GMAT 700 : B-School selection

Question

Hi,

I am a graduate in Electrical Engineering with more than 4 years of experience in maintenance and design(new projects) at Tata Steel.
Recently, I have acquired skills in Business Analytics through my 6 months of training at Jigsaw Academy, Bangalore.

I have a GMAT score of 700 (49, 35, IR 7, AWA 5).

I am also appearing for CAT 2016.

Goal: I want to do an MBA starting in 2016 in either of the following with the constraint that I want to choose from an Indian school (due to some family conditions)

1) Business Analytics
2) Marketing
3) PGPM (no specific specialisation)
4) Entrepreneurship.

I know these are varied fields, but I would be happy if I could get into any of these with preference of 1 yr MBA/MS over 2 year and limiting the results to Indian schools.

It would be really helpful if u could help me narrow down my search results.

MBADecoder · Answer

A few b-schools you can consider are:
1. ISB
2. IIMB
3. SP Jain's PGEMP
4. Great Lakes
5. MISM Bocconni

I like your versatility, but for the sake of the MBA applications, you will have to decide what you want to do after MBA- analytics, entrepreneurship or marketing. Basically, you need to define your career goals in the sense that what will you do after the MBA.

premkrishn · Answer

Thanks MBA Decoder, that was really helpful.

During my search, I found some more schools such as :

1. Woxsen school of management, Hyderabad (claims avg ctc 15 lakhs)
2. Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Ahmedabad

Can you provide your view about these schools as well.

Thanks

Prem

premkrishn · Answer

Yes. I am trying to narrow my choices on post MBA goals.

GeneralEducation · Answer

Hi Prem,

You have a decent profile. Your work experience and GMAT Score are good to apply for top MBA Programs. You haven't mentioned about your extracurricular and academics. Since your gegraphic preference is India, considering your profile and requirement I would suggest you to target B-Schools like ISB, IIM, XLRI, Greatlakes and S.P.Jain.

I would also recommend you to gain some leadership experience at your workplace to get into above listed B-Schools.

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Hope this helps.

Cheers,

MBADecoder · Answer

I have not heard of these, so I will not comment. 
In my opinion, you should be very sure about the reputation of any of these b-schools. Th MBA brand will remain with you for lifetime, and you don't want to go to a place which has no standing a couple of years from now.

premkrishn · Answer

Thanks for your replies.

As I am hearing a lot about Great Lakes, I want to know is it a good choice? 
I came to know from some consultants that GLIM, Gurgaon is not very good, though I am considering their PGPM at GLIM, Chennai..

premkrishn · Answer

Thanks Neha,

That tool is really nice.

Academics:

B.Tech in Electrical from IIT Varanasi-2011, (after getting branch change from chemical engg. after 1st year)
Wrote for journal at Workplace.
Project at IIT Delhi on Artificial Intelligence and Signal Denoising on Matlab.
First Prize at college level for Robotrics : using image processing, Matlab programming

Extra-curriculars:

Event organizing experience: part of cultural committee at work place for 1 year.
Guest handling: handled board members of Tata Sons at a function (as a Protocol officer)
Played Guitar in local town hall (two occasions)

CriticalSquare · Answer

Hi there,

Just to add to the excellent discussion so far, I would make sure you hone in on one career path for your short-term goal. You want to be focused in this regard. Further, this will solidify your narrative and help you pick the best school for your future. Take a look at  our point of view  on selecting schools/programs. Hopefully this helps! Best of luck!

premkrishn · Answer

About trimming to a specific short term goal, my thoughts go like this.

Business Analytics has been attracting me for the last 2 years and I feel quite clear in my head that I would enjoy a role of Analyst and would like to grow in the field.
Marketing also stems from my interest of Business Analytics and as it deals more with people, it can be more interesting. But, I have NO marketing experience so far.

PGPM looks good when I think specifically to increase my salary and leave the burden to decide on a goal to a later period i.e. while pursuing the MBA.

Entrepreneurship has been on the back of my mind since my college. But, I want to first be sure of my business knowledge and know the waters well before taking in a dive.

Any thoughts to align my thoughts to a more practicable solution are most welcome. :-D

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