Abhilash Ravishankar is an MBA candidate 2013 at University of California, Berkeley-Haas School of Business and has BE (Hons) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BITS, Pilani (2003-2007).

Q. How did you know you were ready for an MBA?

A. Two reasons:

(a) I spent almost a year managing a team of engineers, and as a general manager, I was exposed to a number of business challenges. These challenges taught me new things and exposed gaps in my skill set.

(b) I felt that I was pigeonholing myself into oilfield operations and I wanted to work in a different capacity. B-School was a great transition platform. Continue reading →