I still remember the 9th of November, 2015 so vividly - it was the day I got my visa. I was anxiously waiting to experience life at the prestigious Melbourne Business School. I was aware of the fact that leaving India and visiting Australia for work and for my Master’s would not be an easy task, but I pushed myself to get out of my comfort zone and accept it as a challenge. 
I encountered some culture shock initially as it was my first experience overseas. The extended travel became too much for me; at one point, I almost decided to take the next flight out of Melbourne International. But my perseverance got the better of me and I hanged on. However, I soon realized that going overseas was truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; I couldn't give up mid-way just like that. So, I decided to stay on and come back home with an active and open mind.
Studying and working at MBS has taught me to appreciate how life is an endless learning process and being there has totally changed the way I tackle challenges. I think the cultural diversity and ethos of forward-thinking at MBS have played a crucial role in helping me achieve my long-term goals, by allowing me to broaden my horizons and nurture lifelong relationships with interesting people from all over the world.

My research of KakaoTalk as a topic for the Made in Korea No.1 Brand is an appearance of new business model. The reason why I chose KakaoTalk is because it has an infinite potential. While researching I sense of checking market trends. The lesson I studied in this case is fickle market and poured with myriad of information. When I proceed with any project, I have to sense the timing and to understand exactly the situation of the market, I learned while working on project like KakaoTalk.
The objective of this study was to get feedback from the University regarding my learning experiences while doing the research for Korean Company. Although, I highlighted several difficulties and challenges, the results had shown that I learned important skills such as how to detect and solve problems, review literature, select a suitable methodology, gather and analyze data. The responses also highlighted the four main skills that I gained while doing the project. Those were time management, learning ability, problem solving skills and personal growth. In addition, I also felt that I was able to integrate the knowledge gained from my undergraduate years into the successful completion of project, thus meeting the objective of the Korean Company. Since this was one of my best project to determine the success.

Working at DBOI Global Services Pvt. Ltd. turned out to be the best part of my professional career. As a senior financial analyst with the Company’s Custody Department for Singapore based clients, London Client Services and Trade Support for the Middle-East capital market, I gained actionable insights and deep experience. I was tasked up to manage the entire operation cycle of funding & payments of clients as well as agents. My work helped to improve process efficiency by standardizing end-to-end process life cycles. Clients enjoyed tangible results, month-after-month: bad debts turned into profitable revenue!
Over the 2 years at DBOI Global Services, I handled key responsibilities, including supporting the Middle East Market and leading multiple process assignments of different regions for the Singapore market and Multi Market Access (MMA) Team. Owing to my positive performance, I received a bit of praise as well: Employee of the Month, Team of the Month, and Spot Award for Outstanding Performance.

I grew up in a very humble city of Pune in India, where I completed my bachelor’s degree in business administration. Being a top of the class student in high school, I was always very much fascinated in money management & business affairs. The bachelors program gave me an excellent platform to channel my focus towards financial management as my specialization. I did excel in my bachelor’s education.
Being a graduate student at University of Pune was one of the best things that happened to my career. I started concentrating my focus on money matters for Investments. I studied courses all across the channel to get the breadth and depth of the matter. By this time, I had realized that business administration was my passion, so I decided not to pursue further research. Towards the end of my bachelor’s degree, I got an offer of employment from various companies alike ADP and DBOI (Deutsche Bank Operations International). To gain an intense learning of financial market I choose to go with DBOI as a senior financial analyst where I accepted that position as an interesting and very challenging.