and leading multiple programs, advising top bureaucrats and policymakers, impacting 1.5 Million students and 50,000 teachers.

Extracurricular activities:
- Founder & President of a non-profit management consulting firm providing high-quality pro-bono consultancy support for the non-profits/social enterprises/startups that are contributing to SDGs.
a) Led a team of 60+ professionals and served 7 startups and nonprofits in the last 5 months.
- Change-maker in a global non-profit striving to achieve SDG 4. Led a cross-cultural team from 5 countries and won a global business hackathon.
- Worked as a pro-bono consultant to a non-profit and implemented an education excellence program in 50 schools impacting 2500 children.


Post-MBA goals:
- Short-term: Work as a consultant in the global social impact space (Dalberg / FSG etc.), specifically within the education domain
- Long-term: Start my own social enterprise to solve school to work transition for the bottom of the pyramid

Target Schools:
- M7 business schools (Yet to research these programs in detail to understand fit)

Other information relevant to my profile:
- My transition to impact consulting is a conscious decision owing to my passion for education since childhood. I always have been volunteering in this space, but after 5 years of my corporate stint, I firmly believed that the skills gained in these roles would help me create a larger impact in education and hence made the shift.