Hi Experts,
My heartfelt thanks in advance for taking out time to evaluate my profile.
Target colleges: 1- Insead, 2 – Yale, 3 – Harvard, 4 – MIT Sloan
I plan to apply for August 2023 intake for the above colleges my profile is as under:
Category: Indian – Male – 29 Yrs
Undergrad: B.Sc in Physics from Regional University
CGPA – 7.1/10
GMAT – 730
Work Experience: Total – 96 Months (Social Impact and Finance Roles)
Experience – 1: Built a startup in ed-tech space to simplify and enhance the learning experience of kids through 3D printing and modeling. Ran the startup for 11 months and shut shop as we couldn’t raise funds.
Experience – 2: (Four promotions in a span of 6 years)
•Joined a Fortune 200 Bank in India as the youngest officer (Selection Rate of 0.2%). Youngest officer to be selected for the Executive Leadership Program.
•Elevated as the youngest Branch Manager and was responsible for the growth/management of a under developed rural branch. Led a team of 8 and steered the branch from being on the verge of shutting down to receiving an accolade as the best branch in the State with total revenue of INR 200 million.
Elevated as Manager: (Span: Two Years) – Leadership Role
•Awarded as the best Branch Manager in the state for creating social impact by enabling financial inclusion for more than 3000 tribal families thereby bringing them under the purview of traditional banking channel and enhancing the credit access to these tribe's and farmers.
•Impacted their lives by reducing the effect of middlemen by 70% resulting in a 20% growth in per capita income of these families.
Elevated as Senior Manager: (Span: 1.5 Year) – Leadership Role
•Promoted as Senior Manager, Strategy and Executive Assistant to the Chief General Manager of the State.
•Led a team of 25 for implementation of social impact policies like financial inclusion, credit outreach etc… to rural and under privileged people on a pilot basis in a state with more than 2000 branches.
Elevated as Senior Manger & Dealer, Forex Markets (Selection rate of 0.6%) – Leadership Role
•Lead the forex team of 6 and responsible for coordinating with stakeholders from 8 different counties. (Although I haven’t travelled abroad, this role demands advanced levels of interaction and coordination with people of different countries and cultures)
Extra Curricular Activities:
•Lead the Directorate of my State with a team of 18 as Senior Cadet Captain in National NCC Events.
•Actively participated in National Events in National Cadet Corps during college.
•Launched the social media team of the Bank at State Level to address various challenges faced by the clientele.
Post MBA Goals:
•Short term – Would like to work in Consulting
•Long term – Entrepreneurship.
Regards