Prashant Bansode
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Prashant Bansode
Name: Prashant Bansode
Born: India
Age: 24
Locations: Auckland
Discipline: Business & Management, Commerce, Marketing, Economics
Prashant Bansode is a planner.
He's just 24 but he already knows exactly where he's heading, and he's set down both short-term and long-term plans to get himself there.
With a Bachelor of Computer Applications under his belt, Prashant has now come to New Zealand to gain an MBA in Business.
To prepare himself for his MBA course, he's currently doing the one year National Diploma in Business at NZMA.
"I need to lay strong foundations before I start my MBA. To form sentences you have to learn the alphabet first - you can't go forward until you've done that," says Prashant, who is from Mumbai, India.
"This course has given me a nice understanding of the grammar of business and has made concepts much more clear. They may sound like small things but they make a big difference. If you have a strong foundation, big things are much easier to understand."
Prashant found out about NZMA during the three months he spent researching different education providers Down Under.
"I was searching for the right institute to give me what I was looking for. NZMA was perfect. It gave me the course I wanted and was located in the heart of the city so travelling was not going to be a problem."
Now Prashant's time at NZMA is drawing to a close. He reflects on the past year and is happy with his choice.
"This is a very practical course - I'd say it's about 60% practical and 40% theory. This is very important because you learn more by doing things rather than just opening books and studying."
The intensive business diploma prepares students to manage a small to medium sized business and trains them in the skills required for a career in business management. Students are taught through a combination of lectures and workshops. One of the highlights of the course is the business plan that each student has to research and compile.
Prashant impressed and amazed tutors with his unique, yet very viable, business proposal.
"I put together a business plan for a company which exports garbage. It's beneficial for people, there's a definite need for it and it would be a profitable venture. In New Zealand the garbage that is being produced is not all being used by the recycling companies. New Zealand can't get rid of all its glass for example while in India they use one of the elements in glass to construct roads. I contacted dealers in India who were very keen to see our glass and potentially make some orders. This definitely has a lot of scope as a business."
While Prashant is not planning on launching the proposal at this stage in his life, he remains open to doing it further down the track, although perhaps with a slightly different bent.
"I need to build my own foundations before I go out on my own. But I.T. is my dream and in the long-term I'd like to own my own software company and also possibly get into the recycling of I.T. software. There's a huge amount of software which could potentially be recycled."
But for the time being Prashant is happy to be living in New Zealand and focusing on his studies. It hasn't always been that way though.
"I first visited New Zealand in March 2004. My mother had been transferred here as the manager of the New Zealand branch of Air India. She was alone here so I came to give her some support.
"After the completion of my Bachelor Degree from Bangalore University I wanted to study business, so that's why I decided to come to New Zealand and do it."
While his mum has now returned to India, Prashant is keen to stay here to complete his studies.
It's not all just study, study, study though! Throughout his diploma Prashant has worked part-time as a crew member for Dunkin' Donuts.
"It's good to continue with one job, especially when you are starting your career it's a sign of consistency and shows you've got a 'can do' personality."
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He's just 24 but he already knows exactly where he's heading, and he's set down both short-term and long-term plans to get himself there.
With a Bachelor of Computer Applications under his belt, Prashant has now come to New Zealand to gain an MBA in Business.
To prepare himself for his MBA course, he's currently doing the one year National Diploma in Business at NZMA.
"I need to lay strong foundations before I start my MBA. To form sentences you have to learn the alphabet first - you can't go forward until you've done that," says Prashant, who is from Mumbai, India.
"This course has given me a nice understanding of the grammar of business and has made concepts much more clear. They may sound like small things but they make a big difference. If you have a strong foundation, big things are much easier to understand."
Prashant found out about NZMA during the three months he spent researching different education providers Down Under.
"I was searching for the right institute to give me what I was looking for. NZMA was perfect. It gave me the course I wanted and was located in the heart of the city so travelling was not going to be a problem."
Now Prashant's time at NZMA is drawing to a close. He reflects on the past year and is happy with his choice.
"This is a very practical course - I'd say it's about 60% practical and 40% theory. This is very important because you learn more by doing things rather than just opening books and studying."
The intensive business diploma prepares students to manage a small to medium sized business and trains them in the skills required for a career in business management. Students are taught through a combination of lectures and workshops. One of the highlights of the course is the business plan that each student has to research and compile.
Prashant impressed and amazed tutors with his unique, yet very viable, business proposal.
"I put together a business plan for a company which exports garbage. It's beneficial for people, there's a definite need for it and it would be a profitable venture. In New Zealand the garbage that is being produced is not all being used by the recycling companies. New Zealand can't get rid of all its glass for example while in India they use one of the elements in glass to construct roads. I contacted dealers in India who were very keen to see our glass and potentially make some orders. This definitely has a lot of scope as a business."
While Prashant is not planning on launching the proposal at this stage in his life, he remains open to doing it further down the track, although perhaps with a slightly different bent.
"I need to build my own foundations before I go out on my own. But I.T. is my dream and in the long-term I'd like to own my own software company and also possibly get into the recycling of I.T. software. There's a huge amount of software which could potentially be recycled."
But for the time being Prashant is happy to be living in New Zealand and focusing on his studies. It hasn't always been that way though.
"I first visited New Zealand in March 2004. My mother had been transferred here as the manager of the New Zealand branch of Air India. She was alone here so I came to give her some support.
"After the completion of my Bachelor Degree from Bangalore University I wanted to study business, so that's why I decided to come to New Zealand and do it."
While his mum has now returned to India, Prashant is keen to stay here to complete his studies.
It's not all just study, study, study though! Throughout his diploma Prashant has worked part-time as a crew member for Dunkin' Donuts.
"It's good to continue with one job, especially when you are starting your career it's a sign of consistency and shows you've got a 'can do' personality."
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