IIMA PGPX (1 Yr Full Time MBA) Class of 2017 aspirants (PGPX 2016-17)

MBA
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Hello all,

Kindly evaluate my profile.

Education:

CBSE - X - 91%

CBSE - XII - 86%

B. Sc. (H) Statistics, University of Delhi - 59%

GMAT - 690/800 (Q - 48, V - 35), AWA - 5/6, IR - 7/8

Extra-academic professional qualifications;

Cleared 6 professional exams for Actuarial Science from Institute of Actuaries, UK as follows:

Core Technical Exam 1: Financial Mathematics;

Core Technical Exam 3: Probability;

Core Technical Exam 4: Models (Stochastic & Survival);

Core Technical Exam 5: Contingencies (Life & Non-Life);

Core Technical Exam 6: Probability and Mathematical Statistics;

Core Technical Exam 9: Business Awareness Module

Work Experience:

Since 2010, I am working with Mercer India (Consulting) in retirement consulting.

Positions Held

. Actuarial Analyst/ Sr. Actuarial Analyst (Sept' 2010 - Nov' 2012)

. Process Developer (Dec' 2012 - July' 2013)

. Actuarial Consultant (August' 2013 - January' 2014)

. Process Champion (Feb' 2014 - present)

Highlights

. Extensively working in the field of retirement benefits consulting for Indian and Canadian geographies.

. Determine pension fund liabilities, assets & financial position for retirement plans as of each valuation date.

. Preparing funding requirements (Special Payments, Minimum and Maximum Required Contributions) for retirement benefit plans.

. Detailed Gain & Loss Analysis of every pension plan experience since the last valuation.

Professional Achievements

. Assigned the role of the "Technical Lead" for Mercer's India Canada team.

. Member of Mercer's Global Accounting Committee.

. Promoted to the role of an "Actuarial Consultant" and moved to the Mercer India Consulting Division.

. While working in the India consulting division, I streamlined the Indian technical process by adapting the valuation software used for the Canadian valuations for the Indian retirement benefits.

. Awarded the "Star of the Month" award thrice at MERCER for providing high quality work consistently.

. Awarded "Instant Recognition" and "Sleep Tight Certification" awards at MERCER for a very important project completed independently with high quality.

. Assigned the role of a Checker on Mercer's D2CO funding and accounting valuations which requires expertise over the work.

Thanks,

Utkarsh Jain

(M: +91 9871107497)

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Hi, 

There is a column of Managerial Position in current employment. How is it defined? Do I need to be in a position that says I am a manager, or I can write that even if am managing a team.

Thank You

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Hello , I just had one query, how much important is the AWA score in the selection process. I got a score of 690 but AWA was only 4.Is it necessary to retake.

Also how competitve are the chances of selection

Profile info- X-90 - icse, XII -81 isc, B.Tech- NIT Allahabad, production & industrial engg- 7.71. Exp - 6.5 yrs , 4 years in Sourcing in Bajaj Auto + 2 years in Sourcing in ITC+ 2 months and continuing.. Entire Logistics incharge  of a factory

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Hi Everyone,

       I have taken my GMAT test 2 days back and want to apply for ISB and IIMs. Please evaluate my profile and give your valuable suggestions

GMAT: 700 (Q50 V35)

10th:  91%

12th:  94%

BTech: 7.0 CGPA from NIT, Warangal (Computer Science & Engineering)

Work experience: 7 years in DRDO as SCIENTIST (Central Govt)

Extracurricular:

1. Participated in Conducting of 2014 General elections (Parliament & assembly) as Micro Observer for one of the polling centers.

2. Lab level badminton and TT player

3. Executive member of NSTL Seva samiti. (NGO)

4. Electronic gadget enthusiastic.

5. Participated in Cultural fests and Tech fests in NITW as Event manager.

6. Member of "Cyber security committee" in DRDO.

7. A budding guitarist (Just started learning :P)

8. National Cadet Corps (NSS) 'A' certificate holder and participated in summer camp at Warangal.

Awards & achievements:

1. Awarded "Titanium medal" for a technical paper on National Technology day. (DRDO national level).

2. Got outstanding promotion (3 years) for exceptional technical services as Scientist-B.

3. Stood in the TOP 0.2% in the AIEEE-2004 (All India Engineering Entrance Examination)

4. Nominated from the Lab to attend Young Scientist Meet (YSM-2012).

5.  Life member of "Computer society of India" (CSI) and participated in international seminars (INDIA-2013).

6. Presented a technical paper on In-house Conference for Young Scientists (INCYS).

My Work Profile:

I joined DRDO as a Scientist B on 4th Dec, 2008.Since then I have been working in the field of Control & Guidance systems for Autonomous underwater vehicles. My work is more of a classified type. So here I will explain as much as I am allowed to.

1.  I have been involved in design and development of Guidance system for underwater systems. I have developed software programs to conduct Hardware In-Loop Simulation for underwater vehicles 

2. I have developed a modern guidance algorithm in association with IISc, Banglore. All the modeling and simulation to prove the algorithms were carried out using Matlab/Simulink.

3. I have carried out pre and post sea trial data analysis of various underwater vehicles and implemented the subsequent modifications in guidance laws as and when required.

4. Developed GUI based test software to conduct acceptance tests on sensors using VC++.

5. Implemented embedded coding on some latest miniaturized boards like LPC 1768.

As I was working in an R&D organization, I have a little scope to manage people. I am leading a team of 2 Technical officers presently.  I had the privilege to interact with many foreign technicians at the time of product installation and training sessions.

I have two main queries:

1. Is my GMAT score competitive enough to apply for ISB or IIMs? Or it is better to re-take the GMAT.

2. Can my confidential work become a problem while I prepare my application? (This is a more specific question- If any DRDO people who applied for Bschool, please respond).

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Praveen Kumar V

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Hello @iimapgpx,

           I am unable to paste any character or word in the "Job responsibilities" and "accomplishments" text-boxes under section- "Current employment Details".

If I manually write inside the text box, the write-up is removed when I "save" the page, and all my content is deleted from the updated page. I have to start from scratch again. However, the contents in the tables such as salary, address, phone, manager's designation etc. are preserved after saving the page.

Also, it is not clear whether the content in write-up is limited by 500 words or 500 chars. The application form gives a limits of 500 chars above the box and 500 words on the bottom right corner of the text-box.

Please help as time is short. Any queries, please revert back.

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Hello sir,  pls evaluate my profile for iima pgpx class x and xii 85 and 86 percent.

Ece from BIT mesra Ranchi 82% 

Worked in csc for 3 years, 2 Years tried hand at startup,currently working as manager in a public sector bank as credit manager.

My work profile is my biggest strengths as well as my biggest weakness, its too varied at the same time quality variations are there.

From sectoral to roles such as developer in software to manager in psb looking after credit,forex and general branch admin.

Pls evaluate my profile and guide me.







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I am a Civil Engineer with 5 years and 7 months of work ex out of which 4 yrs are in a managerial position. I took the GMAT in 2013 and scored 710, AWA 4. I have retaken it this year hoping to get a better score but could manage only 650, so I cancelled the score. I spoke to an admissions consultant regarding my chances of making it to PGPX. He said that as work ex is below the average for the course and the GMAT score not so good so getting into PGPX is next to impossible and that I need a minimum score of 740 to get an interview call. As the time is running out. I am unable to decide what to do. Can anyone kindly me on this?

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What difference will it make if I apply in R2 ? Are there more chances in R1 ?I need to travel abroad urgently for work related purpose

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I am working as a Branch Manager in a PSU bank and have a work ex of 6 years. Currently I am heading a branch and have worked in different divisions of the bank like credit, operations and admin.

Starting my career as an officer in the bank, I have worked as branch manager in a branch in metro city. Did my B.E. in computers with 67% and was average in school with 66% and 60% in 10th and 12th respectively. I have actively participated in extra curricular activities involving inter institute football & cricket tournaments and debating competitions.

I am interested in doing Exec MBA from IIM-A in order to switch over to financial services firm in private sector. Please advise me if this profile is apt for the course and if so then how much score should be I be targeting for it.

Thanx in advance and have a great day

Anubhav

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Hello Everyone,

In the Application Form, regarding previous employment accomplishments, do we have to mention accomplishments like promotions, awards etc or can we even mention qualities and kind of experience which we got during that period ? 

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Hi all,

I am planning on applying in round 1 and with the deadline approaching, i was wondering how many people on this forum have already applied ?

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Hi. Could you please shareshare GMAT score range not average for current or past PGPX classes. Thanks

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Hi, is only GMAT and Undergrad score criteria for shortlisting?

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In the section 'Extra-Curricular Activities/Interests', can't I mention hobbies and interests for which I haven't competed for or won any award? I am very passionate about photography and poetry writing but have never participated in any contest. So can't I include these hobbies as part of my application?

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Hi Admin,

I would be having around 5.5 yrs of Exp by the time of form submission.

I have avg acads as it was always the state board education (79%, 72% & 6.9 CGPA).

I have an IT background, have 3+ yrs of exp in Capgemini as IT developer for Capital Market domain.

And then I moved to consultancy, have some 2 yrs of exp (ongoing) in Deloitte as a consultant (asst. manager) for ERP implementation on financial models.

I am yet to write GMAT, but going by the mocks, I might end up with 700ish score; I have enough time for at least 2 attempts by the last date of application. I can bag reference/recomm letters from my previous client's ( a capital market major MNC) manager from overseas and also from Deloitte's director.

What are my chances? Do I make a very avg profile ('coz of avg acads and the IT stamp)? Or have there been alumni with my kind of profile? Should I look forward to it or its just wasting my time considering my profile?

Thanks.

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Can verified certificates from MOOCS such as Coursera. EdX be put in Self/Career advancement section? Will they be given significant importance when the application is considered?

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Now, that the deadline for R1 has been crossed, does any one have any idea when the adcom will get back ?

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Hello All,

As Apurv said, the official deadline for R1 is now over, It appears although the registration page is still active ...?

and

I would like to post a couple of links to introduce myself to this group and with that may I ask everyone from this site who've sent their applications for R1  at IIMA PGPX to post their brief introduction and interests !?

https://plus.google.com/+RuchirVyas

ruchirvyas.com

https://www.blogger.com/profile/04782049124619767830

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Hello All,

As Apurv said, the official deadline for R1 is now over, It appears although the registration page is still active ...?

and

I would like to post a couple of links to introduce myself to this group and with that may I ask everyone from this site who've sent their applications for R1  at IIMA PGPX to post their brief introduction and interests !?

https://plus.google.com/+RuchirVyas

ruchirvyas.com

https://www.blogger.com/profile/04782049124619767830

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Hi,

I want to know if there is any disadvantage of applying in R2 in terms of number of seats and shortlisting?