ISB 2017 Aspirants

Dear Admins,

Please help me evaluate my profile.

10th-91.20%, 12th-77.50%, *B.E (CSE)-54.33% (Lost an year and a semester)

3+ years of work experience

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-> 1 year as a BD in a pre-seed funded startup (Joined as first employee and while quitting the team size was 6)

-> 0.5 years in a consulting company where in part of the team which created go-to-market strategy with a target of $3M for a mid sized IT product company.

-> 0.5 years as a volunteer of an NGO. Managed operations in Bangalore. Conducted Health camps, created curriculum for a mini-course of the NGO.

-> 1+ year as a member of a 'grassroots innovation initiative' of a senior minister.

Achievements

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->Topper of my school in 10th.

->In top 10% in the state level engineering entrance exam (KCET).

->Founder of an online web-solutions company at the age of 18 - Hired an employee on contract and completed 3 projects before shutting down the company.

-> Worked under the guidance of an angel investor on a tech Idea for 1 year during my engineering. 

*Poor grades in B.E. was due to health problem i was having during engineering days.

Considering 700-710 score in GMAT, Kindly need your valuable inputs on my profile for ISB.

Dear Admins,

Please help me evaluate my profile.

10th-81.60%, 12th-66%, *B.E (ECE)-66% 

4+ years of work experience:

- Presently Marketing manager for Sears, IT for US geography (completed 1 year)

- BDE in a starup for 10 months

-Presales Solution Architect in a starup for 1 year

- 2 years as a software developer in Siemens

Extra curricular activities:

- National Softball player

- Member of winning inter state cricket championship

- Bharatnatyam dancer (15 years)

Considering 700-710 score in GMAT, Kindly need your valuable inputs on my profile for ISB

Pls evaluate my profile :-

Xth - 86 %

XIIth -91 %

B.Com- University MCorporate st

CA -AIR 13 CA Final, Air 42 Ca Inter

Work Exp - 2yrs Oil & Gas Sector Product Pricing, Margin Management in a Fortune 500 Co. 

Certifications- Forex & Treasury Management, ICAI, IFRS ICAI

Extra Curricular  CSR Programmes J&K Flood, Blood Donation Camp, Sevral Corporate Events, FICCI LBT Industry Representation



Hello all,

I am planning to apply for ISB for the class of 17.

Please help me in evaluating my profile and guide me in understanding what ISB looks for in a PGP application:

1. Educational qualifications:

X: 90% ( Andhra Pradesh board )
XII: 96% ( Andhra Pradesh board )
B.E: 90% ( Sathyabama, Chennai )
M.S: 3.5/4 ( ISEP, Paris, France )

Master of science - Telecommunication 2008-2010, I.S.E.P, Paris
Specialization: Value added service design, Project management

Bachelor of Engineering, Sathyabama University, Chennai (Madras), India, August 2004 - May 2008
Specialization: Electronics, Telecommunication systems

Academic awards and scholarships received:
Orange - Ministre des affaires européennes et étrangères, Orange -France Telecom September 2008 - March 2010
Dr. Radhakrishnan award for academic excellence, Sathyabama University August 2004 - May 2008
Gold medal for academic excellence, Sathyabama University May 2008
Received awards for academic excellence through out my under graduation

Consistently ranked in top 1% at school, +2, Under grad and my master's.

  Achievements:
Nominated twice for STAR awards in Amadeus, London, 2014
Winner at Start up weekend, Nice - Sophia Antipolis, 2012
Winner at Inter University Student project design competition, Sathyabama University, Chennai- 2008
Winner at Inter University Student project design and business plan competition
IIT Kanpur, BITS - Pilani Goa 2007

Organizational skills
Président, Résident committee Maison de l'Inde and Représentative at CIUP, Paris. Represented student committee at Prawas Bharatiya Diwas held in Paris, responsible for planning and executing events at Maison de l'Inde.
( 2009-2010 )
Organizer - Inter department Symposium - Sathyabama University 2007-2008

Few stints as a Toastmaster

Known languages:
English, French,Hindi, Telugu,Tamil (Elementary proficiency)

Professional experience:
Amadeus, London - Oct 2013 ( Current position )
Amadeus, Sophia Antipolis - May 2010 - Oct 2013 ( contracting company: Alten )

In a nutshell here is what I do at my job:
-Analyze and validate business requirements from customers/Product management
-Establish functional specification from a written state of requirements
-Work closely with development counterparts in defining product release plan and lead product plan review meetings
-Interface with support, sales, marketing, implementation and strategy teams
-Perform functional acceptance and validate launch of UAT phase with clients
-Provide consultancy mission to key customers
-Support customer in case of incidents on production
-Automate functional testing by scripts and build regression framework

As a business analyst at Amadeus, I have worked with most of our key clients ( i.e.., client facing - mostly airlines such as Korean air, Singapore, Japan airways, TAM, SV,AF-KLM etc..,) in almost all the phases of Software development cycle and also was part of key airline programs. Participated in several workshops with Airline clients. Actively worked on merging products from two different product lines

Apart from these, I have mentored two interns and am currently working as innovation coordinator for my department.

@France Telecom - Orange ( 2009-10), I was an intern development engineer responsible for development of Quality of service website and an automatic bot to spread content.

Other info:
Amateur footballer- Played for an entire season ( 2012-13 ) in Inter company football competition and I still keep playing on and off.
Won quite a few awards during my school time for elocution, philately etc..,
Avid book reader

Best Regards,
 aimisb

P.S: I have scheduled my GMAT on 29JUN. Thanks everyone for your help in other forums concerning GMAT prep.

Hi, request you to please assess my profile.

- Class X (CBSE): 74%

- Class XII (CBSE): 76%

- B.Pharm: 78%

- MBA from ICFAI, Hyderabad: CGPA: 8/10

- Work Experience: 1.5 Years (Business Analyst in a KPO under the strategy services group: Research Industry) and 1.5 Years (Associate in Business Research at Deloitte:Financial Advisory Services)

- Have some extra curricular awards and accolades including school and college level table tennis winner, part of an NGO, Vice-President of Student Council, Head Boy at School etc.

- Work experience involves performing business research and consulting type projects across industries with business research involving strategic planning, investments, M&A, spend analysis etc. for Fortune 500 clients, globally.


Hi All,

Request you to assess my profile:

Pls note i am appearing for my GMAT within a month from now.

1.) Educational Qualification:

10th (ICSE) : 73%

12th (ISC) : 69%

B-Tech (CSE) : 77% (Jaypee University Of Information Technology. (H.P))

2.) Work Experience : (4.7 Years) Infosys Limited

##Stream - Product Implementation / Project Management (Banking ERP)

a.)Systems Engineer: 2.5 Years

b.)Senior Systems Engineer: 1.6 Years

Mostly worked for Indian Private Banks and US based Banks.

Have been supporting Indian banks at client site as well.

Stream - Product Quality & Testing

c.)Test Analyst : 0.6 Years ( Regulatory compliance)

RnD unit for development and testing of demographic Product prototyping.

**** Moving to a product company in July .

INTERNSHIP

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3.) Internship during 8th Semester in Infosys Limited.

CREDENTIALS AWARDED/RESEARCH PAPER/PATENTS (as developer)/POSTIONS HELD :

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4.) Author of a Research Paper published in IEEE at ICIT Chile, South America, for the research during the final year project.

5.) Software developer/research implementer of a research applied for a Patent at Delhi Office of Patents. (Results awaited)

6.) Certified Associate Business Manager (CABM)- Association of Professionals in Business Management, Chicago. (I think ISB accepts this , as it is written on the website)

7.) Certified Associate Business Analyst (CABA) - International Software Certification Board, Carnegie Mellon university.

8.) BEC higher - University of Cambridge

9.) Elected as Chairman Of IEEE Students Chapter at University Level.(Social initiatives and 'automaton at will' were new initiatives started by myself apart from the other branch activities. )

10.) Prior to being elected as Chairman of IEEE, i was the Website developer of the official website of IEEE chapter of Univ. Also was Have been into various clubs for sponsorship and finance committee, tech committees during graduation at college.

11.) Apart from this I have other citations from Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and SUN , on different technologies including ERP .

AWARDS

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13.) Have been Awarded thrice for outstanding performance by the present company.

14.) Have been awarded 2nd prize at national level for Technical Excellence.

15.) Nominated by the university to represent the university at international level, at 24 hours programming competition by IEEE worldwide.

NGO Volunteer Experience :

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16.) Have been associated as a volunteer from last 2.5 years with the educational wing of the NGO, Sustainable Foundation. Have organized many workshops in rural areas for running enablement programs on Computer education.

At last:

I have been into Product development , implementation, Testing and Quality along with providing consultation for regulatory compliance for US based banking and Indian banking.

In a snapshot, Post MBA, i aspire to be in product line management or Product Strategy Roles  for different geographies .

Regards,

Dhruv Kartikey

By wat date will our interview feedback come ? Wen will new essay questions come ?

in general isb not in the top 10 private schools, in any of the magazine report why?

Please evaluate my profile :-

Xth - 85 %

XIIth -85 %

B.Com(Computers)

Work Exp - 2yrs as Junior Manager in an ad agency.

Rather bare bones,I know,but I got 80 percentile in CAT in the first attempt with zero preparation.


dear all,

Can anyone help me with respect to admissions to ISB , 2017 batch would be preferable .. should i appy now ?

10 th : 79%

12th : 80%

B.E. Instrumentation : 63% agg

Work ex : 4 years , Production supervisor Role (MNC)

Achvmnt : 2 time consecutive best performance award in my cmpny 

Knwldg : Operation Core , 5S , Lean manufacturing , Leadership training attended 

do i stand a chance for isb ? .... is there a place wer i can get proper guidance

Hi people..sorry for blanking out for few days..kya karen, bakchodi banker ki zindagi..ek deal me uljha hua tha! Anyways, hope everyone is doing good on here. Looks like ISB fever has picked up. Like I mentioned, I did meet with a few alums few days ago...it was awesome fun..lots of good inside info on ISB..some useful and some masala 😉 I know I promised to ask and answer some Qs on ur behalf and I did ask...will post a detail post soon. Meanwhile...pls ask Qs if you have any and i'll tell you based on my understanding. Happy weekend peeps!

Hi All,

Need your help!

I do not have surname. Its only KARAN.

I am not able to fill GMAT form because of this because LAST NAME is a mandatory option

Is there any solution for it except for changing the name?

Dear Admins, Please evaluate my profile:

GMAT Score: 720

Xth - 83%   XIIth - 82%  College - 6.4CGPA in Mech Thapar University

Work Ex - 2.5 Years in Punj Lloyd Ltd as Design Engineer

Working in a technical role, lead design engineer of a prestigious International Project, leading a team of 4.

Also, working as a volunteer for a non-profit sports management organization. Handling social media accounts etc for the organization.

Extra Currics: Represented college in a highly prestigious  International Car Design and Racing Competition. Finished as best Indian Team in competition beating IITD, IITK, DCE; Also played football for Mechanical Dept and Company and won competitions.

 can anyone post what's the minimum gmat score aceepted this year or last year

Hi all,

This is my first ever time on Pagal guy. Just wanted to say Hi..

I'm preeti, from Bangalore. planning to write GMAT in may, to be ready to apply to ISB by July- august depending on my score. Will need help from you guys. big time!! 

I'm a post graduate in pharmacy working in pharma R&D as a formulation scientist. I have an excellent academic record.

I would like someone to evaluate my profile, for which I can give complete details.

Just not sure if i can post my profile here or else where. Do let me know. Thanks!

Hi People,

Please help me with respect to admissions to ISB , 2017 batch. What should be the minimum/ideal score required in GMAT. Planning to appear for GMAT in June 2015 Profile mentioned below:

Work ex : 8.5 years / Steel Sector / Had three different profiles in it too (Quality: 1.5 years , Shop floor Operations: 3 years , Production Planning & Supply Planning:4.5 years).

The current profile is a very strong one, am responsible for the planning and order execution of a product range with business of more than Rs.1000Crores per annum. Responsible for execution of the second most profitable segment

Additional: ISO auditor, involved in company activities.

Acads: 10th : 64% || 12th : 80% || BE (Metallurgy, NIT-Nagpur):58%. Screwed up the engg score.

Recommendations: Can get these from EVP & GM of my department.

Hi Puys,

Need your suggestion on my chances of acceptance at ISB.

GMAT: 640

X: 56% XII: 67.4% Graduation(B.SC in Computers): 65.4%

MBA from NIILM-CMS(Regular 2 year): 60%

Post that I have 6 years of core marketing experience (brand mgmt n corporate comm) across 3 organization. Current industry: Real Estate

Extra - Curricular:

1. Best employee of the month in my last organisation

2. Head of the marketing club and placement coordinator during MBA

3. Featured on the cover page of the Marketing newsletter during MBA

4. Certificate by IEEE for ideating on an event plan

5. Participated in Cricket & Basketball during school n college.

PL give suggestions and what are the alternate options...

Thanks.

Hi all, 

Im planning to appear for gmat in may. I Would really appreciate if you people could evaluate my profile.

Acads : X: 85.6; Xll: 76%

Graduation (b Pharm): 76% , college rank 1 - all 4 years.

Post graduation: ( M Pharm):  76 % university rank 1 

Additional: 

Post graduate diploma in patent law- NALSAR Hyd- All India Rank-6

Certificate course in German language.

Work exp: 1.5 years.

Formulation scientist with a leading generic pharmaceutical company.

Will be promoted in June.

Involved in very exciting developmental projects, mainly injectables. Can explain the job profile really well and also can get good reco. At the time of applications.

Extra:

Research and review papers to my credit.

Represented college at various research competitions and won many awards.

Won awards at inner collegiate badminton competitions.

Have hosted college fests, events etc.

Trained bharatnatyam dancer.

I would like to know  my chances of getting into isb.scoring around 620's in the mocks. Hoping to cross 700. 

Thanks a ton!

Hello Guys,

My first post on PG, although i joined the community 2 years back while preparing for CAT, now planning to apply for few globally recognized Asian B schools, with primary focus on ISB, India.

Please evaluate my Profile:

X - 70%, XII - 84%

Grad: 70%(BE in Electronics)

Total work ex: 4.7 yrs

Currently working as Senior Associate Consultant with Infosys

Started my professional career with Capgemini as a software developer, then moved to Infosys and gained a promotion recently

I work as a designer and technical consultant for a US based firm where i lead a team of 6 people. My role also involves working on business proposals and innovation ideas for clients.

Other highlights:

Involved in organizing various organizational and unit level events at Infosys.

Organized couple of college events etc.

@MansieDewanConsulting @admitlane @ISBmantra.com and other consultants: Please suggest action items for coming months

TIA

Planning to appear for GMAT in a couple of months


Cheers,

Rohit



hi,

pls help, is the book available at mba.com enough for preparation of gmat/??

book name : official gmat guide 46$