Why Management?
Goal of my life is to achieve the best in the field I choose for myself.
- After 10th class the best option in front of me was to get into science stream and appear for IIT. I prepared hard and got Civil Engg. at Roorkee.
- During my stay at Roorkee, I was not just involved in my studies but in various other activities also. That’s why not only I got best technical education but also many other skills through various experiences in institute. Like:
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Coordinator
technical committee, Cognizance’03
Active participation in AMPRECOM
2002
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Institutes
first e- magazine www.thomso.net
Organized
first online Civil Engg. Quiz during cognizance’03
Incunebula, the entrepreneurship
cell. Entirely new concept of encouraging new ideas.
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Group leader of
class for 2 survey camps as a part of curriculum
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Application of ANN, entirely new
concept in conventional fields of Hydraulics and transportation
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2 technical paper
presented in International level Technical Festival at IIT Madras
and IIT Roorkee
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Summer project in
entirely new field and achieved goal well before time.
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One year term at NCC
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Active Member of HEC
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And obviously problem solving skills and tackling different situations through various experiences during graduation.
Ultimately
I realized that I can utilize what Roorkee has given me well in the
field of management
- Moreover from the inputs of my seniors and the trend in today’s corporate world, I realized that merely having excellence in technical education is not sufficient to achieve the best. I may be at the top at some point of time but it will take much time and far more efforts.
- So with management, I want to get a tool with which I can take better decisions and can climb up the hierarchy in shorter duration and in a much better way.
- Probably I don’t want to join an organization, gain experience from my failures and then get success.
- The combination of technical knowledge and managerial skills will only be helping me towards getting my goal- to achieve the best.
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Something about myself
- Myself Aishwarya Pratap Singh. I am Doing B. Tech. in Civil Engg. from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
- I belong to a middle class family of Jaipur. My father is a Government Employee and my mother is a housewife. All my 4 sisters and one brother are in govt. service.
- My family values drive me towards one goal only- to be the best in the field I choose for myself And that’s the source of motivation for me. I want to serve them for all that they have done for me.
- Well as far as Aishwarya is concerned, my name basically means prosperity but if I have to explain myself in a word I would rather choose- Determinant.
- My strength lies in – Determination, keen learning ability, ability to take initiatives and sincerity.
- When I set a goal for myself, I commit myself to get that goal only- nothing less than that no matter how hard I have to work for it but I can’t take rest unless I get it.
- I aimed for IIT at the starting of 11th class, worked hard for it and finally got one of the best institutes of India.
- I started preparing for CAT and got call from best institutes like yours.
- I am a keen learner and I try to extract motivation from every single aspect of life. It was my stay at Roorkee and activities in which I was involved that made me realize that management is the best future option for me.
- I have the ability to take initiatives. I was the very first student in enrollment list of institute and hence most of the times it was me who had to initiate any event. In due course of time I developed the habit of initiating everywhere- be as a leader of group during survey camp at Haridwar or applying an entirely new concept of ANN in the field of Civil Engg.
- Apart from it I always try to remain sincere and faithful towards the target I have been given to complete.
- But then there are something which I don’t like about myself-
- When I take a job, I forget everything around and get too much focused on that job only, hardly thinking about anything else in this world. And that cost me many times. But after the last sem when I got 5.43 just because I was more concerned about CAT, I am changing myself. In this sem I have ensured that I also do work hard for my acads apart from appearing in interviews.
- I am excessively emotional. Personal relations do matters for me a lot. But I have drawn a clear line between my personal life and professional life and ensured that they don’t affect each other in any way.
- I am imperfect. I try to take the best out of me but still I think that the work could have been done in a much better way.
- In spite of all this, I know that I have a tool with which I can turn everything around- determination.
- Apart from studies, I have interest in philately. In my leisure time I collect stamps and information about them. I also got first prize in philately quiz during my graduation time.
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Describe a situation when u had to compromise with your morals
- During Cognizance’03, the technical festival of IIT Roorkee, I was organizing online Civil Engineering quiz for my department.
- As Roorkee is quite a small city, getting sponsorship for the event is very difficult.
- I tried everywhere but I couldn’t convince anyone to sponsor my event.
- One day when I was talking to my uncle about it, he offered me to sponsor the event if I place an ad of Cigarette Company of which he was the dealer.
- I denied the offer and searched for other options but when it became almost impossible for me to arrange funds; I had to accept the offer.
- I think it was a sort of compromise on my part as I am strongly against cigarette smoking and also it is banned in our institute.
- Cigarette smoking can never be beneficial and promoting it would have been the last thing I wanted to do but I had to.
My goal in life
To
achieve the best in the field I choose for myself.
Short Term goal:
I
want to get excellence in the field of management thru education from
institute and then join an organization which can not only give me
enough opportunities to grow but also job satisfaction.
Long Term goal:
Through
performance oriented growth, I want to climb up in hierarchy in the
organization and achieve a key position where I can contribute
effectively towards its growth through my decisions which are
effectively based on the experience of past years as well as my
management education.
- Career goals
“The
goal of my life is to be the best in the field I choose for myself.
That’s
why I opted for getting into IIT and get excellence in the technical
field. But I am also aware that there is a ceiling attached to a
technical person and he cant rise after a certain level up in the
hierarchy. One needs to have the knowledge of management and ability
to take decisions thinking beyond the obvious technical
complications.
So
with specialization in management, I want to get a tool such that I
can take flexible decisions in a broader perspective. I will try to
utilize the real time experiences and study of management.
And
then join an organization which prefers performance oriented growth.
Climbing up the ladder like this, I want to hold a position where I
get the freedom of utilizing my skills towards its development and
get the satisfaction of getting my goal.”
The
goal of my life is to be the best in the field I choose for myself.
That’s
why I opted for getting into IIT and get excellence in the technical
field. But I was also aware that to reach the top, one needs to have
the knowledge of management and ability to take decisions thinking
beyond the obvious technical complications.
So
with management education, I want to get a tool for taking flexible
decisions in a broader perspective. And then join an organization
which prefers performance oriented growth. Ultimately, I want to hold
a position where I get the freedom of taking my decisions towards its
development and satisfaction of getting my goal.
IIM Ahmedabad interview form questions
Briefly describe an incident in which you faced a problem, explaining it's nature it's importance to you and the manner in which you dealt with it.
During
my 2nd year summer vacations, I took up a project along
with my friend. It dealt with application of artificial neural
network in pollutant flow. We had to develop a model in programming
platform MATLAB using ANN. Basically; we wanted to explore the
possibilities of software application in Civil Engg.
The
concept was relatively new and unexplored for research scholars and
faculty of our department. So we didn’t get much help from them
regarding practical application. There was no interface available to
convert C++ to MATLAB. Moreover, our project guide was busy preparing
for an international seminar. So we were left demanding his
attention.
Things
got further complicated when my partner met with an accident midway
through the project. Now, not only I had to work single handedly for
the project but I also had to take care of him.
But,
I didn’t give up and kept on working on different options. I
e-mailed a number of persons related to ANN around the world,
explored online help for it, asked my seniors for help. Meanwhile, I
also kept on exploring MATLAB on my own.
With
my hard work of 15 days, things started to change positively. I
mastered MATLAB through inbuilt help and decoded a similar module.
Also with proper care, my friend recovered and started working for
the project.
We
took 7 more days to form the model which was at least 3 times more
accurate than the existing models. The model was well accepted and
appreciated during presentations at IIT Roorkee and IIT Madras.
The
project was not compulsory for us to be done. But it was my keep
interest in the subject and determination to complete the work taken
that motivated me to take the best out of me.
Strength and weaknesses that you experienced during your academic career.
My
strength lies in determination. If I dream of something, I can work
hard up to any level to get that goal and nothing below it satisfies
me. I am keen learner and I try to extract motivation from each and
every aspect of life. Also I am good at initiating the work.
Sincerity and faithfulness towards the job is my biggest priority.
My
biggest weakness is that when I aim for anything, I work for it only
and forget everything around. Also, I am a bit emotional and personal
relations do matters for me a lot. But I have ensured that they never
affect my professional life. And in the end, I am imperfect. I can do
the work up to my maximum potential but still thinks that it could
have been done in a much better way.
Your interest, pursuits and accomplishments.
Life
at Roorkee created my interest in coordinating events and managing
things. I had active involvement in AMPRECOM and I was the
coordinator of technical committee during Cognizance. I was the group
leader for 2 survey camps at Haridwar as a part of our curriculum.
Recently we have launched entrepreneurship cell IncuNebula at IIT
Roorkee for projecting it as an alternate career option.
- Why management?
I
always aimed to be the best in my field. That’s why I opted for
IIT. My stay at Roorkee gave me technical excellence and also problem
solving skills and overall personality development.
With
management degree, I will be at helm of affairs right from the
beginning of my career. Also management will bring rationality in my
decisions and I will be able to rise to the top of hierarchy.
Alternate career option
I
developed inclination towards programming while working on my project
of software application in Civil Engg. This makes me comfortable with
a career in software Engg. Probably this option will have a larger
gestation period but I will be able to perform well.
