I am pretty sure that this is gonna be one of the last “intoduction” entries on this blog...and the reason being my habit of procrastination..some would like to refer to it as “laziness” ;-)
I am, in more than one way an alter ego of Ritika..:-) and i say this because we both are pampered Delhi girls who have never stayed away from the comforts of “home”...(you wouldnt disagree to this one na, Ritika)..I am both – looking forward to and slightly apprehensive abt this journey from New Delhi 08 to Mumbai 58!!!
I do not wish to “chaapo” my credentials and / or CV details here coz i promised to enter this blog in “style” (Refer comment on chinz last blog entry) and am sure there’s nothing stylish and unique abt my credentials. Kaafi bond log hai yahaan...Anyway...Just a li’l abt me..I am Karuna Hemrajani joining Finance specialization at SP..and this is after spending 2 years with KPMG in their Risk Advisory Practice (yeahh...i am quite a detective now ;-) !!) and 2 failed attempts at CAT.
I belong to a family of hardcore science professionals – my mother is a Doctor and father is a Software Engineer..but i decided to tread a different path and study Commerce at college..(the base for which was laid by my elder brother who did his Bachelors of Business Studies)
I really appreciate art in its various forms...have dabbled in a few art forms myself...did jazz for a bit (though i am still quite a non-dancer), taught art, craft and theatre to kids in school..and have a passion for painting..am all set to paint the SPJAIN canvas with my colours...:-)
I love baarish...and the smell of “geeli mitti”..i know i would be welcomed by this in mumbai..and I dont think the incessant and ‘bugging’ rain would do much to reduce my love for it!!
Since i have been talking abt “my loves”, its almost necessary to mention CHAI... I am a total “chai-addict”...i have withdrawal symptoms if I dont get my cuppa when i need it..be it 3 AM or 3 PM ;-)
Okayyyy...this blog entry is totally random and disconnected...but that is so ME...that is so MY STYLE ;-) !!!! And people...you will witness more of my randomness in the next 2 years...looking forward to seeing you all and discovering or rather re-discovering myself!!
Friday, May 29, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
IT IS WRITTEN
A bit abt me:
Sumit Srivastava
10th-87.2% ICSE
12th-88.5%ISC
Engg-8.9 Mech NIT JSR
CAT-91.5%
Achievements:
Member of Literary and Debating society in college
Took active interest in JAMS,Quizzes and other literary activities.
Few certis here and there regarding quizzes,JAMS,Event mgmt.
Professional cert:9i as well as 10g OCA.
Having fared not so well in CAT i wasn't expecting much but then SP came to my rescue giving me a profile based call and i felt vindicated.I always used to question myself the need behind those long hours burning the midnight oil..to improve my grades in engg...having placed comfortably in the very first company itself,what was the need to consistently set the benchmark higher at every stage of my academics...right from 10th to 12th to grad when all i needed was a decent percentile to scrap thru most of the IT/core companies which visited my college.Of what use where all those quizzing and jam certis which i had won in college when they didn't do me any favor at any stage of my life. But now as i am writing this ..i feel redeemed...as it was my this very hard work and profile which laid the foundation of my success.Feel elated to be a part of this Elite insti...and will do every bit of mine to be a good brand ambassador of it.
Coming to SP GI's..am a big time movie buff and cricket follower ...(sure of finding a lot many of u at SP with the same hobbies) and we were asked abt our views on the same in my round 2 interview (Rajesh b can vouch for that)... couldn't have thought of a better topic to speak abt.
Finally i can say that as they show at the end of the movie Slumdog millioniare ...so was it for me making it to SP ..it is written.
Sumit Srivastava
10th-87.2% ICSE
12th-88.5%ISC
Engg-8.9 Mech NIT JSR
CAT-91.5%
Achievements:
Member of Literary and Debating society in college
Took active interest in JAMS,Quizzes and other literary activities.
Few certis here and there regarding quizzes,JAMS,Event mgmt.
Professional cert:9i as well as 10g OCA.
Having fared not so well in CAT i wasn't expecting much but then SP came to my rescue giving me a profile based call and i felt vindicated.I always used to question myself the need behind those long hours burning the midnight oil..to improve my grades in engg...having placed comfortably in the very first company itself,what was the need to consistently set the benchmark higher at every stage of my academics...right from 10th to 12th to grad when all i needed was a decent percentile to scrap thru most of the IT/core companies which visited my college.Of what use where all those quizzing and jam certis which i had won in college when they didn't do me any favor at any stage of my life. But now as i am writing this ..i feel redeemed...as it was my this very hard work and profile which laid the foundation of my success.Feel elated to be a part of this Elite insti...and will do every bit of mine to be a good brand ambassador of it.
Coming to SP GI's..am a big time movie buff and cricket follower ...(sure of finding a lot many of u at SP with the same hobbies) and we were asked abt our views on the same in my round 2 interview (Rajesh b can vouch for that)... couldn't have thought of a better topic to speak abt.
Finally i can say that as they show at the end of the movie Slumdog millioniare ...so was it for me making it to SP ..it is written.
Ab tak...
Woaah..we are finished with first round of ‘Introductions’ and boy !! have we seen some ‘profiles’ ;) (they are not kiddin when they say they are givin’ PROFILE BASED CALLS) .. the ‘comments’ which can easily qualify for the preamble of ‘ Mutual Appreciation Club’ basically meant... “Aa saale SP mein batata hoon tereko...bada DEBATOR banta hai” but From 97 point holy 5 % !! in 12th to 75%, I think we have cover the entire IQ spectrum.. Engineers to people who have ‘grown up with Engineers’ all have ‘introduced’ themselves with the same panache ... some of them have been lazy enough to Ctrl C – Ctrl V their entire CV ( Mani has been cribbing a lot about it :P ) but some have given a whole new meaning to creativity(not to forget colourfulness)..
The ‘Metropolitan Meets’ have been real ‘ice breakers’ where ppl have spend just couple of hours with each other(where else but CCD) but have spend hours and hours on GTalk doing SWOT of every1 possible !!! (yeah i have an excel sheet on tht )..IPL has contributed a lot in turning the Van-der-waal forces into Covalent bonds and I think by World Cup, Ionic bonds will be ready to take their stance(non science folks..plz IGNORE :P )
The real revelation has come with..wait for it... GOOGLE GROUPS..my inbox always read ‘NO NEW MAILS’ till they happened and rest they say is HISTORY !! ‘PFC Thread’ who thought that it would be the King as Mayawati thought before polls could only get commensurations from Prakash Karat as the fluctuating LAPTOP ‘Or’DEAL took the limelight..It was the Trinamool and swept every1 of their feet and gave opportunity to ‘intellectual minds’ to show their intellect..this thing itself can become course in Decision Making..(I wonder why they have given us that stats book for)..and me?? well I was the Somenath Chatterjee to whom everyone talked but no one listened... If Michael Dell happens to see the rendezvous between ‘Think Pad Loyalists’ be rest assured that no one from the IM batch is joining Dell from the terror batch of 9/11 ;).. Even Chittu’s patience broke when he saw ‘well done’ mail being circulated..(btw there is a poll on community reg. the same.. PLZ DO VOTE :D )
People who have resigned from their jobs have got bored watching movies and sitcoms & others who are getting bored serving last week of their notice period are just hoping one thing “ koi unhe PFC padha de”..the SWOT tables from 1st meet is filled and junta is all set to meet again (now u know WHY :P :P :P )..
All said and done, I would say JOB WELL DONE...The camaraderie has well extended beyond Metro Meets and there is no stopping to that..and well the things to do :
1. --> Plz for Godzake finalise your laptops (they are all the same..trust me!! )
2. -->Either study PFC or book your seat near Anshul
3. -->Keep having fun and keep PINGING ;)
Cheers !
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Time to "Suit Up"
Some cautions and clarifications to begin with – caution because people who are reading this should know that the only writing I have done is on commodity futures – so don’t expect this blog entry to be even remotely fun! (Lower the expectations, higher the chances of you not getting supremely bored) And the clarification – I would have liked to post much earlier - blame this late entry on to the blogging scene on my employers, who have decided to make me slog it out at work till the 8th of June!! Now on to the real stuff –
It’s a big hello to everyone! Here’s hoping this blog post doesn’t become a ‘Hell-Oh’ experience for you! This is Ritika, another addition to the list of people dreaming of becoming bigwigs in the world of Finance! Seeing the current scenario, what with the recession and all, it seems all the finance whizzes had their rationalities whiz past them! Let’s just wish SP teaches us to do better than that!!
Rewind to my past – born and brought up almost entirely in Delhi, I am pretty much what Delhi is known to be – the pampered one! All that is about to end now, but I made the most of it while I could :) I come from a rather diverse family background – a Punjabi dad who first worked for the Air Force *starry eyed* and now for the Government; and a Maharashtrian mom who’s a banker! This is what probably translated into very diverse interests for me – I was interested in politics (thanks to my dad), economics (thanks to my mom), classical dance (learnt Kuchipudi for about 5 years), sports (was on the volleyball team in school), the Youth Parliament (a youth organization, now called the YP Foundation), community work (taught in a school for underprivileged children) and many other things – all at the same time! I like to think I did well balancing all these things with my grades at school:
Class X : 85% (wasn’t very happy with that then but I guess it doesn’t matter now!)
Class XII : 89.2%
Fortunately the grades were good enough to do the course that I wanted to do at college – Economics! Yup, I’m one of the few non-engineers who got the chance to get into a premier B-School despite all ‘you’ engineers vying for ‘my’ seat (I remember cursing all the engineers in the world the first time I didn’t get through CAT for eating up all the seats – you’ve already got a professional degree – aren’t you satisfied?!) Of course I’ve grown up now and understand that engineers have an equal right to be there! :) Anyway, college was where I really evolved into an orgranizer and realized how much I enjoyed being one! I was part of the Economics Society all through college, organizing everything from intra-class events to our national level Eco Fest! And the best part – despite all this organizing and my other interests – I *finally* managed to give my parents an opportunity to brag about how ‘bright’ their daughter is! I topped in college! I was also among the top rankers in South Delhi Campus, Delhi University! It wasn’t a feeling I was familiar with – I had always done well in school but never topped! But I ain’t complaining :P
Graduation: 75.25%
While I think it was mostly a case of ‘luck by chance’, one factor that could have possibly contributed was the ‘reality check’ I had a few months before my final exams. I had applied for the Rhode’s scholarship and I *actually* thought I would get it – talk about thinking no end of yourself!! And no prizes for guessing – I didn’t! That was the real jolt that woke me up, shook me up, made me smell the coffee, and everything else like that! I guess that’s when I realized you don’t get everything you wish for if you aren’t willing to push yourself beyond what you think possible!
I passed out of college in 2007 and have been working at National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange since then. It was a curious choice, but I benefited from it far beyond what I expected! Details on that when we meet! (I realize the post is becoming endless, hence the mid-course correction on verbosity)
Quickly moving on to the ‘me’ section – I love to read, write, listen to music, sing, dance, watch cricket and tennis, cook some pasta, eat lots of pasta (and pizzas and north Indian food), watch some or the other American sitcom (current obsession: How I Met Your Mother), watch practically everything on Discovery Travel & Living whenever possible (noticed someone else wrote this too). Slightly obsessed with the English language – I like getting into the finer nuances!
About how I got into SP - after several non-serious attempts at MBA entrances, I decided to get down to it with some amount of focus this time. Still didn’t manage to clear my Math cut-offs in CAT or XAT to get into the IIMs or the XLRIs of the world, but did well enough to get into SP! And was I glad about that!!
CAT: 98.85 percentile
XAT: 99.58 percentile
Really looking forward to seeing you all.. and to the next 2 years being legend-wait-fot-it-ary!
PS: another caution/clarification that would be nice for you to know before you meet me – I tend to be reserved in the beginning – so don’t mistake it for arrogance!
It’s a big hello to everyone! Here’s hoping this blog post doesn’t become a ‘Hell-Oh’ experience for you! This is Ritika, another addition to the list of people dreaming of becoming bigwigs in the world of Finance! Seeing the current scenario, what with the recession and all, it seems all the finance whizzes had their rationalities whiz past them! Let’s just wish SP teaches us to do better than that!!
Rewind to my past – born and brought up almost entirely in Delhi, I am pretty much what Delhi is known to be – the pampered one! All that is about to end now, but I made the most of it while I could :) I come from a rather diverse family background – a Punjabi dad who first worked for the Air Force *starry eyed* and now for the Government; and a Maharashtrian mom who’s a banker! This is what probably translated into very diverse interests for me – I was interested in politics (thanks to my dad), economics (thanks to my mom), classical dance (learnt Kuchipudi for about 5 years), sports (was on the volleyball team in school), the Youth Parliament (a youth organization, now called the YP Foundation), community work (taught in a school for underprivileged children) and many other things – all at the same time! I like to think I did well balancing all these things with my grades at school:
Class X : 85% (wasn’t very happy with that then but I guess it doesn’t matter now!)
Class XII : 89.2%
Fortunately the grades were good enough to do the course that I wanted to do at college – Economics! Yup, I’m one of the few non-engineers who got the chance to get into a premier B-School despite all ‘you’ engineers vying for ‘my’ seat (I remember cursing all the engineers in the world the first time I didn’t get through CAT for eating up all the seats – you’ve already got a professional degree – aren’t you satisfied?!) Of course I’ve grown up now and understand that engineers have an equal right to be there! :) Anyway, college was where I really evolved into an orgranizer and realized how much I enjoyed being one! I was part of the Economics Society all through college, organizing everything from intra-class events to our national level Eco Fest! And the best part – despite all this organizing and my other interests – I *finally* managed to give my parents an opportunity to brag about how ‘bright’ their daughter is! I topped in college! I was also among the top rankers in South Delhi Campus, Delhi University! It wasn’t a feeling I was familiar with – I had always done well in school but never topped! But I ain’t complaining :P
Graduation: 75.25%
While I think it was mostly a case of ‘luck by chance’, one factor that could have possibly contributed was the ‘reality check’ I had a few months before my final exams. I had applied for the Rhode’s scholarship and I *actually* thought I would get it – talk about thinking no end of yourself!! And no prizes for guessing – I didn’t! That was the real jolt that woke me up, shook me up, made me smell the coffee, and everything else like that! I guess that’s when I realized you don’t get everything you wish for if you aren’t willing to push yourself beyond what you think possible!
I passed out of college in 2007 and have been working at National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange since then. It was a curious choice, but I benefited from it far beyond what I expected! Details on that when we meet! (I realize the post is becoming endless, hence the mid-course correction on verbosity)
Quickly moving on to the ‘me’ section – I love to read, write, listen to music, sing, dance, watch cricket and tennis, cook some pasta, eat lots of pasta (and pizzas and north Indian food), watch some or the other American sitcom (current obsession: How I Met Your Mother), watch practically everything on Discovery Travel & Living whenever possible (noticed someone else wrote this too). Slightly obsessed with the English language – I like getting into the finer nuances!
About how I got into SP - after several non-serious attempts at MBA entrances, I decided to get down to it with some amount of focus this time. Still didn’t manage to clear my Math cut-offs in CAT or XAT to get into the IIMs or the XLRIs of the world, but did well enough to get into SP! And was I glad about that!!
CAT: 98.85 percentile
XAT: 99.58 percentile
Really looking forward to seeing you all.. and to the next 2 years being legend-wait-fot-it-ary!
PS: another caution/clarification that would be nice for you to know before you meet me – I tend to be reserved in the beginning – so don’t mistake it for arrogance!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Farzi Engineer!
Hello people. This is Anshul, currently giving final touches to get my coveted B. Tech degree. Born and brought up in the holy city of Haridwar, famous for naked saints during Kumbh mela. Did my schooling from DPS Ranipur, one of the most farzi school in the DPS society. In spite of that I had an awesome school life full of fun and pangas.
As of now, I don’t have any clear goals in sight, cleared JEE coz everyone made such hype about it, now doing MBA coz everyone else is doing it. I hope SPJIMR instills some sense of purpose with respect to my career goals.
I am extremely lazy person who has an aversion for doing anything that involves even a bit of effort, so haven’t done anything much unless it has been forced on me. That’s why I don’t have much to boast about in my profile, but here it goes:
Profile:
•CAT: 98.09 %ile (flunked in everything, I don’t know how I got a call from IIMS, didn’t attend the GD/PI)
•XIIth : 88.8% (CBSE)
•Xth : 89% (CBSE)
•Grad (IIT Madras) : 8.91/10 (Ranked 1st. might be the only reason for my call from SPJIMR)
Extra curricular:
•Placement & Internship Representative of Civil Engineering Department 2007-2008
•Elected Mess Secretary of my hostel in 2007.
•Have coordinated couple of events in the technical festival of IIT Madras.
•Made it to the finals of a business plan competition (Breakthrough) in Technical festival of IIT Madras.
•Certified in Financial Markets: Beginners Module (2008) and Derivatives Market (2008) – courses offered by National Stock Exchange (NSE)
About me personally, I am crazy about cricket. I can watch any match going anywhere across the globe. I am a foodie (mostly Indian), like eating on roadside stalls. Given a choice between a five star and a good roadside chat stall, nine out of ten times, I would go for the latter. I love getting drenched in rains, I love movies but sitting for 2 hours at a stretch is a pain, that’s why have shifted to sitcoms. I like chat rooms and social networking sites, mind you it is a good way to kill time. Have an account on every site you can think of. Love hanging out with friends, have put infinite night outs doing nothing except chatting with friends.
I think that is all about me. Looking forward to meet all you guys!
Cheers
As of now, I don’t have any clear goals in sight, cleared JEE coz everyone made such hype about it, now doing MBA coz everyone else is doing it. I hope SPJIMR instills some sense of purpose with respect to my career goals.
I am extremely lazy person who has an aversion for doing anything that involves even a bit of effort, so haven’t done anything much unless it has been forced on me. That’s why I don’t have much to boast about in my profile, but here it goes:
Profile:
•CAT: 98.09 %ile (flunked in everything, I don’t know how I got a call from IIMS, didn’t attend the GD/PI)
•XIIth : 88.8% (CBSE)
•Xth : 89% (CBSE)
•Grad (IIT Madras) : 8.91/10 (Ranked 1st. might be the only reason for my call from SPJIMR)
Extra curricular:
•Placement & Internship Representative of Civil Engineering Department 2007-2008
•Elected Mess Secretary of my hostel in 2007.
•Have coordinated couple of events in the technical festival of IIT Madras.
•Made it to the finals of a business plan competition (Breakthrough) in Technical festival of IIT Madras.
•Certified in Financial Markets: Beginners Module (2008) and Derivatives Market (2008) – courses offered by National Stock Exchange (NSE)
About me personally, I am crazy about cricket. I can watch any match going anywhere across the globe. I am a foodie (mostly Indian), like eating on roadside stalls. Given a choice between a five star and a good roadside chat stall, nine out of ten times, I would go for the latter. I love getting drenched in rains, I love movies but sitting for 2 hours at a stretch is a pain, that’s why have shifted to sitcoms. I like chat rooms and social networking sites, mind you it is a good way to kill time. Have an account on every site you can think of. Love hanging out with friends, have put infinite night outs doing nothing except chatting with friends.
I think that is all about me. Looking forward to meet all you guys!
Cheers
Me & MBA - Rajesh
Guys really a gr8 work!!!! Good start Manasa!!!
I am Rajesh and here goes my profile:-
Xth: 94%
XIIth: 95%
Grad: 82%, B Tech(Trical), VNIT Nagpur.
Work Ex: 34 months, Sr.Engineer - Sales & Marketing, L&T(Electrical Business Group)-Chennai.
Achievements at work place:
-Rated as Top performer and have been nominated for Management Leadership Program at L&T.
-One of the five engineers selected by Vice President to be a part of “Sales Effectiveness Team” sent to Malaysia and work along with Malaysian counterparts to assist in positioning the product in India.
-Analyzed cost competitiveness due to bought out business and presented the same to the GM (Business Unit) resulting in 100% implementation
Academics:
-Merit certificate holder & nominated for National Scholarship Scheme by Govt of Tamilnadu for Class X; Graded among the top 2% in the university
Extra-Curricular:
-Captained my School basketball team at various district level tournaments; Represented college cricket team at various intra and inter college tournaments
I am Rajesh and here goes my profile:-
Xth: 94%
XIIth: 95%
Grad: 82%, B Tech(Trical), VNIT Nagpur.
Work Ex: 34 months, Sr.Engineer - Sales & Marketing, L&T(Electrical Business Group)-Chennai.
Achievements at work place:
-Rated as Top performer and have been nominated for Management Leadership Program at L&T.
-One of the five engineers selected by Vice President to be a part of “Sales Effectiveness Team” sent to Malaysia and work along with Malaysian counterparts to assist in positioning the product in India.
-Analyzed cost competitiveness due to bought out business and presented the same to the GM (Business Unit) resulting in 100% implementation
Academics:
-Merit certificate holder & nominated for National Scholarship Scheme by Govt of Tamilnadu for Class X; Graded among the top 2% in the university
Extra-Curricular:
-Captained my School basketball team at various district level tournaments; Represented college cricket team at various intra and inter college tournaments
-Participated and won various debate as well as elocution competitions
-Acted in various plays in school and college
Hobbies:-
-An Avid Reader, Swimming, Gymming, Sight Seeing :-) and lot of Pungi's(time pass)..
Positions held:-
-Founding member of Young Executive Fun Squad at L&T ;
-Elected as Placement Coordinator, Campus Placement Committee, NIT Nagpur ;
-Member of Organizing Committee, Axis’04, a National Level technical Symposium conducted at NIT Nagpur
3 Mistakes of My life:-
First Mistake (Std 12) :-
“Thanks to my tension, my long fingernails have been curtailed to shorter ones with my teeth doing the wonder. Got a call from my relative in chennai, who studied in some hi fi matriculation school and came to know that he had secured some 92%. Me a small town boy, studied in a govt school, hoping to get atleast something above 90%, was standing in the scorching sun outside a net center, waiting for my 12th std results.I could hear my hear beats beating loud, like in the climax scenes of Kal Ho Na Ho….
The netcenterwala handed me the chit with my subject wise marks mentioned in it…..I thought he had written only the maximum marks rather than writing the actual marks obtained….But after getting it clarified only I came 2 know that he was right and I was wrong….Yes!!!! Actual marks = Maximum Marks in my PCM(Phy, Chem, Math) …a 100%ger in PCM and 95% in Total…..I didn’t know how I was supposed to feel….It was a mix of happiness, surprise, pride n everything … dream come true types :-) !!!!”
Second Mistake ( Final Yr.) :-
“ NIT, Nagpur – Orange City, a makeover platform for me. Diff language, Diff People, Diff Climate ….so many different things…but still these were the times which helped to shape myself the way I dreamt me to be…Made lot of friends and learnt lot many things (other than academics)…Cricket & Basketball made me a known person for many…Nightouts and Sitouts at midnight made me even more crazier….Poha & Chai turned out to be the tastiest cuisines in the world….Movies and Novels took the front seat where studies sliced its way to the back seat….
Then came the final yr,….When the actual campus placements started, I was too finicky in choosing the companies cos of which I dropped many and after some point of time many started dropping me as well…Life was a bit dejected then…Then came L&T which is infamous for selecting people in single digit…Amidst the consistent toppers I too sneaked in….Had 3 rounds of written test , GD & PI….When ppl were anxiously waiting for the results, one old guy came and announced that the entire batch performance was dissatisfactory and the selected ppl are in binary terms(0 or 1)…Irritated with his sarcasm , I was moving back….All of a sudden I heard my name announced by somebody and in the next instant I found myself thrown in the air by my dear ones….Aamchi Mumbai embraced me with both her hands..(though got transferred to chennai later)”
Third Mistake (CAT 08) :-
“ “These Grapes Taste Sour” was my perception towards CAT and MBA….But still wanted to try my luck as colleagues in L&T gave lot of hypes when I made it through among selected few in L&T’s Management Leadership Program…
I was supposed to leave for a tender opening on the D day(Nov16th) to Mumbai…As I have attended only 4 of the 20 mock tests, even I was not interested in giving the exam….But Fate had its last laugh….My flight was wrongly booked(instead of morning one, evening one was booked) and I landed myself in the exam hall in the morning….Attempted 7Qs in DI, 8 in Quants and some 12 odd in VA….(have known only that much L)….finished the exam well b4 time and while leaving, got to know that many have attempted min 14-18 Qs in most of the sections…Unperturbed I proceeded for my mumbai journey..
On my colleague’s insistence checked my probable scores in TIME…To my surprise it showed 89% and suggested me to apply for Spjain, Kj som, Tapmi, Mica kind of colleges…I too applied though apart form Spjain, other colleges asked for min 91%le….Luck was doing all kind of dances….When the results came, TIME’s prediction went wrong and I found myself fetching some 94%ile with some 99%accuracy in most of the sections…KJSom, Tapmi interviews were cakewalk….Finally came the SPj interview…Me and KC went together…First round was awesome where I could relentlessly gas on ‘What ‘ll I do if become the prime minister kinda questions’….In the Second round answered exactly to the questions asked and didn’t gas on much…Thought I didn’t fare well overall.. Was hoping for admissions in Kjsom and Tapmi…Kjsom came in affirmative…TAPMI and SPJain were about to release on same day….Though I refreshed TAPMI’s pages more than that of Spjain’s, finally Spjain’s confirmation refreshed me than anything else….WHAT A DAY?!!!!!”
Me & MBA :-)
And the reason y I mentioned all these as mistakes was, one way or other they were responsible for me to commit my fourth mistake….The Mistake’s highlight is on May 28th and to check out that kindly check http://www.rajeshwedssaumya.webvivah.com/
There is a hairline diff between Confidence and Arrogance.(Courtesy: Ghajini).. If I have sounded arrogant/boasting kindly excuse …:-)
Positions held:-
-Founding member of Young Executive Fun Squad at L&T ;
-Elected as Placement Coordinator, Campus Placement Committee, NIT Nagpur ;
-Member of Organizing Committee, Axis’04, a National Level technical Symposium conducted at NIT Nagpur
3 Mistakes of My life:-
First Mistake (Std 12) :-
“Thanks to my tension, my long fingernails have been curtailed to shorter ones with my teeth doing the wonder. Got a call from my relative in chennai, who studied in some hi fi matriculation school and came to know that he had secured some 92%. Me a small town boy, studied in a govt school, hoping to get atleast something above 90%, was standing in the scorching sun outside a net center, waiting for my 12th std results.I could hear my hear beats beating loud, like in the climax scenes of Kal Ho Na Ho….
The netcenterwala handed me the chit with my subject wise marks mentioned in it…..I thought he had written only the maximum marks rather than writing the actual marks obtained….But after getting it clarified only I came 2 know that he was right and I was wrong….Yes!!!! Actual marks = Maximum Marks in my PCM(Phy, Chem, Math) …a 100%ger in PCM and 95% in Total…..I didn’t know how I was supposed to feel….It was a mix of happiness, surprise, pride n everything … dream come true types :-) !!!!”
Second Mistake ( Final Yr.) :-
“ NIT, Nagpur – Orange City, a makeover platform for me. Diff language, Diff People, Diff Climate ….so many different things…but still these were the times which helped to shape myself the way I dreamt me to be…Made lot of friends and learnt lot many things (other than academics)…Cricket & Basketball made me a known person for many…Nightouts and Sitouts at midnight made me even more crazier….Poha & Chai turned out to be the tastiest cuisines in the world….Movies and Novels took the front seat where studies sliced its way to the back seat….
Then came the final yr,….When the actual campus placements started, I was too finicky in choosing the companies cos of which I dropped many and after some point of time many started dropping me as well…Life was a bit dejected then…Then came L&T which is infamous for selecting people in single digit…Amidst the consistent toppers I too sneaked in….Had 3 rounds of written test , GD & PI….When ppl were anxiously waiting for the results, one old guy came and announced that the entire batch performance was dissatisfactory and the selected ppl are in binary terms(0 or 1)…Irritated with his sarcasm , I was moving back….All of a sudden I heard my name announced by somebody and in the next instant I found myself thrown in the air by my dear ones….Aamchi Mumbai embraced me with both her hands..(though got transferred to chennai later)”
Third Mistake (CAT 08) :-
“ “These Grapes Taste Sour” was my perception towards CAT and MBA….But still wanted to try my luck as colleagues in L&T gave lot of hypes when I made it through among selected few in L&T’s Management Leadership Program…
I was supposed to leave for a tender opening on the D day(Nov16th) to Mumbai…As I have attended only 4 of the 20 mock tests, even I was not interested in giving the exam….But Fate had its last laugh….My flight was wrongly booked(instead of morning one, evening one was booked) and I landed myself in the exam hall in the morning….Attempted 7Qs in DI, 8 in Quants and some 12 odd in VA….(have known only that much L)….finished the exam well b4 time and while leaving, got to know that many have attempted min 14-18 Qs in most of the sections…Unperturbed I proceeded for my mumbai journey..
On my colleague’s insistence checked my probable scores in TIME…To my surprise it showed 89% and suggested me to apply for Spjain, Kj som, Tapmi, Mica kind of colleges…I too applied though apart form Spjain, other colleges asked for min 91%le….Luck was doing all kind of dances….When the results came, TIME’s prediction went wrong and I found myself fetching some 94%ile with some 99%accuracy in most of the sections…KJSom, Tapmi interviews were cakewalk….Finally came the SPj interview…Me and KC went together…First round was awesome where I could relentlessly gas on ‘What ‘ll I do if become the prime minister kinda questions’….In the Second round answered exactly to the questions asked and didn’t gas on much…Thought I didn’t fare well overall.. Was hoping for admissions in Kjsom and Tapmi…Kjsom came in affirmative…TAPMI and SPJain were about to release on same day….Though I refreshed TAPMI’s pages more than that of Spjain’s, finally Spjain’s confirmation refreshed me than anything else….WHAT A DAY?!!!!!”
Me & MBA :-)
And the reason y I mentioned all these as mistakes was, one way or other they were responsible for me to commit my fourth mistake….The Mistake’s highlight is on May 28th and to check out that kindly check http://www.rajeshwedssaumya.webvivah.com/
There is a hairline diff between Confidence and Arrogance.(Courtesy: Ghajini).. If I have sounded arrogant/boasting kindly excuse …:-)
The Classical Pratul
Caution : I don't have a habit to write, so it will be one of the most boring blogs to read :-)
Everybody here has shared their interests, and there will be many having the common interests like same choice of music, fan of same hero or fans of same sport. I will be more than happy if somebody shares one of my interests : I am a fan of Mohd Rafi. I have a great collection of his songs, around 3500 songs sung by him. Also, in general I like the music more golden, more vintage (read : older) than that is played by FM channels. They generally stick with the great Kishoreda, but we hardly get to listen to some of the great numbers by Rafi, Lata, Asha, Geeta Dutt, Hemant Kumar etc etc. So, I will be pleased to find some fan of golden oldies. :crazy:
Talking of other interests, I am a great fan of tennis, the one who has never held the racket in his hand. :-) I like beauty of this game, and this is the only game which has Roger Federer in it :-P.
And talking of non-interests, I have no interest in IM :-)
About my childhood days, I come from a small city of Baramati (famous for Sharad Pawar). Completed my education till 12th there and managed decent marks - 86 and 93 % in SSC and HSC. Then, I completed my mechanical engineering from VIT, Pune. (I bet u mistook VIT for Vellore Inst of Tech, but surely its as famous in Pune) And then, followed the crowd to get into IT. Since then I am in IBM, working in Mainframe technologies.
The best part of my work was not the quality of work, but me moving to Bangalore for a year. There I discovered my second love : Andhra Meals :-P. The first being already discovered in the college : Idli/Medu Wada Sambhar :-)
Also, I became a fan of a language which I have not yet learnt, Thamizh :-). And with that language, came the love for Superstar Rajinikanth :-D . If I learn that language, it will be mostly because of Thalaiva, with Ilayathalapathy, Vijaykanth and T Rajendran filling the remaining gap in commitment :-P
Here is where I saw people dying to crack CAT and even I thought of taking it. More than desperation for MBA, the enjoyment in studying for CAT got me through. Scored decent enough in all the exams and got into SP at last.
But, I have an inferiority complex now, after seeing profiles of some of my batchmates. I am one of those guy who have done nothing apart from curriculum in their life. Just CAT and experience has got me through.
Lastly, looking forward to meet all you guys and gals in SP and hoping for such an enjoyment which will be cherished for life.
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Pratul
Dated : 19th May 2009
Everybody here has shared their interests, and there will be many having the common interests like same choice of music, fan of same hero or fans of same sport. I will be more than happy if somebody shares one of my interests : I am a fan of Mohd Rafi. I have a great collection of his songs, around 3500 songs sung by him. Also, in general I like the music more golden, more vintage (read : older) than that is played by FM channels. They generally stick with the great Kishoreda, but we hardly get to listen to some of the great numbers by Rafi, Lata, Asha, Geeta Dutt, Hemant Kumar etc etc. So, I will be pleased to find some fan of golden oldies. :crazy:
Talking of other interests, I am a great fan of tennis, the one who has never held the racket in his hand. :-) I like beauty of this game, and this is the only game which has Roger Federer in it :-P.
And talking of non-interests, I have no interest in IM :-)
About my childhood days, I come from a small city of Baramati (famous for Sharad Pawar). Completed my education till 12th there and managed decent marks - 86 and 93 % in SSC and HSC. Then, I completed my mechanical engineering from VIT, Pune. (I bet u mistook VIT for Vellore Inst of Tech, but surely its as famous in Pune) And then, followed the crowd to get into IT. Since then I am in IBM, working in Mainframe technologies.
The best part of my work was not the quality of work, but me moving to Bangalore for a year. There I discovered my second love : Andhra Meals :-P. The first being already discovered in the college : Idli/Medu Wada Sambhar :-)
Also, I became a fan of a language which I have not yet learnt, Thamizh :-). And with that language, came the love for Superstar Rajinikanth :-D . If I learn that language, it will be mostly because of Thalaiva, with Ilayathalapathy, Vijaykanth and T Rajendran filling the remaining gap in commitment :-P
Here is where I saw people dying to crack CAT and even I thought of taking it. More than desperation for MBA, the enjoyment in studying for CAT got me through. Scored decent enough in all the exams and got into SP at last.
But, I have an inferiority complex now, after seeing profiles of some of my batchmates. I am one of those guy who have done nothing apart from curriculum in their life. Just CAT and experience has got me through.
Lastly, looking forward to meet all you guys and gals in SP and hoping for such an enjoyment which will be cherished for life.
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Pratul
Dated : 19th May 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
YEH HAI MERI KAHANI.....SAROJ
Hey folks !!!
I hail from Damanjodi...a small township in the Koraput district of Orissa...i bet none of you have heard of this place...but you might have certainly heard of NALCO-ALUMINIUM REFINERY..tats in Damanjodi...a very calm and scenic place....Completed my schooling from DPS Damanjodi...those were the best days of my life...had a ball there...At DPS...i was a very studious and a focused kind of a guy...took life seriously...was the Head Boy of my school...passed as a SCHOLAR and a GOLD MEDALIST...topped my school in 10th and 12th...phew !!!!... those were days...
Ab aati hai twist...was a fanactic of Biology...just used to fall in love with the subject every time i studied...so wanted to be a world class...cardiac or a neuro guy....couldn't make it to a medical coll as a fresher...(curse the huge population !!!)....left all good NIT engineering seats...n dropped to prepare for that one coveted seat in a good coll...but one thing was decided...its now or never...so gave in everythng i could...landed in Delhi...to prepare....those were the most crucial days of my life...u ppl won't believe i used to put an average of 12-13 hrs every day studyin...n i never get bored...tat was a passion...now i can't even dream of it...cleared screening exams...but again couldn't make it big...
A big failure again...tough time of my life...then...kya god knows how i got a 205 rank in my state JEE even by sleeping away the whole 2 hr for maths section..but i got into engineering...had no idea of which stream should i opt for...n a little broken both mentally n phisically...so chipped into electrical engineering...bcuz tats wat i had in the first option...cut to engg. hostel...
1st year ...ahh again piled up the josh...n started studyin to find somethng out of my new life....
Bahut padha...n finally 9 cgpa le aaya...but then the crux of electrical engg. was u can never see the flux or the emf...suddenly got bored of all this....took a break from studies...n explored my self within...from my 2nd yr...never slept before 4 am....never have kept my eyes open in my classes...just got up for my roll call n slept...Now again a U-turn...
After 3rd sem...while travelllng back home...got my hand on a Buss. Today magazine...i started liking it...and i started liking it so much that in the next 3 months...i became an avid reader of Economic Times and any bizz magazine u name...n then one day...was surfing through the tech fests of IIT Kgp.. found out a Business Plan contest...didn't knw wat triggered me...but i thought i should put an entry...A wonderful idea struck me...(will not talk about it now..varna this post will run into a book...n junta maregi...) , and i spent my next 1 year developing the business plan...had the best experiences of my life in the process...learnt a lot...grew up as an individual....
n then it was fests n management events for me through out my engineering...couldn't clear a good bschool in my final year...i was too much into my Business plan...n then finally landed at TCS...did somethng i don't knw wat...but khub aish ki mumbai mein..suddenly the city of dreams is all set to take me to a new level...a new beginning...
My vital stats:
Academics: 10th (excellent)-- Topped
12th (good) -- Topped Science
Engineering(ahh..ahh) -- I can repair all the fans n bulbs n washing mahcines...
Extracurriculars:
Sports: Table Tennis is life to me...
Debates , Eloqutions n all... a long list...a o.k type quizzer...
Karate champ during my school days...
NLSTSE Scholar...
Member of Central Coordinating team of KRITANSH..techno-management fest..
Anchor for all ocassions...
Worked closely with an NGO SOVA...spreading awareness against AIDS.
Learnt cooking myself...n i prepare tasty non-veg...onlyyyyyyyyyy
A part of Sion School Initiative at TCS...teach english to slum kind..
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Won Business Plan contest in a couple of IIT's..
Won ADMAD contest at Megabucks...IIT K
Won a couple of case study contests too...
A Black belt in Karate..(turned one very recently after 8 long years of practice)...
Work-Ex
10.5 month @ TCS...don't knw wat i did here...except having fun...
never have compelted 8 hrs in office...but was great fun being an IT engineer...
i took an hour to realise that i have not accepted mansas invitation...n was searching the the
new post section...true IT whizzzy... :)
I think tats it !!....rest you can see me talkin talkin all the time...not all being nonsense...but yes talkin...n so i m into marketing...i pray god n seek help frm frnds at SP to help me keep my eyes open in class...i think its 5 long years i have attended a class properly...n will surely rock for the next two years....eating veggie food.. (tats a smallll shock for me...)
Cheers !!!
I hail from Damanjodi...a small township in the Koraput district of Orissa...i bet none of you have heard of this place...but you might have certainly heard of NALCO-ALUMINIUM REFINERY..tats in Damanjodi...a very calm and scenic place....Completed my schooling from DPS Damanjodi...those were the best days of my life...had a ball there...At DPS...i was a very studious and a focused kind of a guy...took life seriously...was the Head Boy of my school...passed as a SCHOLAR and a GOLD MEDALIST...topped my school in 10th and 12th...phew !!!!... those were days...
Ab aati hai twist...was a fanactic of Biology...just used to fall in love with the subject every time i studied...so wanted to be a world class...cardiac or a neuro guy....couldn't make it to a medical coll as a fresher...(curse the huge population !!!)....left all good NIT engineering seats...n dropped to prepare for that one coveted seat in a good coll...but one thing was decided...its now or never...so gave in everythng i could...landed in Delhi...to prepare....those were the most crucial days of my life...u ppl won't believe i used to put an average of 12-13 hrs every day studyin...n i never get bored...tat was a passion...now i can't even dream of it...cleared screening exams...but again couldn't make it big...
A big failure again...tough time of my life...then...kya god knows how i got a 205 rank in my state JEE even by sleeping away the whole 2 hr for maths section..but i got into engineering...had no idea of which stream should i opt for...n a little broken both mentally n phisically...so chipped into electrical engineering...bcuz tats wat i had in the first option...cut to engg. hostel...
1st year ...ahh again piled up the josh...n started studyin to find somethng out of my new life....
Bahut padha...n finally 9 cgpa le aaya...but then the crux of electrical engg. was u can never see the flux or the emf...suddenly got bored of all this....took a break from studies...n explored my self within...from my 2nd yr...never slept before 4 am....never have kept my eyes open in my classes...just got up for my roll call n slept...Now again a U-turn...
After 3rd sem...while travelllng back home...got my hand on a Buss. Today magazine...i started liking it...and i started liking it so much that in the next 3 months...i became an avid reader of Economic Times and any bizz magazine u name...n then one day...was surfing through the tech fests of IIT Kgp.. found out a Business Plan contest...didn't knw wat triggered me...but i thought i should put an entry...A wonderful idea struck me...(will not talk about it now..varna this post will run into a book...n junta maregi...) , and i spent my next 1 year developing the business plan...had the best experiences of my life in the process...learnt a lot...grew up as an individual....
n then it was fests n management events for me through out my engineering...couldn't clear a good bschool in my final year...i was too much into my Business plan...n then finally landed at TCS...did somethng i don't knw wat...but khub aish ki mumbai mein..suddenly the city of dreams is all set to take me to a new level...a new beginning...
My vital stats:
Academics: 10th (excellent)-- Topped
12th (good) -- Topped Science
Engineering(ahh..ahh) -- I can repair all the fans n bulbs n washing mahcines...
Extracurriculars:
Sports: Table Tennis is life to me...
Debates , Eloqutions n all... a long list...a o.k type quizzer...
Karate champ during my school days...
NLSTSE Scholar...
Member of Central Coordinating team of KRITANSH..techno-management fest..
Anchor for all ocassions...
Worked closely with an NGO SOVA...spreading awareness against AIDS.
Learnt cooking myself...n i prepare tasty non-veg...onlyyyyyyyyyy
A part of Sion School Initiative at TCS...teach english to slum kind..
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Won Business Plan contest in a couple of IIT's..
Won ADMAD contest at Megabucks...IIT K
Won a couple of case study contests too...
A Black belt in Karate..(turned one very recently after 8 long years of practice)...
Work-Ex
10.5 month @ TCS...don't knw wat i did here...except having fun...
never have compelted 8 hrs in office...but was great fun being an IT engineer...
i took an hour to realise that i have not accepted mansas invitation...n was searching the the
new post section...true IT whizzzy... :)
I think tats it !!....rest you can see me talkin talkin all the time...not all being nonsense...but yes talkin...n so i m into marketing...i pray god n seek help frm frnds at SP to help me keep my eyes open in class...i think its 5 long years i have attended a class properly...n will surely rock for the next two years....eating veggie food.. (tats a smallll shock for me...)
Cheers !!!
And finally I write
Ahh.. finally after reading all the posts, i plan to write something abt me (although mereko kuch soojh nahi raha hai as to what to write, lekin lemme go with the flow of thoughts :))
Born and brought up for 18 yrs in Bengal, now living in Bangalore and soon moving into Mumbaaai :-) (North India has been the only place jisse maine abhi tak bakshaa hai :P).. Moved to b'lore for my graduation and have been here ever since.. (basically a Tam!!!)
Academic related 'feats' :-))))))
X: 85%
XII: 79%
B.Com: 83%
CA: Completed foundation and one group in the intermediate exam
CFA (ICFAI): Completed 2 groups
Have been pretty decent in accounts with >90% in all accounts exams from XIIth onwards. Was school topper in accounts in XII and one of the higher scorers in college as well..
Work Ex:
I've worked in an IT Co. + an SME + currently in an MNC.. all in the finance and accounts dept. My work ex totals to 31months (excluding a 6 months internship with a CA and with an SME)
Extra-currics:
I totally love talking.. and talking is my favourite hobby :-p I have taken part and won several debates, extempos, general public speaking etc. etc. all through school and college..
I am a co-founder of a charitable org which we (grp of friends) started while in college. The org looks into educating the needy + we also donate to the Missonaries of Charity. Besides this, I also regulary work for and donate in some of the organisations in Blore. I'm also an avid animal rights activist :-)
Iske alawa I love generally chilling out with friends and family. My favourite hobby (i.e. talking), makes it obvious that i have a super huge friend circle and I usually make friends easily (and keep them for life, I am good at keeping relationships..)!!! I looove singing (and i envy my roomies.. they're gonna have awesome time in these 2 yrs ahead!! {:-) - tht is a wicked smile fyi..)
Looking forward to meetin all u ppl.. and having loads of fun (+doing all the padhai) with u'll.. The mere fact tht i am gonna enter college life (and hostel life) after these many yrs gives such an awesome kick :-))) Yayyy ppl, see ya soon!!!!
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Somebody Nobody!!
Thats Me Amoolya!
I hail from Bangalore. Pretty much lived here all my life barring 4 years of schooling in New Delhi. Gotten thru SP with Finance spec.
Some details:
Schooling - Partly in FAPS, Bangalore and partly in Salwan Public (Afternoon), New Delhi.
Taken part in debates, declamations. Been the editor of the school newsletter. Played basketball, table tennis and chess. SSC percentage - 86.
College - MES College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Bangalore University.
Professional - Cost Accountant from ICWAI (Title - Grad. CWA)
CAT - A very pathetic score not worthy of a mention in public domain :)
Work ex - 31 months
Some personal details:
1. Passionate about poetry.
2. Have a fetish for words and love learning them
3. Am a die hard foodie. Ceteris paribus, I live to eat. Love cooking as well.
4. Am a complete zero as far as IT and techie stuff is concerned. Took me a while to understand blogging as well and hence, this delay in posting here.
5. Love learning new things and finding ways around the system.
Looking forward to some exciting times at SPJ. Re-visiting college life after 3 long years :)
Cheers!!
I hail from Bangalore. Pretty much lived here all my life barring 4 years of schooling in New Delhi. Gotten thru SP with Finance spec.
Some details:
Schooling - Partly in FAPS, Bangalore and partly in Salwan Public (Afternoon), New Delhi.
Taken part in debates, declamations. Been the editor of the school newsletter. Played basketball, table tennis and chess. SSC percentage - 86.
College - MES College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Bangalore University.
- Represented college in debates
- Was part of the core committee that organized inter collegiate commerce and management festivals
- Represented college/won events such as Venture capital, Product Launch, Event Management, HR test, Stress interview, etc at various national management festivals
- Contributed regularly to "THE CREATIVE CORNER" - an initiative to nurture poetry
- Editor of "Ankura", the college magazine
- II PUC percentage (12th standard) - 94.5%. (Fifth in the State)
- Graduation - B.Com - 82%
Professional - Cost Accountant from ICWAI (Title - Grad. CWA)
- Participated/won events based on costing, management accounting, financial accounting, etc
- 19th All India rank in ICWA, Final
CAT - A very pathetic score not worthy of a mention in public domain :)
Work ex - 31 months
- 12 months as a Costing Executive at Rittal India Pvt. Ltd., the world leader in manufacturing of industrial enclosures; responsible for all costing operations here.
- 19 months as an Experienced analyst at Axis Risk Consulting Services, primarily into internal audits.
Some personal details:
1. Passionate about poetry.
2. Have a fetish for words and love learning them
3. Am a die hard foodie. Ceteris paribus, I live to eat. Love cooking as well.
4. Am a complete zero as far as IT and techie stuff is concerned. Took me a while to understand blogging as well and hence, this delay in posting here.
5. Love learning new things and finding ways around the system.
Looking forward to some exciting times at SPJ. Re-visiting college life after 3 long years :)
Cheers!!
My Profile - Gulshan
Hey people...
m Gulshankaur Khalsa (:D i know long name...) from Mumbai n selected for finance...n here goes my first post on the blog...
Profile
CAT - 99.61 %ile (messed up in DI...so no IIM calls for me...but i am still very glad about SP)
XAT - 97.something %ile
Call - score based
10th - 86.8%
12th - 87.8%
Grad-Just completed wid final year exams...
Achievements and Extra curriculars
ughhh...i really have nothing to brag about :p
have organised and participated in the competitions happening in my college...
got some prizes in some of them...
really love playing sports...m not a star but i have fun(:D)...have been the captain of the kho-kho team...n that is one sport i really like...
used to participate in events like TPP and MUNs...but reaching the finals used to be the end point for me...
one thing that i genuinely feel i am gud at is maths :p..hoping uski bahut zarurat padhe :D...have got some certis for being first at city level in SSC boards and also some other certis in maths...
n finally...does getting scholarships for acads count..? if yeah, toh i have something more to blab about.. :p
n now...the REAL me!!!
m Gulshankaur Khalsa (:D i know long name...) from Mumbai n selected for finance...n here goes my first post on the blog...
Profile
CAT - 99.61 %ile (messed up in DI...so no IIM calls for me...but i am still very glad about SP)
XAT - 97.something %ile
Call - score based
10th - 86.8%
12th - 87.8%
Grad-Just completed wid final year exams...
Achievements and Extra curriculars
ughhh...i really have nothing to brag about :p
have organised and participated in the competitions happening in my college...
got some prizes in some of them...
really love playing sports...m not a star but i have fun(:D)...have been the captain of the kho-kho team...n that is one sport i really like...
used to participate in events like TPP and MUNs...but reaching the finals used to be the end point for me...
one thing that i genuinely feel i am gud at is maths :p..hoping uski bahut zarurat padhe :D...have got some certis for being first at city level in SSC boards and also some other certis in maths...
n finally...does getting scholarships for acads count..? if yeah, toh i have something more to blab about.. :p
n now...the REAL me!!!
As far as my hobbies go...i really love listening to music...widout dissecting to the atomic and molecular level of the composer and the lyricist and the singer, i simply love listening to songs...
have recently started blogging :p....not very active, but its fun to pen down stuff...
love hanging out wid frenz...but i suppose that is one hobby that i will have to let go off now...coz now we'll be "pressed for time".. :p...
i enjoy pulling people's legs and doing low magnitude keedas...
love dancing and singing..though people around me dont really like it if i sing.(m horrible at it)...but music IS my passion...i know to play the keyboard...had learnt thodusa guitar also.....and i have passed four exams in bharat natyam....
and also..like ne engineer i love to "analyse"..har situation analyse karne mein mujhe bada maza aata hai...
m really kicked up about the MBA life thats gonna start soon...i know it mite not come across by luking at my profile (:p) but i really am!!
one of the reasons that really gave me the kick was preparation for GI...wasnt very keen on doing an MBA in the first place, but the preparation has given me reason enuf to believe that MBA will be fun and gud challenge....
So hoping to be a part of a very good batch of SPJIMR...all the best guys...we'll rock!!
have recently started blogging :p....not very active, but its fun to pen down stuff...
love hanging out wid frenz...but i suppose that is one hobby that i will have to let go off now...coz now we'll be "pressed for time".. :p...
i enjoy pulling people's legs and doing low magnitude keedas...
love dancing and singing..though people around me dont really like it if i sing.(m horrible at it)...but music IS my passion...i know to play the keyboard...had learnt thodusa guitar also.....and i have passed four exams in bharat natyam....
and also..like ne engineer i love to "analyse"..har situation analyse karne mein mujhe bada maza aata hai...
m really kicked up about the MBA life thats gonna start soon...i know it mite not come across by luking at my profile (:p) but i really am!!
one of the reasons that really gave me the kick was preparation for GI...wasnt very keen on doing an MBA in the first place, but the preparation has given me reason enuf to believe that MBA will be fun and gud challenge....
So hoping to be a part of a very good batch of SPJIMR...all the best guys...we'll rock!!
Saturday, May 16, 2009
A lil about me
Read a few blogs and scanned some of them.. Blame the RC practice :P
Will read once again sometime later and comment..
Anyways!!
I'll not bore you with my "Foramtive years" and "Life at College" for now.. Reserving them for a separate blog. I would tell you with "my struggle" or "the lack of it" with CAT.
2005-2006->CAT 2005
It started as the IN-Thing to do after 4 yrs of engineering. Joined IMS during my 3rd yr and started attending the classes meticulously. But cometh the final yr and Im " so-called busy" with a lot of activities like being the General Sec of my dept and oraganising the symposium and being and part of the core commitee and hosting the first inter-collegiate (3 days) cultural fest.
Whatever.. CAT prep went for a toss and I got 88 something with a 95+ in DI so u can imagine the other sections.. meanwhile I got placed at Caritor (which later acquired Keane and was hence named Keane)
2006-2007->CAT 2006
Joined the company and was happy earning. CAT application forms were out and I thought I need work-ex before studying (I know I know.. This IT exp is of no use!!). But I felt that I need to STAY IN TOUCH with CAT, so I fill in the forms and attempt again. 83 something with 99.5 in DI.. As earlier others needn't be mentioned.
2007-2008->CAT 2007
Started to get frustu.. Big time!!! I think the reason for CAT aspirants to increase every year is coz of this. Joined IMS test series.. Found Raghu at office and he was an inspiration (Take a bow).. U guys will realise over the 2 years how much he can boost somebody's confidence level. CAT 92 with DI 95, XAT 98 with LRDI 99. Got a WL from XIMB and a ding from IIT M.
2008-present->CAT 2008
FRUSTRATION to max!! wrote GMAT. Joined TIME. Promised myself and everybody who knew about this phase of mine that this is the last CAT. Either I get in with this or use the GMAT scores.. else use the long route into the management line. Got 95 with @#$% DI as 73. Never ever expected my DI to sink like the KKR team. All other exams were clean bowled. No profile call also from SP. Applied to MICA. And on Feb 15 I get a Score based call, so does Raghu. My MICA call gets converted and then I appear for Sp interview.
My round 1 was very good. I had Sivapriya along with me on my panel and Round 2 was kind of ok (Detailed posts on the interviews will follow soon)
Was not expecting a convert in the first list but it happened.. I guess they were in a mood to experiment :) or maybe it was destiny :)
End to the 3rd Sunday of November! (Now with this online stuff even that is a mismoner) and beggining of the life woth no sundays and some wednesday evenings :)
Little more about me
- A Foodie. Like to taste various cuisines. (Mentioned this at my interview and was grilled)
- Love to travel a lot. Both trekking and leisure trips. Have covered a little bit of South India. Now waiting to explore the Konkan and Mid-western region
- Ideal morning is a hot cuppa with newspaper. (Something im goin to enjoy to the max for next 30 days)
- Can't be without sleeping (Each time I hear Life@MBA, my heart skips a beat.
- Love to get wet when it rains!!
- I dont think much about tomorrow. Live and enjoy today is the motto!
Thats it folks. I'm feling sleepy now(Refer point 4) So adios for now.. Will be back soon
PS: I have always wanted to have my own blog. But this is first time Im getting anywhere close to it. So kindly excuse my shortcomings and the suggestions/comments will be incorporated in the following write-ups
BTW this is George
Friday, May 15, 2009
A beginners guide to Roopa's Life :)
According to my sun sign I do all the things that have been specially denied to me :P…
And that’s pretty much I have done. If dad says go right I will try going left and see what all opportunities are lying out there..
Off course at times when I do know people are right I keep my mouth shut and just follow all the instructions like a baby.
Well did my schooling and college from Mumbai only. Yeah you guessed it right born and bought up in Mumbai, originally from Kerala.
Well I used to keep hopping between being an average student and being one of the top students in school.
Started reading novels from 9th and have never looked back. I think 95% of the time during my junior college I utilized in reading all the series of every damn writer .
Dunno how I scored in 12th, anyway that’s that. Then got into VJTI, wasn’t expecting to get into such a reputed university.
VJTI was the best part, participated in every other competition.
I have done my graduation in Bharatanatyam when I was a child.
Now I have joined Shiamak Dawar (SDIPA) classes doing my 2nd level that is elementary out there.
So coming back to VJTI, choreographed a lot many routines for intra dance competitions, was part of the college troupe.
Was the coordinator of our cultural festival, EESA (Electrical and Electronics Students Association) Treasurer ( off course this post was a big joke but looks good on my CV) etc .
So basically right from 1st year was into organizing all sorts of events.
Side by side used to maintain good track record as far as studies was concerned (Got JRD TATA scholarship every year for excellence)
Guess the para above was total bragging so will come back to reality.
Any ways got placed in Siemens Ltd. again Mumbai in marketing department only.
Had given CAT and all, in my final year but didn’t give it so seriously.
So this time worked hard (well at least I used to try studying at weekends)
CAT – 96.98 percentile
XAT – 99.08 percentile.
Experience – 10.5 months
So basically I am an extrovert, a very enthusiastic person & pretty crazy and understanding.
I love watching LOST, FRIENDS, HIMYM etc. Prison Break I used to but got bored later on.
I read a lot many novels, quiet crazy about them.
I love trekking also a lot, and always game for any trip.
And yeah I get very restless if I am just sitting idle, I always need to be doing something or the other.
Looking forward to meet all you guys and make new friends :)Me, Myself and...
I am Anoop. My name means unique in Sanskrit.
I am this odd ball always trying to do things differently,sometimes truly weirdo things.
And i m kinda introvert. Surprisingly I have a bin selected for marketing! Hoping against hope that I would be transformed by the end of 2 years at SP.
There are two things that i m passionate about, one is Music - tried my hand at singing, flute and violin and then decided that I must take up the Keyboard :). I am trained in western classical music(completed grad 6 in Electronic Keyboard conducted by Trinity College of Music, London) and the other is teaching - I had almost decided to take up the offer at IIM L fellow program before getting this offer from SP which i could not resist!
Academics, I m no topper but I balanced my frequent music band-outings/cultural events and my school/college exams fairly well. I was part of the nature club at school- enjoyed the turtle walks along besse beach, the trip to nanmangalam to spot the barn owl...
College was 4 yrs of fun and only fun! my band took me to loads of colleges in and around chennai and outstation too and we did manage to win at a number of music competitions. I tried my hand at rowing at Madras boat club and enjoyed it . But my joy was short lived! one fall into the backwaters of river K00vum(the water is as dirty as the water u may find in mumbai guttars!) was enough to stop my parents from sending me back for rowing nor did I get a chance after that as my job took me to Mumbai.
Mumbai came as a rude shock to me! I just cannot compare Chennai with Mumbai in any possible way. The local trains and Bus services is gud so is the crowd! I remember one guy at the railway station remark "log yahaan kiide jaise chipakte hain"(ppl stick on to each other like insects!). I vividly remember watch atleast a dozen packed trains go past before I could sum up enough courage to clamber onto a train just to reach Thane from Mulund(2 adjacent suburbs!)
The Mumbai Junta are generally nice and polite except for one bus vala who gave me a long sermon in Marathi( a language which i have no clue off! ) for getting into the wrong bus! I realized that when he showed me the door. While getting down I told him that I dint understand the language (everyone in the bus burst out laughing, so did the conductor :))
Now coming to my GI at Sp
Round 1
P1 : intro urself
me:told
P2: talk about anything for 3 minutes
me: I jump started with music and went into the groove. I got so engrossed that i dint even know when those 3 minutes of mine got over!
Thats it! 5 out of 6 were selected for round 2
Round 2
started with intro and y MBA...
p2: You all must be following the Nano chapter.
Do you think that Tata moving out of singur was right? Why? give me 2 reasons with a yes or a no anwer.
me: yes. It was tillable/ agriculture land. secondly one cannot work under constant threat and fear, so it was good for tata to move out to some place where its workers can work peacefully without fear of a riots.
p1: Imagine that you are a Manager. what are the attributes you would look for selecting a candidate for a position?
s1: skills
s2: dedication
s3: knowlege
me: adaptable, quick learner.
s4:...
s5:...
All possible good qualities were discussed.
p1: Now you all have selected the best possible candidate for the job. He has been working under you for over 2years. Ur company has doubled interms of profits and has expanded massively and major credit for this goes to the candidate you selected.
Now this person submits his travel bill for Rs. 550 inplace of the actual Rs.500. What would you do?
s1: I would take him into confidence and try and correct him/reform him.
p1: This person after 2-3 months again submits his travel bill for Rs.525 in place of the actual cost of Rs. 500. What would you as a manager do?
me: I would suspend him.
p1:surprised expression! Remember he has contributed immensely to your organisation and is responsible for all possible growth in your company.
s2: I would send him to the discipinary committee and let them take necessary action.
s3: along same lines as s2
s4: same as s2
s5: similar to s2/s1
p1:( looks at me with her eyebrows raised:)) do you want to change your stand?
me: NO. I can give the person another chance if he is not in a position to perform upto expectations in the job front but cannot excuse on moral or ethical grounds.
p2: 2 reasons y sp must select you. one negative that u wud like to improve and one positive that you would add to the peer group at sp. give me just 2 words!
me: (-)knowlege,(+) teaching
I am this odd ball always trying to do things differently,sometimes truly weirdo things.
And i m kinda introvert. Surprisingly I have a bin selected for marketing! Hoping against hope that I would be transformed by the end of 2 years at SP.
There are two things that i m passionate about, one is Music - tried my hand at singing, flute and violin and then decided that I must take up the Keyboard :). I am trained in western classical music(completed grad 6 in Electronic Keyboard conducted by Trinity College of Music, London) and the other is teaching - I had almost decided to take up the offer at IIM L fellow program before getting this offer from SP which i could not resist!
Academics, I m no topper but I balanced my frequent music band-outings/cultural events and my school/college exams fairly well. I was part of the nature club at school- enjoyed the turtle walks along besse beach, the trip to nanmangalam to spot the barn owl...
College was 4 yrs of fun and only fun! my band took me to loads of colleges in and around chennai and outstation too and we did manage to win at a number of music competitions. I tried my hand at rowing at Madras boat club and enjoyed it . But my joy was short lived! one fall into the backwaters of river K00vum(the water is as dirty as the water u may find in mumbai guttars!) was enough to stop my parents from sending me back for rowing nor did I get a chance after that as my job took me to Mumbai.
Mumbai came as a rude shock to me! I just cannot compare Chennai with Mumbai in any possible way. The local trains and Bus services is gud so is the crowd! I remember one guy at the railway station remark "log yahaan kiide jaise chipakte hain"(ppl stick on to each other like insects!). I vividly remember watch atleast a dozen packed trains go past before I could sum up enough courage to clamber onto a train just to reach Thane from Mulund(2 adjacent suburbs!)
The Mumbai Junta are generally nice and polite except for one bus vala who gave me a long sermon in Marathi( a language which i have no clue off! ) for getting into the wrong bus! I realized that when he showed me the door. While getting down I told him that I dint understand the language (everyone in the bus burst out laughing, so did the conductor :))
Now coming to my GI at Sp
Round 1
P1 : intro urself
me:told
P2: talk about anything for 3 minutes
me: I jump started with music and went into the groove. I got so engrossed that i dint even know when those 3 minutes of mine got over!
Thats it! 5 out of 6 were selected for round 2
Round 2
started with intro and y MBA...
p2: You all must be following the Nano chapter.
Do you think that Tata moving out of singur was right? Why? give me 2 reasons with a yes or a no anwer.
me: yes. It was tillable/ agriculture land. secondly one cannot work under constant threat and fear, so it was good for tata to move out to some place where its workers can work peacefully without fear of a riots.
p1: Imagine that you are a Manager. what are the attributes you would look for selecting a candidate for a position?
s1: skills
s2: dedication
s3: knowlege
me: adaptable, quick learner.
s4:...
s5:...
All possible good qualities were discussed.
p1: Now you all have selected the best possible candidate for the job. He has been working under you for over 2years. Ur company has doubled interms of profits and has expanded massively and major credit for this goes to the candidate you selected.
Now this person submits his travel bill for Rs. 550 inplace of the actual Rs.500. What would you do?
s1: I would take him into confidence and try and correct him/reform him.
p1: This person after 2-3 months again submits his travel bill for Rs.525 in place of the actual cost of Rs. 500. What would you as a manager do?
me: I would suspend him.
p1:surprised expression! Remember he has contributed immensely to your organisation and is responsible for all possible growth in your company.
s2: I would send him to the discipinary committee and let them take necessary action.
s3: along same lines as s2
s4: same as s2
s5: similar to s2/s1
p1:( looks at me with her eyebrows raised:)) do you want to change your stand?
me: NO. I can give the person another chance if he is not in a position to perform upto expectations in the job front but cannot excuse on moral or ethical grounds.
p2: 2 reasons y sp must select you. one negative that u wud like to improve and one positive that you would add to the peer group at sp. give me just 2 words!
me: (-)knowlege,(+) teaching
Hues of Insanity
14 May 2009, 4PM
http://spjimrclassof2011.blogspot.com/
zzzzzz goes my Chrome and the page opens. Thank god I can see plenty of real estate. So I am one among the others. I pump my fists and am back to sleep
15 May 2009, 4PM
Ding Ding (Thrice). My usually dormant gtalk springs to life and 3 windows pop out waking me up
Manasa: hey Mani .. atleast you post on the blog na..it feels so stupid to see just my posts there :(
Arpit: hey
Mani: yo yo
Arpit: its time u start bloggin ! on OUR BLOG !!
Varun: showered all my patience & penned down a blog
yessssssssssss
feel on top of d wrld 4 my achievement
Varun a.k.a DITCHER !!! And I thought there was one other lazy bum like me. So much for friendshipL.
So I check http://spjimrclassof2011.blogspot.com/ once again and -------- YIKES.... one post after the other and that too in a span of 24 hrs.
Come on Mani, Be a man. Write SOMETHING !!
Hi. Hope you are well. Okay, I don’t write much. Rather I don’t write at all and the last piece of my work was the two and a half hour marathon in the Common Admission Test. Well, even that had nothing do with writing. So you can imagine. Rewind more and what looms around vaguely inside this little head is my final paper of the University examinations. That was total vomit on paper so if you are expecting something revolutionary here, I am very sorry. This is just not the right space and can’t even promise to redirect you to one of those inspiring, influential and innovative write ups. WOW. The 3 I’s of writing!! Alright, if you’ve managed to stay awake till now, WOW and THANKS. I really don’t know what else to say.
Arpit: Mani boy
Mani: yea !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Arpit: ur profile is still missin
:P
Mani: Im half way thru
:)
Arpit: its pouring over thr!!
As if I didn’t know!! Ok I lied when I said I was half way thru.
Arpit also warned me against posting anything RESUME LIKE, so I will stay away from trying to woo in prospective recruiters here. I promise you won’t come across Career Interests, Tech Skill, Achievements blah blah.
I was this sad, pathetic and lonely kid at school. Stayed away from Acads and hence branded one by teachers and students alike. Never mind my school; I am not proud of it either so we move on.
College life was marginally better. I had to make amends for my disastrous boards hadn’t I and so I thought I would study. Sad and Pathetic. Yet again?? Come on, something is just not right. And study I did, like a total moron. I bagged the best outgoing student award and each one of my friends walked away with bombshells for girlfriends. Only then did I realize what a mess my four years had been. What had I done? Ahhh. I swore to never repeat the same mistake.
Four years of IT education hadn’t gone waste on me. How is that? I landed myself a job in an IT company. Wow. Isn’t that just brilliant!
Reaction amongst family members and relatives – “Papu has got a job in a software company? Another one in the family? Oh no”. Now if you are wondering who Papu is, wonder no more. It’s my pet name and I certainly am not proud to have one that is not even remotely close to my christened name. I guess such things happen only in India
I swore again; No more IT in my life. MBA should help me change industries.
Fate has done it again. MBA, yes, but in what?
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT...
IT again? Nooooooooooooooooooooooo
Oh God, Are you listening?
Alright, enough of all this. In case you still haven’t got a fair idea about who I am after meandering thru my Orkut profile and those wasteful interactions with my humblest self, ahem..You haven’t missed much.
I:-
a) Am fat and more importantly, single. Girlssssssssssssssssssssssss, Hear Hear
b) Love Coffee
c) Have been romancing Manchester United for 9 years now
d) Watch everything on Travel & Living
e) Feel the thrill standing by the door in a fast moving train
f) Am game for any game, any time, any place
g) Don’t miss a show on footer
h) Firmly believe that everything else can wait but the search for cheaper food cannot
If that inspires you to be my partner in crime.. my very humble associate, Welcome aboard. You are about to meet the MOST EXCITING person on the planet
SLUMDOG ENGINEER !!!!!!
Mumbai - 26th March 2009
Varun Kumar Lalitha has just scraped through the first interview & is now just one interview away from bagging the coveted MBA seat.
How did he do it?
A : He cheated
B : He's lucky
C : He's a genius
D : It is written
Question 1 :
Interviewer : Naaaaaame??
Me : Sir, Varun Kumar Lalitha
Interviewer : Varun Kumar LALITHA!!!????Why the LALITHA????
Me : (A question I've now faced in all interviews till date....Thnx dad for the name...I know the answer to atleast 1 question....) Sir...Lalitha is my grandmom's name.
Interviewer : Strange....your dad's name is Mannur Ramkumar Reddy & not one title matching with your name....
Ok...So varun....tell me sth about yourself.....
Me : Sir, I work in L&T at Visakhapatnam as an executive engineer (Management Trainee)
Interviewer : And what exactly does an executive engineer do???
Me : (Actually take print-outs & xeroxes whenever my boss or department needs it....Could actually open a xerox store after these years of work)
thnx to the gruelling mock interview sessions at Time Vizag, I could portray some "Useful work done".
Question 2 :
Interviewer : What is your fantasy in life & what would you ask fairy Godmother if she granted you one wish.
Me : thnx to the numerous fully faltoo skits at college & L&T Vizag, could come up with a fantasy of making a film.
Question 3 : After convincng them that I was faltoo enuf to get inspired by Raju Hirani, the stage was set for the final question. One question away Mr.Slumdog engineer.
Interviewer : Whom would you select from the other 5 (3 other guys & 2 gals)
Me : Chose a finance guy.
Gal 2 (My fairy Godmother???) : Sir...I am actually confused between the finance guy & Varun...but I think I will select Varun as I see a spark in his eyes...:D
(Thank you Angel....Sry I forgot your name but thnx for seeing an elusive spark & more importantly showing it to the interviewers....Still wondering what the spark was that never produced a fire!!!)
Results time : April 21st 2009, Visakhapatnam
Slumdog engineer gets to pursue an MBA.....fiiinaaalllyyyy...
B : He's lucky
It's time for Jai ho...Jai ho....not in the busy VT station though but amidst the lungi clad vizagites on the street......
Yes....Luck By Chance...I wouldnt be here if not for that luck.
About me....After my initial schooling in Gitanjali School,Hyderabad & 11th-12th at hyderabad too, I did my engineering from NIT Calicut followed by a tryst at L&T Vizag....Guess my tryst with sea coasts continues...Mumbai...Here I come...
All thru school, college & work, been bullshitting my way thru...Loved the JAM's, Mock press, ADZAP, Pot Pourri & all other such bullshitting opportunities....play cricket & tennis....Ardent cricket follower (As you would associate with any typical andhrite)..
Huhh....My mom will be proud of me....Coz I'vefinally got rid of my laziness to pen down sth...
Hope to have a great 2 yrs at SP will all you wonderful talented guys & gals
Cheers.
Varun Kumar Lalitha has just scraped through the first interview & is now just one interview away from bagging the coveted MBA seat.
How did he do it?
A : He cheated
B : He's lucky
C : He's a genius
D : It is written
Question 1 :
Interviewer : Naaaaaame??
Me : Sir, Varun Kumar Lalitha
Interviewer : Varun Kumar LALITHA!!!????Why the LALITHA????
Me : (A question I've now faced in all interviews till date....Thnx dad for the name...I know the answer to atleast 1 question....) Sir...Lalitha is my grandmom's name.
Interviewer : Strange....your dad's name is Mannur Ramkumar Reddy & not one title matching with your name....
Ok...So varun....tell me sth about yourself.....
Me : Sir, I work in L&T at Visakhapatnam as an executive engineer (Management Trainee)
Interviewer : And what exactly does an executive engineer do???
Me : (Actually take print-outs & xeroxes whenever my boss or department needs it....Could actually open a xerox store after these years of work)
thnx to the gruelling mock interview sessions at Time Vizag, I could portray some "Useful work done".
Question 2 :
Interviewer : What is your fantasy in life & what would you ask fairy Godmother if she granted you one wish.
Me : thnx to the numerous fully faltoo skits at college & L&T Vizag, could come up with a fantasy of making a film.
Question 3 : After convincng them that I was faltoo enuf to get inspired by Raju Hirani, the stage was set for the final question. One question away Mr.Slumdog engineer.
Interviewer : Whom would you select from the other 5 (3 other guys & 2 gals)
Me : Chose a finance guy.
Gal 2 (My fairy Godmother???) : Sir...I am actually confused between the finance guy & Varun...but I think I will select Varun as I see a spark in his eyes...:D
(Thank you Angel....Sry I forgot your name but thnx for seeing an elusive spark & more importantly showing it to the interviewers....Still wondering what the spark was that never produced a fire!!!)
Results time : April 21st 2009, Visakhapatnam
Slumdog engineer gets to pursue an MBA.....fiiinaaalllyyyy...
B : He's lucky
It's time for Jai ho...Jai ho....not in the busy VT station though but amidst the lungi clad vizagites on the street......
Yes....Luck By Chance...I wouldnt be here if not for that luck.
About me....After my initial schooling in Gitanjali School,Hyderabad & 11th-12th at hyderabad too, I did my engineering from NIT Calicut followed by a tryst at L&T Vizag....Guess my tryst with sea coasts continues...Mumbai...Here I come...
All thru school, college & work, been bullshitting my way thru...Loved the JAM's, Mock press, ADZAP, Pot Pourri & all other such bullshitting opportunities....play cricket & tennis....Ardent cricket follower (As you would associate with any typical andhrite)..
Huhh....My mom will be proud of me....Coz I'vefinally got rid of my laziness to pen down sth...
Hope to have a great 2 yrs at SP will all you wonderful talented guys & gals
Cheers.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Motor mouth goes vrrrroooooooooom!
Hi guys, this is varun from Chennai. I am in for Marketing. And here's my profile.
CAT/XAT : 97.56%le and 98.9 %le respectively.
Call :Profile + Score
10th : 88%
12th : 97.5% ( hey that’s my cat percentile too!! Hmmm destiny huh ;)
Grad : 83% in ECE in St.Joseph’s college of engineering
Work Ex : 29 months in CTS Chennai. (shouldn’t this come in achievements?? Or maybe in the company’s annual statement under the wasteful expenditure section :)
Awards and Achievements:
-Department topper in semester examinations for Anna university ( trust me pls… the examiners were blind..seriously!)
-Consistent top academic scores in school and college ( wink yeah that’s wat I said.. something called top from bottom and vice versa ;)
- Scholarship winner for centum scorer in chemistry in 12th boards ( yes H + 2 O’s = H2O, now this itself looks like alchemy to me…. hmmmm..)
- Member of mast log and other hr initiatives at workplace. (Only work I didJ), and teach india and other csr programmes-
Extra Curriculars:
Now here is the part that’s TRULY ME folks… seriously forgetting the academic (mis)fortunes and work place disasters.. All through school and college life…dam. all my life.. the one thing I have done is talk..talk some more and yes u guessed right – talk even more! Somehow the number of ppl who have bled having to hear me go on n on is a pretty big numberJ… culturals and symposias in school and college were my lifeline… maybe with a motor in my mouth some electricity probs might be solved... ;)...
- Winner of the overall award "MR.TECHOFES" for winning several cultural events at TECHOFES held at Anna University.
- Winner of numerous cultural activities and symposiums in events JAM, Shipwreck, Ad-zap, quiz, Dumb-c, Young Lawyers in many inter collegiate fests right through school and college.(Le Park,Anna univ,Vanavani,RBI,Velammal,SSN,Jeppiar,St.josephs,Madha...to name a few)
- Organizing secretary for national level technical symposia and cultural events at college. Cultural secretary and debate club captain at school and college
- Hosted events (MC) and was invited as judge for college and school level cultural events
- Was the captain for the cricket team at school level. Led a team of 5 in 2 brand promotion events for AIRCEL CELLULAR.
Absolutely love debating – so much that am sure that India pak probs can be solved if both sides are ready for a debate ;)…. And am a true Indian.. I love cricket, movies and food! J…and music..well am from the land of the Mozart of madras J…need I say more? ..speaking of motherlands (and mothercities eh) all my life I’ve been in Chennai! (now for those of u who think ill be one wrinkled,parched, wasted soul cos of the lack of water and extra heat sorry to disappoint J much more to Chennai than that)…so imagine finally moving away – and that too to Mumbai of all cities…cant wait!...and to all of u there…if theres anyone who can claim to be absolute lazy, with no proper sense of time, cant do without their 40 winks(hmmm say every 8 hrs ;)…) then I tell u this…lets not be roomies…cos then am sure well need more than alarm clocks to wake up…and the load at sp lets not talk about it :)..
I’ve always heard ppl at sp always are amazing not only in terms of their profile but also cos they are good in a lot of varied spheres.. peer groups and interactions within this super set are therefore automatically an awesome experience… see the profiles below, we already have salsa dancers, basketball players, poets dreamers J, management trainees…and so many more to come with more posts… thinking how cool it’ll be to hang around with such a motley mix of ppl for the next 2 years…guys and girls cheers to all…am sure well have a grt time ahead…c u all soon!
CAT/XAT : 97.56%le and 98.9 %le respectively.
Call :Profile + Score
10th : 88%
12th : 97.5% ( hey that’s my cat percentile too!! Hmmm destiny huh ;)
Grad : 83% in ECE in St.Joseph’s college of engineering
Work Ex : 29 months in CTS Chennai. (shouldn’t this come in achievements?? Or maybe in the company’s annual statement under the wasteful expenditure section :)
Awards and Achievements:
-Department topper in semester examinations for Anna university ( trust me pls… the examiners were blind..seriously!)
-Consistent top academic scores in school and college ( wink yeah that’s wat I said.. something called top from bottom and vice versa ;)
- Scholarship winner for centum scorer in chemistry in 12th boards ( yes H + 2 O’s = H2O, now this itself looks like alchemy to me…. hmmmm..)
- Member of mast log and other hr initiatives at workplace. (Only work I didJ), and teach india and other csr programmes-
Extra Curriculars:
Now here is the part that’s TRULY ME folks… seriously forgetting the academic (mis)fortunes and work place disasters.. All through school and college life…dam. all my life.. the one thing I have done is talk..talk some more and yes u guessed right – talk even more! Somehow the number of ppl who have bled having to hear me go on n on is a pretty big numberJ… culturals and symposias in school and college were my lifeline… maybe with a motor in my mouth some electricity probs might be solved... ;)...
- Winner of the overall award "MR.TECHOFES" for winning several cultural events at TECHOFES held at Anna University.
- Winner of numerous cultural activities and symposiums in events JAM, Shipwreck, Ad-zap, quiz, Dumb-c, Young Lawyers in many inter collegiate fests right through school and college.(Le Park,Anna univ,Vanavani,RBI,Velammal,SSN,Jeppiar,St.josephs,Madha...to name a few)
- Organizing secretary for national level technical symposia and cultural events at college. Cultural secretary and debate club captain at school and college
- Hosted events (MC) and was invited as judge for college and school level cultural events
- Was the captain for the cricket team at school level. Led a team of 5 in 2 brand promotion events for AIRCEL CELLULAR.
Absolutely love debating – so much that am sure that India pak probs can be solved if both sides are ready for a debate ;)…. And am a true Indian.. I love cricket, movies and food! J…and music..well am from the land of the Mozart of madras J…need I say more? ..speaking of motherlands (and mothercities eh) all my life I’ve been in Chennai! (now for those of u who think ill be one wrinkled,parched, wasted soul cos of the lack of water and extra heat sorry to disappoint J much more to Chennai than that)…so imagine finally moving away – and that too to Mumbai of all cities…cant wait!...and to all of u there…if theres anyone who can claim to be absolute lazy, with no proper sense of time, cant do without their 40 winks(hmmm say every 8 hrs ;)…) then I tell u this…lets not be roomies…cos then am sure well need more than alarm clocks to wake up…and the load at sp lets not talk about it :)..
I’ve always heard ppl at sp always are amazing not only in terms of their profile but also cos they are good in a lot of varied spheres.. peer groups and interactions within this super set are therefore automatically an awesome experience… see the profiles below, we already have salsa dancers, basketball players, poets dreamers J, management trainees…and so many more to come with more posts… thinking how cool it’ll be to hang around with such a motley mix of ppl for the next 2 years…guys and girls cheers to all…am sure well have a grt time ahead…c u all soon!
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