Nachiket Profile

Nachiket Burade has appeared for the NMAT exam and secured 97%. He is currently studying MBA at NMIMS Mumbai. He has completed his graduation from Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology (RAIT). Nachiket has 2.7 years of experience at Atos Syntel. 

Nachiket Burade Profile

  • Current institute: NMIMS Mumbai
  • Graduation College: RAIT
  • NMAT score: 97 percentile
  • 10th Percentage / GPA: 85.38%
  • 12th Percentage / GPA: 80.33%
  • Graduation Percentage/GPA: 67%
  • Work Experience: Atos Syntel, 2.7 years, Module Lead of IT Operations (led a team of 4), Queue manager, BA

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Admission Experience

Did you avail of the benefit of any reservation?

Nachiket Burade: “General (No reservation)”

Describe the general setting of WAT / GD (if any)?

Nachiket Burade: “2-3 moderators, Case discussion between a group of 10.

Everyone got a chance to speak at least once. 10 minutes was the total time allocated to reach a conclusion. However, we didn't reach it! Lots of disagreements. Still, I won't call it a harsh fish market kind of scenario.

Pro Tip:

1. Don’t start off the GD if you are not certain that no one in the group can outshine/challenge you with the second opening. Be very diplomatic in opening lines.”

What was the WAT / GD Topic?

Nachiket Burade: "It was a business case discussion. HBS case study.”

What were your answer/points put forward for the WAT or GD respectively? 

Nachiket Burade: “We didn't reach consensus on the business case solution. At the end, we ended up giving per person conclusions of what were individual takeaways.”

Describe the general setting of your personal Interview.

Nachiket Burade: “Panel of two or three, Faculty and industry experts, offline interview, went for 20 minutes, one was a stress interview, the second one was a normal one.

I had lots of hobbies, achievements and stories from work experience to speak for. I think beyond academics I only could crack it due to work ex and extracurriculars.”

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Mention at least 5 interview questions that were asked to you and your responses to each of them. 

Nachiket Burade: “1. Why MBA

1. Gave a background on how my work experience relates and how an could MBA prove to be an extension than a differentiation.

2. One incidence as Module Lead which was interesting and showcased leadership.

2. Had an incident to share. A low performing team member caused a lot of client, onsite, and management escalations. This was about to result in terminating that team member. Later we managed to save face to the client as well as avoid employee termination.

3. Hobbies. Asked about my acting experience. Asked questions like being a child actor, isn't it more like child labour.

3. Gave a brief on the serial I have acted in as a child actor, my experience and how it shaped my personality. That basically answered the child labour question. Also provided a brief of why I chose not to pursue that as a career.

4. Questions about work experience, awards, etc.

4. Specific answers to my personal work ex at Atos

5. General questions about my other hobbies. Wildlife photography, scuba diving, etc

5. Gave brief of my photography trips, treks, etc. Shared experiences.”

Mention 3 reasons why you chose this college over other colleges which you converted (OR if you did not join this college after converting it, mention 3 reasons for not joining it).

Nachiket Burade: “Aim was to get into top 15 colleges. If not keep going at my career at Syntel (almost filed mu VISA. Joined in because this was converted in time and i did not want to waste years due to family background.”

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What was the reason for you not converting to other colleges?

Nachiket Burade: “Not much. I was sick on CAT exam day. Somehow managed to do decent on two papers and screwed up one.”

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