Dear All

Congratulations on making it to MDI, Gurgaon.

As the joining date approaches, you are required to undertake a small exercise.
List down all your achievements, small or big, from childhood up till now; do not
leave out any achievement, even if you feel it is not that big in magnitude. This
will serve as the repository from which you will have to shortlist points for your
CV. Hence, it is imperative that you capture all your achievements. Take the help
of your family/friends if need be.
Once you have written this down, start thinking on how you can maximize the
impact of each of these achievements. For example, mentioning that you were
among the top 5% students of your class in an examination makes more impact
if you can mention the class size along with this.
You also have to validate each of these lines. For example, if you mention the
class size in the instance stated above, you will need proof for both your position
in the class and the class size. Similarly, if you mention the budget of any
festival/event that you organized, there must be a proof for it. Proofs can be in
the form of certificates, official websites, newspaper clippings, letter/ mail from
the organizers (with their contact information), conference/event proceedings,
letter/ mail from a professor etc.
You are required to start collecting the proofs that you do not have with you
already. These would be essential at the time of the CV verification process post
joining the campus.

Placement Committee
MDI, Gurgaon

CV Guidelines
All students are required to start preparing their CV according
to the templates uploaded on the website. The CV will be a
single page document. You are not required to submit the CV
at this stage, but keep it ready as CV verification would begin
soon after joining. No queries regarding the CV will be
entertained at this stage.

Throughout the document, the headers/titles are required to

be mentioned as in the template.
Do not change the title of any sub-header in the CV. In case
a
header
like
Professional
Qualifications/Academic
Achievements is not applicable, delete the entire section as
per the guidelines below.
The font style for the entire CV (including header and footer)
is Garamond.
The font size for the entire CV should be uniform.
Acceptable font sizes are in the range 10 to 12.
Filled circular bullets are to be used, as indicated. Subbullets are also to be filled bullets, of a smaller size, as in
the template.
Check the PDF version of the file before submitting, so as to
check for any potential alignment errors.

1. Header
a. Insert your name, course name and age (in years, as on
31.08.2011) in the respective tags.
b. The name should be written with only the first letters
capitalized. e.g. Shemal Gandhi
c. Do not alter the position of any of the tags, or of the MDI logo
2. Professional Experience
a. Replace <Total # of Months> with the completed no. of
months across all organizations.
b. In reverse chronological order, mention the different
organizations you have worked at, with the city name, your
last held designation, and a brief about your roles,
responsibilities, and achievements at the workplace. You are
advised to use action words for indicating responsibilities.
e.g. Responsible for leading a team of 5 may be re-phrased
as Led a team of 5 co-workers in XYZ project
c. Specify clearly the joining date and leaving date for each
organization. Also indicate the total no. of months in the
organization.

3. Education
a. Clearly mention the academic record in reverse chronological
order (The post graduation column does not have to include
MDI).
b. All percentages and CGPAs are to be indicated up to two
decimal places. While indicating CGPA, mention the
maximum
CGPA
obtainable.
e.g. 4.36/5, or 9.23/10. In case of percentages do not add
the % sign. e.g. 93.54
c. In case you studied in an institute deemed as a university,
mention the institute name in the University and Institute
columns. Do not write Deemed University
d. Under
Academic
Achievements,
mention
relevant
achievements during your academic career. Do not mention
awards
etc.
at
the
workplace.
In case you do not wish to put any academic achievements,
remove the section from the CV.
e. Under Professional Certifications, mention any professional
certifications you may have earned. Examples include CFA,
CA,
NCFM,
SCJP,
etc.
In case you do not wish to put any certifications, remove the
section from the CV.
4. Internship/Live Projects
a. Mention your Live Projects/Internship(s) in this section.
Live projects are the projects taken up at an organization in
conjunction with academic coursework, and are different from
academic projects done at the institution as part of the
curriculum.
b. For each entry, mention the organization, start date and
completion date, along with the duration of the
internship/project.
c. Clearly mention the type of work as follows, within
parentheses, after the organization name :
i. Graduation Internship(s) : Summer Training
ii. Live Projects
: Live Project
d. Replace <Title of the project> with the project title. Provide a
brief description in the next line.
e. A maximum of 6 completed Live Projects can be included in
this section
5. Academic Projects
a. Mention academic projects and Live Projects in Progress in
this section, as indicated in the CV.
b. Live Projects in Progress are to be clearly demarcated as
indicated in the CV. All Live Projects that have not yet been
completed will come under this header and would be moved

to the section of Internships/Live Projects only after

completion.
c. Mention the course name and the team size in each case. In
case of individual projects/term papers, replace Team Size:
by Individual.
d. For projects done during graduation/post-graduation, you may
mention the name of the course
e. A maximum total 6 academic projects/Live Projects in Progress
can be included in this section.
6. Positions of Responsibility(PoR)
a. This section should contain details about PoRs held during
academic record.
b. Club memberships at MDI would be indicated under
this header.
c. Mention the title of the responsibility, along with the
club/society, provided that the club/society is part of a larger
organization. This should be followed by the name of the
institute/organization and the year/duration in which the PoR
was held. e.g. Core Team Member, Illumina, MDI
Gurgaon, 2010-2011
d. You can also provide a list of responsibilities associated with
the PoR, if required.
7. Extra-Curricular Activities
a. Mention your extra-curricular achievements in this section.
(Name of the activity, Duration/Year). e.g. Outstanding
Event Manager, MDI Gurgaon, 2010-2011
b. Co-Curricular achievements are to be included in this
section. Such activities include demonstrated achievement in
any
academics-related
competition,
such
as
winning/participating in case study competitions, etc.
8. Key Interests
a. Indicate your hobbies, and key areas of interest, preferably
with any examples of activities related to the interest.
e.g. An interest in Poetry may be indicated by highlighting
that your poems have been published in magazines, or
appreciated on your blog.
b. If the student has proof of achievement in the field of interest
like poetry, it can be moved to the section on ExtraCurricular Activities.
9. Footer
a. Indicate your MDI roll no in the mentioned space (when
provided). Do not change any other details in the footer.