Navin Madhavan
I am Navin Madhavan , currently a student at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. I am pursuing a Post Graduate Programe in Management from the institute and will complete the course by March 2011. Prior to this, I graduated with a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering degree from Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences,
BITS- Pilani in June 2009.
At IIM B, as a member of the Forum for Industrial Interaction, I head the sponsorship team responsible for Vista, the Business festival of the institute. As a member of this club, I also work to ensure that there is a healthy interaction between the corporate world outside and the students on campus by inviting reputed guest speakers to the campus and organising other similar events. I am also a member of the Quizzing and Lits Society,iQ and been the Quiz Master for the Open Quiz conducted during the Cultural fest (Unmaad 2009).
In the summer of 2010, I interned with J.P.Morgan, Mumbai as a Summer Analyst. Working with the Credit and Rates team in Mumbai, I had the opportunity to learn some basic tricks of the trade of working on an FX desk during the 2 months I spent here.
As a student at BITS Pilani, I was actively invovled in various activities on campus . I am Senior Core
Member of the English Languages Activites Society (ELAS) and as a
member of the English Press Club contribute to the college's
fortnightly students newsletter Fineprint . I have also been the Chief Editor of Horsepower ( 2007-2008) the magazine of the Mechanical Engineering Association of BITS Pilani.
I have been an active quizzer since my school days . I am an avid reader with a particular interest for contemporary Indian authors. I have always been interested to learn new things and willing to take up new learning opportunities.I also enjoy public speaking events such as debates, elocution and other extempore events like JAM, Shipwreck and Spin-a-Yarn. I am also a sports enthusiast, a supporter of Arsenal F.C , Chennai SuperKings , Roger Federer and the Scuderia Ferrari .
I have worked as an intern with Oracle India Pvt Ltd at Hyderabad. This 6 month internship was as a part of my Practise School 2 as a student at BITS-Pilani. My tryst with the Indian IT sector has not been very impressive to say the least.
I have also worked as a Business Development Intern @ Lootstreet in the summer of 2008 . I had been involved
with marketing and selling the idea of this new start-up venture in the
Indian Online Scenario. I have gained valuable experience by
working under 2 IIM Ahmedabad graduates who make sure that I learn to
do things the best way .
I also maintain a blog where I frequently express my thoughts and opinions on anything and everything under the sun. You can contact me at :navin[dot]madhavan[at]gmail[dot]com.
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