What are your career aspirations ? How will your education help you achieve them ?

What are your career aspirations ? How will your education at XXXXXXX help you achieve them ?

My career aspirations are to be the best in whatever I do.

It’s been my dream to study at XXXXXXX. If there’s one name which has inspired me the most in the last 6 years, it’s simply the name XXXXXXX. I have known quite of few of and batch mates my seniors to completed their Bachelor’s degree from our university and then gone on to pursue their higher studies in various disciplines in universities across the world. Most of them have done their Masters in Science from universities in the US but till date I haven’t heard of any one going to XXXXXXX.

I have been reading a lot on the XXXXXXX website about the university and its traditions. I have been following the discussions about XXXXXXX . Also about the courses, the students and all that XXXXXXX has to offer.

I feel at XXXXXXX, there’s tremendous scope for learning for me in terms of professional discipline as well as in terms of personal growth.

I have been working in the telecom services industry since July 2004. As part of my role of being an Engineer with the Professional Services team at Avaya GlobalConnect Ltd, I handle client requirements involving complex business designs and related technical complications. Contrary to my earlier role of merely implementing a solution, I have now started thinking from the client’s side. Since, I spent most of my work time at the client site, I tend to become a medium of interaction for noting their requirements and putting the necessary technical solutions into place such that their requirements are met and business targets are achieved. The entire purpose of deploying a new solution is based on the Return On Investment (ROI) principle where the customer is prepared to invest to optimize his available means and get maximum profit at a consistent if not growing rate.

At times this outlook of mine towards work has drawn flak from some of my superiors as it involvess getting myself involved in such lengthy discussions and negotiations with the client teams and getting to know their business strategy, their target audience and the expected returns. At the same time, the head of my department , has constantly encouraged me in the way I think and handle clients since this allows me to learn the entire paradigm of the client – vendor relationship. I have got to learn project management which cumulatively involves time and people management. It requires boldness at times along with leadership skills and willingness to work in a team. The priority is always the customer and their targets and not any individual goals. All these are helping me position myself as a consultant to such businesses since I have had a chance to get my hands “ dirty” by sitting with the operations teams on the floor and the technical teams which give me “ bit by bit “ account of the small and big successes and failures on a daily basis.

Now, I want to know how business is done the way it is done. I like asking questions and getting to know more about the way the entire business cycle is planned and executed. This helps me serve my clients better as I know what they expect from me. Avaya GlobalConnect Ltd, my employer pitches itself to be a customer responsive organization committed to the getting the best end to end solutions. In a lot many ways, I do what my organization wants me to do.

I feel XXXXXXX can offer me more such opportunities in understanding business rules and logic. I would be getting to interact with the best in the world, in terms of people, thoughts and ideas. In such a amazing confluence of multiple cultures and related fields, the level of learning and enrichment which I would be getting is unparalleled else where in the world.

I believe, no matter how big or small, any task or activity undertaken by an individual should be done whole heartedly. XXXXXXX not only encourages such thinking but makes us feel confident of the task undertaken such that it’s a success in which ever way possible. Perhaps this is why XXXXXXX produces a huge number of entrepreneurs each year. And it’s their way of showing gratitude when they offer to help the university in continuing and maintaining the rich tradition they have learnt and been through.

I hope my dream of being a part of XXXXXXX as a student would be realized.