Statement of Purpose for the position of ShARE P
Knowledge sharing and dissemination is one of the things I am most passionate about. So much so, that I had got admission to the doctoral programs at IIMB and IIMC and was planning to become a professor in the future. ShARE is one such platform and being the President here would provide me with an opportunity to enable the knowledge sharing process and to build ShARE brand at IIM Indore.
I believe that my reading habit, three years of work experience and the positions I have held in the past have endowed me with intellectual and managerial abilities necessary to manage an organization like ShARE well. I have led various student bodies in varying capacities in the past - General Secretary of NITK Students’ Union, Financial Coordinator of SPICMACAY Mangalore Chapter, and Convener of NITK 2009 Yearbook committee to name a few. I was also the only person in my batch to be elected to the NITK Students’ Union three years in a row, which is a testimony to my ability to elicit trust among my colleagues.
Having worked in the analytics consulting industry for three years, I am quite good at making structured presentations and quantitative analysis. The job also gave me some exposure to Pharma and Retail sectors. I was rated among the top analysts at both my previous companies (Mu Sigma, Tesco) and was also appreciated for conducting excel training workshops, mentoring new hires and handling client communication well. I also read a lot of books on a wide range of topics – business, biographies, philosophy etc. My intellectual rigor is also evident from my ShARE junior presentation itself – both in terms of the originality of the idea and the thoroughness of my research. (I researched more than 50 papers to prepare 10 slides). These skills and knowledge lend credence to my presidential candidature.
There is a lot of opportunity to enhance knowledge sharing within the IIM Indore network itself. Having a meeting once a fortnight, where senior members present their projects, would help the juniors get exposure to various topics and would also help them improve their own presentation skills. I have observed that there are knowledgeable members who can contribute to one’s project in other knowledge networks too. Hence, these meeting will provide a platform for the junior members to receive inputs and suggestions from others on their own project. As already planned by the current senior team, the ShARE portal itself can be an effective platform for sharing knowledge and will have to be used effectively. Other opportunities like guest talks through video conferencing, though farfetched, can be explored at a later stage.
I have a friendly relationship with each of the 14 members of the junior team which will make it a lot easier for me to collaborate and build ShARE IIM Indore. Given my passion for knowledge sharing and my managerial and people skills, I believe that I will be able to do a good job and achieve most of the things listed above, over and above the routine duties of a ShARE P.