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Dear Sir/Madam,
Subject: Application for recruitment

I am thankful to you for giving me this opportunity to apply to your company for the recruitment process - year 2002. I have had the good fortune of studying and interacting with some of the brightest people in the country, from prestigious institutions like IIT Chennai (B.Tech in Chemical Engineering) and IIM Lucknow. This has played a significant part in the moulding of my personality and has also whetted my intellectual curiosity.
I believe that the capacity for and the disposition towards growth, intellectual and experiential, is the most important trait one can have. In this respect, I feel I have made the correct choices and I am now a confident individual ready to face the challenges ahead.
Over the period of two years in IIM Lucknow my innate sense of curiosity and creativity has aided me in developing sound business judgment and has given me tolerance for ambiguity.
It is with these qualifications that I approach you and I hope you will assist me in my endeavour to contribute positively towards your organisation.
Thanking you
Yours sincerely

Raveender D Naik
IIM Lucknow

Raveender D Naik
Room No. 716, Hostel 7, IIM Lucknow, Prabandh Nagar, Lucknow – 226013, India
Ph# : +91-0522 – 361891 to 361897 Extension: 707/307
E-mail: rana_iim@yahoo.com

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS___________________________________________

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (IIM) Lucknow, India
Post Graduate Diploma in Management- Systems and Marketing March 2002

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT) Chennai, India
Bachelor of Technology – Chemical Engineering May 2000

EXPERIENCE_______________________________________________________________

Organization : Escotel Mobile Communications Limited
Period : April 9th – June 9th, 2001
Functional Area : Marketing
Title : To find the acceptance level of Zingmail service and to find the reasons for non usage of SMS service

Brief Description: Zingmail is an Internet messaging service using which a voice email can be sent from a mobile phone to anyone, anywhere in the world, to his/her Internet Email account at the cost of a local call. It was necessary to study the customer perception/reaction towards the product before the launch so as to market the service in a better manner.

Learnings:
a) Systematically breaking an unstructured problem into smaller implementable modules.
b) Understanding the problem from several perspectives and coming out with a feasible solution.
c) Better understanding of the market factors and their influence.

Organization : ITC Paperboards Limited
Period : June 23rd – July 17th, 2000
Functional Area : Production
Title : Shrinkage in Paperboards

Brief Description: Due to the variations in the temperature and relative humidity there were variations in the weights of the paperboards sent to the customers. This led to dissatisfaction among the customers. A study was conducted to find the variations in both the factors with changing relative humidity and temperature so as to minimize the losses through customer perceptions and product attributes.

Projects Undertaken at IIM Lucknow____________________________________________
· Consumer propensity to buy online: To study the online behavior of consumers and find the deterrents for not buying online.
· Marketing on Indian Turf: To find Consumer attitudes towards Local and Global brands for different product categories and the implications on strategies of the firms.
· Study of Cola market: To study the customer preferences and rate attributes so as to find the importance of each of them while choosing a drink.
· Study on Pantene shampoo: To study various aspects of consumer preferences and devise strategies to improve the sales.
· Was instrumental in devising strategies for a computer sales firm to increase their sales by 10 percent.
· Intelligent Network: It is an architecture, which separates the service logic from the telephone exchanges enabling establishment of an open platform for uniform service creation, implementation and management.
· Mobile Commerce: M-commerce is a subset of e-commerce that deals with electronic transactions using mobile communication equipment. It refers to electronic transactions and businesses such as financial services or shopping, the only difference with e-commerce being that the medium is wireless.
· Decision support system for financial services: A project intended to provide decision support to financial managers.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS________________________________________________

· Was among the top 0.5% in the Common Aptitude Test in 1999 across India
· Was among the top 1% in the IIT Joint Entrance Examination in 1997 across India
· Was the topper in Hindi in Loyola College in 1994
· Third prize in Science Exhibition in school in Class 9th

RELEVANT COURSES:______________________________________________________

Services Marketing
Brand Management
Consumer Behavior
Marketing Strategy
Product policy and management
Internet Marketing
Sales and distribution
Relationship Marketing
International Marketing
Enterprise Resource Planning
Database management systems
Telecommunications for Business Management
Software Project Management
E-Commerce

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES__________________________________________
Sports:
· Best outgoing Sportsperson of the year 2000 in IIT Chennai
· Was a member of the Inter IIT contingent for four years
· Lead the Institute Inter IIT Weight Lifting team in 1999
· Was the captain of hostel Soccer and Hockey team in 1998 and 1999
· Was a member of Institute Hockey and Weightlifting team

Cultural:
· Was the coordinator for General Arrangements in Saarang’98- cultural festival of IIT Chennai
· Was the volunteer for General Arrangements in Saarang’97

Others:
· Lead the National Cadet Corps in School as a Sergeant
· Participated as a member of trekking team in IIT Chennai
· Was a member of ELIXIR- a special interest group in HR at IIM Lucknow
· Conducted a programme on youth related problems on DD Lucknow.
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY:_________________________________________________

Language Proficiency(Spoken) Proficiency(Read) Proficiency(Written)
English Yes Yes Yes
Hindi Yes Yes Yes
Telugu Yes Yes Yes
Tamil Yes No No
Rajasthani Yes No No

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE__________________________________________________

As an individual committed to the cause of constant learning, I have always made a conscious effort to keep my mind open to new fields and ideas. I have always had high aspirations for myself and I expect outstanding results for which I am willing to go outside my comfort zone.
I aim to pursue a career that will constantly provide me with new and diverse challenges, which will enable me to stretch my own capabilities resulting in personal satisfaction and growth. A belief that a career with your organization will provide me with similar opportunities in a motivating work environment reinforces my eagerness to pursue a career with the firm.

References:

Dr. Bhima.S. Sastri
Senior Research Scientist
Westvaco Corp.
11101, Johns Hopkins Road
Laurel, MD 20723
USA
Phone # : 301-497-1300
Email: bsastri@mail.alum.rpi.edu

Dr. Devaki Reddy
Assistant Professor
Humanities Department
Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai
Chennai 600036
India
Ph.# 91-044-4415544
Email: devaki_61@yahoo.com

Dr. Mohammad Talib
CR 4093
3rd level
Faculty of Information Technology
Cyberjaya Campus
Selangor D.E.
Malaysia
Ph.# : ++ 603-83125394
Hand Ph.# : 60163699868
Email: drtalib@usa.com