SPJIMR Class of 2011

The Curious Case of CD….Who???

Hey everyone!! Finally i'm here...before I start with my Ram Lila:)…I would like to say, I happened to go through quite a few posts and my reaction wouldn’t be very difficult to imagine. I was like GOOD GOD!! What profiles!! N a plethora of script writers arriving at SPJ:)…now I know why SP rocks n why it would continue to do so…Anyways getting back to what I’m here to do…

Born n brought up in Hyderabad. Dad is from Punjab n Mom is from U.P. but I’m a hyderabadi at heart, minus the telugu though, could never really get a hold of the language. Have done my tenth n twelfth from hyd and my engg. from VIT (I’m talking abt Vellore Inst. Of Tech., not the one in Pune…I’m sure our very own Classical Pratul will get this one:)). Took up biotechnology as my stream coz I honestly don’t know why? Something just told me that this is what I have to do, but then after four years I’m glad that I did and hopefully I’ll be doing something related to that. I graduated in 2008, got placed in CTS…kyunki IT industry mein toh job kisiko bhi mil jata hai…tried for jobs in the biotech industry, but wasn’t getting a good profile n guess what?? CTS deferred my joining date and by how much, I’m supposed to join them on 28th Dec, 2009…now that’s called HARD LUCK! So happened to try my hand at various MBA entrance exams and now thanks to SP, I go around telling people I never really wanted to work in the IT industry:).
- Co-Authored a technical paper published in the journal “Current Science”.
- Authored a technical paper published in VIT IEEE Magazine.
- Participated in quite a few plays during my Schooling.
- And have done a bit of Social Work.
10th – 83%
12th – 89.5%
Engg. - 8.77/10.
Call- Profile Based (Marketing).
CAT - 92.48; a real bad day!! :(
XAT – 98.13

My SP interview will definitely be one of those experiences that I’ll remember for a long time. Though I had an edge coz before my SP interview I had already managed to clear IIFT-D. So was pretty chilled out…but I did not want to get rejected in the very first round. First round wasn’t really great…I really doubted my chances. But then I got through and it felt like I made it in, even before the second round happened. Second round was the weirdest interview I have ever attended:)…had no clue as to what happened in there…but I knew that I made my mark…and so here I am.

About my interests…well I’m crazy about football...just love playing the game. I hope I manage to find quite a few guys who share my enthusiasm about the game and we happen to find time for a few games as well. Am a fan of the Panthera genus…particularly Panthera tigris.

Really looking forward to meeting you guys at SPJ. Hoping that we’ll have a great time there.

P.S.: CD- Chetan Dhawan:)