Where do you see yourself three years after you graduate from the ISB? (300 words max)
Three years after graduating from the ISB, I see myself working as a management consultant, specializing in business strategy.
I began my professional career at BCG, where I got the opportunity to work on a variety of problem statements covering product range expansion, consumer profiling, R&D establishment, market entry and cost cutting. A year later I joined MAEIPL, a firm focused on electrical transmission and distribution. Here, I have primarily been responsible for ideating, developing and integrating systems into the company’s work practices so as to increase accuracy and efficiency across the different steps of a project- bidding for tenders, site surveys, material management, progress tracking and billing.
From BCG to MAEIPL, while the nature of clients changed, the nature of work remained essentially the same- understanding the intricacies of a business, identifying problem areas and KSFs, analyzing them and providing solutions. At MAEIPL, I have had the added privilege of seeing my ideas being implemented and bringing about tangible improvement. In both my jobs, I have been able to enjoy some basic tenets of the consulting industry- its multidimensional nature, the degree of ownership one gets, and the people-oriented work culture.
Of all the diverse projects I have been a part of, cases based on corporate strategy have interested me the most because of two reasons- the variety of issues they cover, and the impact they can have on an organization’s performance. At the ISB, I wish to utilize the academic courses and co-curricular platforms to develop a better understanding of business management, with special emphasis on short and long term corporate strategy. Immediately after graduation, I would like to join a management consulting firm. Three years forward, I