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Abhinav Sabharwal

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Abhinav Sabharwal

Business Analyst

Melstar Information Technologies Ltd

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Could you tell us briefly about your family background?

My father is a nuclear scientist at B.A.R.C and mother is professor of systems at Welinker institute of management(currently retired)i have a younger sister who has completed M,B.A from Mumbai university

Role Model

Narayan Murthy and Ratan Tata are my role models cos they show character and how character can help you to become strong in face of adversity

Essential Advice

I would advice them to learn a bit of s/w development and s/w implementation first before coming into testing

Currently working at

I am a business analyst at Melstar Information technologies and i am responsible for Designing,Developing and maintaining software products

Plans for the Future

i would like to be a System architect

Most Important Decisions

Most important career decision was to learn about as many functional domains as possible and do diverse set of projects

The Journey So Far

after completing my M.B.A from ITM institute of management i started off as Pre-sales and then gradually came into Business analyst Profile

Most Important Lessons

Diversify your skill set and keep yourself up to date on latest technologies & practices in your field

Current and Previous Responsibilities

my current irresponsibility include developing software from scratch gathering requirements, making D.F.D,B.R.D,F.S.D and conducting UAT previouly i was merely into software customization and maintenance

A Fine Balance:

by being effective and sticking to deadlines don't waste time near coffee machines and water coolers do your work in shortest time possible and leave for home

Parting thoughts

be passionate about what you do and give it your 100%

Changes in the industry

well when i started in this industry Q.A profile was given to those programmers whom management wanted to punish for poor performance BUT NOW in this competitive market companies pay a lot of option to quality of software