Jyoti Prakash Das graduated from Manipal Institute of Technology with a 71.4% aggregate. She is currently pursuing a PGDM course from XIMB. Jyoti appeared in CAT and secured 94.2 percentile. She also had 1 year of work experience at Accenture. 

Jyoti Prakash Das Profile

  • Current institute: XIMB
  • Graduation College: Manipal Institute of Technology 
  • CAT score: 94.2
  • 10th Percentage / GPA: 94.2
  • 12th Percentage / GPA: 83.8
  • Graduation Percentage/GPA: 71.4 
  • Work Experience: Accenture, 1 year

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Jyoti Prakash Das Admission Experience

Did you avail of the benefit of any reservation?

Jyoti Prakash Das: “General (No reservation).”

Describe the general setting of WAT / GD (if any)?

Jyoti Prakash Das: “The GD was offline. There were 10 people in the group for the GD. Not everyone got a chance to speak as the GD was very fierce. There were 3 moderators. The time given for the GD was 30 minutes, 10 mins for thinking and analyzing. The mode was interactive from the panelist.” 

What was the WAT / GD Topic?

Jyoti Prakash Das: “The GDP growth in India.” 

What were your answer/points put forward for the WAT or GD respectively? 

Jyoti Prakash Das: “1. The present GDP as compared to the previous years GDP

  1. Comparison with different countries
  2. Reasons for the slow growth
  3. What we can expect in the coming years"

Describe the general setting of your personal Interview.

Jyoti Prakash Das: “there were 3 panelists for the interview. Each panel had 3 members, who were faculties and industry experts. 

Mode - offline and directly with the members

The interview duration was roughly 30 minutes. 

It was not a stress interview, but more related to quants"

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Mention at least 5 interview questions that were asked to you and your responses to each of them.

Jyoti Prakash Das: “1. Introduce yourself

  1. Your favorite subject and why
  2. Few questions on Maths and Science, basics
  3. Explain your interested other than subjects
  4. Is T20 better than Test cricket and why"

Mention 3 reasons why you chose this college over other colleges which you converted.

Jyoti Prakash Das: “1. Location was preferable

  1. Had been my dream college since childhood
  2. Placements are good
  3. Seats are less, so good opportunity
  4. Faculties and infra is good"

What was the reason for you not converting other colleges? (if any)

Jyoti Prakash Das: “I should have focused more on the Verbal part of the CAT exam.”

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