EDUCATION / MBA SPECIAL......... The Winning Resume

The Winning Resume  Eye-popping statements of purpose and unusual motivations for acquiring a management degree are working in favour of aspiring B-school students, besides improving the diversity quotient at the institutes. Profiles of four such students across the country’s premier management institutes INDHU R | 28 DOCTOR THE CLINCHER: EXPERIENCE AS A MOTHER In her statement of purpose for IIM Lucknow, Indhu R mentioned that her work profile included three years as a homemaker and two years as mother. She didn't think twice before submitting the birth certificate of her two-year-old son as her career achievement certifi cate. Indhu’s interview at IIM Lucknow revolved mostly around motherhood. She is now part of the institute's class of 2015. TEJESVI VEEREPALLI | 25 TENNIS COACH THE CLINCHER: TRAINING NATIONAL CHAMPS The chief coach at Vijaya Madhavi Tennis Academy, Secunderabad, is now at ISB. Veerepalli has trained three junior Grand Slam participants of 2013 and national champions for three years. SHARTHOK CHAKRABORTY | 24 MUSICIAN     THE CLINCHER: MANAGING     SENIOR MUSICIANS’ CAREERS Sharthok Chakraborty was confi dent that his experience with managing careers of veteran musicians could help him sail through the interview for a career in management at XLRI, as well as defl ect from questions on his engineering degree. Chakraborty, himself a bass guitarist, ran a start-up called Ten Mint Entertainment, which managed concerts and promotions for jazz musicians in Kolkata. His confidence was well-placed. One of the interview panelists was a Carnatic music enthusiast and for Chakraborty, an expected grilling session turned into a conversation on music. If, at the age of 21 he could manage senior musicians' careers, then people management was his forte, he said. That sealed it for him. ANURAG TANEJA | 26 PHYSIOTHERAPIST THE CLINCHER: GLOBAL EXPERIENCE, SPORTS THERAPY Anurag Taneja, who is at ISB, connected his training as a physiotherapist to general management. Taneja’s essay on why his application should be considered read: “The skill of emotionally detaching oneself while critically analysing the patient’s symptoms and history can prove to be very beneficial as I seek a career in management.” Taneja has eight years of experience in healthcare systems in India and the US. “I made it a point to sell two aspects: fi rst, my background in sports physical therapy and second, my international experience. That, I believe, is what got me through,” says Taneja. He wants to be in a marketing or management role in a private organisation after a degree from the management institute.

Devina Sengupta and Sreeradha D Basu ET130924