Candidate:

Mr. Policy Consultant

About Me:

I am from an Economics background with Masters’s and MPhil in Economics. Since then I worked on economic research, then into policy making at the Indian Govt’s think tank making policies on Industry and Innovation.

Schools:

Target School: Harvard

Considering: Stanford GSB, Chicago Booth, Columbia, Yale

See More Profiles For: Harvard

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi

Undergrad Major: Economics

GPA: 3.8 (Rank 3/120)

GMAT: 760

Age: 27, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian

Other Degree/Certification: MA Economics; MPhil in Economics

School Name: Delhi School of Economics

Extracurriculars: Op-Ed/Article Writing - Guest Columnist at Newspapers: Written 7 pieces. | Organizer, Research Scholar's Seminar group: Organized 30+ seminars to present research papers and ideas to the department.

Work History:

Title: Young Professional

Industry: Government / Military

Company: NITI Aayog (Premier Think Tank), Government of India

Length of Employment: 2 yrs, 6 mos

Big Life Wins:

– Nominated twice to directly work with the Prime Minister’s Office on developing National policies.
– My Op-Eds in National dailies have received over 1.6 Million in gross readership.

Post MBA Goal:

In the short term, I want to work at the intersection of Impact Investing and Policy-making at Inter-governmental bodies like IFC or ADB Ventures to identify high-impact ideas in the rural mobility space.

In the long run, want to start my own venture to improve the state of rural mobility in India.