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Thursday, May 14, 2009

The name is...

When i was born on Friday the 13th.. i knew smthing was wrong... but this much.. I DINT KNOW.. life after that has taken me to various places... I was 5 when my parents moved from Rajasthan to Delhi..poor me couldnt refuse...but then Delhi became 'Dilli meri Jaan'..schooling was lotsa fun and yeah smwht studies too...picked up couple of sports..but  played Table Tennis at school and zonal levels..( i still dunno y i picked it in the first place).. oh yeah Profile Time 

NAME : Arpit Mundra
SCHOOL :  Modern School , BK Road
Xth : 87 % (okayish)
XIIth : 75% (will never forgive myself for this ;)

Like all of them ( i mean ALL of them).. tried my  luck with Engineering...and tht took me to the City of Nizams, pearls and Hussain Sagar : Hyderabad..another reason to leave Delhi was to explore..myself and the world...smwht suceeded..cuz college gave me ample opporunities..made excellent frendz..roamed hyd like nething...did well academically..super active in co-curricularz.. was one of the first students to get placed..and yes 'Profile Time'

COLLEGE : ICFAI Institute of Science and Technology (2004-08)
STREAM : Electronics and Communication (cant stop laughing as I write this...)
CGPA :  Wait for it..... 8.6 (phew !! scholarship holder throughout )
CO- CURRICULAR : Member , Student Activity Council
      Sports Secy of the college
                                      Convener , Dept of Sponsorship and Marketing
                                      C0-ordinator (College Sports and Cultural Fest)
                                      Table Tennis still continues..

3 1/2 yrs in Hyd were total fun..but then one has to move on..and so did I.. my 8th sem Internship( in the same company i got placed i.e. MindTree) took me to the City of Gardens, petrol 'bunks' and 'Nth Cross Mth Main'..yes uve guessed it Right .. Namma Bengaluru...first stint with the 'corrporate' world was not tht bad..underwent training on AVA , J2EE concepts (interesting)..but 3 months down and I knew this was not for me...suceessfully completed the training and was in the first batch to be called for joining..but tht was in Oct (yeah..the Recesison thingie)..meanwhile Toyota happened..was interviewed for the position of Management Trainee..and made it..location ?? BANGALORE (yeps..true story)...meanwhile I was preparing for CAT etc, cuz u know 'MBA toh karna hi hai '.. + every1 told me.. u are made for it..so ..yes uve guesssed it rright .. Profile Time :

CAT %ile : 96.89 (if only DI .... )
XAT %ile : 99.58 (perhaps the 'best' day of my life)
WORK Ex :  8 months
                    Management Trainee , Dealer Development Division
                    Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd.
ROLE      : Quantitative and Qualitative Enhancement of Dealer Partners (Strategy Role)


got calls fm various insititutes.. was serious abt 2 of em' ..XLRI and SP JAIN(profile based call)...XLRI dint happen (damn them)..and just when I was about to prepare for CAT 2009..YESSS !!! SPJIMR Happened (Marketing Call) !! and that would take me to next Destination : City of Dreams...MUMBAI...

and about the personal me...well an hardcore extrovert..perhaps the best sense of humour in the world...totally into movies..american sitcoms (read FRIENDS, HIMYM , HEROES , BIG BANG THEORY , SCRUBS etc etc etc)...reading.. first time will do in SP...bike rides.. hanging out with frendz..and yeah lotsa talking ..

So thts abt me...rest u'll get to know within 2 days of joinin..

Looking forward for whtz gonna be 2 glorious yrs with amazing ppl :D ..

Cheers !!

8 comments:

Kaycee said...

u shud be a script writer! good narration i shud say! milke dramas k scripts likhenge dost!

chinz said...

Entertainment is where I belong and entertainment is where I will be !! and drama scripts !! neva done tht but yeah .. M GAME !! what the heck !

sindhuu govindarajan said...

Ah here's someone who claims to have a good sense of humour:) I wanna meet you!!

chinz said...

did i hear 'good'.. i tght i wrote the BEST..and abt meeting... i hope u dont have much option thr !!

sindhuu govindarajan said...

haha.. yeah i don wanna have an option esp if its concerned with "great" humour..

SAROJ said...

dude table tennis i m in....hope to find a t.t board in the hostel

Rajesh said...

What a grand opening?....:-)Good narration & intro to teh cities...

mad said...

Great flow..
Liked the "poor me couldnt refuse" part.
The blog seems to be a reflection of your self, the whole blog seemed energetic..it would be great knowing you..Nth Cross Mth main :D

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