User:Kpiyush

Piyush Kumar (born on August 4th, 1983) is an Indian student currently pursuing his MBA in the S3 Asia MBA program jointly conducted by National University of Singapore, Korea University Business School and Fudan University. Prior to joining his MBA, he was working at Aditi Technologies from August 01, 2006 till July 31, 2010.



Background
Piyush Kumar is a native of Muzaffarpur district in the state of Bihar in India. His father retired as a Senior Manager with Allahabad Bank and his mother is a homemaker. He has a sister who lives in Hyderabad with her family. He received his early education at different schools and joined Dholpur Military School in 1994. At school, he excelled in academics, sports and extra-curricular activities.

After successfully completing his AISSE exams, Piyush Kumar joined Delhi Public School, Ranchi. After completing high school, Piyush Kumar took a year off to figure out what he wanted to do with his life. In 2002, he joined Vishveshwaraiya Technological University and enrolled in the Bachelor of Engineering program and majored in Computer Science and Engineering. While in college, he was actively involved in a lot of extracurricular activities and even served as a member of the editorial board of his college's annual magazine.

Professional History
After college, he started working at Aditi Technologies where he worked for four years. He joined the S3 Asia MBA program in September 2010 and spent the first semester of the course at Fudan University, Shanghai. At the time of this writing, he was working at Feedback Ventures as an intern consultant in the organization's International Business division.

Hobbies and Interests
Piyush Kumar claims to have a wide range of hobbies and interests which include reading, writing, travelling, music, movies, arts, photography. He is known to be a big fan of Dire Straits and claims to think Mark Knopfler is the greatest guitarist ever. He publishes his blogs at The Vagabond. He is an avid Ping-Pong player and has represented, during his MBA in Shanghai, Fudan University's ping-pong team in the inter university Sunshine Cup Sports Meet. Over the past couple of years, Piyush Kumar has been appreciated for his photography skills and his writing skills. Though he has been asked a lot of times that he should try to get his writing published, he is reported to say that he "loves writing too much to sell it". He is also known for his facebook and Gtalk statuses which convey a range of topics depending on his mental state.