Essay 1(a): An Unforgettable Experience

Success is the result of hard work, firm determination and dedication. For most people
in life they will always remember a good coach or teacher; a good coach/teacher can be
the difference for someone taking part in sport in later life.

I have decided to choose my success as a cricket coach for the state of Selangor
cricket team. It was back in 2008 where I was in-charge of the under 12 team.

The major reason for choosing this particular experience was the satisfaction that I have
gained when success came at the time we needed it. But the hard work and sacrifice
that I had put down was really worth it.


I believe it will be interesting to compare them as they were both successful in different,
one was successful as he produced good results for the team and the other was
successful in producing and help develop children into good players.

The role of the coach is a varied one. It involves being a teacher, a trainer, a motivator,
a manager and a friend. It also involves being disciplined (and knowing how to
discipline), being willing to listen and being willing to learn. In a purer sense it is the art
and science of sharing your accumulated knowledge with a player to improve their
performance. Coaching is not just about improving the physical performance of the
player. The changes in behaviour, mental and physical condition which coaching can
bring will carry over into everyday life. That's where the saying everyone remembers a
good teacher/coach comes from.

6 Roles of being a good coach:
Here are six of coach's most important roles they have to play within helping a young or
experienced athlete to improve. 1. Advisor - Advising athletes on the training to be
conducted and suitable kit and equipment. 2. Assessor - Assessing athlete's
performance in training and in competition. 3. Demonstrator - Demonstrate to the
athletes the skill you require them to perform. To achieve this it is important that you
also keep fit. 4. Mentor - When athletes attend training sessions you are responsible, to
their parents and family, for ensuring that they are safe and secure. You have to monitor
their health and safety whilst training and support them should they have any problems
or sustain any injuries. 5. Motivator - Maintain the motivation of all the athletes the
whole year round. 6. Supporter - Competition can a be very nerve racking experience
for some athletes and often they like you to be around to help support them through the
pressures. Role of a 'Friend' and perhaps 'Counsellor' come in here to. I have missed
one role out from this list; I believe the most important role of a coach is that of an
educator.




Man is destined to face challenges in life. Life is not a bed of roses. Obstacles and
difficulties are bound to come in the way. All desire for success. However, everybody
doesn't succeed in achieving his goals. Failures are a part of our lives. But one who
keeps on striving is crowned with success, eventually.
Success is the result of hard work, firm determination and dedication. Sometimes, the
attempt proves to be a failure. But failure is a natural phenomenon. It carries a treasure
of invaluable experience. Success and failure are two facets of the same coin.
Every failure is a stepping stone to success. Failure teaches us a lot. It reveals our
weakness that must be overcome. It informs us about the problem areas in our work. It
guides and inspires us to put in more effort. It reveals the weakness of our planning. It
gives us strength to act more decisively. We come to know about our limitations. It gives
us a guideline for future course of action. Failure, thus prepares a person to go for the
next endeavour with better chance of success.
A man who has not tasted failure doesn't know of success. He becomes too self
assured and easy going. Most great men achieved success only after a long battle with
failures. They learnt from their failures.
One who has met with failure needn't invest same amount of labor as invested in one's
maiden attempt. He is merely required to analyze the ways he has adopted. Success
without failure is seldom possible. Failure shouldn't stop us living life well. It is always
possible to live your best life despite the odds and hardship. No matter one has lost his
job, suffered a financial crises, faced a heart break-one should always believe that be
can live his life best despite all this. This optimistic attitude will give him the courage to
go ahead with life living well with all the hope and vigor. Living well is the revenge to the
failure.
Fortunes favors the brave. And the brave is one who gets ahead, overcomes his failures
and achieves his goal. We should keep our priorities before us, concentrate on them
fully, do the consistent efforts and then we will see that every thing is falling on its right
place.
The brave have the confidence to welcome challenges in life. Failures should not result
in pessimism. Pessimism acts as a stumbling block in one' way to success. The
pessimist sees difficulties in very opportunity. The optimist sees opportunities in every
difficulty. Failures, thus, act as a ray of hope. In cases of failures, one should not be
scared of the comments and criticism of the people.
The invention and discoveries are the result of hard work and sustained effort. All the
inventors and discoveries met with failures on the way, but they never left their work in
the midway. Life saving rugs are results of enormous efforts of such types.
Nothing great has ever been achieved without consistent effort in the face of seemingly
insurmountable difficulties. The freedom struggles of India is a classic example of the
heroic sacrifices made by the freedom fighters who neither cared for their lives, nor for
their families. To them what mattered was freedom of the country. Every set back
further strengthened their resolve. Ultimately the mighty British empire had to bow down
and the Britishers had to leave India bag and baggage. The same can be said of Nelson
Mandela who succeeded in freeing his nation despite facing a number of hurdles.
The youth of today is restless. They expect results immediately. Rome was not build in
a day. Success is bound to follow once we start running towards our objective. One
should not be depressed or dejected when one meets failure on the way.
Today, we can lead a comfortable life. We have numerous facilities and arrangements
at our disposal. All these were not available in the past. They were invented and
discovered. It was possible only through hard work and toil.
The Indian educational system need to be modified. The foundations of knowledge
should be made strong. The youth should get career guidance. They should be made
aware of the future challenges. They should be taught to accept each failure as a
challenge. Today psychiatrists, career counselors help the youth to overcome their
trauma.
Failure results when the preparation for a gold has not reached perfection. There is
something lacking which requires timely attention. One can't enjoy one's success to the
extreme unless one has tasted failure. Failure prepares the foundation for bigger things
in life. Failure are thus the pillars of success.







Kellogg Essay 1: Briefly assess your career progress to date. Elaborate on your future
career plans and your motivation for pursuing an MBA.

After graduating from IIT-Roorkee, I joined Company 1 as a software engineer. Three
weeks into the job, I presented an innovative idea of recording songs via mobile phones
to leverage FM Radio growth. Through my diligent efforts, we launched six mobile
models of the Guru Series, making Company 1 a pioneer in mobile phones supporting
FM recording and increasing Company 1s mobile market share by 2%. I also gained
international exposure working in South Korea for 15 months to launch many
commercially successful handsets.

After two years at Company 1, I joined Company 2 Networks to gain more leadership
exposure in a fast-growing start up. At the California headquarters, I created innovative
multimedia applications that led to $1.8 million revenue in 2008. After returning to India,
I spearheaded a team to create the worlds first live streaming solution over iPhone,
winning many clients including Yahoo! and NSN. Additionally, I led efforts to create a
demo portal that allowed sales team to demonstrate products to customers, online,
saving $150,000 annually in travel arrangements.
The pinnacle of my achievements is to broker an acquisition deal between OnMobile
and Company 2 when the latter was foreclosed. Being the sole senior executive of
Company 2 in India, I took leadership at that critical juncture and negotiated with various
companies to get Company 2 acquired. Finally, I settled a deal and helped Company 2
board to sell the company to OnMobile and hire key former Company 2 employees for
Company XYZ. Thereafter, I joined Company 3 Ltd. as Vice President and established
its first India office in Delhi, hired many talented employees and have been
spearheading all technological developments and expansion of this center for worldwide
customer base.
In 2008, I co-founded an NGO ABC NGO, with the objective to provide education to
rural and slum dwellers in India. In dealing with the challenges of getting teachers to
work in such impoverished places, realization dawned on me regarding the need for a
virtual university that will educate and train the mass through online portals.
Post MBA, I intend to expand the horizons of ABC NGO and gain a broader perspective
of virtual education industry by working in a management role at a related venture,
preferably in USA, a market already with many virtual education providers. In this role, I
will learn ways to deal with various challenges associated with the virtual education.
Leveraging my professional knowledge of real-time video and long distance
communications, I wish to expand these solutions so that motivated individuals can
educate rural and slum dwellers remotely.
My long-term goal is to create virtual universities that will receive educational content
from well recognized education centers and by employing scalable and economical
video conferencing, transmit student queries to virtual teachers. Multimedia applications
will make it possible for even a farmer in a remote village in India to discuss online the
best practices in farming with another farmer in Mexico with the help of language
translator technologies. In order to achieve such global changes, I must have in-depth
knowledge of accounting, marketing, finance and strategy.
Kellogg will definitely help me accomplish my goal by providing me with the tools such
as effective planning, execution, marketing, and strategy building. I am looking forward
to immensely benefit from courses such as Entrepreneurship & New Venture
Formation and Social Entrepreneurship in the Developing World, and subsequently
gain a major in Entrepreneurship & Innovation. To successfully manage global
organizations for sustainable social development, I would also major in Social
Enterprise at Kellogg (SEEK). A discussion with Professor Jamie N. Jones about the
opportunities offered by The Levy Social Entrepreneurship Lab and the potential
introduction of the Kellogg Social Entrepreneurship Fellow Award has already
strengthened my belief that
an MBA from Kellogg would help me fulfill my goals.
Kellogg Essay 2: Describe your key leadership experiences and evaluate what
leadership areas you hope to develop through your MBA experiences.

I have had many opportunities to lead culturally, economically, and socially diverse
groups during my professional and non-profit experiences. Starting from a small town,
to working in metros in India, USA, South Korea, and Israel, I have witnessed and
assimilated the best of diverse professional and cultural experiences, which I hope to
bring in the rich discussions inside Kellogg.

At Company 1 India, I became the youngest team leader in the 2,000-person R&D
division. In September 2007, I successfully led a four member project in South Korea to
implement fast video telephony, making Company 1 the first company in the world to
support such an application in mobile phones. One of the primary challenges in this
project was to change peoples perceptions that a young person can successfully
manage a team. By showing respect to each team members viewpoint and asking for
ways to improve my leadership skills, I soon gained the trust of senior members in the
team. During initial team meetings, I acted as a facilitator with our Korean counterparts
by showing my team members how to communicate effectively with people from other
cultures. After the successful completion of this project, I represented Company 1 in
Israel
for an international telecommunication event showcasing fast video telephony. This
project was judged as the most innovative and commercially successful project at the
annual Company 1 award ceremony because of the wide appreciation it received from
customers such as Vodafone.

Since inception of ABC NGO, I have expanded the membership to 75, touching the lives
of 460 students. Leading by compassion, I always struck a chord with people from rural
and slum areas and they also look at ABC NGO to meet their educational needs.
Realizing the need of an education center in a slum of Delhi that had been ignored by
other NGOs, I created a team of volunteers and ventured into this slum, only to realize
that people in this area were much more concerned about making daily ends meet than
educational opportunities for their children. However, this did not change my aim of
establishing the center. For three months we operated the center with only two
students. Many called our efforts futile and advised us to leave. But, I stood my ground
and continued to inform parents about the benefits of education by organizing several
street plays with a common theme of how education changes peoples lives and ushers
positive change in the society. When I saw some volunteers getting impatient with this
long going battle with seemingly no end, I immediately switched them to our other
ongoing programs and replaced them with new volunteers to keep the energy level
high. Gradually more people started realizing the centers worth and our efforts. A year
has passed, and we now have 100 students and 20 volunteer teachers at this center.

To expand my NGO and to leapfrog virtual universities in future, I must sharpen my
ability to inspire team members. By taking a leadership role in Kelloggs Social Impact
Club, I will work with like-minded individuals. I always believe that to be a great leader,
one should also know how to be an effective team player. I would like to actively
participate in clubs such as the Education Industry Club and Habitat for Humanity to
further improve my team work and leadership abilities through real-life projects. In all my
professional leadership experiences it was always a challenge to make sure each
individual team member grew his skill set while also ensuring the overall projects
success. At Kellogg, I hope to learn better leadership strategies to make each of my
team members strong and motivated in order to achieve sustainable results and also to
be able to draw a better balance between being a demanding and a compassionate
leader.


Kellogg Essay 3: Assume you are evaluating your application from the
perspective of a student member of the Kellogg Admissions Committee. Why
would you and your peers select you for admission, and what impact would you
make as a member of the
Kellogg community?

After reviewing the application of Mr. applicant, I highly recommend him to Kelloggs
Class of 2013. His wide-ranging leadership experience in global IT industry, and
valuable exposure to community service, coupled with strong cross cultural
competence, and academic background, would allow him to be an outstanding asset to
the Kellogg community.

As an IIT graduate, Mr. applicant has already demonstrated his strong academic
competence that is much required to excel in Kelloggs rigorous MBA curriculum.
Additionally, he has been deeply involved in diverse extra-curricular activities such as
setting up a club to encourage running, playing badminton, creating web site for his
alma mater, and managing various organizations such as PARAMSHRAYA and ABC
NGO, clearly showing that he is a well-rounded business leader with a balanced focus
on out-of-the-classroom activities.
From working in diverse countries such as India, South Korea, Israel, and the US, Mr.
applicant has gained a distinct set of experience and a strong cross-cultural respect.
Within months of joining his first company, he exhibited great technical and creative
prowess in developing innovative mobile phone applications. He conceptualized the
idea of FM song recording via mobile phones and fast video telephony. His excellent
leadership talents were instrumental when he founded Company 2 research group in
India. Leading many successful projects, his pinnacle of accomplishment was perhaps
finding an acquirer for Company 2 after its sudden foreclosure. Having worked in
various roles in multiple companies, and having participated in the growths and
challenges of these companies, Mr. applicant could benefit his future Kellogg
classmates by sharing these experiences during
class discussions and group projects, especially during entrepreneurial case studies. He
has a lot to contribute in courses such as Power in Organizations: Sources, Strategies
and Skills and Leading the Strategic Change Process. By becoming Vice President of
a start-up with just four years of work experience and by successfully setting up an
office in India, Mr. applicant has clearly demonstrated his extraordinary talent and
potential as an exceptional business leader for tomorrow.
It is also evident from his application and resume that whenever Mr. applicant realizes
any need, he never hesitates to fulfill it. This is clearly apparent from his co-founding a
non-profit, ABC NGO, and a club to encourage running. The way Mr. applicant has
nurtured these organizations clearly demonstrates perseverance, a key leadership trait
in the globalized world. I have no doubt that he will do the same in Evanston, following
Kelloggs vision of creating world leaders who will contribute positively to their
communities.
His technical expertise and deep community involvement, especially with ABC NGO,
clearly blend well with his long term goal of creating virtual universities. In his essays,
Mr. applicant has highlighted the courses and majors he would like to complete at
Kellogg, very evidently showing his passion and talent for his post-MBA career. Mr.
applicant also has a clear vision of what he wants from his upcoming Kellogg
experience, and I welcome classmates who are pursuing different path opportunities
where they can make great impacts on the people and communities that influenced
them throughout their lives.
Mr. applicants involvement with Vivekananda Kendra adds another interesting
perspective to his application. At such a young age, he led a very successful guest
speaker series that included such luminaries as the Dalai Lama. Additionally his eight
years experience as a fundraising ambassador for IIT-Roorkees School for the Deaf
would position him well to perform leading roles in similar organizations at Kellogg such
as Business with a Heart and in the greater Evanston community.
Kellogg Essay 4: People may be surprised to learn that I..

run marathons and founded a club to encourage running. I believe that running is the
most economical and sustainable way to stay fit in todays fast-paced world.
For most people residing in my neighborhood, running has always been a personal
activity rather than a group one. However, I have always felt strongly that there is
nothing better than a group to get people motivated, so I decided to establish a club to
bring together like-minded people who have a passion for running and also to
encourage others to pursue running.
Despite poor enrollment in the first few months due to prevailing doubts in the mind of
the local residents on the necessity for such a club, its membership has increased to 55
people in the last one year. Initially, some of my neighbors were apprehensive.
However, I constantly reinforced the idea of group running and tried hard to spread this
idea by demonstrating its various benefits. I brought many successful runners to share
their story with people. Eventually people started realizing the benefits and appreciated
the clubs value. This club is now the most active club in my neighborhood.
The science of running is complex and varies from person to person. I have always
motivated the experienced runners in the club to share their knowledge and experience
of racing, training, and dieting with runners who share similar passions or who are
developing an interest for a particular type of race (e.g. sprint, half-marathon, and
marathon). In the last marathon in Delhi, more than half of the clubs members
participated and six of them finished toward the leaders. I also improved my own
performance, finishing 320th out of more than 50,000 participants; in my previous
attempt I was barely able to finish the race in time!
Inspired by this club, other runners have started more than 50 clubs in other localities. I
recently organized a 10 mile race for people in my neighborhood. Getting 300+ people
to participate in a running event on a Sunday evening during Indias cricket season is
one of my most notable personal achievements!
At Kellogg, I hope to meet and interact with classmates and faculty members while
running on the campus and in downtown Evanston. I look forward to actively lead the
various activities of Running Club in order to keep people fit and expand their network
by training people for the Chicago marathon!