[2011] Kolkata Dream Team

Please use this thread to make your nominations for the Kolkata Dream Team. Kindly go through the previous years thread before putting in your nominations: Kolkata Dream Team Kolkata Dream Team Kolkata Dream Team The format rema…

Please use this thread to make your nominations for the Kolkata Dream Team.

Kindly go through the previous years thread before putting in your nominations:

Kolkata Dream Team
Kolkata Dream Team
Kolkata Dream Team

The format remains the same:
Team Format
11 official members
2 reserves
2 cheerleaders
1 manager
Section wise Mentors

The Process and Format for Nominations
The nomination process is fairly simple. One just has to show his/her interest in the team and tell us why (s)he should be considered for a position
One can nominate himself, any other person whom he thinks is fit for a position in the team and also if one wants he can nominate members for all the positions offered
The following format should be followed for nominations
A brief introduction about yourself (including why do you think that you should be considered)
Mock Scores
Past Performances
Your Strengths (like VA, QA, DI etc)
Anything else that you would like to mention

Deadlines::
Nominations Start: Today, right after this is posted.

Nominations End: 25.08.2011, 5 PM

Results to be declared on: 28.08.2011 (Tentatively)

How do I put up a nomination? What is the criteria for getting selected?

Nothing much. Just a Statement Of Purpose as to why you should be in the team. Mock scores ( preferably a link to mock repository post of yours ) and past acads desirable. But what we are looking for is the urge to succeed against all odds. People who need that extra push to do well. Final year students, office goers, vella people all are invited.

well.. here comes the first nomination!..

Intro
I am Ashish Biyani from Kolkata. Completed my B-Tech in AEIE from Heritage Institute of Technology,Kolkata this year. I have been placed in Infosys and Wipro. I postponed my Infosys joining just because of CAT 2011!! No coaching... giving CL mocks..

Past performances
class 10-86.6%
class 12-87%(both from CBSE)
B-tech-7.93(WBUT)

CAT 2010 is one thing that I would like to erase from my life... Although I consistently scored above 90 and mainly around 95 in both CL and TIME mocks last year.. my CAT 2010 results were simply horrible.. But then I have learned to move on and concentrating on CAT 2011
Didn't convert IIFT... Didn't join NMIMS..

Strength
LR.. n can say some sections of QA!!
VA has always been a nightmare.. One thing that has been consistent in all my mocks is missing the VA cut-off!!.. Now with VA+LR combination in the new pattern and with some effort in VA .. hoping to do well this year..

Notes
My activeness in PG has increased tremendously from last year to this year.. and i truly admire many PGuys... I really like the way people help each other here and try my best to do the same as well..

Mocks 11 http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/mock-scores-repository-2011-25065989

Missed out last year's nomination by two days...... :splat:

I'm Nishant Dey Purkayastha......BE in Electronics and Tele-Communication from Jadavpur University......currently working as a consultant in PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)......followed the KDT thread last year closely and it would be great to be part of a team representing the City of Joy......

Past Performances......
X: 90.2 %
XII: 90.3 %
B.E.: 80.63 %
CAT 2010: 99.23 %ile (QA: 99.29, VA: 97.86, LRDI: 92.86 :banghead:)......only one call from Indore......converted but didn't join......the dream is A/B/C......

Mocks 2011
Strengths......
LR......
Some parts of QA......

Nominations......
GANESH87......
ashish13dec......
superchiku......
sid222200......first 3 characters of his name are fine.....baki ka pata nahi......banda ab bangalore chala gaya naukri karne......but hai to yahi ka......
pratskool......
DEBJITNAG......
ash1615......
somzlogged......
s_k_......
Love_CAT......
BoNgDrEaMs......hopefully the upper case and lower case ones are correct......
squib......

Cheerleaders......
subhakimi......
pk_gt1......

P.S. Abhishek Sharma I doubt if he will nominate himself here......he hasn't been too active off late......hence haven't included him......also, if Jamshedpur fals under the umbrella of KDT then TnT and targetcat_2010 are obvious selections......

P.P.S. 5th November evening slot it is......at EIILM......am sharing my slot with Ravi Teja Palla......

P.P.S. Have removed pk_gt1 and subhakimi from nominations and have put them as cheerleaders as they have stated that they wouldn't be nominating themselves......

Hi all,
I would love to be a part of this team.Its my dream to be at iims and we all will bell the cat this time together.I feel we kolkata puys have a great chance to win this league
For the records my scores are
cat 2010-96.65
x-89.4%
xii-76.2%
b.tech(mechanical)-74.4%
working as a production engineer in a steel plant.
So, lets enjoy the journey and bell the CAT.

Hi Kol Puys,

This is Prachi. I am new to pg forum.

1. A Brief Snapshot of your profile:
10th - 80%, 12th - 85%, BCom 56
Work Ex - 15 months (IT sector)

2. Number of CAT attempts (if any)
CAT 2008: 81
CAT 2009: 93
CAT 2010: 89

3. Coaching Center Joined/Planning to Join
IMS and Career Launcher in 2008

4. Test Series Joined/Planning to Join
2008: CL, IMS
2009: CL
2010:TIME
2011: Not joined any

5. Strengths (QA/VA/LDI)
LR (Weaknesses - VA )


Study Material: CL Materials, TIME Materials, Erudite Materials, IMS Materials, Mock Papers of CL (Hard Copy), Time Mocks (Hard Copy), SIMCAT 17 (Hardcopy) CLassic CATs, ACE cats, IMS Workshop materials and loads of material in softcopy...

This time planning to study in a different manner.

Only 4 nominations till now? Where are the others? Subha? Pkgt? Sbk? Chiku?Other stalwarts?

All the best to the team. I have a hunch that this time also this team is gonna rock like other years.

And yeah please keep having PG meets like the last season. Dont let the enthu drop as IMO CAT is half conquered if you show it that you really want to crack it. :)

Anand

My nomination..

My name is Sarang Kedia..I have completed my Computer Science and Engineering this year..Hoping to make it to the IIMs this year

Past Performances-
X-90.4%
XII-89.5%
B.Tech(DGPA)-9
CAT 2010-98.63 %ile..no IIM calls.

Strengths-
LR/DI..
I would say QA as above average..
VA is definitely the nemesis..hoping to get a grip on that after the introduction of the new pattern.

Nominatons-
nishant_88
ashish13dec
Love_CAT
pk_gt1
GANESH87
ash1615
subhakimi......
superchiku......
tamal220187
sid222200
BoNgDrEaMs
sbk1337

Nice to see kdt happening once again.Team is just a concept here and those who are not getting nominated should not feel bad at all.It is just another way to show respect and feelings of mutual admiration for one another.Those who will be part of this will be part of a great history.
Kdt 08 had-few people who converted top 10 collges.09 was a bit bad in that sort-skr could not convert his call yet rohit kedia did bagging iimc.
'10 was again a wonderful year for most of the people.Irrespective of results each one proved themselves by bagging calls from top 10 colleges.
So the point is KDT as a team is very competitive.
And we know how many meets we do conduct.Kdt last year had at least arund 25-30 meets offiicially and unofficially.The most refreshing part was One marathon durga puja celebration at maddox.Nobody will forget that day.Pictures are available.
I think me,subha ,ashish and chiku are left from that team.

Anyways besides pagalpanti, i would nominate few of my friends here.
sorry if i have not included the person left.This is just a team.The final battle is yet to start,and team/no team everybody starts from the same line.

1.Ashish13dec
2.Nishant88
3.Superchiku
4.Somslogged
5.Tamal220187 (sorry if the id is incorrect)
6.Sid2200...
7.Sbk1337
8.S_k_
9.ash1615
10.Ganesh 87
11.Prachik.
Reserves:
1.bongdreams
2.squib.

Kdt kaptaan-ganesh87.
Vice kaptaan-nishant88/ashish13dec

Tnt should also be taken under fold too in mentorship role.
hate and prem sir is there too.Some role should be given to them too

let the team be the strongest one.

N0.11 slot has been given mainly because of the preson's non-engineering background.
The person who does'nt actually perform upto potential should be revolved with a sub (This was doen in 2008 )

P.s.- I would also kindly want the people to get selected on basis of genuine scores.

Those who get themselves nominated should post their score screenshot (at least top 3 mock score.This should not be taken in an offensive way.I respect the genuiness of individual but there had been some discrepancy in the past.Just to avoid that.)


P.s.-Please don't nominate me.Give a chance to somebody else.I would be happy that way.

Why so less number of nominations?
This team has started with a mission to build an exclusive KDT hostel at IIM-C.
This year time to vindicate!!

Humbled i stand....:)
Thanx ppl for nominating me.......:)

Heres my nomination:
Heyy guys ,this is siddarth chowdhary from kolkata,presently working at ITC infotech in bengaluru.....but as i told Tamal bro,my heart still yearns fr KDT.......so here i am........:)

My profile:
10th:83%
12th:86%
Grad:75.8%(B.Tech in cse from NIT Durgapur)
CAT 2k10:96.18%ile(QA:99.xx%ile VA:97.xx%ile LRDI:57.70%ile......:( )
Calls in my signature......
Mock scores too in the signature......

Strengths:
QA.....:)
Lr:mediochre.....:P

Nominations:
1)Nishant88
2)Subhakimi
3)pk_gt1
4)GANESH87
5)superchiku......
6)tamal220187
7)pratskool(though he hasnt been a regular in pg meets he is sure bet from my side....:) )
8 )S_K_
9)ash1615
10)ashish13dec
11)Love_cat

Reserves:
1)Squib
2)somslogged(sorry madamji fr the spelling)


We will conquer the cat,we will tame the cat & then we will make it bite its own tail...:P

hello kolkatans!!!
thanx sid and nishant 4 nominating me...

myself prateek working here in kolkata ....
this would be my 2nd attempt at cat... cat 2010 - 95.9 percentile...
i was not so active last year but this year almost d whole prep is goin on pg itself (thanx 2 quant threads)
i wud love to be a part of the group and would be closely attached even if i am not selected... keep motivating and keep urself inspired dats my mantra 4 preparation !!!
all the best guys and keep posting.....


profile
10-86.6%
12-80%
b.tech- 67.3 (nit durgapur)
workex:- 2months till now (futuresfirst)

strenghts:- i do not consider any particular section as my strenght..
weakness:- v.a troubles me sometimes...

mock scores:- http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/cat-and-related-discussion/65989-mock-scores-repository-2011-a-post2770975.html#post2770975

my nominations:-
nishant_88
sid2222000
tamal220187
subhakimi
ashish13dec
somslogged
GANESH87
Love_CAT

This is Tamal Samanta, B.Tech in Computer Sc & Engineering...am in PG since Dec'08 but only active in the last one year...
this will be my 4th attempt...last year very badly ditched by prometric & almost took the decision not to go for CAT anymore...because a whole year's effort was in vain due to some awesome(!) technical services by Prometric...but probably still had the yearn for the subjects & may be for that reason started preparation again by going against all odds & suggestions...

two things I have to mention here...
firstly, from that time I have become regular in PG...& again it helped me to regain my belief...
secondly, many thanks to a person who gave me constant support to my decision to continue through the long chats & the phone calls...thnx to subhakimi... :D
back to present...my acads :
Xth: 90.5%
XIIth: 86.9%
Engg: 8.08(CGPA)
Strength/Weakness: QA/VA
all previous results & this year's mock scores:
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/cat-and-related-discussion/65989-mock-scores-repository-2011-a-10.html#post2714658
my nominations:

GANESH87
ashish13dec
superchiku
nishant_88
sid2222000
Love_CAT
ash1615
pratskool
S_K_

somzlogged
Squib
Sbk1337
BoNgDrEaMs

sorry but can't compile into a 11...
ps: intentionally did not mention subhakimi & pk_gt1 as they are consistently pursuing an effort not to include them in this year's KDT...
pps: Love_CAT, will disturb you again whenever I will face any prob...hope u don't mind :D
ppps: Sid, le maine bhi kar diya ;)

C-day 8th Nov, afternoon slot

To introduce oneself does it take more than a name? Well in my case I fancy an impossible dream, which seems even more distant with the demoralizing mock scores and declining study-time curve(though the stalwarts say they don't matter, but they r scores indeed)..

To be more succinct, I am Saikat Banerjee, the bong with a dream.. No wonder I wander around this thread, quite so often with a feeling of being small, and I head back to the piled up heaps yelling out names like T.I.M.E., C.L., I.M.S. and more dots behaving like exclamation marks in a not-so-illustrious career, but then as they say it, one right move erases the past, and a future kaleidoscope evolves!

I tread on no useless path, I tread on to grab the least best opportunity, I tread on to try if not win.. That's more myself, than an introduction, i guess..

Now speaking of strengths, I am kinda strong at LR, okayish at VA & QA and pathetic at DI & RC

With not so decent scores I take this privilege to nominate myself in KDT'11..

10th: 84.2% (ICSE)
12th: 84.0% (ISC) - (99/100 in Maths) -- worth mentioning ain't it :P
Btech: 8.48 (CS)
WorkEx: 13 months (IT Major)

CAT 2009: 86.7%ile (QA:96.XX, VA: 95.XX, DI:34.74 :shocked:)
CAT 2010: Skipped (A major hump)

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The Bong - Never Say Quit!

P.S. Even if I don't get selected I'll keep peeping into this thread. No one can stop me from doing that

P.P.S. I am not so sure, if I am eligible to nominate people, if I am, I hereby nominate from one to all those who believe they have the spark in their heart and can spank CAT real hard this time around..

Top 3 mock scores attached..



1.Ashish13dec
2.Nishant88
3.Superchiku
4.Subhakimi
5.Tamal220187 (sorry if the id is incorrect)
6.Sid2200...
7.Sbk1337
8.S_k_
9.ash1615
10.Ganesh 87
11.Prachik.
Reserves:
1.bongdreams
2.squib.

Kdt kaptaan-ganesh87.
Vice kaptaan-Subhakimi

Tnt should also be taken under fold too in mentorship role.
hate and prem sir is there too.Some role should be given to them too

let the team be the strongest one.

N0.11 slot has been given mainly because of the preson's non-engineering background.
The person who does'nt actually perform upto potential should be revolved with a sub (This was doen in 2008 )

P.s.-Please don't nominate me.Give a chance to somebody else.I would be happy that way.



Thankssss A lot.....I feel honoured..........

I joined PG just 5 months ago,so I didn't have much information regarding the DT concept.Last night, Love_CAT suggested me to file my nomination here. He is one of the few puys whom I know personally.Though I'm a newbie,I've become addicted to PG for last 2 months.The PG threads on CAT preparation are definitely providing a boost.

Here is my profile:
My name is Debjit Nag.

10th: 90% (2005) WB Board
12th: 86.6% (2007) WB Board
B.E(Computer Sci. & Engg.) 2011 from Jadavpur University: 79.80% (CGPA-8.61)
This is my 2nd attempt at CAT.
CAT 2010: 97.58%ile
Got call from IIM-Shillong but it didn't convert eventually.Got final offer for MDI-HR which I didn't opt to join. Hope to get into a top notch B-School this time around.
Currently working at Cognizant(Kolkata) as a Programmer Analyst since June 2011.

Mock '11 scores:

CL:
PM-2: 99.77 (Toppers' list)
PM-4: 95.71 (Couldn't clear VA)
PM-5: 99.39 (Toppers' list)
PM-6: 98.70 (Toppers' list)
PM-7: 97.89 (Toppers' list)

TF Free iCAT-00: 99.90(AIR-12) (cleared all cutoffs)

Joined TIME test series just a month ago.

Aimcat-13: 99.10 AIR:227 City Rank-21 (Toppers' list)
Aimcat-12: 94.08 AIR:1513 (Couldn't clear Sec I cutoff)
Aimcat-11: 96.76 AIR:860 (Missed Toppers' list by 2 marks)

Strength: DILR, some parts of QA.
Weakness: Inconsistency

P.S: Sorry for being too verbose.

Now it looks like KDT thread.

My squad :

Tarun Tiwari aka TnT (naam hi explosive hai ) kaptaan
Abhishek_Sharma aka AKS aka The chatterbox up-kaptaan
Asish Chowdhary aka Asish13dec
Dipanjan Biswas aka Love_Cat
Sumit Kumar Jha aka targetcat_2010
Nishant Dey Purakayastha aka Nishant_88
Ganesh saar aka Ganesh87
Pratskool (sorry don't know the name, I guess Pratik hoga )
Siddarth Chowdhary aka Sid2222000
Somarrita Dey aka somzlogged
Sarang Kedia aka S_K_
Superchiku aka the fear factor :lookround:
Saquib Hasnain aka Squib
Tamal220187
aka Tamal Samanta
Somaditya Basak aka sbk1337
BoNgDrEaMs aka Saikat Banerjee
Ash1615 aka Asish Biyani
Prachik aka Prachi

Cheerleaders :
pk_gt1
(with skirt :biggrin:)
subhakimi
(with denim :-P)

Coach :
the_hate
SamuraiX

Disclaimer :
It's difficult to include just XI considering both scores and contribution (The list is not in any particular order )

P.S-
subhakimi doesn't have the guts to chase the "dream" anymore so he will settle (yeah this is a defensive one and groans are welcomed ).He no longer wants to nominate himself in the 'DreamTeam' as this is something very special to him (little emo ).

P.P.S- This is one of the best regional team so far but it should no longer be after CAT '11. The game is on


The team you are talking of is the MMDT. And to share a secret, I was the Captain of the very 1st MMDT. Next years Captain was Murtz who is my Batch mate at IIM C right now. So KDT has a lot to gain :)

I for one would be more involved in all the activities of KDT as i am now in Calcutta and would be mentoring the team.

And Besides KDT also has its share of Stalwarts. Lets make this year as the best KDT has ever seen.

First of all thanks to pk_gt1, tamal and subha for nominating me. kyun mujhe is tarah sharminda karte ho? i can't really find where i fit in among you biggies :oops:. i'm really touched to know that people are putting so much faith in me.
my brief (and dissappointing) bio:
X: 75.6%
XII: 76.4%
Grad: B.Tech DGPA 7.3 (WBUT)

past results: see signature below. also 99.84 in XAT VA and 97.65 in CAT VA. the other two sectionals still give me sleepless night. :shocked:

Mocks: Started a bit late for the season 2011 with a very unimpressive 90.xx overall, but still better than last year when i started with 79.xx. Mocks 2010.

strength: VA apart from SC (which i'm working on).
weakness: pretty much everything else. :splat:

i had watched KDT'10 perform from the sidelines. attended some of the KDT meets too. i was welcomed with open arms and met some great puys like first_timer, skr_14, leonayas and many others who made it to the top 10 b-schools. since then i have felt a special connection with KDT.

CAT for me is a chance to turn it all around. i've nothing to prove to anyone. it's only me vs. myself. i still believe, despite my mediocre past, i have some potential still latent in me. CAT is a chance to wash away all my previous paaps. Because there are no regrets, only lessons.

having been a person shy of attention, i initially stayed away from the DT concept. but maybe it is this "burden of expectation" that will provide the much needed spark that i'm sorely missing (any resemblence with the_bmr is coincidential). woh kehtein hain naa "Pressure makes diamonds".

my nominations:

nishant_88 (kaptaan)
superchiku (upkaptaan)
s_k_
GANESH87
sid2222000
somzlogged (not diversity but ability )
DEBJITNAG (most promising debut)
BoNgDrEaMs
pk_gt1
tamal220187
pratskool
ash1615
loveCAT

-thats the playing 11 +2 reserves in no particular order.

cheerleaders:
sbk1337
subhakimi (only because this is where he want's to be )

coach:
skr_14
the_hate

if ashish13dec and abhishek_sharma are willing then i will include them too. otherwise i think we should give new puys a chance. this opinion is not based on any personal interest but public equality.

Hello K-PUYs,

Last year, I had the honour of being a part of the KDT and let me tell you all something, just being a part of any team on PG gives an ego-boost equivalent to getting a single digit AIR in mocks.

Being said that, I would like to suggest that member of one particular team shouldn't be a member of any other team. The advantage of this would be multiple.

I have observed it last year that many of the members of regional DT, including me, who were also members of DT and UDT weren't too active on regional DT threads. On the other hand, if exclusive team members(including captain) are chosen for regional DTs then there will be more active participation on the thread and most important of all there
will be greater knowledge and resource sharing, considering that overall more number of unique members are participating on team threads. I draw the validity of my previous sentence from the assumed fact that non-members aren't too comfortable with barging into team threads and by the time they get comfortable , the season is almost over.

The mentors are experienced enough to guide the team on trivial matters and so a non-DT/non-UDT captain and vice-captain can very well manage the team. We have the example of arion5, the captain of Pune DT'10.

Lastly, I want to say that we don't need team members who would constitute a team, capable of delivering great result; instead, we need a team which would produce team members who will deliver great result.

All the best to one and all. CAT ke agey IIM hai.

Cheers,
AKS.

P.S. I would like to nominate Subhakimi as the captain of KDT'11, in case he is not a member of DT/UDT. I feel that he has the much essential enthusiasm needed for being a captain.

Hello all,

Name: Somarrita Dey
I honestly didn't think anyone would nominate meso first of all a big thanks to all those who didin fact in front of the stalwarts who comprised the previous KDTs, I am mediocre. But I have one thing in common with them, I have dreamt big and now plan to achieve what I have set for myself.

I joined PG last year, but started following the threads this season. And honestly the amount of enthusiasm is intoxicating. Even I want to be part of it, and not just keep myself motivated but others as well.
Past Performances:
10th : 92%
12th : 86.2%
B. Tech : 8.76(DGPA)
I completed my B.Tech in ECE from Techno India, Salt Lake this June. Currently I am in the category of "vella" people :grin:
Waiting for my joining (TCS) and working for CINI in Ranchi for the past one month.

I took CAT 2010 with an overall 97.3%ile (QA: 93.38, LRDI: 95.38, VA: 92.43)
That ended my season. Apart from that I had calls from FMS and NMIMS. The former rejected me, while the latter waitlisted me. I did convert IMT-G but chose to follow my dream.

Strength: Nothing in particular, though I am better in VA-LR than the other section.
Weakness: Accuracy, time-management.

This is the link to my not so stellar performance this season ::oops:
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/cat-an...ml#post2789575 (Mock scores repository 2011)

I would like to nominate:

Team:

Nishant_88
Ganesh87
ashish13dec
Sid2222000
targetcat_2010
Love_cat
Tamal220187
pratskool
superchiku
sbk1337
ash1615
Cheerleaders: pk_gt1,shubhakimi (these two have made it amply clear where they wanna be) :grin:

Motivator: TnT (who else...)

Hope to have a fab team for 2011. My C-Day is 9th Nov, 10am slot :-P
All the best Puys....

PS: @sbk i dont know about ability, but i sure get the diversity points :)
PPS: @Sid ...its somzlogged.. :)
PPPS: @ shubhakimi lo kar diya post