This video contains a talk with Gayathri Gururajan regarding her experience at ITC Limited, preparation of MBA, her experience at the Wharton Business School, and finally some tips to get into Management Consulting.

Gayathri is a second year MBA student at The Wharton School. She is a Chartered Accountant by qualification and earned her BCom from Christ University in Bangalore.

She undertook her CA articleship at KPMG in Bangalore (BSR & Co. LLP) in the M&A tax and assurance departments. After qualifying, she joined ITC Limited through ICAI campus placements where she worked for around three years before pursuing her MBA. Outside of work, she enjoys singing, yoga, travel, and the great outdoors.

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01:34 - Could you brief us about your CA journey?
02:59 - How was your work profile and overall experience in ITC Ltd for 3 years?
04:35 - What value does an MBA add over a CA?
07:00 - What are the factors that you considered while deciding whether to pursue MBA from abroad or India?
08:49 - How has the pandemic impacted the dynamics of foreign MBA?
10:20 - What are some of the steps a person should do right now so that he would be able to get into Wharton after couple of years?
12:20 - Since you were offered from almost all the top B-Schools, what made you to stand apart from the rest of the crowd?
14:10 - How did you prepare for your GMAT exam?
15:38 - Since LORs are important part of MBA Application process, whom should we approach for the same? You could share your example.
17:34 - What is the average work experience required to get into Wharton?
19:43 - Whether it is mandatory to have 12 + 4 or even 12 + 3 would do?
20:33 - What makes Wharton different from other institutes in terms of academics as well as non-academics?
24:03 - What are your plans after MBA?
25:13 - What are some of the skills needed in order to get into the top management consulting firms?
27:15 - Any last message for all the viewers?

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