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

-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 …:-)