Welcome to another episode of ‘Crack The MBA’ show. Our guest today is Swaraj Dharia who is a first-year student at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Prior to Sloan, Swaraj worked as a management consultant focused on technology strategy and then moved onto carbon market negotiations for the Government of India. He was the youngest negotiator for the Indian govt. at UN’s Climate Change Conferences COP26 and COP27 before moving into an early-stage climate VC role at Peak Ventures in Bombay....

Welcome to another episode of ‘Crack The MBA’ show. Our guest today is Swaraj Dharia who is a first-year student at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Prior to Sloan, Swaraj worked as a management consultant focused on technology strategy and then moved onto carbon market negotiations for the Government of India. He was the youngest negotiator for the Indian govt. at UN’s Climate Change Conferences COP26 and COP27 before moving into an early-stage climate VC role at Peak Ventures in Bombay....

Welcome to another episode of ‘Crack The MBA’ show. Our guest today is Giriraj Heda who is a first-year student at University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. Giriraj holds a BTech degree in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Karnataka, where he was team captain for the Racing team. Post college, Giriraj worked as an operations engineer at ExxonMobil, where he led and supported oil and gas exploration projects off the coast of Cyprus, Guyana, and Russia. At Darden, Giriraj has been...

Welcome to the ‘Crack The MBA’ show. My name is Nupur Gupta, and I am your host. Our guest today is Suyog Karnawat who graduated with an MBA degree from Wharton in 2019. Suyog holds a BTech degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from College of Engineering Pune. Post college, Suyog worked with Credit Suisse as a Software Engineer, and as Product Manager in Pune and London. During this time, Suyog also pursued and received a CFA charter. At Wharton, Suyog was a writer with Wharton...

Welcome to another episode of ‘Crack The MBA’ show. Our guest today is Keerthana Wuppulur who is a first-year student at Harvard Business School. Keerthana completed dual bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras. Joining ITC, she became a member of a start-up like founding team where she setup a first-of-its-kind greenfield US FDA approved plant to cater to nicotine derivatives in smokefree product category. Thereafter, Keerthana joined Unilever, becoming the...

Welcome to another episode of ‘Crack The MBA’ show. Our guest today is Aishik Dhar. Aishik graduated from BITS Pilani with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. Thereafter, he worked as a Software Developer at Amazon in their Payments division and then as a Product Manager at Goodera, enabling volunteering opportunities for people worldwide. Aishik was a recipient of the Orange scholarship at INSEAD and graduated with an MBA degree from INSEAD in 2022. Aishik is currently working as...

Welcome to another episode of ‘Crack The MBA’ show. Our guest today is Aanchal Gupta. Aanchal is a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group in their New York office. Aanchal recently graduated with an MBA from Ross School of Business, where she was awarded the prestigious dean’s fellow merit-based full tuition scholarship. Aanchal originally hails from India and, prior to pursuing her MBA, worked for four years at Fidelity Investments as a data scientist. During her time at Fidelity, Aanchal...

Welcome to another episode of ‘Crack The MBA Show’. Our guest today is Vivek Varma who is a second-year student at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Vivek graduated from UPES with a B.Tech. in Applied Petroleum Engineering. Thereafter, he worked at the intersection of energy, finance, and technology at Royal Dutch Shell as a data engineer and senior business analyst for almost 5 years. At Ross, Vivek is President of Indian Subcontinent Business Association, International...

Welcome to another episode of ‘Crack The MBA’ show. Our guest today is Shivani Taskar who recently completed her first-year at Kellogg School of Management. Shivani completed her Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from BITS Pilani, where she helped end night curfews for women. Thereafter, she worked with Deutsche Bank, working on an intrapreneurial initiative with the CEO’s office, and with Urban Company, pioneering digital transformation by introducing remote consultations in response to...

Welcome to another episode of ‘Crack The MBA’ show. Our guest today is Nikita Gupta who recently completed her first-year at Yale School of Management. Nikita was born and raised in Delhi; she completed her B.A. in Psychology from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University where she was the class topper. Thereafter, she worked with Invest India, supporting the Startup India program and building bilateral startup engagement with Portugal, France, UK and Australia, helping Indian startups expand...

Welcome to today's episode of Crack The MBA Show. We have a different format today with multiple guests. Today’s topic is ‘Standardized Tests in MBA Admissions’. To speak about this we have three guests who represent different spectrums. Eric Chambers from GMAC, Jay Bryant from ETS, and Travis Morgan who doubles up as a test prep guru and MBA consultant. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:13 Why GMAT or EA 00:08:47 Why GRE 00:12:20 Choosing between GMAT and GRE 00:24:01 Do Schools Prefer the GMAT...

Welcome to today’s episode of the ‘Crack The MBA’ show. Our guest today is Anupama Kamath who is a first-year student at Harvard Business School. Anupama completed her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from NIT Warangal where she was awarded a gold medal and full tuition scholarship in two semesters. Anupama co-founded her college’s first radio club, organizing 100+ episodes. Pre-MBA, Anupama worked for close to five years at ITC in Projects, Operations and Marketing, and a year...

Welcome to today’s episode of the ‘Crack The MBA’ show. Our guest today is Abhi Arora who is a second-year student at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Abhi holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Shri Ram College of Commerce, where she was part of The Dramatics Society, Students’ Union and SRCC Business Conclave. Pre-MBA, Abhi worked for two years at Kearney, three years at IFC, before helping start ‘Proactive For Her’ – a women’s health startup. At Stanford, Abhi is the co-president of...

Welcome to ‘Crack The MBA’ show. Our guest today is Aditya Marathe who graduated from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management in 2018. Aditya is currently working as Director, HIV Analytics at Gilead Sciences. He has global pharma experiences, including stints at Amgen, Dr. Reddy’s and Novartis. Aditya completed his B. Tech. in Electronic Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. At UCLA, Aditya was a merit fellowship recipient, president of strategy and operations management association, and a healthcare...

Welcome to today's episode of the ‘Crack The MBA Show’ with Gourav Soni, who graduated from the full-time MBA program at Columbia Business School (CBS) in 2016. Gourav holds a Bachelor of Business Studies from the College of Business Studies, Delhi University and a certification from the Gemological Institute of America or GIA. Prior to pursuing the MBA, Gourav was a founder in the credit card loyalty and rewards space. Thereafter, he worked in his family’s jewelry business – 64Facets, taking...

Welcome to today's episode of the ‘Crack The MBA Show’ with Vishesh Jhol, who graduated from the full-time MBA program at Indian School of Business (ISB) in 2018. 00:01:24  Introduction 00:02:38 Why MBA? 00:06:17  Post-MBA Goals 00:08:42  MBA Application Process and Timeline 00:12:43 Why ISB? 00:14:40  Essay Anecdotes 00:16:27  GMAT Journey 00:19:50  School Research 00:21:32  Career Goals 00:23:55  Grade Non-Disclosure Movement 00:26:17  Obstacles Vishesh...

Welcome to today's episode of the ‘Crack The MBA Show’ with Giri Kesavan, who graduated from the full-time MBA program at London Business School in 2021. Giri completed his undergraduate degree in Electronic Engineering from Imperial College London, where he secured first class honours. Prior to pursuing his MBA, Giri spent five years in product management and analysis at Deutsche Bank in London. At LBS, Giri was co-president of the tech and media club, an academic rep, and he also drove the...

Welcome to today's episode of the ‘Crack The MBA Show’ with Ishani Mukherji, who is a member of the full-time MBA class of 2023 at The Tuck School of Business. Ishani completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in 2015 from Delhi University. Prior to starting at Tuck, Ishani worked with Etsy for two years and PwC for almost three years. Ishani had a GMAT score of 710. For her summer internship, Ishani interned with frog as an innovation strategy intern in New York City. At Tuck, Ishani is involved...

Welcome to today's episode of the ‘Crack The MBA Show’ with Shuchi Maheshwari, who is a member of the full-time MBA class of 2023 at The Wharton School. Shuchi completed her B. Tech. degree in 2017 from IIT Delhi. Prior to starting at Wharton, Shuchi worked with Bain & Company for three years and WhiteHat Jr. for almost one year. Shuchi had a GMAT score of 760. For her summer internship, Shuchi interned with Adobe’s retention strategy team in San Francisco. At Wharton, Shuchi is the...

Welcome to today's episode of the ‘Crack The MBA Show’ with Garima Sharma who is a graduate of Kellogg School of Management. Garima completed her B. Tech. degree in 2014 from NIT Warangal and worked with ITC for two years and LetsTransport for another two years. Garima got through Kellogg with $80,000 in scholarship and a GMAT score of 730. For her summer internship, Garima interned with Quona Capital, a VC fund in Bangalore. Prior to the MBA, Garima also pursued a pre-MBA internship in VC at...

Welcome to today's episode of the ‘Crack The MBA Show’ with Pallavi Kaul who is a graduate of Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, popularly known as CBS. Pallavi completed her Bachelor of Business Studies degree in 2014 and worked with Kearney for close to four years immediately thereafter. Post Kearney, Pallavi worked with FSG in social impact consulting for a little over three years. Pallavi got through INSEAD with a ~30% scholarship and a GRE score of 328. For her summer...

Welcome to today's episode of the ‘Crack The MBA Show’ with Shiv Ganesh who is a graduate of the Booth School’s full-time MBA class of 2020. Shiv completed his B.E. in Electronics and Communications Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy and M. Eng. In System Science and Machine Learning from Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Shiv had a GMAT of 780. Prior to Booth, Shiv worked at Deloitte Consulting, Amazon, Xerox and OYO. For his summer internship at Booth, Shiv worked with BCG...

Welcome to today's episode of the Crack The MBA Show with Karan Bains who is a graduate of Columbia Business School's full-time MBA class of 2020. Currently, Karan is working on Wall Street at Morgan Stanley as an Investment Banking Associate in the Financial Institutions Group. Through our conversation, we discussed Karan's experience at CBS, MBA admissions strategies, recruiting for investment banking, and more: 00:00  Introduction 02:17 Why MBA 03:51 MBA Admissions Journey: Success...

Welcome to today's episode of the Crack The MBA Show with Navneet Banka who is a graduate of Cornell Johnson's full-time MBA class of 2022. Currently, Navneet is working at McKinsey in the M&A division in New York City. We discussed Navneet's experience at Cornell, MBA admissions strategies, recruiting for consulting and finance.  Through this conversation, we discuss the following: 00:00 Introduction 03:18 Why Cornell Johnson 04:38 MBA Admissions Process; Advice for Prospective...